Musings from a Small Island: Wacky Regatta #2

I suppose it could get wackier than this, but it's highly unlikely. The West Island Wacky Regatta (www.NeighbNews.com) brought together a fun-loving group from up the street and around the block.

The rules are that you have to assemble your boat (and I use the term loosely) on the beach. You can't use any materials that would normally be used on an actual, real (read: floating) boat. You can make a paddle, but it can't be store-bought.

Ah, the ingenuity.

And the contestants are....

Here's "Cooler Sailing" first launching for a test float (hopefully). That's Cody getting things ready for his mother. Not sure who the captain was, but I'd say it was Donna.

Here's our winning vessel with both our intrepid sailors floating, floating,

Ummm...sinking, sinking....

Luckily, they both know how to stand up.

Here we have the USS Lonestar, created by our visiting family from....(you guessed it) Texas! They used a closet door and tied gallon jugs to it for flotation. Shocked, they were, shocked I tell you, when they discovered that we all knew they had rescued the door from a neighbor's trash pile to use it for their boat.

This is West Island: we know what you are doing, even if you don't.

Okay, let's see if this baby floats.

Okay, let's see if it floats with someone IN it.

Ah...success. Let's move on and see what "Flower Power" looks like.

But will it hold two people?

How about a few adjustments? Is that a drill?

Cool.

Never did figure out if that flower was for propulsion or just lookin' good.

Behold the "Don't Tread on Me" or...maybe it's the "Bob & Randy." Think I got that mixed up in the paper. Ah well. LOOK OUT! That's Bob J. He'll cite you for violations of US Coast Guard safety stuff.