Bainbridge Island Rowing hosted the Salt Watta Regatta 2019 in Eagle Harbor on Sunday, March 10 and the regatta was a sprint scrimmage pitting guest Olympic Area Rowing against the home crew.

The races were intended to help prepare the rivals for the spring regattas that lie ahead, including the Covered Bridge Regatta near Eugene, Oregon; the Brentwood Regatta in Mill Bay, British Columbia; the Windermere Cup at the University of Washington; and the USRowing NW Youth Championships in Vancouver, Washington.

The sprints took rowers from deep in Eagle Harbor out to the old Wyckoff plant at Pritchard Park where scores of spectators cheered on the teams.

It was a perfect day for the regatta: calm and dry and partly sunny.

Rowers and family enjoyed food from the BIR camp kitchen set up on the quad above the Stanley Pocock Legacy Rowing Center, which is halfway completed in Waterfront Park.