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Salem Maritime Festival & 3rd Annual Cardboard Boat Regatta

Salem Maritime National Historic Site 160 Derby Street, Salem, MA, United States

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 ...