Wicked Whaleboat Challenge Winners

Thank you to all the participants, volunteers and conscripted spouses/children for making the Wicked Whaleboat Challenge such a great success this year!!

Congratulations to this year's winners:
1st Place: The Polar Oartex
2nd Place: The Dirty Oars
3rd Place: The Seal Whisperers
The Drowned Captain Award: The Crab-a Lots

Winner of the Wicked Best-est Chowder Cup: Sandy Zekan
Honorable Mention for Best Dressed: Queequeg and the Pips

Whaleboat Wednesday

It's Whaleboat Wednesday!

Featuring, Hurk's Sunday Open Row Spectacular with special guest, boatsteerer in training Beth! Great job!

#whaleboatwednesday

It's Whaleboat Wednesday!

Featuring, Hurk's Sunday Open Row Spectacular with special guest, boatsteerer in training Beth! Great job!

#whaleboatwednesday

Save the Date

Whaling City Rowing’s WICKED WHALEBOAT CHALLENGE is back!

SAVE THIS DATE! Saturday, May 21st, 2016 at Pope’s Island Marina, New Bedford, MA.

The Wicked Whaleboat Challenge is a race that not only tests the speed of a crew but also tests their skills. We've designed a course that accentuates the maneuverability of whaleboats and also incorporates a variety of skills that will challenge the coordination of the boatsteerer and the crew. (But really, the best part is trying to save Bambi or Thumper from the icy sea)

Whaling City Rowing will provide the whaleboat, all you need to do, is provide the crew!

For more information on the course/registering as a team or individual/etc ...

http://www.whalingcityrowing.org/wcr-rowing-events/

After the row, enjoy and vote for your favorite WCR member's chowder for our Wicked Bestest Chowder Competition!

Be sure to register early! Entry applications received BEFORE Thursday, May 5th will receive a free WICKED WHALEBOAT CHALLENGE T-SHIRT. Entry applications are available at HERE

Registration will also be available on the day of the race at 8:am.

Please email me (mark@incabinated.com) if you have any questions about the challenge. Please email Lauri (bylauri@verizon.net) if you'd like to participate in the chowder competition.

Hope to see you there!

38th Annual Snow Row Date Announced

Saturday, February 27, 2016
Windmill Point Boathouse
185 Main St., Hull, MA
Registration:  TBD
Coxswain's Meeting: TBD
Race Start:  TBD

HLM's signature-rowing race, the Snow Row, covers a 3 3/4 mile triangular course starting off the beach at Windmill Point, continuing around Sheep Island, past the Peddocks Island day marker, and back to shore. Huge crowds gather on the beach beside HLM's Windmill Point Boathouse to share in the wild, LeMans-style start, unpredictable weather, and one-of-a-kind gathering of gorgeous boats and athletes. Entirely within view of the Boathouse, the event is a much of a thrill for spectators as for participants. It is also a rare opportunity to see, up close, rowers of all ages and their stunning array of wooden pulling boats -- peapods, dories, wherries, whitehalls, ocean shells, kayaks, pilot gigs, captain's gigs, and Irish currachs. Youth and adult crews and rowers from all over New England, New York, and along the East Coast will join them.

The race has five boat categories: workboats, livery boats, coxed boats, ocean kayaks, and ocean shells. A few notes to all race participants: 1) all boats must carry PFDs, bailers, and whistles, 2) all coxed boats must pre-register and begin the race bow on the beach, and, 3) the HLM Race Committee reserves the right to cancel the race or keep individual boats from setting forth due to weather conditions or rower skill level.

After watching the excitement of the Snow Row's one-of-a-kind start, come to the Lifesaving Museum, a mile from the boathouse which will be open throughout the day with free admission. For more information please contact Ed McCabe at (781) 925-5433 or email ed@hulllifesavingmuseum.org.

Check http://www.hulllifesavingmuseum.org/martimeapprenticeprogram.html#races for more information.

The Mayflower in NB

It's Whaleboat ...Thursday?

Featuring the Mayflower II! I'd just like to share what we ran into this morning during our Dawn Patrol. The Mayflower II, docked by the new Marine Commerce Terminal! I believe it's supposed to leave this morning, but with today's winds, it may stick around a little longer. Well...we were excited. That is all. :-)