JML International were the proud victors in what has become one of the most popular events in Pirates Week – the Cardboard Boat race at Hog Sty Bay. The winning team just managed to get to the shore one second ahead of the Cayman Mechanical team, who appeared to have thought they’d won too.

The turnout was spectacular, with every participant making a great soggy splash this year with some truly amazing cardboard creations.

There was a stunning Star Trek style Starship Enterprise boat covered in silver paper. Then there was a huge red and white toadstool, paddled by smurfs

There was a boat made from a huge piece of Swiss cheese, run by the local branch of a Swiss bank and, appropriately enough, a mini cardboard pirate ship manned by the team from Margaritaville.

A huge turtle came paddling ashore next and one of the boats, called the Sinkfast, was paddled by a crew dressed like Hawaiians, complete with flowery Lei necklaces

Some of the boats didn’t make it. Being made of cardboard, they got all soggy and capsized. Their fearless teams brought them in just the same, somehow managing to paddle and swim the soggy cardboard ashore.

Just how do you get a cardboard boat to float? Bright ideas matched the bright colours, but sadly not every boat made it safely to shore.

Their crews, undaunted, kept paddling to the bitter end, as their boats sank lower and lower. Some teams only made it to shore by swimming, and holding on to fragments of waterlogged cardboard.

Digicel had a bright red boat, paddled by an early incarnation of Santa, accompanied by several Mrs Santas.

There were plenty of other  events on the last day of Pirates Week, including a Walking on Water competition, a High School Paddle Board Race Relay, and a snapper cook-off competition, to see just who could cook up the tastiest snapper.

But the highlight of the evening came with the Trial of the Pirates, when the pirates are traditionally found guilty of holding the Cayman Islands to hostage for a week and kidnapping the Governor.

This year things got a bit complicated as the pirates in question were actually on trial for being in fancy dress.

The fireworks display, heralding the end of Pirates Week, was one of the most spectacular end-of-pirates-week displays ever.