Registration is $5 per boat in advance at prattvilleal.gov, or $8 per boat on July 4. When Robert Gair invented the cardboard box in 1879, he likely had no idea folks would eventually disassemble ...

The Pierson High team looked at what worked from the previous year and searched for videos on how to build a cardboard boat on the internet. Boats have to be less than 33 feet long, ...

In a home garage in a Cape Coral subdivision, the Merry Mariners Boat Club has been coming together for months to build a custom-designed boat by hand. Collectively, they have invested over 1,000 ...

The Dennis Conners of the corrugated paper world can pick up tips on building a better–or at least floating–boat for the America’s Cardboard Cup Regatta during free workshops June 1 and 8 at ...

It's one way to find out if your ideas hold water: Design a boat, build it out of cardboard and duct tape, then hop in and see if it sinks. That's what happens each year at the Mike Cauley ...

More: How to build a ship that wows the crowd at Prattville's cardboard boat race. Today, the cardboard boat race at Pratt Pool is a Fourth of July tradition, some fun in the day before the focus ...