Race Results: February 22 at Nanaimo

Despite the rainy weather 12 surfskiers took part in Sunday’s Shack Attack race in Nanaimo. The sea was calm and the rain eased off for the race…the sun even came out as the racers trickled into the finish. The southeast wind provided a push out to Shack Island but required fighting against a headwind on the return leg.

Soon after the start the French connection of Jean and JF took the lead setting a 12.5-13 km/h pace. Jeff/Katja positioned their tandem ski behind JF while Gareth did the same to the tandem. Shortly before reaching Shack Island JF dropped off the pace, turned out he was overheating so stopped to remove his jacket. Jeff/Katja lead the 3 ski pack around Shack Island but as we entered the channel to push into the wind for the return leg Jean stepped on the gas openning up a gap on the other skis. Jean slowly extended then maintained his lead to the finish, with Gareth electing to enjoy the shelter of the tandem ski’s wash through to the finish.

After some fun dicing out on the course the next group of closely spaced finishers were Chris, Nathan, Derek then Don. Next came Robin with his training wheels outfitted surfski followed by Kathleen who is recovering from recent shoulder surgery. Unfortunately Jaden’s ski had steering issues that prevented him from starting the race. As usual the post race chilli, soup and baked goods were a welcome treat to the slightly chilled racers and volunteers.

Here is a video of the race as viewed from the back of the tandem surfski.

Surfski results:

1. Jean (51:16)

2. Jeff/Katja (51:50)

3. Gareth (51:54)

4. JF (54:25)

5. Chris (57:50)

6. Nathan (58:05)

7. Derek (58:27)

8. Don (58:56)

9. Robin (1:00:13)

10. Kathleen (1:02:36)

Next race: March 7 at Vancouver

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