Get ready for a night of excitement, action and a lot of hot air!

• Race night is usually at the November Pack Meeting.

• Boat kits are available from your Den Leader - usually distributed at the October Pack Meeting.

• Each scout uses a balloon pump to blow his boat down a 10' gutter in head to head double elimination races.

• Making a boat is very easy! Let your scout decorate the hull and sail, insert the mast, and attach the sail. Put your boat number on the sail, and you're done!  For best results, paint or otherwise seal the hulls of the boat that will be touching the water. Do not re-engineer the boat's design.

• Each scout has an assigned boat number (printed on a label affixed to your boat kit). The boat numbers should be in the boat box with materials. If you cannot find your boat number contact your Den Leader.

• We race with the "Trimaran" style boat kits. Each rank (Lions, Tigers, Wolves, Bears, Webelos) will race in separate double elimination divisions.

• Scouts can not touch their boat during the race...they can only blow the sail using the balloon pump. 

• Everyone must demonstrate good sportsmanship. 

• Google "raingutter regatta" for boat ideas and construction tips.

Boat Building

Boats must be constructed from the official BSA trimaran kits distributed by the pack. If you have not received a kit, please contact your den leader. All parts provided in the kit must be used in the boat's construction. Please be sure to use the number stickers in your kit to place your assigned boat number (printed on a sticker on your kit box) on the front top of the sail.

The boat you build should look like the one pictured on the kit box. In the spirit of good sportsmanship, we ask that parents do not re-engineer the boat design.  However, decorative flourishes are highly encouraged. Paint, stickers, decorations, action figures, etc are all permitted but must be securely fastened to the boat and cannot alter the construction of the boat.

The outriggers/hull cannot be longer than 7 inches or shorter than 6.5 inches. The boat should be 3.25 inches wide.

The mast may not be higher than seven inches or shorter than six inches from the deck. The boat requires no keel or rudder and none will be permitted (they tend to rub the bottom of gutter and slow the boats). 

The sail provided in the kit must be used and may only be affixed to the mast (glue is advised). The sail should be used like the picture on the box. (The narrow end on top and the wide part on the bottom.) It may not be attached to the hull in any way (no cup or box sails will be permitted). The sail may be painted or decorated with stickers, etc.