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Article: Rockland lobster boat races go on after fog delays start
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
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- June 23, 2008
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ROCKLAND - Nervous racing spectators paced a little in the fog
Sunday while waiting for the 10 a.m. start of the local lobster boat
races.
But soon the fog began to burn off, and by 11:30, the Coast Guard
had given the OK for the races to begin.
Rockland lobsterman Ryan Post, driving his 40-foot, diesel-
powered Instigator once again, was the starting boat.
The boats raced along a half-mile course from the lighthouse and
ran parallel with the breakwater toward Jameson Point near the
Samoset Resort.
When the 28 races were over, Post and the other racers met at the
Journey's End Marina for a celebration and to hear the winners
announced by Gordon Page.
"We had over $22,000 in cash prizes this ...