New York Tugboat Race
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The New York Tugboat Race is a contest for working tugboats held in the Hudson River
every fall on the Sunday before Labor day. Boats race one nautical mile
from 79th Street to Pier 84 at 44th Street. The race is the occasion for a dockside festival. Events currently include nose-to-nose pushing competitions, a line toss competition, and best mascot/costume contests between the crews.
Similar contests are held on the Detroit River
and the St. Mary's River
.
Hudson River
The Hudson is a river that flows from north to south through eastern New York. The highest official source is at Lake Tear of the Clouds, on the slopes of Mount Marcy in the Adirondack Mountains. The river itself officially begins in Henderson Lake in Newcomb, New York...
every fall on the Sunday before Labor day. Boats race one nautical mile
Nautical mile
The nautical mile is a unit of length that is about one minute of arc of latitude along any meridian, but is approximately one minute of arc of longitude only at the equator...
from 79th Street to Pier 84 at 44th Street. The race is the occasion for a dockside festival. Events currently include nose-to-nose pushing competitions, a line toss competition, and best mascot/costume contests between the crews.
Similar contests are held on the Detroit River
Detroit River
The Detroit River is a strait in the Great Lakes system. The name comes from the French Rivière du Détroit, which translates literally as "River of the Strait". The Detroit River has served an important role in the history of Detroit and is one of the busiest waterways in the world. The river...
and the St. Mary's River
St. Marys River (Michigan-Ontario)
The St. Marys River , sometimes written as the St. Mary's River, drains Lake Superior, starting at the end of Whitefish Bay and flowing 74.5 miles southeast into Lake Huron, with a fall of ....
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