How did this sneak up on Rubber Duck? Timer says 4 days left to train! Time to get serious and kick the chipmunk family out of the scuppers and get paddling. Back by popular demand, the Rubber Duck Tracker (click). If you click now you might catch the daily training run to Stone’s Pub for the mandatory three Fishermans IPA’s as Rubber Duck figures out how this new software works and not have it drain the iPhone battery. Save the link to your smartphone and get out there and watch the race. Rubber Duck tracker goes live at 8AM Saturday. Major hint: to actually watch the race think of this dot as the end of the flotilla of 2oo plus boats. Anyone actually winning their division will be an hour or two in front of Rubber Duck. RD likes to make sure everyone makes it to the Greasy Pole finish line and the Cape Ann Rowing Club promises there will be cold beer for RD on tap at Pavillion Beach.
This will be the fourth year in a row for Rubber Duck. Here is a photo taken by Donna ArdizzoniĀ hanging from a rope off the A.Ā Piatt Andrew BridgeĀ as RD paddles by last year. I almost fell in when I heard my name floating down from high above the Annisquam River.
Visit the amazing Cape Ann Rowing Club (click here)Ā and view the 2013 registrants for the race. Check it out and sign up for next year’s race. The majority of paddlers or rowers are super serious athletes who probably ran a marathon the day before but no one will make fun of you (at least to your face) if all you want to do is finish the challenge. You get a marvelous perspective of every nook and cranny of the shoreline of the mostĀ beautifulĀ island in the world.
Good Morning Gloucester 
Reblogged this on New England Heritage Association.
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I haven’t seen much publicity on the Blackburn yet. I hope they get the word out there, as this is a great rowing event to watch. I really liked the course maps you’re published in the past Paul.
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Thanks Fred. My map with all the goodies behind each icon is this one:
http://goo.gl/maps/NnzaE
Even down to the little swimming dude tells you that high tide is 9:21AM that morning or where to get breakfast if you decide to bail in Rockport.
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Great photo! Have fun.
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