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Four days a week from April to October, McNichol and his three other captains lead a crew of up to four volunteers for a full day of picking up trash on the river. The Clean Up Boat is completely the work of volunteers from across Massachusetts who share McNichol’s desire to restore the once-proud nature of the local waterway. Even then-Gov. Mitt Romney once spent a day on the boat...
McNichol said that he’s excited that the volunteers’ efforts are being put to use in the form of tomorrow’s race and that he hopes the event will show people that “we have this beautiful river right smack dab in the middle of our hometown, and it’s really in good condition...
Most of the trash in the river—plastic and Styrofoam—is removed relatively easily, which bodes well for future Charles River racing prospects, according to McNichol...
It’s an idea that came about because of a simple Internet search, after Hester participated in a Hudson River swim a few years ago in New York...
...it’s the history of past river encounters that serves as an inspiration, Lawaetz said, to draw people back to the waters of the Charles...