Saturday KIOCC had it's first "Quit while you're ahead" race. This was a purely fun race although it had all the trappings of a real race. There were three races: women's, men's and mixed. And within each race there were three race lengths: 2 miles, 4 miles, and 6 miles. The race teams didn't have to preannounce their race length. The team just had to show up at the finish line for whenever they'd chosen to quit and signal to the time keepers that they were through. It was a great format. Most of the participants (myself included) were first time racers in an OC6. KIOCC has a large group of novice women who joined from a neighborhood on Kent Island called Mallard Run. So they call them the Mallard Run girls. It's a great group of women, all mothers with small children. So the fun race was a great way to introduce the novices to racing in a more relaxed environment. After the race, Terry (the official KIOCC grillmaster) fired up the grill and served hamburgers, hotdogs and kabobs. My friend Shannon came along and paddled in her Anas Acutas and took lots of photos from the water. To see the entire photo album, click here.

-Susanita