(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 the Cape Ann waterways!
I’ll quit with one verse …
Blackburn Challenge: Saturday July 14. There will be a kayak pod of “not the extremely swift” led by Wendie Demuth.
Click map for more links and info.
There is also a short 5 mile race in the Essex River on Saturday, May 19th. Just go to the Cape Ann Rowing Club Web Site and you can sign up for both right now! Go ahead. It’s easy. You are probably an SK-male or SK-female boat length say 18 feet beam 25 inches. They take MasterCard and you get a cool T-Shirt you can wear to the GMG Mug-Ups to prove you did it. (SK means sea kayak which is what you have unless you are the Lance Armstrong of kayakers. Check your kibbles and bits to see if you are male or female.)
Rubber Duck signed up for both! ( I have got to hide the credit card.)
Rubber Duck Kayak Quick Tips: If you are thinking of going out to get in shape the water temp at AO1 buoy today is 46F:
1) Do not kayak alone. 2) Wear and buckle up a PFD. 3) Dress for the water temp, not the sunny air temp. 4) Stick to the shore like glue. 5) A hand pump, a paddle float, a waterproof handheld radio tuned to VHS 16 are all good things to strap on your boat but only if you know how and when to use them.
Good Morning Gloucester 
Hmmm, those of us who struggle around Cross Island in Banks Dories do not consider the Essex River Race all that short.
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A Banks dory is another story entirely. Give me ten years or so of getting into shape and I might take one of those on. 😉 For now I will stick with resin and kevlar.
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