The USS Ducky almost looked like a warship atop the shallow water of Manahawkin Lake on Aug. 5. It needed three people to paddle the darned thing.
“My grandpa came up with the design for the boat,” said 10-year-old Jacob Marquis, who along with his 6-year-old brother, Frankie, and grandmother, Debbie Hillman, rowed the Ducky to victory in the 18th annual Cardboard Boat Regatta. “I helped with the decorating, made the motor and the duck drawing.
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