• Get Registered for the 2024 ROTC

    2024 ROTC REGISTRATION Link   2019 ROTC RACE SUMMARY-REPOSTED.  I was looking forward to the Run of the Charles, 6 mile, 2019 edition even with its changes. The start time for this year was 10 [...]

  • Fun Times at the 2023 Blackburn Challenge

    Pretty much on a whim, Tim and decided to race a double surf ski for this year's 2023 Blackburn Challenge. While I have raced 17 Blackburn, never in a double. Tim has raced both in [...]

  • 2023 Double Beaver, Double the Fun in a Double.

    Last week Tim ask me if I wanted to paddle as he got ready for the race he hosted, the 10-mile Double Beaver Race that starts at Bay Voyage Inn, passes the House on the [...]

  • Ride The Bull, Stormless Weather by Greg Lesher

    The Ride the Bull race in Jamestown, Rhode Island is the high point of the season for many paddlers.  And not just because it's the only course in New England in which misjudging the confused [...]

  • 100 Surf Skis-Initial Set Up

    Nelo 540 Surf Ski Since paddling surf skis since 2003, I estimated I have owned at least 100 surf skis(Huki, Fenn, Think, Epic, Stellar, Vajda, Nelo) excluding "stock" skis for sale during my [...]

  • Boat Fatigue-Be Aware

    Boat fatigue: every paddler's unknowing nightmare. It particularly comes into play in ocean conditions. It is worth revisiting with the race season getting cranked up. I was thinking about one of our biggest races in [...]

  • Narrow Race 2023 Recap- New England Surfski

    https://newenglandsurfski.com/2023/04/09/narrow-river-2023-summary/

  • 2023, Crash B’s, Indoor Rowing Championship

    Today was my 17th or 18th Crash B, Indoor Rowing Championship held at the New Balance Track in Boston.  Up until a few years ago, this race held in Boston was the World Indoor Rowing [...]

  • Nahant Bay Race 2022 Summary

      After a two-year hiatus, Mike McDonough revived his popular Nahant Bay Race for 2022. With a 7-10 mph north wind forecast to swing to the northeast during the race, Mike decided to reuse a [...]

  • Clean Open Access Race 6 miles

    Clean Ocean Access Sup, Surfski, Kayak 3/6 mile Race was held at the Newport Shipyard.  Timothy P. Dwyer and John Redos, Sam Duffield took 1st, 2nd, and 3rd respectively in the 6-mile race. 98 [...]

Get Registered for the 2024 ROTC

2024 ROTC REGISTRATION Link   2019 ROTC RACE SUMMARY-REPOSTED.  I was looking forward to the Run of the Charles, 6 mile, 2019 edition even with its changes. The start time for this year was 10 [...]

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