The Great Port Townsend Bay Kinetic Skulpture Race 2005 Video

Video description: For the first time in its 23-year history, a course correction was required at the Great Port Townsend Bay Kinetic Skulpture Race. The white kaps in the bay were so foreboding Sunday morning that a conference of course and city officials was quickly convened. All concurred to move the water segment of the course to the protected area at the Fort Worden State Park pier, next to the quicksand course. The stiff, chilly winds failed to deter anyone from the pre-race ceremonies, not even the BBC crew filming the event for its children's TV series, "Only in America." After surviving the beach and water at Fort Worden, the 16 entrants endured an especially windy and More-Dismal-Than-Usual Bog churned up at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. A stalwart crowd cheered and hooted as some teams slogged through the mud the hard way while others bribed their way down the sidelines. "Look the other way everyone, the judges are cheating!" Efra announced as Supreme Court reversed its motion and was lifted out of what had appeared to be a permanent restraining order of knee-deep mud." Port Townsend, Leader Newspaper (Wednesday, October 4, 2005)

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