CURWENSVILLE – They came from near and far to take in a first for Curwensville Lake.
A total of 83 registered racers representing seven states and Canada visited the lake to race outboard hydroplane boats. Races ran from about 3 p.m. each day until about 8:30 p.m. on Saturday. Clearfield County Recreation and Tourism Authority officials said about 300 people attended the two days of racing despite wind problems that forced Saturday’s races to be delayed and Sunday’s races to be canceled.
On Saturday and Sunday, Curwensville lake saw more than 1,700 people through the gates including campers, boat race spectators, boat racers and regular attendance.
In addition, more than 30 people competed in the hotdog- and watermelon-eating contests. First-place prizes were awarded in two divisions for each of the two contests.
A boat regatta was also held Monday with five boats participating. The Gearhearts won first place in the boat parade receiving a free weekend of camping at the lake. The Pearces won the second place prize of four tickets to see the State College Spikes. The Ferguson boat took third and also received Spikes tickets.
Judges for the boat Parade were Dave McNaul, president of Curwensville Borough Council, Bill Gillen of WOK!W and Nick Washic of Houtzdale.
Monday’s attendance at the lake was close to 5,000 people over the course of the day. The big on Monday was the fireworks display.
Plenty of vendors also turned out to feed the hungry crowd.
Dave McNaul was previously misspelled in this article. The information was incorrectly submitted to GantDaily.