Fourteen teams participating in the 13th annual Plywood Cup helped raised tens of thousands of dollars to benefit childrens' charities: Small Talk, MMRF Research Foundation

The race, held on Grandville Island in Vancouver, BC, featured boats built with dontated materials by the four-man teams. Each team had 90 minutes to build their boat using

• two large sheets of plywood
• one 8 ft piece of 2x2
• a hammer
• 125 nails
• 30 feet of duct tape
• a saw
• a measuring stick and
• a pencil.

The FUNdraiser was sponsored by the Vancouver Progress Club.