NANAIMO — While not at the record pace anticipated, a well known tubber has claimed another World Championship Bathtub Race
Ladysmith’s Trevor Short was the first to enter Nanaimo Harbour and make the climb to the bell by the Frank Ney statue at Maffeo Sutton Park on Sunday, July 28, in a time of one hour, 38 minutes and 13 seconds.
Short told NanaimoNewsNOW immediately following the race, conditions were nothing like he expected.
“The weather was backwards. Typically we’re going northwest the wholeway in and we had the southeast wind behind us, so it was more of a battle and I’ve probably never [put] my boat into the waves as many times as today.”
Short is a contender most years, previous winning the event in 2018.
He finished as runner-up to a new record time in 2023, as well as 2019.
Trevor Short and his family pose for pictures after he won the 2024 World Championship Bathtub race off the coast of Nanaimo on Sunday. (submitted photo/Spencer Sterritt)While getting checked out by medical personnel at the park, Short said he just had to adapt while out in open water.
“I thought [the wind] was going to change to a northwest, but I knew it was going to pickup.”
Short’s victory came by a very comfortable margin.
He said anyone who has even the slightest interest in trying out the sport should give it a go.
“Jump in and play, it’s a crazy rush and you’re going to go through every emotion possible on the way up and the way back.”
Short’s runners-up performance in 2023 came behind a record performance from winner Brandon Skipper, who rang the bell in one hour and 45 seconds.
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