Wannabe pirates get boats ready for festival — VIDEO
Pirate Fest organizer, Rich Strelak, and Zappos employees gather at they Las Vegas Zappos campus to begin construction of cardboard boats for the cardboard regatta at Pirate Fest in April.
Zappos employee Tyler Williams works on building a cardboard boat during an event in advance of the cardboard regatta at Pirate Fest, slated to take place April 10-12 at Lorenzi Park, at Zappos corporate headquarters in downtown Las Vegas on Thursday, March 19, 2015. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
At the Zappos campus in downtown Las Vegas, Tyler Williams works on the company entry for the Zappos sponsored cardboard regatta at Pirate Fest in April. Thursday, March 19, 2015 (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Rich Strelak, from Pirate Fest, goes over a few of the finer points of cardboard ship construction with Zac Erickson, left, and Jereme Campos at the Zappos main offices in Downtown Las Vegas on Thursday, March 19, 2015. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
At the Zappos campus in downtown Las Vegas, Moe Lindsay, left, Rick Sain, Lexie Ihde and Tyler Williams lay out the base of the company entry for the Zappos sponsored cardboard regatta at Pirate Fest in April. Thursday, March 19, 2015 (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
At the Zappos campus in downtown Las Vegas, Lexie Ihde works on the company entry for the Zappos sponsored cardboard regatta at Pirate Fest in April. Thursday, March 19, 2015 (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Zappos employees, from left, Tyler Williams, Alexie Ihde and Mikela Lee-Manaois work on building a cardboard boat during an event in advance of the cardboard regatta at Pirate Fest, slated to take place April 10-12 at Lorenzi Park, at Zappos corporate headquarters in downtown Las Vegas on Thursday, March 19, 2015. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Details are seen as a cardboard boat is built during an event in advance of the cardboard regatta at Pirate Fest, slated to take place April 10-12 at Lorenzi Park, at Zappos corporate headquarters in downtown Las Vegas on Thursday, March 19, 2015. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Pirate Fest founder Rich Strelak, center, talks to people about how to build a cardboard boat in advance of the cardboard regatta at Pirate Fest, slated to take place April 10-12 at Lorenzi Park, at Zappos corporate headquarters in downtown Las Vegas on Thursday, March 19, 2015. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Zappos employees, from left, Alexie Ihde, Mikela Lee-Manaois, and Tyler Williams work on building a cardboard boat during an event in advance of the cardboard regatta at Pirate Fest, slated to take place April 10-12 at Lorenzi Park, at Zappos corporate headquarters in downtown Las Vegas on Thursday, March 19, 2015. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Zappos employees, from left, Tyler Williams, Alexie Ihde and Mikela Lee-Manaois work on building a cardboard boat during an event in advance of the cardboard regatta at Pirate Fest, slated to take place April 10-12 at Lorenzi Park, at Zappos corporate headquarters in downtown Las Vegas on Thursday, March 19, 2015. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Zappos employee Alexie Ihde works on building a cardboard boat during an event in advance of the cardboard regatta at Pirate Fest, slated to take place April 10-12 at Lorenzi Park, at Zappos corporate headquarters in downtown Las Vegas on Thursday, March 19, 2015. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Tools and pieces of cardboard are seen on the ground as people work on building a cardboard boat during an event in advance of the cardboard regatta at Pirate Fest, slated to take place April 10-12 at Lorenzi Park, at Zappos corporate headquarters in downtown Las Vegas on Thursday, March 19, 2015. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Zappos employee Tyler Williams works on building a cardboard boat during an event in advance of the cardboard regatta at Pirate Fest, slated to take place April 10-12 at Lorenzi Park, at Zappos corporate headquarters in downtown Las Vegas on Thursday, March 19, 2015. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Zappos employees, from left, Tyler Williams, Mikela Lee-Manaois, and Loren Becker work on building a cardboard boat during an event in advance of the cardboard regatta at Pirate Fest, slated to take place April 10-12 at Lorenzi Park, at Zappos corporate headquarters in downtown Las Vegas on Thursday, March 19, 2015. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Zappos employee Tyler Williams works on building a cardboard boat during an event in advance of the cardboard regatta at Pirate Fest, slated to take place April 10-12 at Lorenzi Park, at Zappos corporate headquarters in downtown Las Vegas on Thursday, March 19, 2015. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Zappos employees, from left, Tyler Williams, Alexie Ihde and Mikela Lee-Manaois work on building a cardboard boat during an event in advance of the cardboard regatta at Pirate Fest, slated to take place April 10-12 at Lorenzi Park, at Zappos corporate headquarters in downtown Las Vegas on Thursday, March 19, 2015. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Rich Strelak, from Pirate Fest, goes over a few of the finer points of cardboard ship construction with Zac Erickson, left, and Jereme Campos at the Zappos main offices in Downtown Las Vegas on Thursday, March 19, 2015. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
People gathered at Zappos’ corporate headquarters in downtown Las Vegas to build cardboard boats in advance of the third annual Pirate Fest.
The festival, which is scheduled to take place April 10-12 at Lorenzi Park, 3343 W. Washington Ave., features various events, including the cardboard regatta, where people will put their cardboard creations to the test in the water.
The Thursday event featured supplies and a space for participants to get their boats started, as well as instruction and assistance from Pirate Fest founder Rich Strelak.
