The 50th Great Cardboard Boat Regatta will take place Saturday, April 26th on Campus Lake at SIU. The race is a yearly staple at the university. To celebrate this milestone, we talked with Larry Busch who helped Richard Archer launch the race and has been involved since the beginning. We also talked Mary Kinsel who is the faculty advisor of Alpha Chi Sigma - the group organizes each years race.
If you'd like to watch, races begin at 1pm. Don't worry if you didn't get a boat, you can show up and pay $20 and get an instant boat kit to race.
Kinsel says she is working with Busch on a book to celebrate the 50 years of the regatta. They plan to have it ready for next year's race.
Regatta Website
Regatta Facebook Page
Video from 1st regatta in 1974
