The Snow Row

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April 13, 2012

Geoff Kerr - New

One of the rites of early Spring in the New England boating world is the Snow Row put on by the visionaries at the Hull Lifesaving Museum. The 3.5 mile open water race is open to all comers—rowers as well as boat types. Classes range from surf skis to six-oared Cornish pilot gigs, and the largest class, the “livery boats,” includes a wide gamut of dories, Whitehalls, guideboats, skiffs, wherries and the like. Sliding-seat boats, both singles and doubles, are also welcomed. The rowers this year came from all over New England, ranging from middle and high school students, the…

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