Chestertown Tea Party Festival

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

Starting Gun: 2:30 p.m. Sharp! - Arrive: 1:30 p.m.
Don’t be late, we won’t wait.
Location: Wilmer Park, Chestertown

Raft Race Rules& Registration (PDF) (2008)

Every Spring during the Chestertown Tea Party Festival an elite group of highly trained athletes gather at the edge of the Chester River and prepare for a competition that will test their ability to plumb the depths of imagination and maintain delusional visions of glory. In the festival's Raft Race, not-so-sleek racing machines compete for trophy-bragging rights to the weekend's most offbeat event. The coveted Tea Cup, the race's highest honor, is awarded to the raft with the best synthesis of creativity, engineering, and speed.

Awards
Overall Winner

The Tea Cup: presented to the raft with the best synthesis of creativity, engineering, and speed - chosen from the first three finishers of the race.

The Fabulous Flotsam Award: presented to the raft more likely to cause a spectacle than win the race.

The DaVinci Award: presented to the raft with the most unorthodox form of locomotion.

The Van Gogh Award: presented to the most artistic raft.

The Flop Award: presented to the raft with the most impressive failure.

The Junior Cup Award: presented to the raft with the best synthesis of creativity, engineering, and speed - chosen from the first three finishers of the Junior Division. Rafts with entire crews 15 years or less in age can compete in the Junior Division, but are not excluded from winning in the Adult Division.