Cardboard Boat Regatta 2026
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Adults: Bring Your Own Boat. Questionable Decisions Provided Free.
Only 4 Rules
(Everything else is between you and your cardboard.)
🪖 1. Protect the Brain Behind the Boat.
Everyone riding in a full-size boat must wear a helmet.
🦺 2. Your Boat Has Trust Issues. Wear Your PFD. Everyone riding must wear a properly fitted PFD.
👟 3. If It Falls Off, It Belongs to the Creek. Wear shoes that stay on your feet.
No flip flops.
🚣 4. Questionable Decisions Require Supervision.
You must be 13 or older to ride in or captain a full-size boat.
Crew Rules
Bring a crew or go solo.
Multiple crew members are allowed.
Mini Regatta
Kids and adults can show up at 1:00 PM and build a small unmanned shoebox boat right on site.
We supply the cardboard.
You supply the questionable decisions.
At 2:00 PM, the Mini Regatta launches first... Then the main event begins.
Float. Sink. Repeat.
Launch & Parking
Launch from the south boat ramp near Pizza Ranch. Exit near Central Avenue.
Only 4 Rules
(Everything else is between you and your cardboard.)
🪖 1. Protect the Brain Behind the Boat.
Everyone riding in a full-size boat must wear a helmet.
🦺 2. Your Boat Has Trust Issues. Wear Your PFD. Everyone riding must wear a properly fitted PFD.
👟 3. If It Falls Off, It Belongs to the Creek. Wear shoes that stay on your feet.
No flip flops.
🚣 4. Questionable Decisions Require Supervision.
You must be 13 or older to ride in or captain a full-size boat.
Crew Rules
Bring a crew or go solo.
Multiple crew members are allowed.
Mini Regatta
Kids and adults can show up at 1:00 PM and build a small unmanned shoebox boat right on site.
We supply the cardboard.
You supply the questionable decisions.
At 2:00 PM, the Mini Regatta launches first... Then the main event begins.
Float. Sink. Repeat.
Launch & Parking
Launch from the south boat ramp near Pizza Ranch. Exit near Central Avenue.
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Where is it happening?
200 3rd Avenue, Kearney, NE, United States, Nebraska 68845
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
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Host or PublisherKearney Whitewater Park
