The Champlain Longboats program at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum hosts four open water rowing races or light craft races each year for regional youth rowing teams, as well as adult rowing teams. In addition, our youth and adult rowers attend races hosted by the Hull Lifesaving Museum in Massachusetts.
2026 Race Schedule
Snow Row: March 7, 2026
Hosted by the Hull Lifesaving Museum in Hull, MA
Open to Youth & Adult teams
Spring Wave Race: May 30, 2026
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vergennes, VT
Open to Youth teams
Lake Champlain Challenge Race: September 12, 2026
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vergennes, VT
Open to all teams and individuals
James Wakefield Rescue Row: October 3, 2026
Perkins Pier, Burlington, VT
Open to Youth teams
Head of the Weir River Race: TBD
Hosted by the Hull Lifesaving Museum in Hull, MA
Open to Youth & Adult teams
Otter Creek Challenge Race: October 31, 2026
Vergennes Falls Park, Vergennes, VT
Open to Youth teams
Icebreaker Northeast Regional Youth Open-Water Rowing Championships: TBD
Hosted by the Hull Lifesaving Museum in Boston, MA
Open to Youth teams