Easterlys take first place in 4th of July boat races

Randy Easterly took the top spot in the unlimited-horsepower competition in the Fourth of July boat races over the 1,800-foot-long course in front of the City Dock, with Wayne Easterly winning first place in the limited competition for 115-horsepower and under.

The limited and unlimited races were double-elimination, head-to-head competition.

Brandon Kenfield won the jet slalom race, a timed event.

This year's winners were:

Jet slalom

1st, Bandon Kenfield, 20.94 seconds; $500

2nd, Britni Birchell, 35:16 seconds; $300

Limited

1st, Wayne Easterly; $750

2nd, Sean Gillen; $400

Unlimited

1st, Randy Easterly; $1,000

2nd, Eric Werner; $700

3rd, Gary Allen Jr.; $450

4th, Dustin Phillips; $250

5th, Brandon Kenfield; $150

Rooster Tail

Judged by crowd response as the People's Choice.

Sean Gillen; $400

The annual race is sponsored by Stikine River Rats Racing.

Organizer Marjy Ripley Woods said they get a lot of questions asking why the race course is a straightaway, rather than an oval or something similar. "It is an insurance issue," she said. "The sprint course is all we can get insured for through the various companies that even insure an event like this."

 

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