October 2024
Come on, you can’t tell me you don’t adore the goofy fish logo for this year’s regatta—it’s like Halloween’s unofficial mascot with freaky teeth!
This year’s regatta ran October 26th and 27th, drawing a huge crowd as one of the season’s top fall races. We had 127 teams—mostly clubs—and a whopping 1633 race entries. Why throw around numbers? They help show just how competitive things got out on the water.
Representing our high school team, we raced in singles on Saturday and in larger boats on Sunday. And for once, the weather was on our side! A big step up from last year’s soggy, bone-chilling experience. Mornings were brisk while we rigged, but we warmed up with some trusty hot chocolate. By noon, it hit the 50s or low 60s—perfect racing weather, if you ignore the headwinds which couldn’t help but make things interesting.
I had my turn over the race course 3 times. Once on a single, once in a quad (4-person boat), and lastly in an eight. All in the U19 Varsity category, which makes me both proud and slightly disadvantaged, since I am actually still 16 years old.
Berk @Nisky 