By
Sally Curtis
Snow Row 2017 was postponed from Saturday to Sunday due to high winds. Despite the rough, windy and cold conditions, the intrepid VCB crew finished the 3 3/4 mile race in a little over a hour. We didn’t bring home any golden clamshells but we lived to tell the tale.
King Tide Crew:
Coxswain: Dave Clayton
Stroke Master: David Shehigian
Bow Oar: Marcel Dejean
Engines: Sally Curtis, Paul Caviano, Phil Shinn, Lissa Wolfe
Weather Conditions for Snow Row Sunday 3/5:
Wind Speed 18 mph (NW)
Max Wind Speed 29 mph
Max Gust Speed 39 mph
Last weekend, a group of 10 youth rowers from our High School Community Rowing program, held on Wednesdays after school, traveled to Boston, MA, to compete in the Icebreaker, the northeast regional youth open water rowing championships. For many, it was their first Icebreaker, but for the others, it was their chance to defend a title. In 2015, VCB dominated the coxed fours and brought home the first ever Icebreaker perpetual trophy. Like the Stanley Cup, the winners have to bring the trophy back and defend it the following year. 3 returning rowers brought the trophy all the way from VCB and proudly handed it off to race organizer Lory Newmeyer with the intention of winning it back. Continue reading
The VCB Youth Race was won by the Sound School’s “Miss Perfect” team (16:47) over New York Harbor School’s “Double D” team (17:29), and “Kiss My Aft” (19:56) took 3rd Place and Stuyvesant’s “Small Hands Big Strokes” (20:03) came in 4th.
The Girls Race was shorter and another Sound School Team “Kiss my Stern” (8:49) over Harbor Schools “Spice Girls”(9:29). We had Eleven (11) Youth Crews and Two (2) Alumni Crews.
In the Alumni race the Alter Kackers bested the Project Open Water in the Head to Head Final when an untimely crab was caught. The two had traded victories in the two heats of the Buoy Perimeter Race. The Alumni teams had declined the Nautical Mile.
In the Buoy Perimeter Race “Miss Perfect” (6:11.3) and “Kiss My Aft” (6:13.8) earned a bye in the Head to Head going directly into the finals.
In the Head to Head Sprints: “Small Hands Big Strokes” petted the Sound Schools “Dog Lovers”, and spoiled Harbor Schools “Dream Team” Dream for advancing into the final; In the second head to head No one could “kiss My Aft” from Harbor School, Stuyvesant’s NO! cried their team’s name came in second, They both said “see ya later” to the Sound School team of the same name, and Stuyvesant’s “Youth 2” came in forth.
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