Teams push off the shore at the Cardboard Boat Regatta April 26, 2025 Carbondale, Illinois.
Teams push off the shore at the Cardboard Boat Regatta April 26, 2025 Carbondale, Illinois.
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Gallery: SIU hosts 50th annual Cardboard Boat Regatta

By Peyton Cook, Design chief
April 29, 2025
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Lucas Burmester sits in the U.S.S. Bumfire while Auron Burmester floats next to the ship at the Cardboard Boat Regatta in campus lake April 26, 2025 in Carbondale, Illinois. The U.S.S. Bumfire took home the titanic award.

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