VCB at Head of the Weir River River Race

By
Eric Cerny

From Head of the Weir 2015

On Saturday, October 24, 2015, three members of the VCB high school race crew attended the Head of the Weir River Race, an annual 5.5-nautical mile race sponsored by the Hull Lifesaving Museum. The race features a head of the river starting sequence where each boat starts one by one, a protected-waters portion, and an open-water portion. The trio of David Kang, Leo AuYeung and Adam Rosen, as well as one of our youth race crew alumni, Tony Fung, gathered on Friday at the home of Eric Cerny, another alum and VCB volunteer. They were on the road by 3:15 AM and met with the rest of their crew at 8:30.

The three high school students shared the Warren, RI, -based pilot gig Cady with five other boatsmen and women from all over the northeast who respresent Narragansett Bay Challenge. Cady is owned and maintained by Don Betts. This was David’s second Head of the Weir, Leo’s first HoW but second competitive race, and Adam’s very first competitive race. The mixed youth & adult crew finished with a time of 51:40, first in their category, fourth out of all pilot gigs, and 13th in the entire event.
The crew saw almost 60 open-water rowing vessels at the race, including a kit boat version of our own East River Flyer (found at http://www.puuvenepiste.fi/en/index.html)