Well we did the Long Lake Long Boat Regatta and it was a great race. Lately I have only done the 90-miler which is a huge race and big production. This race was on a smaller scale and a lot more laid back. Brian McDonald from Macs canoes does a great job as race director and it was great to see him get to race as well.
The war canoe was a lot of fun, it reminded me of rowing in college with having so many paddlers staying in sync. I was in 6th seat, one from the stern. Kerry did a great job guiding us to a third place overall finish. We hung with the 1st and 2nd place boats through the first 5 miles but after going back under the Long Lake bridge they took off. We had a good distance on the 4th place boat but they took us by surprise at the second turn around as they were closing fast. We then pushed into high gear for the last 5 miles to the finish. We finished the 15 miles in 2:11:15
Thanks again to Kerry for letting my dad and I into his boat for the race.
Results are here we were in boat 405 under "Kerry Newell"
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