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It’s official, Paddle at the Point was successful in breaking a Guinness World Record! The new World Record for the largest raft of canoes and kayaks is 1,619 boats, and was set in Pittsburgh, PA on Saturday, June 5, 2010.

Read the Press Release

1 Minute Time Lapse:

This time lapse video was created by Randy Sargent and Paul Heckbert of the Carnegie Mellon University CREATE Lab. It’s even better in HD, download the HD version here: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~gigapan/timelapse/flotilla-timelapse-1080p.mp4

Photos:

Below are some of our favorite shots from the event. Download high resolution versions of each image by clicking the respective image.  Please give photo credit to the appropriate photographer.

Photo by Mike Vindler

Photo by Stan Franzos

Photo by Stan Franzos

Official Guinness Certificate:

Here’s the official certificate from Guinness World Records.  Paddle at the Point is also posted on the Guinness World Records website: www.guinnessworldrecords.com

The official certificate

Comments

  1. Michael says:
    March 30, 2011 at 10:22 pm

    Weren’t all registered participants supposed to get copies of the official certificate?

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    [...] On display at the new Venture Outdoors’ office on the South Side are large photographs of the event from within the raft, a panoramic GigaPan taken from Mt. Washington and the official Guinness World Record certificate.  These photos can also be found on the media only webpage: http://www.paddleatthepoint.com/media. [...]

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