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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?!?”

Photos from the East of Maui and Eastport Yacht Club SUP Race off Annapolis Saturday, July 8.

Here's your SpinSheet racing roundup for the weekend of July 8-9 on the Chesapeake.