Category for NE US Surfski Race Reports for 2012
Tim Dwyer and I were talking post race, and he teased me about being an oceanographer and overthinking the whole thing. In my defense, here is what I was thinking about during the race. Chris Sherwood after completing his first "Double Beaver" At the start, lots of people lined up [...]
Great turn out for the 2012 Double Beaver Race. Being a spectator today, was able to take some photos from the start and finish line as well as the west side of Beavertail Point. And yes, you do see Borys Markin go by me multiple times...unfortunately he missed the turn [...]
One of these years, we're going to have to schedule this race for early February if we want to get the rough seas of Howard Blackburn's infamous adventure. The local weather is usually benign in July and August, and this year's course conditions were pretty much like the last 3 [...]
The Blackburn Challenge is enormously popular event for the paddling and rowing community. For many years it has grown to be the benchmark race here in the Northeast. It is different in many ways from our other races. First of all it is the longest race at almost 20 miles [...]
Greg Lesher at Finish As the Sakonnet River Race approached (and surely I'm not the first to wonder how exactly this long ocean bay qualifies as a "river"), I was excited to find that Wesley had decided on an alternate course that would take us from 3rd [...]
