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 shore-to-shore across the Bay of Fundy. At low tide. He’s done the Blackburn course so many times that he lost count. In a single day. He’s been known to… well, you get the idea. My point isn’t that Ed is a remarkably tough and persistent paddler who expects no less from participants in his race. It’s that he’s just plain bonkers. Hence the Kettle Island Run.
In last year’s race, I went belly up two-thirds of the way through and had to be scooped out of the water by the rescue boat. Conditions on that day weren’t particularly big, but they were everywhere at once. This year promised to be better behaved, with a light breeze, sunny skies, and mild temperatures. Sixteen paddlers prepared to answer Ed’s challenge.
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