The start of the Essex River Race is 2.74 miles from our front door - close enough that the acrid stench of a defeat there would prevent us from opening any windows for the next month. So it was with an increasing sense of panic that I surveyed the formidable [...]
2015 Essex River Race by Wesley Echols from Wesley Echols on Vimeo. Another good turnout today at the race today. Cool weather was perfect but the water level very low. The start caught everyone off guard with a mere 5 second count down without everyone on the line. It should [...]
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 [...]
Originally scheduled for April 4, the governors of the 10 mile Narrow River Race had granted us a stay of execution due to high winds and excessive whining about the excessive early-season length. Having exhausted our appeals, however, it came time for our final paddle (with the exception of a [...]
Super weather today for the Narrow River Race. We rescheduled the race from April 4 our usual date. We had 14 paddlers, all trying to recover from the ROTC last Sunday. I think most every one had good races with Jan Lupinski recording another win going away over 2nd place [...]
