Lobster Crate Races

One of the feature events was the lobster crate race.  They string 50 lobster crates (filled with seaweed) in a line (like a bridge) from the pier to a floating dock.  Competitors then attempt to run across the lobster crates, and they count how many crates are traversed before one falls into the drink.  There were contestants of all ages (from about 7 to mid-50s) from many different places.  The adults did not fare well (about a 5-crate average).  Young, light, and quick seemed to be the key.  When I arrived, the day's record was 120 crates, and I saw a young girl make it to 300.  The all-time record was 4501 (set about 4 years ago).  The previous record had been 3008--set by a woman who had run the 10K earlier in the day--she was told to stop because it was getting dark, so she took a ceremonial dive off the 3008th crate.  I saw history be make as a 12-year-old boy smashed the record and set the new record at 6000!!!!  He stopped at that point.  (Another finalist--a 10-year-old boy--made it to 2000 before his father intervened to have him stop.)

The runner-up after the race.  The two finalists were the only ones who did not get wet!