Solar Boat Races... in Buffalo!
This is one of the most obscure, and one of the most impressive events to take place in the City of Buffalo. I have had the pleasure of checking out these races from year to year, and unless you go and see for yourself, you will never understand what the event is really all about. It's like Battle Bots meets The Head of the Charles. College towns across the country vie to bring these races to their home town. No kidding. Let's show these racers the support they deserve. Mark this on you calendar now!
It's the World Collegiate Championship Solar Boat Races on Hoyt Lake this June 22 - 26: www.solarsplash.com. If you've been, you know how cool it is. If you haven't, these are full size boats piloted by a full size college student with a team of student engineers ashore managing the electronics of the boat via walkie talkie. They do endurance races of several loops around the lake in a timed race and my personal favorite, the sprint. Think solar powered boat drag races. Everyone I tell about this is plain shocked to find out that the solar boat championship chose Buffalo. I was told part of the reason is that we have one of the highest percentages of sun in June of North American cities capable of handling an event like this. I'd love to see these races draw a nice little crowd of picnickers. -Larry Tassini
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