North American Open Water Rowing Championship
Jamestown Counter Revolution
August 29, 2009
January 19, 2010
The 2010 event is coming together beautifully thanks again to Steve Wells, Steve Chapin and the rest of the Sound Rowers. The venue this year is the spectacular, new Northwest Maritime Center in Port Townsend, WA.
This year there will be two days of racing for those with the stamina. On Saturday there will be the traditional Sound Rowers Rat Island Race. Then Sunday will be the NAOWRC over a different course.
All boat types are welcome. We're working hard to get the local surfski and outrigger paddlers to show up -- the more boats we have, the more fun we have.
For more details and an ongoing blog about the race, check out this site.
July 2, 2009
We're gearing up for another great race. Robert Meenk and Diane Davis are the sponsored rowers in the singles this year -- both won last year. Competition will be tough this year in both men's and women's singles as Dan G. has been recruiting hot shots from the East Coast. However, Diane Davis and Rachael Perry both finished within 15 seconds of each other at the Tahoe race this year. More importantly, they were only beaten by 1 double and two men's 24s. They are flying! I haven't heard how Robert's training has been going, but he's always strong.
We have a trailer getting lined up to take boats from Seattle and San Francisco out for the race. If anyone is interested in making the drive, I'm paying all expenses (and providing a nice tow vehicle). Let us (doug at maasboats dot com) know if you're interested in driving or putting your boat on the trailer.
Lastly, invite all your surfski and outrigger friends to join us. One of my personal agenda items for the coming years is to integrate these communities a bit better. We are all basically doing the same thing and having more boats at races is more fun all around.
If you missed it on the front page, check out this video that Ellen Braithwaite pointed out. It is a great video of the Open Ocean Race in Sausalito this year.
January 12, 2009
The news came in today from Dan Gorriaran that we are going to be allowed to race around Conanicut Island in Narragansett Bay. This looks to be an absolutely lovely spot and many thanks to Dan for pulling this together. Dan also pointed out that Jamestown is a wonderful vacation spot. I am going to take the time to enjoy the area this year and spend some time on the island before the race.
We'll be running a trailer out from the West Coast for the race. I don't yet know any of the details.
October 20, 2008
We're still figuring out where the 2009 NAOWRC will be held. The plan is to go back east again -- perhaps the Blackburn again.
I was reviewing the results from the Head of the Charles this year and noticed that many of the NAOWRC racers did quite well. In no particular order, here are names that caught my eye -- perhaps there are some more that I missed.
- Robert Meenk was 8th in the open men's lightweight single. That's world class.
- Diane Davis was third in the grand master's woman's single ahead of Judy Geer. The first two places were a former Russian Olympian and the woman who still holds the course record for the HOCR.
- The double of Linse and Kinne got second in the senior master women's double.
- Gorriaran & Smith continued their reign with another win in the master men's double.
- Landon Carter took second in the men's veteran single.
- The double of Kermond and Reynolds placed second in the mixed double category. (Peter also got a first in the senior master double with Scott Roop finishing just ahead of long-time open water rower Craig Leeds).
- Peter Graves, rowing with Andrew Liverman, won the men's championship double.
- Abigail Cromwell got fourth in the women's master single.
All in all, it is really great to see how well the open water rowers are doing in what is really the premier head race. I find all of these people immensely inspiring.
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