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Rain Regatta

ALUMINUM FOIL BOAT

You’ll need to double the aluminum foil. I think heavy duty foil works best.

Make a boat shape by bending and folding the foil. Cut a triangular sail from paper. Use a bendable straw for the mast.

Bend the straw, and tape the short end to the bottom of your boat. Decorate the sail any way you like.

JUICE BOX BOAT

For this boat, you’ll need an empty juice box and some duct tape. Use a bit of duct tape to cover the straw hole.

Have the scouts put the box on the table, seam side down. Hold the sides of the box with one hand, and use the skewer to poke a hole in the box.

The Raingutter Regatta is a fun Cub Scout activity. The scouts use a kit to build a trimaran sailboat that is “wind-powered” by blowing on the sail. They can work to make their boat more aerodynamic, and they can decorate it. The Cub Scouts then race their boats in water-filled rain gutters at a pack meeting.

But much like the Pinewood Derby, the Raingutter Regatta is an EVENT. It takes planning and effort to host one.

Instead, have a Recycled Raingutter Regatta that takes very little preparation time or money.

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