When & Where
Rain-gutter Regatta & Pack Registration Event
Saturday August 18th
10:30 A.M. - 3:00 P.M. (this is a come and go event, however we will be keeping up with race results 12-1:30)
Discovery United Methodist Church
5487 Stadium Trace Pkwy
Hoover, AL 35244
Who?
This event is open to EVERYONE! This is a great opportunity to check out our Pack if you're considering joining and also a great time for our existing members.
Anyone who wants to bring a boat and race can. However we will have materials onsite to easily make a boat and participate. Although it would be much cooler if people bring one, and there might be some prizes for best boat designs 😉
- Current Registered Scouts
- Potential New Members (boys and girls)
- Family Members etc...
Every scout who brings a friend will earn a recruitment award!
What?
Every year Pack 393 holds an open house/registration event on a saturday in August to welcome new members and kick off a new year of activities.
This year we have several fun activities planned!
- Raingutter Regatta
- Build your own Recycled Regatta station with materials provided
- Life Size Angry Birds
- Pinewood Derby Track Demonstration
- Other Games
- Food!
For those unfamiliar, a Raingutter Regatta is a racing event for the Cub Scouts that is the sailboat equivalent of the pinewood derby. In our case we're going to offer the opportunity to sail the standard sailboat kit or allow the kids to bring or make a Recycled Regatta boat. The sailboat kit consists of a seven-inch (178 mm) long balsa wood hull, a 6-1/2 inch mast, plastic sail, plastic rudder, and metal keel. A recycled regatta boat is just what it sounds like, a boat made out of reusable junk.
Following basic design rules, Scouts are free to decorate and paint their sailboats as they like. Speed modifications include the placement of the keel and rudder and the size, shape and location of the sail.
The boats are raced in a standard rain gutter that is 10′ long and filled to the top with water. The boats are propelled by blowing on the sail, either directly or through a drinking straw; the boat cannot be touched with hands or the straw. The first boat that reaches the end of the gutter is the winner. The overall winner is determined by an elimination system.
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