Garibaldi is one of our favorite places on the coast. We'll be
headed there sometime in the near future for some more crabbing.

"Eat crabs and race them, too, at the Garibaldi Crab Races
Published: Mar. 19, 2022, 9:20 a.m."

"By Samantha Swindler | The Oregonian/OregonLive
There’s only one rule at the Garibaldi Crab Races: No touching the racers.

At this annual community event, locally caught Dungeness crabs are
placed on an inclined, four-foot wooden track. When the starting gate is lifted, they race to the bottom.

Their human “trainers” give them names like Sweet Tart, Pincher or The Rock, and use any manner – besides touching – to coax their crustaceans along.

“You can yell at the crab, you can threaten the crab, you can promise
the crab anything, but you cannot touch the crab,” said Bill Beck, the
race announcer. “Besides, the crab might reach around and touch you back.”"

"The Garibaldi Crab Races are a long-standing tradition in this small
fishing town on the north Oregon coast. This year marked the 35th series
of crab races, though there have been a few years – during a poor crab harvest or a global pandemic – where the event was canceled. Beck, 78,
has called the winners every time, but said he’s finally retiring after
this year.

It all started, Beck said, when a bunch of crabbers drinking at a local
pub decided to draw a chalk circle on the floor and race crabs to see
which would leave the circle first. The idea evolved into a community fundraiser with a six-lane racing track.

“We just made it up as we went along, and it’s turned into this adventure,” he said.

The Garibaldi Lions Club now organizes the races during the second
weekend in March at the Old Mill events center. Proceeds go to the
club’s sight and hearing fund which pays for glasses, hearing aids, and
sight and hearing exams for low-income residents of Tillamook County.
Over two days, this year’s event drew some 700 attendees and raised
close to $21,000 for the Lions Club’s programs."

TB

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On Saturday, March 19, 2022 at 1:29:17 PM UTC-7, Technobarbarian wrote:

Garibaldi is one of our favorite places on the coast. We'll be
headed there sometime in the near future for some more crabbing.

"Eat crabs and race them, too, at the Garibaldi Crab Races
Published: Mar. 19, 2022, 9:20 a.m."

"By Samantha Swindler | The Oregonian/OregonLive
There’s only one rule at the Garibaldi Crab Races: No touching the racers.

At this annual community event, locally caught Dungeness crabs are
placed on an inclined, four-foot wooden track. When the starting gate is lifted, they race to the bottom.

Their human “trainers” give them names like Sweet Tart, Pincher or The Rock, and use any manner – besides touching – to coax their crustaceans along.

“You can yell at the crab, you can threaten the crab, you can promise
the crab anything, but you cannot touch the crab,” said Bill Beck, the race announcer. “Besides, the crab might reach around and touch you back.”"

"The Garibaldi Crab Races are a long-standing tradition in this small fishing town on the north Oregon coast. This year marked the 35th series
of crab races, though there have been a few years – during a poor crab harvest or a global pandemic – where the event was canceled. Beck, 78,
has called the winners every time, but said he’s finally retiring after this year.

It all started, Beck said, when a bunch of crabbers drinking at a local
pub decided to draw a chalk circle on the floor and race crabs to see
which would leave the circle first. The idea evolved into a community fundraiser with a six-lane racing track.

“We just made it up as we went along, and it’s turned into this adventure,” he said.

The Garibaldi Lions Club now organizes the races during the second
weekend in March at the Old Mill events center. Proceeds go to the
club’s sight and hearing fund which pays for glasses, hearing aids, and sight and hearing exams for low-income residents of Tillamook County.
Over two days, this year’s event drew some 700 attendees and raised
close to $21,000 for the Lions Club’s programs."

TB

Sounds like the "Sport of Kings", to me, or at least, one of them, and a wonderful theme for a tee shirt....

Man O' War Jr.

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