I always look forward to the Potato Race since it is the last race, albeit flat water race of the season that began with the Narrow River Race in April. So it is a long race season, but there is a significant break between the last ocean race and this [...]
With winds at 15+ knots from an unfavorable ENE direction, the Board of Trustees made a day-before decision to shift the NE Surfski Downwind course from its normal Kittery-to-York route down to the North Shore of Massachusetts. We'd run 11 miles from Stage Fort Park in Gloucester to Lynch Park [...]
Run-Kayak-Bike-Mtn. Bike-Kayak-Bike-Run… Collapse Two and half years ago my brother and I were at a rhythm festival in Uxbridge, MA (Steve, didgeridoo, me, djembe). Nature called as it tends to, and exiting the bathroom I spotted a brochure rack on my right. One of the brochures caught my eye. “Greenway [...]
If you were going to schedule a race for the confused waters of Salem Sound, you probably wouldn't make it 15+ miles. Or schedule it in late September. Or choose a course almost guaranteed to beam slap you into submission. That's why you'll never be Ed Duggan. Ed once paddled [...]
We are fortunate in New England to have some of the best places to paddle with easy access. Lynn Park in Beverly, Massachusetts is one of those places. Ed Duggan of The Kayak Learning Center host the race as well as the Salem League Training Races. With so many races [...]
