LONG LAKE – Thirty-four boats, including a dragon boat and five war canoes,
   turned out for the second annual Long Lake Long Boat Regatta Saturday.
		The race is the final event of the season for the Adirondack Watershed Alliance
   canoe and kayak racing series. The event featured three separates races, including a one-mile
   youth competition, a 10-mile race and a 20-mile long-boat competition.
		In the feature event, the North American War Canoe Championships, a boat
   captained by Roger Henry, of Rexford, took first place. Henry’s canoe, which    was
   coming off a first place finish in the Adirondack Canoe Classic, set the pace    with a time
   of two hours, thirty-two minutes and thirty-three seconds.
		While Henry’s boat outdistanced its competition by nearly eight minutes, the    race
   for second place was much closer. Team MAC, captained by Lake Clear resident    and
		Race Director Brian McDonnell, battled the length of the course with the CAMPMOR
   team led by Russ Rayot. In the end, Team MAC powered ahead to take second place with
   a time of 2:40:16, outdistancing CAMPOR by a mere 18 seconds.
		In the 20-mile C-4 championships, Ontario’s Peter Ross led his team to first    place
   with a time of 2:45:04. Second place went to a team of Tri-Lakes residents led    by
   Saranac Lake’s Jim Minnie. Minnie, Lake Clear’s Chas Billingsley and Diana McIssac
   and Saranac Lake’s Sandy Waters finished with a time of 2:53:55.
   		In the Anything Goes competition, also competing on the 20-mile course, a
   dragon boat containing 17 paddlers from Kahnawake, Quebec took first place with a time
   of 2:22:44.
   		In the 10-mile race, Fairport’s Dan Murn finished in 1:23:08 to take the top
   overall time and first place in the unlimited kayak class.
   Clifton Park’s Nancy Eberle, racing in the women’s touring kayak class, topped
   all female competitors with a time of 1:52:12.
   		Glen’s Falls resident William Mannis took first in the 1-person guideboat class
   with a 2:02:42 finish.
   		Kahnawake’s Jesse Rice, racing in C-1 amateur, had the fastest canoe time with a
   1:37:05.
   		Fairport’s Tom Murn took first place in the youth race.
   		For more information about the AWA canoe and kayak racing series, visit www.
   	Macscanoe.com or call the Canoe Race Hotline at 518-891-2744.