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The raingutter regatta is a racing event for Cub Scouts in the Boy Scouts of America that is the sailboat equivalent of the pinewood derby. The sailboat kit consists of a seven-inch (178 mm) long balsa wood hull, a 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 -inch mast, plastic sail , plastic rudder , and metal keel .
The 2011 running of the annual Cardboard Boat Regatta in Alpena, Michigan. A cardboard boat race , sometimes known as a boat regatta, is a popular construction competition for people of all ages, with target audiences for competitions ranging from elementary-school students to college students and adults.
Yacht Racing A yacht race at the finish line Santa Cruz 70 Retro 2013 Ahmanson Cup regatta, Newport Beach, California. As yacht racing became more prevalent, and yacht design more diverse, it was necessary to establish systems of measurements and time allowances due to the differences in boat design.
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The ultimate design was a simple pram that could be built from two 4' x 8' sheets of plywood, that was donated to the Optimists. [4] The design was slightly modified and introduced to Europe by Axel Damgaard, and spread outwards across Europe from Scandinavia. The design was standardized in 1960 and became a strict one-design in 1995. [5]
Approaching the starting line on a leg of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 12 June 2008. The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is a biennial sailing race that takes paying amateur crews on one or more legs of a circumnavigation of the globe in 11 specially-designed identical yachts owned by Clipper Ventures.
In the US what is now the US Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) [6] was established in 1930 as the ICYRA. [7] Collegiate dinghy sailing in the US blossomed in 1934–36 with initiatives taken by Princeton with its 'Tiger' dinghies (1934), [7] MIT (the famous Pavilion was founded and built in 1935 at the instigation of Walter C. 'Jack' Wood), [8] and Brown (1936). [9]
The Crescent Sloops race in the Detroit Regional Sailing Association series of races. These run from mid may thru the end of September. Other regattas include the Detroit NOOD (National Offshore One-Design) Regatta as well as the Bayview Yacht Club North Channel Race. The most significant is the ILYA Bayweek and GIYC Downriver and Deepwater.