Upcoming Event: Length of the Lake 2009

Length of the Lake 100 km Ultrapaddle takes place Saturday September 26, 2009.

Race starts at Vernon and finishes at Penticton.

Check out Penticton Racing Canoe Club’s website for registration details…reserve your registration by September 6 to get a cool hat.

This is a fantastic race whether done iron or as a relay team.

Check out the September 22, 2008 race report on SurfskiBC for a story about last year’s race.

US Surfski Champs Relay video

Chris’ video of the San Fran Relay.

Team Think is: Dion Maxwell (CAN), Sean Rice (S.A.), Stewart O’Regan (AUS), Tony Shumaker (AUS).  Tony is battling Dawid Mocke for 2nd in the final scenes (Think ended up 3rd by a few meters).  Other notables in the video are Jeremy Cotter, Murray Stewart, Caine Eckstein, Barry Lewin, and Phillippe Baccora.

Ian’s Sidney race report

Hey now, that was a very entertaining race. Lots of sunshine, nice park, plenty of people. And what a start! – Craig donned his Jamaican jersey and Bolted out in the first hundred meters; not sure what happened after that, must’ve been mobbed by the photographers or something, as i never saw him again. Once I picked myself out of his wash, I ventured south of his course (and Gareth’s, too) with the goal of getting out to the favourable current earlier, but once out that way found a nice boat wash from who-knows-where – there were motorboats all over the place at the start, which was amusing. but this wash carried me out past craig and gareth, so i kept picking waves where i could find them. Then a sailboat ducked in behind me, and the bohemoth of a lead/escort boat went back to natter at them, and I just had visions of Craig, Gareth, Ron, Jeff, Katja etc sitting on the stern-wave as this boat churned past me again. And sure enough, along it came, churning up this eNORmous wave, and so I was focusing on staying mobile and hopped aboard, at which point i looked around to see if everyone else was on the same wave, but they weren’t. but i was… i briefly considered the ethics of it all (really, i did), and in the end decided that it was the funnest wave i’d seen in a while, so i carried on at 20km/h for a little while, before i had to cut into the channel behind forrest island. I diddled along behind the island, more than a little miffed at having to provide my own propulsion for a change; i think people caught up some. the channel between forrest island and sidney island was peculiar – current swirling and waves going different directions. once i cleared the spit, i was set upon by the coast guard, who had come to rescue me from the flat water. they seemed to be aware that they were sitting right in front of me and that i was playing in their wash, but they didn’t seem to clue in to do anything productive about it – like go away, or, better still, speed up. i had my radio with me, but it was on the back deck, and ethically, it’s probably better that i wasn’t calling in pace requests. i probably could’ve gone faster than they were dragging me, but that would have meant expending my own energy, and that didn’t seem like as good an idea. i was hoping ron was close enough to be amused by it all. but, they dragged me all the way to the finish line, that was very kind of them. but, to be honest, their wash was a little short and the waves were too close together –it wasn’t half as fun a wave as colin’s big cruiser-wave from the first half of the race. now, if i’d had that one to ride all the way back, i would’ve pulled out the radio and requested a nice steady 18km/h, i think.

ian

Cytomax at Popeye’s in North Vancouver

This is of interest to those of you who have discovered the benefits of using a maltodextrin based drink to help bring out your best racing and training performance.

The Popeye’s store in North Vancouver has a sale on Cytomax Performance Drink…$49.99…and they have 5 flavours in stock to choose from…we picked up a couple tubs of Cool Citrus and Tangy Orange today.

I’m not sure how long the sale is on for…thought some of you might want to take advantage of the cost savings too.

For those of you still drinking Gatorade…please disregard this message…and keep watching our backs on the water!

For more information check out this link, http://www.popeyescanada.com/maps/northvancouver.php.

Race Results: August 16 at Sidney

Sunday’s CORA small boats race at Sidney treated racers to warm weather and for the most part fairly docile sea conditions. Fortunately for many there were many motorboats on the water kicking up some often advantageous waves for the racers. Even the race escort boats got into the act by providing some big waves, particularly soon after the start when the big escort boat raced to the front of the pack, then doing the same a little later when it circled back to clear a sailboat from the racers’ path…all these waves had racers working hard to extract any extra bit of speed that could be milked from the more vertical water.  Current also played a factor in the race…the incoming tide helped the racers on the run over to Forest Island…small gains could be made by hugging the eastern shore of Forest…while current in the channel between Forest and Sidney Spit really slowed the racers progress. The final run back to the start finish line was against a weak current but there were some small waves available for those still with enough gas in the tank to be able to take advantage of them. One lucky paddler even got his own personal escort to the finish by a coast guard boat providing what looked to be a sweet wash ride.

Tulista Park was an excellent venue to host the event and the many islands off Sidney’s shores make it an excellent location for racing.

Course Map:

GPS data: 12.8 km Katja and Jeff average speed 12.5 km/h

Place	Competitors	Time
1	Ian Mackenzie	1:00:08
2	Katja Rademacher and Jeff Raymond	1:01:12
3	Gareth Tudor-Jones	1:01:40
4	Jason Benn and Rob Pearson	1:02:07
5	Ron Williams	1:02:28
6	Chad Vasnsky	1:06:09
7	Derek Crook	1:07:51
8	Warren Bruce	1:08:37
9	Chris Dobrovolny	1:09:50
10	Lisa Frier and Jerome Truran	1:10:37
11	Kris Teraud	1:11:12
12	Craig Bosenberg	1:11:15
13	Kathleen Petereit	1:12:25
14	Don Craig	1:15:59
15	Dusan Kafka	1:16:30
16	Paul Chaplow	1:21:36
17	Pierre Ballaster	1:25:09

Race Results: July 25 at Alert Bay

Gareth’s report of the Alert Bay 360 race.

“The Alert bay race was interesting. Alert Bay is situated at the north end of the island just off Port Mc Neill. The race was a circumnavigation around Cormorant island – only 12 km. Kathleen and I went up to experience something new and to have a crack at the lucky draw of $1000 (which we never won). On the morning of the race there was a heavy fog. So all the way from the ferry to Cormorant island we couldn’t see a thing. We were speaking to the captain of the ferry to try and get as much info as possible of the route – rocks, currents, kelp, polar bears, killer whales, etc! Anyway at the start of the race, the fog hadn’t lifted! Can you imagine not having ever seeing the island or the route and now you have to line up and race around it. It was like doing it blind folded. All we knew was that the island was kind of boomerang shaped and we had to keep it to our right hand side! There was a total of 41 kayaks of which only 5 were surf skis. The race finally started and we all went off on our own way kind of zig zagging and trying to lookout for any signs of land and keeping all our senses “Alert”! The fog eventually started to lift half way through the race and we could now make out where we were going. I was having an interesting dual with Don Irvine, and we exchanged leads all the way throughout the race. Kathleen was looking strong just behind us and Greg and Sarah were just behind her. Unfortunately the wind failed to materialize and we paddled in flat calm ocean conditions. The current and kelp made for some interesting conditions however. It was a sprint finish and I just managed to get ahead of Don. Kathleen came in a creditable 7 minutes after us followed by Greg, Sarah, and the rest of the sea kayak flotilla.

The race was well organized thanks to Eric and his staff. The people of Alert Bay were welcoming and friendly. The prizes were great and were awarded to competitors from 1st to 16 position, with the much anticipated $1000 lucky draw going to a very happy unknown sea kayaker. I liked the concept of : here is the race – this is the course – pick your craft – may the best person win. The position you finish is your overall finish without getting into complicated kayak divisions and categories”

Thanks

Gareth

1^st Annual Village of Alert Bay Eco Paddle Results

Name	Place	Time	Vessel	Home Port
Gareth Tudor-Jones	1	54:50	Single Kayak	Victoria
Don Irvine	2	54:53	Single Kayak	Courtenay
Kathleen Petereit	3	1:02:05	Single Kayak	Nanaimo
Greg Johnson	4	1:06:25	Single Kayak	Comox
Sarah McLennan	5	1:09:40	Single Kayak	Comox
Jackie Bell	6	1:10:35	Single Kayak	Courtenay
Steve  Anstee and Heidi Krajewski	7	1:11:50	Double Kayak	Alert Bay
Annie Boulding	8	1:12:05	Single Kayak	Courtenay
Sarah Hauser	9	1:12:06	Single Kayak	Courtenay
Tara Gregory and Lloyd Robinson	10	1:15:20	Double Kayak	Victoria
Erika Kellerhals	11	1:17:30	Single Kayak	Quadra Island	Grand Prize Draw Winner
Luke Clarke	12	1:19:10	Single Kayak	Alert Bay
Tyson Mackay	13	1:20:20	Single Kayak	Port McNeill
Dean Laar	14	1:21:10	Single Kayak	Alert Bay
Erin Rechsteiner	15	1:25:10	Single Kayak	Alert Bay
Ron Sehman	16	1:25:40	Single Kayak	Port Hardy
Andy Speck	17	1:27:50	Single Kayak	Alert Bay
Lea Robinson	18	1:28:10	Single Kayak	Alert Bay
Randy Bell	19	1:29:10	Single Kayak	Alert Bay
Don Speck	20	1:29:35	Single Kayak	Alert Bay
George Speck	21	1:30:20	Single Kayak	Alert Bay
Mark Miller	22	1:31:30	Single Kayak	Alert Bay
Wayne Driscoll	23	1:32:40	Single Kayak	Alert Bay
Madeline McDonald	24	1:35:15	Single Kayak	Alert Bay
Wendy Peterson	25	1:35:16	Single Kayak	Alert Bay
Clayton Miller	26	1:35:17	Single Kayak	Alert Bay
Declan & Ben Gomm and  Randy Champaign	27	1:36:15	Canoe	Alert Bay	YOUNGEST Paddler Ben Gomm 4 ½  yrs old
Nic Dedeluk	28	1:37:30	Single Kayak	Alert Bay
Congratulations to Councillor Helen Steed Winner of the 2009 Alert Bay Mayor’s Regatta a race within a race
Helen Steed and Valerie Kervin	29	1:49:25	Double	Port Hardy
Diana Smith	30	1:49:47	Single Kayak	Alert Bay
Deb Clipperton	31	1:57:22	Single Kayak	Coal Harbour
Richard Grass	32	2:02:34	Single Kayak	Lions Bay
Louise Fraser	33	2:06:25	Single Kayak	Alert Bay
Edwina Rufus	34	2:06:26	Single Kayak	Alert Bay
Patricia Grass	35	2:07:30	Single Kayak	Lions Bay
Debbie Miller	36	2:19:49	Single Kayak	Alert Bay
Clayton Ham	37	2:20:00	Single Kayak	Alert Bay
Sandra Waarne	38	2:22:15	Single Kayak	Alert Bay
Tom Waarne	39	2:22:16	Single Kayak	Alert Bay
Terrie Talbot	40	2:24:54	Single Kayak	Shawnigan Lake
James Davis	41	2:24:55	Single Kayak	Shawnigan Lake