PVRC to Host World’s Toughest Row Participant on River Cruise on Aug. 14

SOUTH HADLEY — The Pioneer Valley Riverfront Club (PVRC) will host PVRC Rowing Coach Julie Warren, who recently completed the World’s Toughest Row from California to Hawaii, at an event on the Connecticut River on Thursday, Aug. 14, leaving from Brunelle’s Marina in South Hadley. Tickets are available for purchase at www.pvriverfront.org.

Warren will share her story about her three-person team, Oar the Rainbow, completing the World’s Toughest Row, a 38-day, unassisted, world-record-breaking row from Monterey, Calif. to Kauai, Hawaii. Warren first rowed for Smith College in 2009 and has coached for PVRC intermittently since 2012.

The two-hour river cruise on the Lady Bea on the Connecticut River will leave from Brunelle’s Marina, 1 Alvord St., South Hadley on Aug. 14 at 5:45 p.m. and will return at approximately 8:15 p.m. Tickets are $100 per person and are available by clicking here. On the Lady Bea cruise, Warren will be interviewed by PVRC Executive Director Ben Quick and will also answer questions from attendees.

Team Oar the Rainbow, whose mission was to raise funds and awareness for nonprofits Doctors Without Borders and Athlete Ally, rowed 2,447 nautical miles from June 6 to July 14 in a three-seat rowing boat with two cabins. At 38 days and six minutes, the team set a new world record for the fastest time for a three-person crew. The crew also included the first openly transgender person to row the Pacific.

The event will take place rain or shine, as there is indoor space for all. There will be a cash bar and snacks for sale on the boat. To learn more about the team and the World’s Toughest Row, visit www.oartherainbow.org.