THE SHORT SHIPS ROWING REGATTA

at Atlantic Challenge, Rockland , Maine

The  2008 Shorts Ships Rowing Regatta was rescheduled once due to the unpredictability of Hurricane Hanna, but finally took place at Atlantic Challenge in Rockland on Sunday, September 14th.  The regatta, sponsored again by WoodenBoat Magazine and The Edge/Inn at Ocean's Edge, featured 13 boats handled by 23 hearty rowers.  Racers followed a 3-mile inner harbor course from the Atlantic Challenge pier, to the lighthouse, along the inside of the breakwater and back to the Atlantic Challenge waterfront.  The boats ranged from an eight-oared rowing gig, manned by our 'Shop apprentices, to sleek rowing sculls, kayaks, an outrigger-canoe and a traditional Susan skiff.  Congratulations to all participants and thank you to our sponsors. 

2008 Rowing winners:

Sliding single:       Meredith Currier

Fixed single:        Reinhard Zollitsch

Fixed double:       Team Casting - Bill Corbet and Jarlath McEntee with

                          coxswain, Sheila Corbet

Gig:                    Team AC - Josh Anderson, Curtis Carlisle, Vanya

                          Davydov, Jack Lippett, Jamie Llewellyn,

                          Sarah McLean, Dylan Pearce-Theroux, George Sprague

                          and Tyler Zogby.

Kayak:                Eric Coker

The 2007 Short Ships Rowing Regatta took place at Atlantic Challenge in Rockland on Sunday, September 9th and the second annual Classic Boat Show was held Friday, September 7th through Sunday, September 9th. The Show featured a display of classic and traditional vessels built by the Apprenticeshop over the past 20 years. At the regatta, sponsored by WoodenBoat Magazine & The Edge/The Inn at Ocean’s Edge, 14 boats ranging from traditional peapods to six-oared 32ft Cornish rowing gigs, raced around a 3-mile inner harbor course. Racers started at the Atlantic Challenge pier, rowed out to the lighthouse, continued along the inside of the breakwater, and returned to AC.

Rowing winners:

Fixed single: Ben Fuller, Cushing, 44:40
Fixed doubles: Team ‘Very Skerry’, Jarlath McEntee and Bill Corbett, Belfast, 43:41
Sliding Single: Stephen Theodore, Arrowsic, 43:23
Gig: Team ‘Belle Fast,’ Come Boating, (Malcolm Gater, Wesley Reddick, Roy Rodgers, Rafe Blood, John Dillenback and Andy Tyre), Belfast, 29:33
Kayak: Mike Crane, Rockland, 47:27

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