2026 Rowing Rendezvous
Wooden rowing boats on show for the annual Rowing Rendezvous
May 16, 2026, 1:38 p.m
Bill Stirling, front left, and Andrew Campbell take up the front as they carry a wooden dory with Paul Swanson, back left, and Doug Johnston down to Kalmus Beach on Saturday for the annual Rowing Rendezvous. Stephen Salley, of Orleans, built the dory from a Chesapeake Light Craft kit. The event is hosted by the Cape Cod Maritime Museum. Traditional Small Craft Association Cape Cod chapter members bring their boats to the event for curious rowers to look at and also try them out. Photo taken May 16, 2026
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Walter Baron, of Wellfleet, left, and Steve Smith, of Eastham, both local boatbuilders, row off Kalmus Beach in Smith's boat during Saturday's Rowing Rendezvous. The annual rendezvous was held at Kalmus Beach in Hyannis. The event is hosted by the Cape Cod Maritime Museum. Traditional Small Craft Association Cape Cod chapter members bring their boats for curious rowers to look at and also try them out. Photo taken May 16, 2026
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As the M/V Iyanough fast ferry heads off to Nantucket, Peter Corbett, of Brewster, sets out to row off Kalmus Beach in Hyannis. Corbett was taking part Saturday in the annual Rowing Rendezvous. The event is hosted by the Cape Cod Maritime Museum. Photo taken May 16, 2026
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Students carry down one of two Bevin's Skiffs to Kalmus Beach in Hyannis for the Rowing Rendezvous on Saturday. They built the two wooden boats with volunteers through a program at the Cape Cod Maritime Museum in Hyannis which hosts the event. Traditional Small Craft Association Cape Cod chapter members bring their boats to the event for curious rowers to look at and also try them out. Photo taken May 16, 2026
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Baxter the dog waits to get back on the beach after a row in this 1952 Old Town wooden boat. The annual Rowing Rendezvous, hosted by the Cape Cod Maritime Museum, was held Saturday at Kalmus Beach in Hyannis. Traditional Small Craft Association Cape Cod chapter members bring their boats to the event for curious rowers to look at and also try them out. Photo taken May 16, 2026
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Jackie Monturio, of Sandwich, tries rowing on the beach before the boat was put in the water for the annual Rowing Rendezvous Saturday at Kalmus Beach in Hyannis. The event is hosted by the Cape Cod Maritime Museum. Photo taken May 16, 2026
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Volunteer Jon Aborn, second from left, helps Dustin Gilmore row the Gilmore Buoy off Kalmus Beach in Hyannis. Gilmore is a student at Cape Cod Charter Lighthouse School. He and other middle school students from around the Cape and Nantucket built two Bevin's Skiffs through a program at the Cape Cod Maritime Museum. Aborn is a volunteer with that program. The annual Rowing Rendezvous was held Saturday at Kalmus Beach in Hyannis. Photo taken May 16, 2026
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Oars for this 1962 Old Town wooden boat await to be activated. The annual Rowing Rendezvous was held Saturday at Kalmus Beach in Hyannis. Photo taken May 16, 2026
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