GRAND HAVEN, Mich. — The cardboard boat race is one of the first events kicking off the Coast Guard Festival in Grand Haven Saturday, July 27 at 1:30 p.m. Teams bring their own custom-built boats to ...

Cardboard boat construction kicks off Coast Guard Festival Advance Packaging created a 14-foot scale model of Coast Guard boat out of cardboard for the boat race that kicks off Coast Guard Festival in ...

The two "smokestacks" on the back of the Colonel Crawford 1 boat attracted some attention. "It's the Titanic — hopefully it doesn't sink," a girl shouted as its three creators, all Colonel Crawford ...

The United Way of Southwest Michigan is looking for teams to take part in this summer’s Rock the Boat cardboard boat races.

It wouldn’t be surprising if Ava Mitchell starts dreaming about duct tape. The rising 10th grader from Sag Harbor has been stretching and pressing layers and layers of it over cardboard to help build ...