Calling all "person-powered" watercraft to this year’s Rowgatta which will return to the Barters Island location. The event features a fun 7-mile paddle around beautiful Barters Island with a nice easy place to “put-in” and “take-out” at the Knickercane Boat Landing!

The event benefits the YMCA’s Aquatics and Healthy Living programs including the free 2nd grade learn to swim program where all 2nd grade students in the Boothbay region, learn to swim for free, in partnership with local elementary schools.

Registration and information is available at the Y and on the website at www.boothbayregionymca.org. Individuals or teams are welcome to register a dingy, rowboat, canoe, kayak, stand-up board or any other seaworthy craft. There is a $50 fee for each participant who registers by 5 p.m. on Friday, August 4, and a $65 fee per participant the day of registration on Aug. 12. The Saturday registration and check-in at Knickercane Landing begins at 8 a.m., with a Rowgatta start time of 9 a.m.

Don’t have a kayak and all the gear? No problem thanks to Tidal Transit Kayak Rentals in Boothbay Harbor who will drop off and pick up your kayak right at Knickercane Landing for a reasonable ½ day rental rate.

Additional thanks goes to our many wonderful volunteers for providing patrol boat crew coverage as well as safety pit-stops along the way!

Please consider joining this special event during this special year. Register this week at the Y or just meet us Aug. 12 at Knickercane Landing – just past the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.

For more information and to register, contact the YMCA at 633-2855.