 The Moonlight Bay family restaurant in Cross Lake was jam-packed Saturday afternoon for some unusual boat races. Our Anthony Scott has that story for this week's Northwood's adventure. Three, two, one. Paddle fast and hope your boat doesn't sink. That was the strategy at Moonlight Bay's eighth annual cardboard boat races. It's easy to build a boat and fun for the whole family. Either people build their own or they can come in here and get a kit boat, and build it from that kit boat. And anyone can sign up. We have 12 and under for the kids and 13 over for adults. It turns into a family event, you know, from painting, naming the boats, you know. I mean it's everything that you can do as a family, just getting it all prepared and go. When the event started in 2011, there were just eight boats and it's blown up to be something pretty cool. Now with over 40 boats competing this year and nearly 1,000 people watching lakeside, it can be considered a staple in the Cross Lake community. It's so much fun. We did it last year and it's just so much better this year. Just with everybody more boats, more people. It's awesome. The cardboard races were a great event for the whole family and it didn't matter if you're a beginning paddler or an expert, you could get in on the fun. Cash prizes were handed out for the top four places in the kids and adult races. There is a People's Choice Award for Best Boat and a Titanic Award if you can't stay afloat. You're going to expect some fast racing. We got some X Games Gold medalists racing today. We have some bodybuilders that won it last year and we got it all and you're going to see some sinking as well. Most of the proceeds went to support the Whitefish Yacht Club and there was a firefighters race where the winning department walked away with $500. That's awesome. That's the most important thing is money to be spent and donate to fire departments who can put it to good use. Thousands came out, some sank, some paddled their way to victory and best of all, money was raised for charity. Reporting from Cross Lake for this week's Northwoods Adventure, Anthony Scott, Lakeland News. And if you want to get in on the fun next year, stop into the Moonlight Bay Restaurant and Bar and ask for a cardboard boat kit. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.