Month: July 2023

Race Report

Blackburn Challenge 2023 Summary

July 16, 2023
Blackburn Challenge

As always, the Blackburn Challenge in Gloucester, MA lived up to its name. With moderate, but persistent, tide, wind, and chop working against competitors, this was one of the slowest Blackburn’s in recent memory. Twenty single and a half-dozen tandem surfskis lined up for the 19.5 mile race around Cape Ann. They’d be fighting a […]

Race Report

Jamestown Double Beaver 2023 Summary

July 2, 2023

Under a sun softened by a light haze, twenty-five paddlers met in Jamestown, Rhode Island on Saturday to compete in the 10 mile Jamestown Double Beaver race – the last ocean warm-up before the 20 mile Blackburn Challenge in mid-July. With race director Tim Dwyer inviting paddlers of all ilk, a field of 13 surfskis […]