crate race
What are lobster crate races?, they float the crates and string them together in a line across the water. 50 crates all strung together.
If you are light and fast enough, you can run across them. Like walking on water. But, if you hesitate, even slightly, down you go. They’ve been doing this for many years. Most contestants only made it across 1-10 crates before they went down in the 60 degree water.
It was very exciting when one made the run all the way across the 50 crates … they got to catch their breath on the dock, then head back the other way trying to run across the same 50.
A really good score was 100 crates or more. Can you believe the record was 3,007 crates! And, that ‘World Record’ had held for 25 years. But, it was broken today. You gotta watch the video to get the full flavor.
August 5, 2008
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