Category for NE US Surfski Race Reports for 2012
Too late, we realized our blunder; we had cut inside of the island we were supposed to go ‘round, having fallen prey to the dreaded ‘lighthouse fixation,’ a nautical term used to describe an obsessive infatuation with beacon-bearing towers. As one lanky, bearded hakham (Yiddish for ‘wise man’) observed after [...]
New Logo 2012 Registration is open for the 2012 Lighthouse To Lighthouse Race! 14 or 7 miles of open water racing for any seaworthy, human powered craft. The L2L is the second most attended race outside of the Blackburn Challenge. See below link for all the details and [...]
A record group of 25 skis, a kayak, and an OC-1 converged on Fisherman's Beach in Swampscott for the Nahant Bay Cup this past Saturday. Race Director Mike McDonough greeted us warmly as we trickled in on the cool, overcast morning. The ocean conditions were mild, to say the least. [...]
While most of us wanted conditions, any kind of conditions, the other few who like flat water, got their wish at Nahant. Their was barely a ripple in the bay, on the 9.41 course and that is no exaggeration. Despite the flat conditions, we all had a great time. 27 paddlers [...]
The pictures I took last week from the shore of the Double Beaver Race definitely did not give a good representation of the "real conditions". Fortunately Alyce Dwyer was able to take some great shots from the Dwyer's boat. Still many more to come, plus a video, but [...]
