Raingutter Regatta
Raingutter Regatta inflatable track or make your own out of roof gutters.
Scorekeeper clipboard, paper and pen.
Items Needed
An official Regatta has all kinds of rules for how a boat is made. This activity has no such rules, as long as the boat fits. Use whatever you can and build a boat in 30 minutes. Each boy builds his own boat and also provides the wind for his sail with his own lung power.
Youth Activities and Games
Wood masts
Styrofoam
sticks and branches
Sail material
Twine or wire
Duct Tape
Saws
Glue
Wire cutters
Scissors
Drill and bits
Items to build boats (this could be anything)
Goal: quick one hour version of the famous Regatta
Buckets to carry water
Pump to blow up racetrack
2 tables to put track on
Towel for water messes if indoors
Tarp if indoors
Other Possible Items Needed
Best Workmanship
Most Patriotic
Most Realistic
Best Theme
Most Unusual
Possible Awards
Activity this Friday, May 21st at 7 PM at the building. We will be having a rain gutter regatta sailboat race/ice cream social.
Make your sailboat out of whatever you like, it just needs to meet the following:
The hull no longer than 7 inches.
The mast being 6 1/2 or less from deck to top.
The boat body cannot be wider than 2 1/2 inches.
The boat will be powered by human wind power (that's you blowing on the sail).
Trophy's awarded for speed and design. Anyone can build and enter a boat. Any questions, email me.
See you there,
Activities Committee
I have also pulled this activity off as a church congregation social activity.
Building boats
Racing boats
Building boats (activity can be done inside or outside)
Note tarp on carpet
Prizes