32st Annual Snow Row

On Saturday, March 12, 2011 The Hull Life Saving Museum will host The 32nd Annual Snow Row.  The race starts at noon with the coxswain’s meeting at 11:30 AM.  The event starts at The Windmill Point Boathouse, 185 Main Street, Hull, MA 02043.  The event is free to the large number of spectators, and a mere $20 to participate.

The Hull Lifesaving Museum is more than a museum; it is a local institution, a corner stone of the community.   It’s an instrumental part of the community, reminding us not only of valuable lessons from our past, but life changing, and life saving, experiences.

The Hull Life Saving Museums’ marquee-rowing race, the Snow Row, will be on Saturday March 12, 2011 at the Windmill Point Boathouse, Hull, MA. The Snow Row covers a 3 3/4 mile triangular course starting off the beach at Windmill Point, continuing around Sheep Island, past the Peddocks Island day marker, and back to shore. Huge crowds gather on the beach beside the museum’s Windmill Point Boathouse to share in the wild, LeMans-style start, unpredictable weather, and one-of-a-kind gathering of gorgeous boats and athletes. Entirely within view of the Boathouse, the event is as much of a thrill for spectators as for participants. A Harbor Express high speed ferry, with boarding at Pemberton Pier, follows the race course, affording spectators an even closer view of the event. It is also a rare opportunity to see, up close, rowers of all ages and their stunning array of wooden pulling boats -- peapods, dories, wherries, whitehalls, ocean shells, kayaks, pilot gigs, captain’s gigs, and Irish currachs. For the tenth year, crews from Cornwall, U.K. will be coming to New England to participate. Youth and adult crews and rowers from all over New England, New York, and along the East Coast will join them.

     The race has five boat categories: workboats, livery boats, coxed boats, ocean kayaks, and ocean shells. A few notes to all race participants: 1) all boats must carry PFDs, bailers, and whistles, 2) all coxed boats must pre-register and begin the race bow on the beach, and 3) the HLM Race Committee reserves the right to cancel the race or keep individual boats from setting forth due to weather conditions or rower skill level.