Key Largo Merchants Association hosts this WACKY Anything that Floats Race every year at Blackwater Sound, mile marker 104, bayside in Key Largo, Florida Keys.  This family-friendly event encourages participants to create some sort of craft made from materials found around the house.  You can't use actual parts of boats, motors, foam or pool toys.  Watch what people's imaginations can come up with.  Teams are encouraged to dress up as they navigate their "boats" on the race course.  Each "boat" takes it's turn to float around the course and back.  It's a timed race so the "boat" with the best time wins but there are awards for best looking crew, best looking boat, and based on different team size categories (2 person, 4 person, or unlimited teams).  

Prizes will be awarded for: Fastest: 2 person team, 4 person team, or unlimited team, Best decorated boat under 18 feet, best decorated boat over 18 feet, Best Looking Crew (in costumes), and the best hard luck story. Boats check in at 2 pm on Saturday and then should be ready to race by 3 pm off Sundowners dock. Every boat is a winner!

Enter a homemade vessel, join the regatta on Blackwater Sound, or cheer on your favorite team from land as the contestants navigate the course from the Caribbean Club to Sundowners and back, then as the sun sets, enjoy the sounds of local bands as they play to the crowd from land at mile marker 104.  Make your own "boat" and compete or come out just for the fun of cheering on all the wacky entries!  As the sun sets, enjoy live music performed by local bands.  

The event takes places the third Saturday of August (3 p.m. on August 15, 2015). The Captains’ Party will be held at 7 p.m. at Senor Frijoles on Friday, August 14, 2015.

Items used in the past: cardboard, wood, PVC, duct tape, milk jugs, 5 gallon buckets, saran wrap, old t-shirts, outdoor furniture, old bikes, and pool noodles. 

• The Captains' Meeting will be held Aug. 14, 2015.
• All participants must be at least 13 years of age.