Paddle boarder circuits Island in slightly more than 8 hours
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Richard Ruscica, a carpenter and licensed guide in hiking, camping, boats and canoes, on August 19 completed what he believes to have been the first cirumnavigation of Shelter Island on a paddleboard.
A full-time resident since 1985, and a visitor since 1961, he has been a surfer since 1968 and paddleboarder since before the hot new water sport was invented. He uses an old Mistral sail board with a deck pad and reconfigured kayak paddles.
A story about his adventure will appear in the August 30 edition of the Reporter.