Nanaimo Bathtub Racing Season Is Here!

Neck and neck down to the wire!

Should not exit tub until you can touch bottom

Feet - don't fail me now!

True spirit of bathtub racing competition

Bathtub Race Fever Coming To Nanaimo

Local Shaw TV personality Kait Burgan has been training long and hard to compete in this year's Great International Bathtub Race.

This past Sunday, Kait had the chance to put her training into action with her entry in the 'all class' bathtub race held in Departure Bay. The race saw entrants with all class of tubs competing in their first event of the season leading up to the big race for all the marbles next month.

Kait had explained to me prior to the race, that being short worked to her advantage as she was able to 'stretch out' in the tub to avoid some of the body paralyzing cramps other entrants will have to endure on the day of the Great Race.

She seemed to have forgotten that being short also comes with disadvantage when exiting the tub at the finish line. When you exit the tub into six feet of water, and you are only five feet nothing, there is an extremely good chance you will have to swim to the finish while ingesting large quantities of salt water.

In the end, at the finish line, Kait and her runner-up shared the ringing of the bell, officially logging their times as a dead heat.

The tub Kait will be racing in (sponsored by Fairwinds) has actually won the Great Race in another lifetime, and Kate hopes that lightning will strike twice and she will walk away with the 'stock' championship later next month.