“Great weather,” Steve commented, as he arrived at the crack of dark (5:15 A.M.) to mount up my two Cliff’s ‘V’ racks to his vehicle for the drive up to our umpteenth running of the Run of the Charles. A cold rain was coming down, and it was hard to [...]
Unlike the previous two years where the weather was raw and cold like a typical New England early spring day, today was wonderful; brilliant sunshine, warm temperatures, and not much wind. While we had only a few paddlers, we had many family members, the Ceconi clan, Richard and Chantele from Canada, [...]
It was a glorious day in New England with radiant sunshine and over 105 paddlers for the largest field ever, never mind they were mostly rowers of all types. After all it’s called the Snow Row. The surfski class was made up of the Nahant Boys( Mike McDonough, Graeme Rockett), [...]
The Great Potato Race on the Connecticut River NO it is not surfskiracing at it’s best, no 2-3 foot waves, no 10-20 mph winds, just a beautiful day to be on the water in any craft. Today just happened to be the last race of the season, a flat water [...]
Something Different! The Salem Sound Double Header offered two slightly different twists than our usual races this summer. Race Director Ed Duggan of Beverly intentionally kept the multitude of potential race courses close to his vest until that morning increasing the tension leading up to the race. Salem Sound is [...]
