Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013, just north of the Santa Monica Pier and adjacent to Lifeguard Tower #15, a couple of 3 lap dory races were organized as part of the festivities in connection with this year's International Coastal Cleanup Day. We watched the first race which started just after 12:30 pm.
We hope you enjoy the photos...
The dory staging area pre-race...
Dory teams begin their warm ups...
lucky shot below... we captured this pigeon in flight on a strafing mission with Race Director, Scott Hubbell's, 4WD pick up, its target!...
Pre-race blessing by a Chumash Priest...
The Start!...
and they're off...
and it's neck and neck near the finish line...
And across the finish line in First Place is LACo OLS, Dave Cartlidge, in the yellow jersey, who rowed with LACo Capt. Tom Seth... who last month were crowned the National Dory Champions at the 2013 USLA National Lifeguard Championships in Manhattan Beach, Calif.
In Second Place, the DeBoer brothers...
In Third Place, OL Mike O'Donnell (seated below) and his dory partner, OL, Ben Gottlieb, leaping out of the boat for the run up the beach...
And another tradition lives on too...
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(All photos by & Copyright Will Maguire 2013. All Rights Reserved.)
Until next time.....
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