One of many weekend festivals and events on the peninsula is the Door County Maritime Museum Classic and Wooden Boat Festival. We've been attending over many years as our schedule allows. Most of the time hosting guests over the weekend.
A subset of the festival is the Sikaflex® Challenge Build-a-Boat Cup series. Sponsored by Sika at similar festivals every year these exciting competitions challenge contestants to design, build, and race small boats using plywood and lumber, zip ties, and fast-curing Sikaflex®-291 adhesive & sealant to keep their watercraft afloat.
This year was especially exciting as it was the first time we've attended where not a single boat disintegrated and sank in the bay. One boat capsized at launch, the crowd howled for a Mulligan. A relaunch was attempted to no avail - boat capsized.
Disqualified!
We all agreed that 2024 not only brought the best selection of creatively-designed wooden boats; but some of the sturdiest and fastest marine engineering in memory.
Here are some selected photos and videos.....
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