2015 Blackburn Challenge is a little Challenging

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Exiting the Annisquam on an ebb tide so that current stacks up the north wind waves, that must have been fun. Then across the north side of Cape Ann which is usually the calm side, not so today. Here is the turn at Andrew’s Point and into Sandy Bay to surf downwind to Straitsmouth Gap. That sounds easier but those waves want to turn your boat sideways and dunk you. More photos to follow including a capsizing within yards of the rocks. No problem. Another racer stops to get the paddler back on board with seconds to spare.

5 thoughts on “2015 Blackburn Challenge is a little Challenging

  1. I did the Challenge in 1991 when it was really Hot and the sea was as smooth as glass.
    Not angry like an old man returning soup at a deli

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    1. Did it hot and did it breezy, I prefer breezy. 2010, I SP50ed everything on a hot race except my thighs which looked like a Neapolitan ice cream bar by the end. Tan strip, bright strawberry then a vanilla white stripe. Made me hungry.

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