Race Results: June 28 at Lotus Sports Club

Mike and Cam Fitzmaurice were the stars of Sunday’s Lotus race…they caught Chris at McBarge then on the final downwind leg opened a large gap on the followers for a well earned victory. Check out Katja’s race report here…with photos.

Place	Paddler
1	Mike & Cam
2	Chris Dobrovolny
3	Jodi & Katja
4	Jeff Raymond
5	John George
6	Warren Bruce
7	Matt Kelly
8	Ben & Eric
9	David Russ
10	Gary Cassulis
11	Charlie

Upcoming Race: June 28 at Burnaby

Lotus OC1/OC2/Surfski Race

presented by

Lotus Sports Club

located at Barnet Marine Park in Burnaby

Schedule:

• Novice/Junior – 8:00 am start
• Women – 10:00 am start
• Men / Mixed – 12:00 pm start

Awards will be presented at the end of each race (minimum 3 registered boats to make a class)

Registration: $10.00 per paddler. Register morning of race. Arrive early, times are approximate, [a second schedule in the information package indicated the race is to start at 11:30 am...you've been warned!]

Classes: OC-1, OC-2, K-1, Surfski. We will recognize all classes with a minimum of 3 entries in that class. All paddlers are to supply their own boats. Lifejackets and boat leashes mandatory.

NOTE: We will provide snacks

Questions and Information: Contact Doug Mancell at dukling@shaw.ca

Race Course (See map below):

Start is in front of the clubhouse, heading north up Indian Arm to Boulder Island. Paddlers must do a counter-clockwise (ama side) turn around Boulder Island then head southwest to McBarge. All boats are required to make a counter-clockwise (ama side) turn around McBarge then head east to finish the race in front of the Lotus clubhouse (approximately 11 km).

Lotus OC1/OC2/Surfski Race Course

Race Results: June 16 at Deep Cove

Now that was a fun race! This week’s TNR had racers head south out of the Cove to round the marker off Cates Park for a total distance of 8.0 km. There were a few notables for tonight’s race…Gareth was over from Victoria to put Epic’s new V12 surfski through its paces…Bob and Reid were doing the same with Fenn’s new Elite tandem surfski…Ken had spent the weekend testing the Think Uno and was ready to see how he could race it…the Foellmer twins were teaming up in a Sagitta K2 to challenge the surfskis.

Despite their young age of 15, Nic and Seb are really starting to find some good speed this year…so I elected to line up next to them to see if I could ride wash on their K2. The guys got an awesome start and I immediately realized plan B was in order. So I settled into a pack with Chris (Evo), Ken (Uno) and Ty (Legend). At the front Nic/Seb were setting the pace with Gareth settled onto their right slip…shortly behind was Bob/Reid trying a more onshore line to try to make up the deficit. In our pack Chris and Ken had been setting the early pace, as we approached Grey Rocks Ty moved to the front to pick up the pace indicating that we were being caught by the chase pack which included the father/son tandem ski teams of Ben/Eric (S2X) and Mike/Cam (Mako XT). The 4 of us then took turns setting the pace while the others “rested” on wash…this seemed to work out well as we stayed clear of the tandem skis, but Terry (V10L) managed to put in a good effort to bridge up to our pack. There was a light headwind and may have been a small amount of current against us as our speed was below 12 most of the way out to the turn. At the turn the Foellmer twins were still out front with Gareth riding wash…Bob/Reid were about 10 seconds behind.  At the finish, the twins put in a hard acceleration at the entrance to the Cove dropping Gareth to finish alone in first place…the post race video clearly showed their picking up the pace with the stroke rate coming up while continuing to apply powerful strokes…well done Nic and Seb! After the Cates Park turn our pack of 5 skis continued to paddle together although fewer of us were able to take turns on the front. The pace was now now hovering in the 12.5 to 13.5 km/h range. By Grey Rocks Ty was dangling just off the back of our pack while Chris was barely hanging onto the pack’s stern wash. A few short sprints were put in to test the strength of our pack…and to put on a show for the video boat that had pulled alongside our group.  As we approached the Cove, Terry and Ken chose slightly different lines with Ken a bit more offshore. As we were clearly setting up for a sprint finish I was having to decide which boat’s wash to follow. As the boats separated I moved from Ken’s to Terry’s wash…Terry had been paddling really well as evidenced by his being able to catch our group and then still contributed to the pace setting. It didn’t take long for Ken to realize he was on his own and as such seemed to step on the gas slightly to try to further open the gap. Ken only got about 2 boat lengths ahead before myself and Terry realized what was happening…we immediatelyclosed up on Ken and moved onto his wash…I on his left slip with Terry on my left slip. At the finish, the Bumble Beevo just barely nipped Ken at the line with Terry coming in next followed by Chris then Ty.

The gals race was just as exciting…at the finish there were 5 gals together fighting for line honours with Rebecca (Super Lancer K1) taking 1st a boat length ahead of Kristin (Tornado K1) who just barely outsprinted Katja (Legend) and Carolyn (S1X) with Jodi coming in a boat length or 2 behind…VERY COOL!

I have to admit…downwind paddling is really fun…but when it comes to racing you just cannot beat great pack racing conditions…to me, it is the interaction between racers that makes “racing” fun…whereas often it is the interaction between paddler and ocean that makes “paddling” fun.

NEXT RACES:

June 23     TNR Lesser Kayak Swap

June 25     Big Chop

June 28     Lotus Small Boats Race

June 30     TNR Magnum PI Night

Race Results: June 14 at Comox***photos***

Only 8 surfskiers made the trip to Comox for Sunday’s Island Iron Small Boats race, but those of us who joined the many outrigger canoes were treated to some excellent racing. Ty, Dave, Chris, Warren and myself joined forces by carpooling to save on ferry expenses. None of us had previously paddled in the Comox area so we were not really sure what to expect. On arrival there wasn’t much in the way of wind and we couldn’t really see much of the water from our location at the race registration and staging area. The course was to start just outside the marina with racers first heading up the protected inner harbour for about 100 m then taking a left turn across the harbour (another 300 m) to round a dolphin marker then making another left turn whereupon the racers headed out into the open water to round a large float before heading back to the start/finish line off the marina.

Off the start there was a tailwind at our back…and there was a definite advantage to being on the left side of the starting line. Chris lead at the first turn with Calvin trailing closely behind. On the crossing to the dolphin there was small side chop on our left beam. Another left turn at the dolphin had the group heading upwind toward the open ocean. As we progressed the waves got bigger and bigger…yet we could not see the turning buoy. At this point Chris was still out front with myself a short distance behind. Neither of us new exactly where this turning buoy was located and we hoped the small inflatable boat ahead of us was leading us to the marker. We ended up paddling about 4.5 km out into the open water before finally reaching the turning buoy. About 2 thirds way out Dave then Ty pulled up along side as we trailed Chris. The waves continued to increase in size as we travelled farther and farther offshore. At the turn, Chris was about 50 m in front of Ty followed by myself and then Dave. Immediately after the turn we were into runs…run after run after glorious run! At this point it was hard to keep focussed that we were in a race…it was just so much fun accelerating onto a wave then looking to link up the next run. So for the next 4.5 km we rode wave after wave until making the turn behind the point of land that lead us to the marina. Chris did a masterful job of staying focussed on his race to take the win…his first surfski race victory…well done Chris!

Needless to say everyone was stoked with the race…it was an incredible course thanks to the wind that came up just in time for the racers. Just think of all those suckers who paid thousands of dollars to do last month’s Molokai surfski race in flatwater conditions…maybe they should come to Comox next year!

Check out these photos of the racers.

2009 Comox Island Iron surfski results

Place	Paddler	Time
1	Chris Dobrovolny	0:55:26
2	Jeff Raymond	0:55:46
3	Ty Gee	0:56:21
4	David Russ	0:57:22
5	Warren Bruce	0:59:25
6	Chris Nagle	1:05:40
7	Ryan Stuart	1:13:41
8	Greg Johnson	1:18:55

Race Results: Round Bowen Challenge

The 10th annual Round Bowen Challenge was another terrific success on Sunday June 7. Bright sunny skies and warm thermal winds made for interesting paddling conditions. As was done last year, the course took racers in a clockwise direction around Bowen Island. The 10:30 am start time gave paddlers little to deal with wrt current as the ebbing tide was slack at noon.  Wind and wind waves proved to be the biggest challenges to racers completing the 31 km distance…according to my GPS.  The waves started soon after leaving Snug Cove, although they were not nearly as bouncy as last year’s race, they were still enough to require additional concentration to stay upright and to keep the boat moving well. Immediately after the start the tandem ski crews of Don/Eric and Morris/Jakub went to the front…these 2 boats (Fenn Elites) stayed together for the duration of the race, with Don/Eric setting the pace, and finished in a sprint to the line with only 1 second separating them…what an excellent race! And a new double kayak Round Bowen record was set in the process, winning Don/Eric $500 thanks to Bowen Island business sponsors REDESIGN TECHNOLOGIES Inc.,  THE RUDDY POTATO healthy and organic food store, and BOWEN BUILDING CENTRE Ltd.

From stories told over the scrumptious salmon BBQ and well earned beer, there were many excellent races taking place out on the course…multiple lead changes, inshore/offshore lines exploited and racers hitting the wall.

Actually the last 5 km was literally like paddling up a wall…the south wind picked up considerably over the last half of the race making for a fierce headwind to battle against in the final stretch to the finish back at Snug Cove.

There was also some great racing in the Round Bowen Outrigger Relay, with this event continuing it grow in number of  participants. Check out roundbowenchallenge.com for full race results.

Round Bowen Challenge kayak race results:

Finish Order	NAME	CATEGORY	TIME	Place in Category
1	Don & Eric	DHK	2:25:48	1
2	Morris & Jakub	DHK	2:25:49	2
3	Katja & Jeff	DHK	2:37:00	3
4	BORGNES, Erik	MHK	2:38:09	1
5	TUDOR-JONES, Gareth	MHK	2:43:18	2
6	JACOBSON, David	MHK	2:46:48	3
7	FITZMAURICE, Mike	MHK	2:48:11	4
8	Ben & John	DHK	2:48:24	4
9	KUMMER, Brian	MHK	2:51:08	5
10	Gary & Sean	DHK	2:53:30	5
11	BUMSTEAD, Dean	MHK	2:53:31	6
12	STANICK, Ken	MHK	2:54:24	7
13	CHRISTIANSEN, Kirk	MHK	2:56:00	8
14	LANDBOE, Tracy	WHK	2:56:15	1
15	REMMLER, Daryl	MHK	2:59:14	9
16	KELLY, Matt	MHK	3:00:43	10
17	DOBROVOLNY, Chris	MHK	3:01:42	11
18	PUTNAM, Bob	MHK	3:02:44	12
19	CROOK, Derek	MHK	3:02:50	13
20	GOOLSBY, Larry	MHK	3:04:43	14
21	HOPE, Rod	MHK	3:04:53	15
22	NELSON, Heather	WHK	3:05:29	2
23	BRUCE, Warren	MHK	3:05:53	16
24	RUSS, David	MHK	3:12:06	17
25	Trista & Brian	XDK	3:12:25	1
26	ROTHER, Martin	MFK	3:13:59	1
27	HANSEN, Paul	MHK	3:15:10	18
28	McTAGGART, Bruce	MFK	3:15:16	2
29	HEGEDUS, Jeff	MHK	3:16:46	19
30	ARBUTHNOT, Robin	MHK	3:18:45	20
31	Morna & Margaret	WDK	3:19:55	1
32	GREGORY, Mike	MHK	3:22:46	21
33	Lina & Andrew	XDK	3:23:03	2
34	Ross & Andy	MDK	3:23:16	1
35	LaPOINTE, Andre	MSK	3:26:33	1
36	GROLL, Bernd	MSK	3:28:13	2
37	Sheila & Ryan	XDK	3:32:04	3
38	Peter & Silke	XDK	3:37:08	4
39	SIEMENS, Craig	MFK	3:38:13	3
40	LOWE, Ian	MSK	3:39:15	3
41	PRESCOTT, Tito	MFK	3:42:12	4
42	HAUSER, Sarah	WSK	3:46:45	1
43	THYGESEN, Ron	MSK	3:51:17	4
44	John & Lisa	XDK	3:53:19	5
45	MOIR, Peter	MSK	3:57:34	5
46	Sarah & Sue	WDK	4:00:36	2
47	PLAVSIC, Zac	MHK	4:02:12	22
48	VOHANKA, Bob	MFK	4:02:37	5
49	Christine & Karla	WDK	4:06:06	3
50	Coreena & Ben	XDK	4:09:16	6
51	WAGNER, John	MSK	4:11:19	6
52	WILSON, Frank	MSK	4:11:38	7
53	GLEN, Chris	MSK	4:12:37	8
54	Heather & Nathan	XDK	4:13:15	7
55	Lisa & Nancy	WDK	4:14:11	4
56	KANE, Ed	MSK	4:16:00	9
57	Lesley & Marion	WDK	4:17:27	5
58	Sherwood, Kez	WSK	4:24:14	2
59	SCHLOEGL, Susanne	WSK	4:29:33	3
60	ROBERTSON, Gord	MSK	4:30:22	10
61	TANNER, Simon	MSK	4:30:22	11

Race Results: June 9 at Deep Cove

Welcome to Surfski.Misinfo.CA Live coverage of the Super Hero Night

Live coverage.!!!

6:59:30 Tom: As usual, Bob is off to a fast start.

6:59:45 Jim: Chris is off his boat, but on again with a great mount. Chris must be cooling off after a hot warmup.

Tom: Hot! Hell yeah, let me tell you about that warmup Jim, no wonder he’s….

7:00 pm: race horn goes off!!!!

Tom: What in the wild world of sports is that shooting out to the front? !!!!

Jim: I dunno Tom, could be the incredible hulk??? no, no…. not green enough…. The Flying Frenchman is gone. The Thing’s not on the start list either after falling apart and sinking in the Round Bowen. So I’m not sure who could be pulling 15k like that….. Not any of the usual slugs at this one star event.

Jim: Oh, I got it: it’s Captain America Dion out to a fast start.

Tom: Whoah, you’d think Wonder Woman was waiting for him on Jug the way he took off from the line.

Jim: Ha ha, very amusing Tom.

Tom: Hey, did I ever tell you the one about Superman and Wonder Woman where….

Jim: Not now Tom the race is going on for crikey sake!

Tom: Mike and Cam looking Super strong in the double.

Chris moving up to the their side.

Matt on back wash.

Jim: Tom, I think Capt’n Dion’s going to be hard to catch. Young Jim is hanging in there strong. In the Surfskis it looks like Ken is setting the pace up the left side. Jonathan looking strong moving up behind him.

Tom: 1K in and it looks like the parasitic suction on Matt’s boat has broken. Chris is still on the side though.

Jim: I’d say Ken’s group in the lead now with Mike&Cam converging on Ken’s line.

Tom: Converging… I gotta look that one up…. Is that like what Chris and Marshall did with the Vaseline and gloves before the race?

Jim: No Tom, and please…. this is a family oriented website!!!

Tom: Oh right. Sorry Jim, I just can’t get that vision out of my mind.

Jim: Stay on topic Tom, this race is going down and we’re live here….

Jim: Well Dion and Jim way ahead now rounding Jug. Did not see them do any remounts.

Jim: Ken first at Island. He’s over like a sealion off a spingboard.

Jim: Chris off and back on in good time.

Jim: Mike and Cam get the remount nicely and are off.

Tom: #%#$! Ken’s can’t get on…. he’s rolling that boat like a log on in lumberjack show.

Jim: Matt, Rod, Warren, all off and on again in good time.

Tom: Let’s get back up to the good paddlers again. I love waking out that second pack of WRS. Remember the good old days when we’d smoke em all at the finish line with a 3′ wake?

Jim: Didn’t Daryl and Bob give you a 25% deal on a boat if you wiped out Brian 3 weeks in a row?

Tom: NO!!! I certainly did not get a 25% discount on my THINK boat if made it so Daryl and Bob could surf across the line ahead of Brian…… only 10% and a free water bottle.

Tom: Speaking of 25% less… isn’t that Remmler on one of them paddleboard things.

Jim: Yes, I believe it is Tom and he’s doing pretty well hanging in there with some of the recreational racers. I’d estimate he’s doing over 6k or so.

Tom: Probably a bit uncomfortable sitting down in a kayak after Chris being so close to his rear on Bowen Island! (laughs, knee slaps), know what I mean Jim buddy(Back slap accidentally knocks Jim off the boat and into the water)

Jim: You idiot get me out of here!

Tom: Whoah dude(pulling Jim into boat) isn’t that some Junior ladies putting the boots to some of the regular Raven boys.

Jim: I believe it is Tom. A keen eye you have. Great to see such fine young athletes out at an event like this. Great cross training for them.

Tom: Yeah, and total humiliation to those sad excuses for surfski paddlers I’d say. Well Jim… not in my day would a real man allow such a thing or a round of pints would be owed to the rest of the lads. One sight of these pipes and those girls would know who’s wake is mucho mucho gusto speedio!

Jim: But didn’t that South African female sprint racer crush you in that last world cup?

Tom: I had a stomach flu and I woulda caught her if the winds held up.

Jim: So she did cross the finish before you???

Tom: Well technically…… uh….. yes. but let’s focus on the race here Jim.

Jim: Looks like they are all coming in now. Looks like Ken, Jim and Chris. Possibly we missed Dion.

Tom: Yeah whatever, let’s cut outta here and get to the Raven. Ya think that waitress is hot for me or what?

Jim: Oh yeah Tom, whatever you say…

A great race. Thanks for checking it out on Surfski.Misinfo.CA .

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Upcoming Race: June 14 at Comox

This year’s edition of the Island Iron Small Boats Race has moved from Victoria to Comox, the 2009 event being hosted by Comox Strathcona Canoe Racing Club.

When: Sunday June 14, 2009

Start Times:  Women 9:00 am     Men 11:00 am

Cost:  $15 (CORA membership required, annual $25 or daily $10)

Where:  Comox Bay Marina 1805 Beaufort Av.

Course:  Seems to be an out and back course of 13 km distance. I think this is the map for Sunday’s race course.

Travel:  Apparently the drive takes about 1 hour 25 minutes from Nanaimo…add another 15 minutes if starting from Duke Point Ferry Terminal.

Check out CSCRC’s website for more information.

There were 6 skis at the first of Comox’s new Tuesday Night Race series…hopefully many from the Nanaimo and Victoria surfski communities will be making the drive to support this island surfski event. Apparently carpools are being organized for some of the mainland crowd to join the fun at Comox.

Race Results: June 2 at Comox

The first CV Tuesday Night Race on June 2^nd was a hit. 13 outriggers, kayaks and surfskis participated, with many more showing interested in future weeks. As I drove to the race, the outside temperature was approaching 30 Celsius and the water on the outside of Goose Spit was unusually calm. The second leg of the race was a beautiful paddle into the sunset.

The energy and camaraderie was fantastic. There was a group from Campbell River and Jamie Boulding even made it down from Strathcona Park Lodge.

The unique race format means that anyone can win next week. Each racer has established his/her handicap and will start in the corresponding order next week.

Below are the race results for last night and the corresponding start times for next Tuesday.

Participants should aim to be at Goose Spit for 5:30.  At 5:50 we will synchronize watches at 5:50pm (don’t forget your watch).

The next race is Tuesday June 9, aim to be there for 5:30.

 

Race results June 2, 2009                                               Start list  for June 09, 2009

Rob	43:05	Ski		Mike	10:00
Don	43:43	OC1		Brian	12:42
Gary	45:01	Ski		Greg	14:59
Jamie	46:00	Ski		Dean	15:16
Chris	47:05	Ski		Dusty	16:11
Steve	48:14	OC1		Sarah	16:16
Rupert	50:03	OC1		Rupert	17:26
Sarah	51:13	Ski		Steve	19:15
Dusty	51:18	Ocean Kayak		Chris	20:24
Dean	52:13	OC1		Jamie	21:29
Greg	52:30	Ski		Gary	22:28
Brian	54:37	OC1		Don	23:46
Mike	57:29	OC1		Rob	24:24

 

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Race Results: June 2 at Deep Cove ***video***

We’ve been experiencing excellent weather lately in Vancouver…last night’s TNR was treated to mid 20’s and bright sunshine…just another day in our little piece of paradise!

The course took paddlers around the Hamber Island lighthouse, around Boulder Island, back across the channel to round Grey Rocks then back to the Cove…5.1 km.

At the start, Chris shot to the front with Ken on his right slip and myself on his left…there was a mass of skis lined up behind. After rounding the orange buoy at the entrance to the Cove, Ken moved to the front taking the speed up to the low 13’s…I ended up taking up position on Ken’s stern while Chris settled in behind. Post race Ken informed us that he was taking a page from Hank’s racing strategy impressively employed at the recent Molokai race where he bumped the speed up to 15 km/h for 20 minutes to trim down the size of the leading pack. As we approached Hamber, Ken’s pace slowed to the low 12’s so I took the opportunity to move onto his side wash. Just as I did this a nice set of rollers came through from behind us. My super-light carbon Evo seemed to excel in these waves as I managed to accelerate onto the waves and flew past Ken. After the short-lived ride Ken managed to work himself back up to my side wash…while Chris had fallen off his ski and had to work his way back through the field. On the crossing from Boulder to Grey Rocks Ken slowly lost ground…he was having trouble recovering from his Hankian effort earlier in the race. My Bumble Beevo managed to carry me to the line alone while the father/son tandem ski team of Mike and Cam lead home the chase pack about 10-15 seconds back.

Check out the video of the race recorded from the bow of Katja’s Legend.

NEXT RACES:

June 7     Round Bowen Challenge (32 km) and Finisterre Dash (10 km) at Bowen Island

June 9     TNR Super Hero Night

June 11   Big Chop

June 14   Island Iron Small Boats Race (13 km) at Comox

June 28   Lotus Iron Small Boats Race (10 km) at Burnaby