First Puget Sound boat race of season this Saturday in La Conner
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January 31, 2018
ANOTHER SEASON UNDERWAY – Another first for La Conner: The 30th-something annual Sound Rowers and Paddlers race down Swinomish Channel starts the Puget Sound human powered craft racing season. The first wave launches at 9:45 a.m. at Conner Waterfront Park under the rainbow bridge. This photo is from last year’s race. – Photo courtesy of Bob Gilda
Puget Sound’s first race of 2018 is Saturday at 9:45 a.m. It starts from Conner Waterfront Park, under the Rainbow Bridge. Come watch the perhaps 35th annual “human powered” only watercraft race. As many as 80 boats entered in past years. This year’s racers include a La Connerite and an Ohioan. The race is sponsored by Sound Rowers Open Water Rowing and Paddling Club.
Race Director Rod Sternagel noted “La Conner is our first race since October and our members use it rather than Ground Hog’s Day to announce that Spring and the rest of the anxiously awaited racing season are on th...
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