Race Reports

Nahant Bay Race: Francisco Urena Steps Up for 3rd Place

Today we had a beautiful but flat day once again for the Nahant Race.  The course was changed this year to make it slightly longer and to use ocean buoys and rocks as the turn markers.  Today was the exact opposite of last week's Double Beaver Race with super flat [...]

Nahant Bay Race: Francisco Urena Steps Up for 3rd Place2025-12-28T21:27:34-05:00

A Long Story – Blackburn 2011- by S.S. Weyers

A Long Story S.S. Weyers - Southampton, Bermuda The Intro: All the cool titles for articles on the 25th Blackburn had already been taken by Echols, Spies, Ceconi, Carter and Lysobey. I thought of naming it There and Back but then I remembered that one was already used by Tolkien. [...]

A Long Story – Blackburn 2011- by S.S. Weyers2025-12-28T22:03:28-05:00

Records at the Blackburn

Records Abound at 2011 Blackburn This was the 25th year of the Blackburn and it ushered in many records in attendance, course, and personal.  The first record broken was for the overall course record in a single powered boat. Dan Gorririan who has come close many times , chose to [...]

Records at the Blackburn2025-12-28T21:56:10-05:00

Forward Strokes, Ischemic Strokes, and No Backstrokes by Rich Carter

Photo Credit to David Cox, Good Morning Gloucester Once again I find myself at Gloucester High School, home of the Fighting Fishermen,bearing up beneath dark storm clouds and a gale of calendar pages. I’m staring down the barrel of my 56th birthday and Father Time’s itchy finger grows heavy on the [...]

Forward Strokes, Ischemic Strokes, and No Backstrokes by Rich Carter2025-12-28T21:56:10-05:00
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