About Ms Bettencourt

Ms Bettencourt is a Swedish built 25-foot trailerable trawler. Her hull was completed in 1971, No. 1117 of about 2500 built. The boat is named for my wife Dia, whose maiden name is Bettencourt.

This little vessel came to me as a gift in 2004. Before then she had been abandoned about 12 years on the Savannah River near Augusta, GA. I have repaired and refitted the boat extensively, and I have cruised her along the East coast of the US, from Cape Lookout, NC, to the Florida Keys. I dream of taking her to Havana some day.

This blog started in 2011 to chronicle the building of a hard top for the boat to replace leaky canvas. Since then the blog has become an Albin-25 boatkeeping and cruising journal.


Saturday, November 10, 2012

500 Boats!

Fifty-three rowing clubs from 38 cities and 13 states are on the Savannah River today for the 16th Annual Head of the South Rowing Regatta. This is a day-long, 76-event big deal in Augusta.





In the photo to the right, a flock (fleet?) of 6s and 8s are heading out from the Augusta Rowing Club Boathouse. The starting line is about 5,000-meters upstream.








Early morning temperatures on the water were in the 40s, but if any rowers found this uncomfortable, they didn't seem to show it.






Some are stripped for action, but the coxswain of this 8 remained bundled up and kept her ears warm.









We were on the race course in Ms. Bettencourt yesterday and the water temperature at the surface was 61F.  The river is now closed to all but regatta traffic from a mile south of the Boathouse to about a mile upstream past the downtown area. There are more than 1,300 competitors on the water, plus event judges, timekeepers, safety people and others.

Today looks like a good day to stay home and figure out why Ms. Bettencourt's fuel gauge has stopped working.


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