Formerly the "Plymouth Bay Row", for 2009, our race was renamed the "East Coast Open Water Rowing Championship."

This was our first annual championship race. The idea was born from a realization that there is no event in which all the clubs and independents up and down the coast can get together for a season-ending race and party.
 
The Championship held 7 class heats in a finals-only format - you raced against the clock.  45 entries competed! The course was approximately 3.5 miles long with two easy turns.


Overall results
Class results

Our annual Plymouth Bay Row was a huge success thanks to many people.  With 22 boats participating and 78 rowers, our event continues to grow each year.  A special thank you to the following people, for without their help we would not have been able to pull this off.

Our timers: Hilary, Karin, Andy, Sean and Mike
Our chase boat crew: Tim, Dennis, and Ricky
The registration crew: Cathy, Jan, and Marnie 
Photography/certificates: Tony
Photographer: Hilary and Jan
Food servers: Cathy, Stephanie, and Marnie.
The cooking crew: Jan and Cheryl.
The chowder crew: Estelle and Joanne Jenness

We pulled off this entire event in only 5 hours!  From registration at 10am to the time all boats were out of the water by 3pm.  Fom race start to clean up, we did it in 2 hours and 30 minutes.  Unbelievable!