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Cardboard boats race — and sink — in Riverhead: photos and results
Can a seaworthy craft be constructed from only cardboard, duct tape and paint? Lots of people had fun finding out yesterday in Riverhead. Photos.
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Riverhead’s Cardboard Boat Race set for Aug. 1 on Peconic Riverfront
The 2026 Riverhead Cardboard Boat Race will take place Saturday, Aug. 1, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the Peconic Riverfront in downtown Riverhead. The rain date is Sunday, Aug. 2.
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Photos: Family fun and fierce competition at Riverhead’s Cardboard Boat Races
Photos from Saturday's Riverhead Cardboard Boat Races on the Peconic riverfront.
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Cardboard boat races take place Aug. 9
The 2025 Riverhead Cardboard Boat Races take place Saturday, Aug. 9 on the Peconic Riverfront. (Rain date: Sunday, Aug. 10) from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Cardboard boats sail — and sink — in Riverhead’s annual race event on the Peconic
Cardboard boats set sail yesterday on the Peconic River in downtown Riverhead, with paddlers of all ages working hard to finish first — or stay afloat at all — in a competition for trophies and prizes.
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Can you build a cardboard boat that floats? Enter Riverhead’s Cardboard Boat Races Aug. 3
Cardboard boats will again set sail — or sink — on the Peconic River Aug. 3, when Riverhead’s popular cardboard boat races take place on the downtown riverfront.
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Madcap fun on the Peconic River in today’s cardboard boat races: photos
They glided, they splashed, they capsized, they sunk. There were plenty of surprises and lots of excitement as boats made of cardboard and duct tape raced along the Peconic Riverfront in downtown Riverhead today. Photo gallery.
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Cardboard + duct tape = boats that float. (Mostly.)
Photos: Cardboard boats of all shapes and sizes raced up and down the Peconic River in downtown Riverhead Saturday morning in the annual cardboard boat races.
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Riverhead Cardboard Boat Races set sail Aug. 13
Cardboard boats will set sail — or not — in the Peconic River on Saturday, Aug. 13 in Riverhead's Cardboard Boat Races, a crowd-pleasing summer event in downtown Riverhead since 2010.
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Some float, some don’t: Riverhead’s cardboard boat races return
A large crowd lined the downtown Riverhead dock to cheer the paddlers, who raced in homemade boats made only with cardboard, duct tape and paint. Lots of photos from Saturday's event.
