Great Turnout and Fun! As the host of the Sakonnet River Race, I was checking the forecast daily. On Thursday it was forecasted to blowing 15-20 with gust to 30, Friday's forecast slightly less, and Saturday morning a small craft warning. I have changed the course many times over the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
