LABOR DAY MORNING 6:30AM - 10:30AM
HOOD RIVER, OR - The Hood River County Chamber of Commerce is seeking volunteers from the boating community to help ensure swimmer safety during this year’s 65th Annual Roy Webster Columbia River Cross Channel Swim on Labor Day, September 3. Boaters with any kind of sailboat or motor vessel (excepting jet skis or wave-runners) comprise the “picket line” across the Columbia and provide a safe place to swimmers to either hang on for a brief rest mid-swim or be plucked from the river entirely if they are having difficulty completing the early morning swim across the river.
Besides getting “front-row seats” to Oregon’s most unique and sporting event, boaters are rewarded for their volunteer help with a commemorative event T-shirt. Members of the Hood River Yacht Club have always provided several volunteer boats for the service, and they will be organizing a group to participate together again this year. To ensure the best possible picket line for the nearly 600 people who will make the swim this year, the Chamber hopes to welcome even more boaters to participate. To sign up your vessel for the picket line, please call the Chamber office at 541-386-2000 as soon as possible.
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