Echo Rowing

Dana Gaines sets course record in ACE

Recreational rowing race veteran Dana Gaines set a new race record with his Echo Rowing ACE shell at the 17th annual M.V. Oar and Paddle Assn. Regatta Sunday, August 26th on Sengekontacket Pond with 52 rowers and paddlers in 21 classes.

According to Don Lyons of Martha's Vineyard Times, " To no one's surprise, Dana Gaines of Edgartown was easily the fastest pilot powering his rowing shell from the Little Bridge to the Jaws Bridge in the Sound, then returning in the pond to the starting point, all in 19 minutes and nine seconds - a new race record."

You can view the full story at: Martha's Vineyard Times

Megunticook Mini-Marathon Regatta

The Megunticook Mini-Marathon Regatta will be held on Saturday September 8, 2007 on Megunticook Lake in Camden, Maine. Dubbed “one of the best kept secrets around” by Katy Bonin and “great” by Karen Chenausky in separate Independent Rowing News articles, the Mini-Marathon has become a circled date on the calendars of its many repeat racers.

The start is in waves of 5 – 7 rowers grouped by age and sex approximately 30 seconds apart. The 10 mile race threads its competitors down through the narrow passages of the lake’s coves and islands, leading to the motto of the race “Not just a race . . . an adventure.” The rowing conditions are generally well protected. An alternate launch site gives access to a fully protected 3 mile course.

Contact Robert Perkins at (207) 626-8562 (d), 236-6344

Registration Form

(n), 626-8518 (fax), e-mail bob.perkins@maine.gov

Over 250 turnout to race Blackburn

According to the Gloucester Daily Times author Nick Curcuru, More than 250 rowers turn out for 21st annual Blackburn Challenge.  He took a moment to interview Echo rowers Jack Tatleman and Rick Klajnscek. 

"Jack Tatelman was looking to stay healthy and challenge himself after beating prostate cancer.  Tatelman, a Marblehead resident and member of Marblehead Rowing Club’s Rock and Row team chose rowing to keep him in shape. To challenge himself he chose to participate in Saturday’s 21st annual Blackburn Challenge.... "

"...Rich Klajnscek President of the Cape Ann Rowing Club, is happy that the popularity of this event is growing. “I am very pleased to have this event in Gloucester,” Klajnscek said. “It is getting bigger every year. Right now it is the biggest open water event in the Eastern United States.”..."

read the full article

While the official results are not yet posted from BlackburnChallenge.com, Curcuru includes tentative result times in his article.

We will post official results when they become available.

One Man's account of the Blackburn Challenge

Rob Buchanon, participant in the 2004 Blackburn Challenge wrote a detailed account of his experience with the 23 mile rowing challenge.  Posted in July 2004, Outside Magazine, Buchanon writes about arriving, rowing, capsizing and finally finishing.  He talks about meeting the now Echo rower, Dana Gaines...

Buchanon writes, " The first guy I talked to was Dana Gaines, 46, a Blackburn veteran who, rowing a two-man shell in 2001, had set the course record of two hours 21 minutes. "I'd say out of ten years, seven are pretty nice, two are bad, and one is awful," he said when I asked him about the conditions. "Tomorrow'll probably be one of the bad."...  read the full article

Out There
Blackburn and Blue
How I honored tradition by taking a vicious beating in the East's toughest rowing race

By Rob Buchanan

Reminder- Isle of Shoals Race tomorrow!

35th Isle of Shoals Race
Kittery ME, July 28, 2007

7.5 mile - one way race

Class 1 and 2 recreational shells only.  Gate opens at 7am. Race kit and charts will be distributed at the Fort Foster gate (entrance fee charged).

Race starts at 8 am SHARP.   For further info visit IROW

Blackburn Challenge video & photos

While we wait for official results to be posted for the Blackburn Challenge, we thought you'd like to see the video & some of the wonderful photos we captured during the race.  These and many more will be posted on our website soon. 

Rich K in river

Dana in river

Ray in river

Rich getting first waves

Dana passing Buoys

Jack Tatleman in Echo

Ray in Ace

Maine Outrigger/Surfski State Championship

Casco Bay Race
This was a special invitation surfski/outrigger race.  Recreational rowing shells have never been allowed into the Casco Bay race before ow.  Due to the ocean worthy design of Echo Rowing's ACE, the Ace racers were invited to participate in this years race.  In fact, the top slot went to Rich Klajnecek in his ACE at
2:11:45.  Congratulations RIch! 

Maine Outrigger/Surfski
State Championship Race
http://home.maine.rr.com/nesurfski/

Results are as follows:

Name
Boat
Time

Ken Cooper
Huki S1-X
2:13:01

Andrew Binks
Huki S1-X
2:17:29

Ed Duggan
Epic V10
2:34:34

OC1 Men
Eric McNett
2:17:25
-
Reinharrd Zollitscek
2:56:40

OC1 Women
Cindy McNett
2:37:32
-
Colleen Moore

2:39:38
-
OC2
Mathieu/Martin
2:14.45
-
Wayne & Anne Kcocher
2:35:30
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Rowing Shells
Rich Klajnecek
ACE
2:11:45
-
Ray Panek
ACE
2:16:21

Islander rower wins Sitka Sound in Alaska

Race co-founder Mark Gorman claimed the overall title in the inaugural Sitka Sound Ocean Adventure Race on Saturday, June 16th.  Mark was in an Echo Islander.

Congratulations Mark!

Race results:

Long course (17.7 nautical miles, 20.4 statute miles)

1.    Mark Gorman, Sitka, male, Echo Islander 3 hours, 26 minutes, 38 seconds.
2.    Steve Reifenstuhl, Sitka, male, single kayak, 3:35:37.
3.    Matthew Turner, Sitka, male, single kayak, 4:08:05.
4.    Sandra West, Kodiak, female, single scull, 4:22:55.
5.    Andrea Thomas and Cindy Edwards, Sitka, female, double kayak, 4:29:38.
6.    Paul Gloe, Sitka, male, single kayak, 4:29:57.
7.    Rick Peterson, Sitka, male, single kayak, 5:04:19.
8.    Matthew Keiper, Sitka, male, single kayak, 5:15:32.
9.    Eric Haseltine, Sitka, male, single kayak, 5:58:00.
10.    Charlotte Pittman, Sitka, female, single kayak, 6:24:10.

On rIght: Sandra West participated in her red Echo shell.

Short course (10.7 nautical miles, 12.3 statute miles)
1.    James McGowan and Ivy Hammons, Sitka, mixed, double kayak, 2 hours, 34 minutes, 25 seconds.
2.    Lon Garrison and Peter Gorman, Sitka, male, double kayak, 2:38:04.
3.    Tim Fulton, Sitka, and Eugene Eichner, Couer d’Alene, male, double kayak, 2:44:00.
4.    Scott Harris, Sitka, male, single kayak, 2:48:40.
5.    Toowú Latséen, all Sitka except Martin from Juneau, mixed, Tlingit warrior canoe (Erin Kitka captain, Carolee Martin, Alexei Desatoff, Bert Stromquist, Mike Pountney, Dave Nevins, Josh Poindexter, Clancy Boord, Kyle Stiefel, Kathy O’Gara, Amiee LeBlanc-Gloe, Linda Speerstra), 2:52:14.
6.    Bob Cita, Juneau, male, single kayak, 2:55:19.
7.    Litia Garrison and Nancy Knapp, Sitka, female, double kayak, 3:03:45.
8.    Kaasadá Heeni Yaakw’, all Sitka except Boucaut from Adelaide, South Australia, mixed, Tlingit warrior canoe (Alison Dunlap captain, John Dunlap, Renae Mathson, Vienna Vaden, Sonya Hoffay, Charlene Hoffay, Steve Johnson, Rose Boucaut, Kara Lunde, Elsie Wilson, Chatham Vaden), 3:04:22.
9.    Ed Conway and Emily Conway, Sitka, mixed, double kayak, 3:08:45.
10.    Mary Chambers and Amy Blair, Sitka, female, double kayak, 3:12:10.
11.    Bill Foster, Sitka, male, single kayak, 3:24:04.
12.    Heike Hüttonhofer and Patricia Campbell, Sitka, female, double kayak, 3:31:05.
DNF.    Donna Russell, Salt Lake City, Utah, female, single kayak, withdrew.
DNF.    Edith Johnson, Sitka, female, single kayak, withdrew.

Upcoming Race in May

Milford D. Lester Memorial Cup
5/19 race in Lake George

Who: Bob Tarrant, Race Director and board member of IROW (previously Alden Ocean Shell Assoc) Rowing Association
What: 11 Mile Recreational Rowing Race (Mandatory IROW membership :-)
Where: Million Dollar Beach, Lake George Village NY
When: Saturday at NOON, May 19th
Why: In fond memory of Milford D. Lester

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Snow Row Photo Album

Photos are in from the Snow Row that took place Saturday, March 10th in Hull, Massachusetts.

We've created a new photo album devoted to these photos.

Check it out