Category for Northeast Surfski Races, 2009
Danny Boy O Danny boy, the waves the waves are calling From crest to crest, down the waves we slide The summer’s gone and all the races falling ‘Tis you, ‘tis you must go out with the tide The JCR, Jamestown Counter Revolution was supposed to take place down in [...]
The venue was moved to the Narragansett Boat House in Providence, RI due to the impending storm. It never materialized. So some of the Best open ocean rowers in the Country had to rely on their flatwater skills for the 10 mile, no wind, super flat race today. Click to [...]
The Nahant Bay Race took place yesterday in ocean conditions slightly milder than normal for this time of year. A southeast wind blowing 10 kts and a long-period, almost imperceptible 2' swell from Hurricane Bill were not enough to create good rides across the open water section, but a solid [...]
Despite the predictive poor weather from the storm “Bill”, the weather was fantastic, sunny and flat. Mike McDonough(Race Director did a super job with his organization of the race providing chase boat, setting turn buoys, providing laminated charts of the course, big race numbers, and had expert help from his wife, [...]
All of my races this year have been around 200 miles away from my home in Norwalk, CT. I started thinking about the Outrigger Race which was 20 miles away up the coast in Milford, run by Blake Conant, and thought wouldn’t it be nice to be able to race [...]
