Brenda Butler, left, and her cousin, Leonah Danforth, paddle Saturday afternoon during the Monmouth Beach Party cardboard boat race at Cochnewagon Lake.
Wes Danforth and his cousin, Jessica Danforth, win the older age group Saturday afternoon during the Monmouth Beach Party cardboard boat race at Cochnewagon Lake.
Sawyer Hardison, left, Kinsley Hardison and Mallorie Boisbert splash Saturday afternoon into Cochnewagon Lake as their boat, Baby Shark, capsizes during the Monmouth Beach Party cardboard boat race.
Connie Cushman, left, and Karen Danforth try to catch up to Phoenix Rogers during the Monmouth Beach Party cardboard boat race Saturday afternoon at Cochnewagon Lake.
August Williams, 6, pilots Sharknado on Saturday afternoon during the Monmouth Beach Party cardboard boat race at Cochnewagon Lake. August received help from his younger brother, Lewie, and father, Joe, in building the cardboard boat, which has a face on the front and fin on top.
Devon Royal Hasch, 10, attaches duct tape Saturday while building his entry for the Monmouth Beach Party cardboard boat race at Cochnewagon Lake.
Paddlers in the younger age group compete Saturday afternoon in the Monmouth Beach Party cardboard boat race at Cochnewagon Lake.
Sophie Seavey, 6, left, practices a paddling movement Saturday as she and her mother, Callie Huntington, figure how to cut the sidewall of her entry in the Monmouth Beach Party cardboard boat race at Cochnewagon Lake.
Kennebec Journal 
