Results of Blackburn Challenge 2018 are in !!!

The Blackburn Challenge is a 20 mile open water circumnavigation of Cape Ann. Participants row or paddle small boats in the open ocean waters around the Cape. Boat classes include men’s and women’s Banks dories, fixed seat singles, doubles, multi-oars with cox, multi-oars without cox, sliding seat singles & doubles, stand up paddle boards, single & double touring kayaks, single & double racing kayaks, surf skis, and outrigger canoes.

This year marks the 32nd running of this challenge which was started in 1987. The weather was very cooperative with temperatures in the seventies, light east wind, and plenty of sunshine. The coast guard was out in force along side a bevy of the Cape Ann Rowing Club’s volunteer chase boats. Fortunately this year there was not a lot for them to do.

The fastest time in the race was 2:11:42 (two hours, eleven minutes, forty-two seconds) accomplished in a Maas Open Water four-person sliding seat rowing shell featuring Caryn Davies, a former American Olympic gold medal winner in the 2008 and 2012 summer Olympics. Dave Lind Cape Ann Rowing Club

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