Adam and Wendy Gelinas put on a great race with help from a brilliant New England Day and a great turnout of racers. The eight mile Potato race is the last race of the season held on the Connecticutt River in Hadley, Massachusetts. The sun was out and the temperature [...]
SURFSKIRACING.COM series is in its third year sponsored by Stellar Kayaks and Surfskis. This years winner by a large margin was Borys Markin, a former Olympic paddler. The series was the best of 4 races vice 5 since one race was dropped from the series(Jamestown Counter Revolution). Bory's made the [...]
With my choice of an ocean race or a flat water race, 90% of the time I choose ocean hands down. However, with my newly purchased Ted Van Dusen Mohican, I could not wait to race the Holyoke 6 mile on the Connecticut River hosted by Mark and Alicia Wendolowski. [...]
Holyoke Rows Holyoke Cup Canoe and Kayak Race’s Saturday September 29, 2012 Registration: $10.00 at Holyoke Rows Boathouse from 12:00 - 1:00 Start: 1:30 PM Sharp Distance: 10K racing, 6K recreational and 1K Youth Race Classes: Recreational and Racing classes for all types of Canoes and Kayaks, Adult, Novice and Youth Course: Loop course [...]
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 [...]
