Saturday, June 5, 2010, Portsmouth, RI The days ticked off on my calendar leading up to Wesley Echol’s Sakonnet River Race…a hard, but oh so fun 14 mile course out the tidal river starting at McCorrie Beach and out past third rock. You are assured of some fun rides as [...]
A Paddler's Perspective - by Wesley Echols This race is a favorite for many paddlers and rowers. It is a short, protected course with expert organization thanks to the race organizers made up of: Donna and Dave Lind, Rich Klajnscek, Bill Kuklinski, Chris Chappell, and others from the Cape Ann Rowing [...]
“Great weather,” Steve commented, as he arrived at the crack of dark (5:15 A.M.) to mount up my two Cliff’s ‘V’ racks to his vehicle for the drive up to our umpteenth running of the Run of the Charles. A cold rain was coming down, and it was hard to [...]
Unlike the previous two years where the weather was raw and cold like a typical New England early spring day, today was wonderful; brilliant sunshine, warm temperatures, and not much wind. While we had only a few paddlers, we had many family members, the Ceconi clan, Richard and Chantele from Canada, [...]
It was a glorious day in New England with radiant sunshine and over 105 paddlers for the largest field ever, never mind they were mostly rowers of all types. After all it’s called the Snow Row. The surfski class was made up of the Nahant Boys( Mike McDonough, Graeme Rockett), [...]
