JIM VAIKNORAS/Staff photo A group from central Mass. Jim Heller, Justin Kennick, Elizabeth McNalty, and Nora Kelleherrow out to the start of the Fall Haul and Mighty Merrimack Rowing race at Lowell Boat Shop in Amesbury.About a dozen boats competed in the race, later rowers and spectaters enjoyed burgers, a chili contest, and the music of The Demijon Music Clan.