Make a model boat at home from recycled materials and bring it along for judging to The Lough on Thursday May 22nd at 6:30pm. The event is being run in association with Meitheal Mara’s Cork Harbour Festival, 2025 and Old Cork Waterworks Experience. There will be prizes for the best boats and all prize-winning boats will be exhibited during this year’s Cork Harbour Festival 24th May -2nd June, at Cork City Library. To register your boat and for more details please click on the booking link below.
22nd
May
18:30
-
20:00
Location: The Lough
Contact: Cork Harbour Festival
Email: info@corkharbourfestival.com
Call: +353 (0) 21 484 7673
Price: Free
Category:
Free
, Learning
Categories:
- The entrant(s) will be placed in categories or levels, of which there are three, 4-6 years olds, 7-11 years olds and 12-15 year olds.
- There are to be two further categories of entrant; individual and group (min 2-max 3 people).
- Special need categories will be created on the basis of interest by teachers and applications received.
To Enter:
Register online or download the 2025 flyer, complete and return.
Closing date for registrations is Monday 19th May 2025
Prizes:
Book tokens will be awarded to the firsts in each age categories. Certificates will be awarded to each participant. Prizes are kindly sponsored by Cllr Kieran McCarthy. Prize winning boat builders will have their boats officially exhibited in the Cork City Library as part of this year’s Cork Harbour Festival programme.
Model Presentation:
- The theme is ‘Boats from your Imagination’, which is open to interpretation.
- Models should be made from recycled materials. The nature of what kind of model boat should be presented is up to the participant.
- Models should be able to float.
- All models should be brought to the northern end of the Lough (Lough Church side) for display and adjudication on Thursday evening, 22nd May 2025, 6.30pm.
- There are no restrictions on the size of the model.
- Prizes will be awarded to models that are of a high standard and in particular, which demonstrate colour, creativity, imagination, an ability to float and related to the theme.
Click on the link for more details of all events and activities for Cork Harbour Festival