east of maui

Do YOU have situational awareness while paddling?

Here’s the one complaint I have heard increasingly and repeatedly for the past seven years: standup paddleboarders and kayakers are not paying attention to boat traffic. What's SUP with this lack of situational awareness on the water? As an active paddler, it upsets me—and sometimes I may be part of the problem! I’ve been on both sides of the equation, the paddler paddling out of the way, and the 40-foot boat driver thinking, “What the heck is she doing?!?”

SUP racing, team racing, overnight racing... here's your racing roundup for July 13-14 on the Chesapeake and beyond.

Racing Roundup July 13-15

The weekend started on a tragic note at the convergence of the Chester and Corsica Rivers. The 32-foot log canoe Mystery capsized—an ordinary event, as all log canoe sailors know—yet one of the 17 crew members was not accounted for after the capsize. After a search and rescue operation, including many in the log canoe family who came as far as the Miles River to help, on Sunday morning rescuers found the body of Stephanie Meredith, 35, of Easton.