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Good Morning Gloucester Podcast April 17,2013

Podcast Host Joey Ciaramitaro and guest Paul Morrison Taped April 17th, 2013 Click to listen- Earth Day The Word “Broad” Revisiting The Good Harbor Beach Repair Timetable Predictions Rubber Duck Race Craig Kimberley’s Bikini Speedo Dodgeball Movie Premiere At the … Continue reading

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Blackburn Challenge Registration Opens Today!

Donna Lind has sent the email. The 27th running of the Cape Ann Rowing Club Blackburn Challenge Registration is now open. Click here for Registration and Race info. The Rubber Duck signed up today for her 4th paddle all the … Continue reading

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200 Days until the Blackburn Challenge

The timer is set. You’re sitting there on your butt thinking of a New Year’s Resolution today. How about joining the Cape Ann Rowing Club Blackburn Challenge in a paddle around the island on July 23rd? That butt a little too … Continue reading

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2012 Blackburn Challenge Photos From David Cox

2012 Blackburn Challenge Photos From David Cox VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

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2012 Blackburn Challenge Slide Show From Len Burgess

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Blackburn Challenge Wrap-Up

Couldn’t ask for better weather. Cloudy and not too hot, wind really of no consequence. I’ll cover the race from most crazy to least crazy, just the highlights. The full spreadsheet of race results go to Cape Ann Rowing Club … Continue reading

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Thank you all for the Blackburn Challenge Coverage

Rubber Duck felt like a movie star. The ultimate was paddling like crazy and I hear my name called but I am going under the A. Priatt bridge how could … then I see Donna at the rail way the … Continue reading

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2012 Community Blackburn Challenge Live Blog and Paul Morrison GPS Live Tracking Map

Most Importantly before we get into the meat of the Live blog I’ll provide a link to Paul Morrison’s Live GPS Location Tracker Here  (The GPS Tracker will be turned on at 8AM to save battery but you can still … Continue reading

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What a great day for the Blackburn Challenge

Lots and lots of fun…  YEAH Paul!!!!

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Video 2012 Blackburn Challenge Timelapse from Our Mike Lindberg

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Two Days to Blackburn Challenge and Everyone is Ready

Including Rubber Duck. She has been pumping iron (and a one and a two, OK now) and has now moved on from the Horribles Parade hat she was sitting on last week and is now safely strapped down to the … Continue reading

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Blackburn Challenge Just 7 Days Away on Saturday, July 14

And Registration ends tonight, Saturday, July 7 at midnight. So click here to register now! Click here for a map of the course.  Look familiar? That’s because it’s Cape Ann. All you have to do is get into your watercraft … Continue reading

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15 Days Until Blackburn Challenge

This has snuck up on the Rubber Duck so she is doubling her work outs. And a One and a TWO, OK all done. As always if you are tracking Blackburn, the timer to the starting gun is here. And … Continue reading

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Homie Watching Over Gannet ‘s Blackburn Challenge Crew Saturday–Off Dog Bar Breakwater From Rick Isaacs

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Have a Boat? Wanna Be Part Of A Great Tradition? Blackburn Challenge Boat Support Needed!

Tyler Knight submits-

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2012 Essex River Race Roundup

For race results this link downloads a nice excel spreadsheet. My race roundup: Nice day, I did not fall in, the beer was cold and the hot dog was tasty. The band did a nice job on some Fleetwood Mac … Continue reading

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76 Summer Days Until the Big Race

(Sung to the tune of 76 Trombones) Seventy six summer days until the big parade, with at least a hundred and ten dory rowers motoring away. They were followed by rows and rows of the finest kayaks; the cream of … Continue reading

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100 days until Blackburn Challenge

Yikes, according to my Blackburn Challenge Timer there are only 100 days left to prepare for the paddle all the way around Cape Ann starting at Gloucester High School and ending at the new Greasy Pole July 14, 2012.  Click … Continue reading

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Only 177 Days to the BlackBurn Challenge

January 18 and how many New Year’s Resolutions have you blown off already? Did you last two weeks on your diet? Have you already bought a pack of Winstons? Now is the time baby, crunch time, when the muffin top … Continue reading

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25th Blackburn Challenge; Joey: Send me a photo!

The morning of the Blackburn Challenge and Joey was having a GMG meltdown. Or maybe he was was giving birth to puppies. But we were getting ready to go for a long paddle and Ed and I had not sent … Continue reading

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Morning of Blackburn Challenge Breast Clouds

The morning of the Blackburn Challenge contestants and viewers of the race noticed some pretty weird clouds. Hard to capture in a camera, they looked a little like this photo taken from the wiki page describing mammatus clouds. Terry Weber … Continue reading

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2011 Blackburn Challenge Slide Show From Cherie Grey

Blackburn Challenge Photos From Cherie Grey VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL  

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Ed Collard Fights through Heavy Boat Traffic to Finish The 2011 Blackburn Challenge

 

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Blackburn Challenge – Photos by David Cox

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Video- 2011 Blackburn Challenge Filmed By Ed Collard

Ed uses the Kodak zx3 and Kayalu Salt Waterproof Camera Mount to capture the Blackburn Challenge The Kodak zx-3 and kayalu salt waterproof camera mount performed perfectly, especially when you consider Ed all thumbs and no eyes Collard was the … Continue reading

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