In a combined activity with the Bloomington 3rd Ward, Noah Wilkes took 4th place in the Raingutter Regatta, a racing event for Cub Scouts in the Boy Scouts of America. Held in the Manzanita pavilion on Thursday, July 14, the Raingutter Regatta is the sailboat equivalent of the pinewood derby.
The sailboat kit consists of a 7" long balsa wood hull, a 6 1/2 inch mast, plastic sail, plastic rudder, and metal keel. The boats are usually propelled through a standard rain gutter - though in the case of the this Bloomington event in a blow up waterway - by blowing on the sail, either directly or through a drinking straw. The first boat to reach the end of the gutter is the winner.
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