kind of interesting way to race, see also http://www.canoeclub.com for another type canoe race!! mark *** Canoe racers use wheels in dry creek MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. (AP) - With drought leaving the Rancocas Creek so low that algae is growing and the bottom is clearly visible, organizers of a canoe race decided to shift the event to land. Organizers of the Up the Creek Festival thought about canceling Saturday's Canoe Derby but decided they could pull it off without a paddle. Instead of paddling a quarter-mile upstream, competitors will push their boats on wheels for an eighth of a mile on a paved street. The race drew about 100 people in its first year last year. Jack Naughton, a local electrician, used wheels from shopping carts to make four gray aluminum canoes land-worthy. They're hard to control, he said, but the race will go on. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560700211-da7 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
At 12:31 PM 8/16/99 -0600, Mark Zen wrote: >kind of interesting way to race, see also http://www.canoeclub.com >for another type canoe race!! You think *that's* and interesting to race a canoe? Check out http://www.yachting.qc.ca/canotaglace/index1.html *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
The race went off without a hitch (well, maybe some reins). It was in the TrentonTimes for sunday. There was also a longer canoe race in the schedule to run between towns. Fortunately the area got nearly 4 inches of rain the night before, so they were able to run it on the water. Good runs but with the length of the drought things like small trees were now growing in the streambed so a lot of scrapes & scratches ensued. JP -----Original Message----- From: Mark Zen >*** Canoe racers use wheels in dry creek >MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. (AP) - With drought leaving the Rancocas Creek so >low that algae is growing and the bottom is clearly visible, >organizers of a canoe race decided to shift the event to land. >Organizers of the Up the Creek Festival thought about canceling >Saturday's Canoe Derby but decided they could pull it off without a >paddle. Instead of paddling a quarter-mile upstream, competitors will >push their boats on wheels for an eighth of a mile on a paved street. >The race drew about 100 people in its first year last year. Jack >Naughton, a local electrician, used wheels from shopping carts to >make four gray aluminum canoes land-worthy. They're hard to control, >he said, but the race will go on. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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