Jack and Tom paddled Saturday in the Long Boat Regatta on Long Lake organized by Brian and Grace McDonnell’s Adirondack Watershed Alliance. The race is the North American War Canoe Championships, but there is also an “anything goes” 10-mile race, and the NCMC used the 18-foot Jensen to win first place in the C-2 standard men category. As they were the only entry in that category, victory was assured. Their time was 2:08, which was fairly good considering that their GPS showed that the race was actually almost 11.5 miles in length.
You can see photos from the race here.
You can see a map of the course that the NCMC followed here.

You can view a Google map of the 90-Miler course here.

You can see a selection of photos from the 2012 Adirondack Canoe Classic here.

Jack, Bill, John and Tom represented the NCMC proudly in the 30th annual Adirondack Canoe Classic on September 7-9. A quick analysis of the results shows they finished fourth out of the seven C-4 men’s boats in their wave and 19th out of the 33 C-4s in their wave. They were also 22nd out of the 53 total C-4s in the race, and they beat three of the six war canoes. They also beat the Munsons by over an hour, 15:17 to 16:22. The results show the NCMC losing on Day 3 to boat 181 by two seconds, which is ridiculous. The NCMC could not have lost by more than half a second. The NCMC beat boat 181 overall by about 10 minutes. The winning boat in the whole race was a C-4 in the NCMC wave that completed the 90 miles in 11:48, a stunning time.

The 2012 Adirondack Canoe Classic is September 7-9. Once again, Jack, Bill, Tom and John will hop aboard their Minnesota 4 and do flatwater battle. It should be noted that the rival Munsons are back in the race this year.

This will be the 18th 90-Miler for Jack, the 17th for Bill, the 15th for Tom and the fifth for John. Jay did at least nine 90-Milers before retiring.

Below is the record of NCMC participation in the 90-Miler, with paddling times where known.

2011 Jack, Bill, John and Tom (4-man) 15:04
2010 Jack, Bill, John and Tom (4-man) 16:15
2009 Jack and Bill 17:26 (Yale murder)
2008 Jack and Bill (they did one day, Tom’s bad back)
2007 Jack, Bill, Tom, John (4-man)
2006 Jack, Bill, Tom, John (4-man) (Bog Goger pit crew)
2005 Jack, Bill, Tom, Andy (4-man)
2004 Bill and Tom
2003 Jack and Bill
2002 Jack and Tom 16:43, Bill and Jay 18:23
2001 Jack and Tom 16:22, Bill and Jay 18:41
2000 Jack and Tom 13:43, Bill and Jay 14:42
1999 Jack and Tom 16:56, Bill and Jay 18:02
1998 Jack and Tom 16:16, Bill and Jay 17:30
1997 Jack and Tom 18:06, Bill and Jay 18:32
1996 Bill and Jay
1995 Jack and Dylan, Tom and Jay
1994 Jack and Jay
1993 Jack and Tom 18:02

Report from Buffalo is that Jack Semler, who has been working out every day for more than a year, is down to 158 pounds. That’s a very good weight for the 90-Miler in September. Additionally, he and Bill Webster have paddled 100 miles together in training sessions on the Buffalo River.

Jack and Conor kayaked in the tandem from Falmouth to Martha’s Vineyard on June 16. It was breezy day with seas of 2-3 feet.

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