MIGHTY MERRIMACK RIVER ROWING RACE MAY 11
Advance registration: $30 per person
Day of Race: $35 per person
$15 Youth (under 18)
Click here to register.
Want to spectate and enjoy the party? $10 suggested donation for non-members.
Schedule on Race Day
11:00 Registration/check in at Lowell’s Boat Shop
12:00 Pre-race Meeting at Lowell’s Boat Shop
12:30 Start of race at Lowell’s Boat Shop
1:00-1:30 Finish at Lowell’s Boat Shop
12:00-3:00 Spring Launch Celebration at Lowell’s Boat Shop
There will be music by Stellwagen, food, refreshments, and awards.
Race classes will be determined based on entries; gigs and traditional rowing craft strongly encouraged.
Race entries are limited to human-powered rowing craft.
MMRR t-shirts will be given to each registrant while supplies last.
Arctic Voyage
Education Fundraising Campaign
This June & July our Director Graham McKay is voyaging to the Arctic as an educator on the schooner Bowdoin. At Lowell’s Boat Shop, we honor the spirit of adventure and experience. By granting our director a two month salty sabbatical to take advantage of this once in a lifetime opportunity we are investing in the educational future of Lowell’s Boat Shop. We are also utilizing the voyage as a way to excite our community about the educational opportunities that exist here at Lowell’s and stimulate support for our programs. Lowell’s has set a goal of raising $50K during Graham’s hiatus to support our array of educational offerings. 100% of your donation directly supports educational programming at Lowell’s Boat Shop
Established in 1793, Lowell’s Boat Shop is the oldest operating boat shop in America.
“A National Historic Landmark and working museum, Lowell’s is dedicated to preserving and perpetuating the art and craft of wooden boat building.”
Watch the new mini documentary FORE & AFT about our Apprentice William
FORE & AFT, a new mini-documentary produced by Gusto, a Matter Company.
Matter donated the time and resources of its talented Gusto team to bring this captivating story to life. The team poured their hearts into the film, which represents 18+ months of collaboration and hard work in the making.
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Order your own custom made Lowell boat. We continue to build our full line of dories and skiffs as we have for more than two centuries.
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Winter Speaker Series: Voyage Among the Icebergs
Barewolf Brewing hosts this talk given by Bill Barton, who, with his brother, cruised to Newfoundland and Labrador among the icebergs. See the pictures and drone footage; enjoy Barewolf’s beer and bar snacks. BYO pizza, if you like.
This event is not ticketed: Members attend free and donations are appreciated from non-members.
North to Nunatsiavut: A Voyage to Newfoundland, Labrador and the Inuit Lands
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Shelburne Dory Heritage Project
This May and June a team of boatbuilders and historians including Lowell’s director Graham McKay traveled to the Shelburne (Nova Scotia) dory shop to build a dory with master builder Milford Buchanan. Ultimately the process will be recorded and published