Long time waterman, Dana Gaines of Marthas Vineyard has opened up shop selling Stellar Kayaks and Surfskis. Dana holds many records and can row and paddle any craft. Below are links to a few articles over the years on Dana. http://kayaksmv.com/ https://surfskiracing.org/2014/09/east-coast-surfski-championship-dana-gaines/ Ken and Dana at finish 2014 East [...]
Below is a short video by Dana Gaines explaining his Goal Raising Efforts. To donate click on the link below. For those of you who don't know Dana, he is a fixture at the Blackburn having done it more than any other paddler/rower except one. If this was not enough, [...]
AS I PULLED UP to Braleys Way Landing on Edgartown's Eel Pond in pitch black darkness at 4:30 AM on Sept. 22nd, I did not like what my headlights revealed. The wind, which had blown like stink out of the northeast the day before, had indeed shifted due north as [...]
2009 would be my 18th consecutive Blackburn; twelve of them had been oar-powered and this would be my sixth time around facing forwards, having paddled Touring Doubles with Tom Mailhot in 1998, 2006 (fog- shortened course) and 2008, Double Surfski with Pam Browning in 2003, and Touring Single in 1999. [...]
No matter how many times I row or paddle Essex River, I can never seem to get the steering just right (can anyone?!)-- And 2009 was no different. After an admittedly overzealous start in the Fast Touring Class, I had a bit of a lead coming out of the early [...]
