Brunswick Forest neighbors get ready to set sail for 9th annual cardboard boat race

LELAND, NC (WWAY) — It’s time for neighbors to set sail in Brunswick Forest tomorrow as the community hosts its 9th Annual Cardboard Boat Regatta.

Thursday night was the preview event for residents to get a sneak peek of the boats.

Eight teams from the community entered a boat into the race, and each boat had a different theme. Teams pulled out all the stops, dressing up to match their boats.

Aside from winning the race, teams will be competing for prizes in other categories like ‘Most Community Spirit’ and ‘Peoples’ Choice Design’.

One neighbor says they just love the community spirit at this event.

“I think our chances of having fun is 100%,” Carol Huntington said. “Winning is probably about 30%. But we’re going to sail and sip. That’s what our goal is.”

Huntington says this is her first year racing.

Another neighbor said he recently moved down here, so he really wanted to get involved.

“We all just moved down here within in the last six months,” Charles Burt said. “So we got together and said, ‘How about building a boat?’ And they said, ‘Fine.’ I had the idea and then they decided to do the pirate theme. That was a simple theme.”

The race starts Saturday at 1 p.m. at Hammock Lake in Brunswick Forest, but festivities will start at 11 a.m.