Although it's theoretically possible that a team of mathematicians, horologists, and astronomers could work through the byzantine calculations necessary to predict the exact date of the Essex River Race, I prefer to rely on the time-tested folk adage: If Bob Capellini is standing on your porch holding a half-dozen home-made [...]
While a few masochistic hold-outs still suffer through the longer 19 and 9 mile courses of the Run of the Charles, the more portage-averse of us have settled into the 6 mile race like a long-lost shoe. With 30+ surfskis participating, this would be the largest ever junior ROTC enrollment. [...]
Although the Snow Row is technically the first race of the New England season, it's more of a novelty act than a true race - the juggling pig of the surfski world. The real action would start with the Narrow River Race, co-chaired by Wesley and Tim. After being pushed [...]
You can't legitimately call yourself a misguided idiot unless you've participated in at least one open-water winter surfski race. And for those of us in New England, the Snow Row checks all of the necessary boxes. Winter. Open-water. Jam-packed with people with little or no sense of self-preservation. Sponsored by [...]
After a record-breaking surfski turnout in 2014, the venerable Lighthouse to Lighthouse race was given a fallow year to regenerate. Under the indefatigable stewardship of Gary Williams, however, the field was seeded for a fresh harvest this year. And once again, the L2L would be hosting the East Coast Surfski [...]
