I went through what seemed like a three minute blizzard somewhere on Route 128, 15 miles from Hull. Otherwise it was a good trip, although I did have to backtrack once when I was in the wrong lane somewhere on 95. Didn’t see the sign while switching from my sunglasses [...]
The weather was cooperative. No hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, or thunderstorms. It was the competition in various classes that was lightning, as in fast. Three boats bettered the previous course record of 1:47:19 set by Sean Brennan in 2009 in his Epic V-12 surfski. The surfski time was beaten by [...]
The Start The sky had changed. “This guy at the boat ramp told me there’s a squall in Boston and it’s headed our way!” said Bill as we stood looking at the ominous sky.The weather had changed in the short time we were inside for the captains meeting. Bill, me [...]
Unlike some years, I didn’t see any snow when I arrived at the old Hull Lifesaving Station. “Hi Wayne—you bring the pontoons with you?” said Gary Piantedosi. “Hi Gary, yeah, I got em, don’t leave home without em!” “Getting breezy, be a little rough out there.” “Yeah, well we’ve seen [...]
I ran my own race. I ran my own race. I think I should be able to say that twice, maybe even squeeze out a third time. As the regatta chairman 7 years now, I do sometimes think of it as my race, or more to the point our race. [...]
