Milk Carton Boat Race

Today was the Milk Carton Boat Race, part of Minneapolis' annual Aquatennial festival. Jason, Gaea, Karis and Bobby all worked on a boat together. They used about 275 milk cartons. Apparently, one milk carton can support about 4 pounds, so the 200 used in the flotation portion should support 800 pounds.


The boat is "Queen of Lake Calhoun - Whey Down Yonder in New Orleans".


They had a bike frame attached to run the paddlewheel. Unfortunately, the chain kept slipping and Gaea had to try to make repairs. But they made it to the finish line!


All of us also handed out lots of beads to onlookers. For more pictures, including some of the other boats, see my web album.