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One Square Mile of Hope: Informational meeting set January 13

The One Square Mile of Hope Committee recently announced it will attempt to regain the Guinness World Record for the largest floating raft in an event scheduled for September 13 in Inlet.

The committee, led by co-chairs Connie Perry and Carolyn Belknap, will be joined by the Kiwanis Club of the Central Adirondacks in bringing paddlers together to regain the record that was set in 2011, when 1,902 vessels assembled on Fourth Lake.

The event also served as a breast cancer research fundraiser, bringing in over $80,000 for the cause.

The record was broken by a group at Sutton’s Bay on Lake Michigan in August 2013 which brought together 2,099 boats. Continue reading →

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Kiwanis partnering with ‘One Square Mile of Hope’ to regain world record

The Kiwanis Club of the Central Adirondacks is joining with the One Square Mile of Hope Committee in its attempt to regain its place in the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest raft of canoes and kayaks, in an event that will be held on September 13, 2014.

One Square Mile of Hope events held in 2008 and 2011 in Inlet, which raised funds for breast cancer research, were successful in breaking the standing records.

However, it was announced on November 20, 2013 that the Suttons Bay Flotilla in Michigan had set a new record in August by assembling 2,099 vessels, breaking Inlet’s 2011 record of 1,902. Continue reading →

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Now official: Inlet retakes Guinness record

1,902 BOATS: Final count blows Pittsburgh out of the water, by Adele Burnett 

Photos by Barry Lobdell Photography

Inlet’s One Square Mile of Hope Committee has received notification from the Guinness Book of World Records(tm) that on January 31, 2012 their claim for the world’s largest raft formation of canoes, and kayaks, and guideboats was approved.

The new record, 1,902 boats, eclipses the previous record of 1,619 boats that was held by Paddle at the Point on June 5, 2010 in Pittsburgh, PA. Continue reading →

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One Square Mile of Hope Committee Says Thank You

On behalf of the “One Square Mile of Hope” Committee, we would like to express our deepest gratitude to the community for its support of the incredibly inspiring and successful event that took place on September 24th on Fourth Lake in Inlet.

The event’s success was not only reflected in the gathering of over 1,900 boats on Fourth Lake to (unofficially) retake the Guinness Book World Record, but also the contribution of over $80,000 that has been given thus far to the Susan G. Komen For The Cure Foundation. Continue reading →

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The Huddled Masses photo by Dave Scranton

Not official, but numbers look good. Canoes; Kayaks on Fourth Lake: 1,925 boats gravitate to ‘one square mile’ in pursuit of Guinness world record

by Betsy Dirnberger

Inlet, NY erupts with enthusiastic participation for latest record event

Rushing the Turnstiles...Dick Lasher was among the volunteers stationed on party barges to pass out stickers to canoes, kayaks and guideboats as they entered a roped area on Fourth Lake last Saturday. From there the crafts joined one another in forming a free-floating "raft", whose immense size was unlike any the world has ever seen. At the end of the day, event organizers calculated that 1,925 stickers had been distributed to boats entering the storied "One Square Mile of Hope" in an attempt to break a world record off the shore of Inlet's Arrowhead Park beach. Photo by Gary VanRiper

A giant mosaic of 1,925 canoes and kayaks filled a corner of Fourth Lake off the shore of the central Adirondack town of Inlet on Saturday, September 24.

The boats vied against Pittsburgh, PA for the Guinness Book of World Records championship title as World’s Largest Floating Raft.

Inlet has 400 residents; Pittsburgh has 350,000.

While the Guinness title winning determination will not be made for months, the Adirondack raft’s boat count was far beyond the Pennsylvania’s 1,619 boats. David beat Goliath handily.

Sarah Cohen

“When the little town of Inlet decides to win, we do it in a big way,” said Connie Perry, organizer of One Square Mile of Hope, the raft-building event that hosted over 2,200 paddlers in solo and tandem boats from 14 states and Canada.

“We had two goals: to raise funds for the Susan G. Komen Foundation for breast cancer research”, she said, “and to grab back the Guinness World Record title we held three years ago as the world champion.” Continue reading →

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Saturday, September 4th Sign Up: Record participation in sight, but more needed for ‘One Square Mile’

One Square Mile of Hope is set to take place in Inlet’s Arrowhead Park on Saturday, September 24, rain or shine.

According to Inlet Tourism Director, Adele Burnett, as of midnight September 21, over 1,400 canoes, kayaks, and guide boats have registered to help break the World Record for Largest Floating Raft.

While the number of boats already registered may seem large, the current record to break is 1,619 and was set on June 5, 2010 in Pittsburgh, PA.

Tickets for the event benefit Susan G. Komen for the cure and are available online until midnight on Friday, September 23.

The fee is $25 with each extra passenger costing an additional $10. Continue reading →

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Inlet Wants You! To help do it again for the record

One Square Mile of Hope Committee member Adele Burnett reports that boat registrations for the Saturday, September 24 attempt to break the Guiness Book of World Record for largest floating raft formation, have surpassed the 1,000 mark.

So far participants from Canada and 11 states—including Florida and Texas—have already registered, and the committee anticipates a surge in registrations as they edge closer to the event. Continue reading →

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