It was announced that this year's Mist to Mews race will be the last, after 35 years! The theme was "Pirates of the Canoe-ibbean" so my son Ian and I grabbed our pirate costumes from a few years back and decided to take the new (to us) tandem kayak. We even added some new accessories thanks to a last-minute effort by my wife. There was a bit of an easterly wind, but it wasn't too bad and we made pretty good time, finishing in about 90 minutes. We appeared to be the first sit-on-top kayak to finish, and there weren't many vessels of any type ahead. This year because the event got rescheduled due to a nor'easter, the chip timing company that provided the race results couldn't make it so we don't know exactly how we placed, but it's a fun time for a good cause (Wounded Warrior) and we will miss it!
