2019 Paddle Board race

    Saturday the dive team answered a call for some help from station 75 (Point Pleasant Boro Fire Dept) for our boat (rescue 34) and some rescue divers. The chief diver and Ali and Evan were able to answer that call.

   The call was to help cover their 2019 Paddle Board Race held at River Front Park. It was a pretty big course starting at the park going around Treasure Island and heading up the Manasquan River pass the route 70 bridge and so far up the river you couldn’t see the route 70 Bridge. The big race was over 7.5 miles.  Station 75 boats, Manasqaun Fire Boat and Rescue 34 were the main rescue boats with rescue      swimmers and EMT’s onboard, there were a few private boats there also but without rescue personal.

     There was a pretty big turnout for the race, with many paddle boards, some kayaks and even a racing scull. What a great job they did fighting the tide and the wind up to where Rescue 34 was stationed at the farthest turn marker. First by ones and twos then groups came paddling up the river up. We cheered them up letting them know the current would be with them now.

    At last the final paddler came in to view and made the turn we followed him all the way back to the finish. At times we thought he would give up but he never did. Everyone made it back safe and it was a great day for the race