Following the barbecue, entrants split themselves into teams and built canoes out of refrigerator boxes, all hoping to win one of the three awards for speed, best-looking, and best effort. Overall, the entries looked great and well-planned, but, as always, there were those that were too creative to stand the test of Institute Pond's murky waters.
For the race, each team had to trudge through the mud along the banks with their canoe, get into it without crushing it or flipping it over, and paddle it out and around a buoy. Only one sturdy canoe made it the whole way, the Jenny, built by Bob Taylor, Steve Derosier, David Kneebourg, David Abernathy, and Greg Shearman.
The S.S. Minnow (there's always one, they say) won for the best-looking boat, even though it wasn't so sturdy, and the Rocket team won for their effort. What did they win? Bags of Magic Rocks. Guess you just had to be there, but it was a really fun event for everyone involved.
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