Largest Pumpkin Regatta-world record set by
The Windsor Pumpkin Regatta
WINDSOR, Nova Scotia -- A crowd estimated to be close
to 10,000 people lined the Pesaquid Lake to cheer on the 50
pumpkin entrants at the 10th Annual Windsor Pumpkin Regatta
-which sets the world record for the Largest
Pumpkin Regatta.
Photo:
Anthony Cook won the paddling event in his giant half-pumpkin
painted to resemble a soccer ball. / photo by Glen Parker
(enlarge photo)
He dedicated his win to his uncle who
won last year's regatta, but was disqualified this year when
his pumpkin sank during qualifying events Friday, the report
said.
"He told me to get out ahead fast and that's
what I did," Cook said. "(And) you need a pumpkin that cuts
though the water good -- that's the key."
In the motorized class, Dani Rippey won first
place in his ninth year of competing, the report said.
Monday, October 13, 2008
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