Quacking up!

Spectators watch the 27th Annual Great Waikoloa Rubber Duckie Race, a fundraiser for the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Hawaii Wednesday at the King's Shops. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today)

Ducks float toward the finish line at the 27th annual Great Waikoloa Rubber Duckie Race, a fundraiser for the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Hawaii Wednesday at the King’s Shops. For more photos see page 4A and www.westhawaiitoday.com.

Runaway ducks are corralled at the 27th Annual Great Waikoloa Rubber Duckie Race, a fundraiser for the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Hawaii Wednesday at the King’s Shops. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today)

Over 6,000 ducks are released at the 27th annual Great Waikoloa Rubber Duckie Race, a fundraiser for the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Hawaii, Wednesday at the King’s Shops. (Photos by Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today)

Over 6,000 ducks were released at the 27th Annual Great Waikoloa Rubber Duckie Race, a fundraiser for the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Hawaii Wednesday at the King’s Shops.