A woman in sunglasses paddles a homemade cardboard boat during the Great Salem Maritime Cardboard Boat Regatta. She appears to be crashing into another cardboard boat with yellow sails on a sunny day. Other boats and people are visible in the background.

Salem Maritime Festival & 4th Annual Cardboard Boat Regatta

Creative Collective Team

Join us as we celebrate the Salem Maritime Festival. Starting at 11 AM sharp (the tide waits for no one!), we will kick off a series of racing heats testing the engineering, ingenuity, determination, and artistry of our boat building participants. Launching from Derby Beach, each cardboard boat must hold at least two people, a Captain and their crew, who …