Ed Jarrett spent his summer building ‘Castle to the Sun’, a massive sand castle, to raise funds for Camp Sunshine, a camp on Sebago Lake for children with life-threatening illnesses.
Jarrett and his sand castle
Jarrett completed the world-record 31.7-foot-high sand castle on Saturday (September 1) at the Point Sebago Resort in Casco, Maine. His castle broke his own record set in Falmouth, Maine, in 2003 with a castle that was 29 feet, 3 inches high.
Jarrett spent about two months building the 32-foot tall castle with the help of 1,500 volunteers to raise money for his cause. It’s reported that Jarrett’s effort has raised around $100,000 thus far.
There are some dispute on the new official word record though; in June a 43-foot castle was built (by others) in Myrtle Beach… but according to Jarrett, the Myrtle Beach castle failed to follow Guinness World Records guidelines that ban using machinery and require the structure to be taller than it is wide.
However, Myrtle Beach officials claimed to have permission from Guinness to stray from the guidelines. The Guinness organization hasn’t yet decided whether the Myrtle Beach castle should be considered an official record. At the moment, Jarrett’s 2003 record is still intact.
Regardless, this is one amazing feat by Jarrett.