Wightfibre Cowes Cardboard Boat Race This Sunday

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The Wightfibre Cowes Cardbard Boat Race is taking place this coming Sunday (7th August 2016) on and around the slipway at the RNLI, Cowes.

Apex-and-Wightfibre-battle

Seventeen teams will be launching their homemade cardboard boats in a race to beat last year’s champions Wightfibre. Since 2014, the Wightfibre Cowes Cardboard Boat Race has increased in popularity and this year has the biggest participation yet!

Tony Downs, the organiser of the race recently spoke to David Newble of the Isle of Wight County Press, saying:

“This year’s event is set to be bigger and better than before — and we’re really looking forward to seeing the type of boats people built this year.”

All money raised will be going to local sailing charity UKSA. Ben Willows, the chief executive of UKSA said that the charity is extremely grateful to the organisers of the boat race and that it’s a fantastic way to raise money as a community whilst having fun.

Teams that have registered this year have all benefitted from a well thought out starter pack which has been put together and donated by Betapak. The pack saved teams money and provided everything they needed to make a basic model of a cardboard boat, but no-doubt the teams will all be adding their own unique spins to it.

Teams taking part this year:

Mad and Unstable

Cook and Clean

The Clown and the Crew

Team Ghibli

PC Consultants

UKSA

Sea Dragon of East Cowes

IOW Studio School

Cardboard Conspiracy

Wilovy

The Nauti Maid of Cardboard

Lusitana Luckies

The Apex Church

Roger That

VIOW Travel Ambassadors

HMS See Ya!

She Got the House

Wightfibre

Good luck to all teams taking part on Sunday, our #FastestIW team will see you there!