Are they crazy?
By BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (50203)
St. Catharines, Ontario
August 9, 2025 9:24am CST
Or just out to have some fun...
Would you think to make a boat out of cardboard, especially if you weren't allowed to use any waterproofing? And two people in the craft... I wonder how long these 'boats' would last before they sunk.
https://www.niagarathisweek.com/things-to-do/cardboard-boat-races-to-make-big-splash-in-port-colborne/article_aff29ad0-fd4a-5b19-bc97-6ef378939fdc.html?source=newsletter&utm_content=a10&utm_source=ml_nl&utm_medium=email&utm_email=874A97654E9C12D2B88997E19F
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@FourWalls (77760)
• United States
9 Aug
Sure, I’d do it in my uncle’s pool. Not in a major (or even minor) body of water, though.
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@BarBaraPrz (50203)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
9 Aug
Well, I'm sure they thought of it, but it's in a marina, so doubt there'd be much marine life immediately affected.
@BarBaraPrz (50203)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
10 Aug
That might be the whole point of the exercise.
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@JudyEv (360474)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Aug
@BarBaraPrz I guess there isn't any other point! lol
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@BarBaraPrz (50203)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
9 Aug
I can't imagine anyone doing it if they thought it WOULDN'T be fun. 
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@BarBaraPrz (50203)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
9 Aug
@paigea And probably fun for the spectators... I might mention it to Juanita, she likes going to Port Colborne.
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@LindaOHio (197470)
• United States
9 Aug
They will disintegrate quite rapidly. I would pass on this one.
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@BarBaraPrz (50203)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
9 Aug
I hope not, I hope the entrants would be able to get a couple lengths away from the starting point before that happens.
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@BarBaraPrz (50203)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
10 Aug
@LindaOHio I think so, too.
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@LindaOHio (197470)
• United States
10 Aug
@BarBaraPrz That would be fun to watch.
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@GardenGerty (165325)
• United States
9 Aug
I made a cardboard boat once, for a pre school class. It was not intended for water and mostly was held together with duct tape. I think it would depend on the thickness of the cardboard as to how long it would stay afloat.
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@BarBaraPrz (50203)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
9 Aug
The air channels in corrugated cardboard might help. too.
@luisadannointed (8154)
• Philippines
9 Aug
I think that is a challenge.. We do it here in the Philippines once a year, and the prizes are good,a nd lots of people watch it.
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@luisadannointed (8154)
• Philippines
11 Aug
@BarBaraPrz yes! we also use styrofoam and then they put machine in it, with two people can ride it. And it is a race actually.
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@LeaPea2417 (38208)
• Toccoa, Georgia
9 Aug
I think they are nuts. I would never do anything like that.
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@BarBaraPrz (50203)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
10 Aug
Minus the cardboard? 
Then you're sure to sink... 
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@Juliaacv (54260)
• Canada
10 Aug
@BarBaraPrz Even with the cardboard I would imagine that they sink.
I wouldn't do it in a marina though, only in clean and clear water.
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@sw8sincere (5919)
• Philippines
10 Aug
I’d guess most of those cardboard boats wouldn’t last more than a few minutes before taking on water.
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@BarBaraPrz (50203)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
10 Aug
Somebody must have tried it somewhere for them to think of it.
@cabuyogty (4168)
• Philippines
9 Aug
Have fun there! Have a nice day mylotters!
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