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APRIL TOOLS WOODEN BOAT CHALLENGE 2024
April 27, 2024
Planning is underway!
2024 Teams Register online or download an entry form to mail 2024 Sponsors Please get in touch with organizer Jackie Ordronneau for sponsorship info 604-883-0539 or jackieordronneau@gmail.com Thank you to our 2024 sponsors!
To sponsor April Tools 2024, please contact Jackie at
604-883-0539 or jackieordronneau@gmail.com |
What is April Tools?In this fun annual event, teams of up to 4 people build a boat from the materials provided, but nobody knows what the materials will be until the day of the race! Then they race around the harbour for cash prizes. There are also youth races with boats built by local high school students, and activities for kids, including face painting, crafts, and mini boat building. Event LocationApril Tools is held at the Madeira Park government dock (12967 Madeira Park Rd) in Pender Harbour. On Event Day:10 am: The twist and building materials are revealed. The teams have one hour to plan out their boat. Hand tools only! 11 am: Boatbuilding action until 2 pm, plus lots of family fun and activities for kids, museum displays, food, snacks, and more all day. 2 pm: Youth races start. The high school teams run two races: the trophy race and the free-for-all 2:45 pm (approx.): Adult races start. It's float or sink, paddle or swim. Will they even get all the way around the course? Upsets of all kinds can happen, and usually do! |
Past April Tools Highlights
2023 Photo Gallery
Read the exciting 2023 recap: what a beautiful day!
2022 Adult Races
View the full 2022 recap and photo gallery
View the full 2022 recap and photo gallery
2019 Adult Races
View the 2019 Recap & Gallery