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May 11, 2010 Results
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Course Route: Paddle to Bedwell Bay
Course Length: 5.83 Km
Beautiful weather and a great turn out of paddlers in all sorts of boats. Sea Kayaks, Surf Skis, Dug-Out Canoe, Outrigger Canoe, Cedar Strip K1 Sprint boat, ICf Sprint boats and more.
There were lots of people in double surf skis and double sea kayaks. The nice thing about doubles is that you always have somebody to blame. I am sure Jodi would complain about my varying stroke tempo, Rod certainly had grounds for complaining about Micky's steering into rocks. I have it on good word that Cam complains about losing races based on Mikes poor tactical decisions and John could always complain about Ben's grumpy disposition...in or out of the boat.
Usually I can base my race report on viewing the race video at the The Raven Pub, but yours truly forgot the camcorder near the door at home. Chances of getting the other pub patrons to relinquish a TV screen last night during Game 6 of the Canucks "Run to the Cup" would have been not very good. So I can only make the report based on what was going on around me near the front of the pack. Deceit and Dirty Tricks is all I can say....mostlly on my part too. Jodi Boates and I teamed up in a Double Fenn Elite. This is the fastest double surf ski on the market, and its remarkably stable. I suggest you get one! Despite the boat's incredible hull speed we were still trailing behind Micky/Rod in their double ski and Daryl and Jim in singles. Big and Little Fitz together with Ben/John both in double skis weren't far behind.
After crossing Indian Arm Channel and having past Jug Island we were approaching the turn around at the light marker at the entrance to Bedwell Bay. This light also marks a rocky shoal that is exposed at low tide and covered at high. The tide was high-ish and how deep the water was over the shoal was the big question. Daryl and Jim in singles being a gambler or just didn't care took the inside, quick, line. JB and I were on the outside of Rod and Micky and they were going wide, the conservative, safe and longer route. I yelled at Micky, "Go Left, Go Left!" and surprisingly he did. Rod who was a gun-shy after demolishing his rudder on a hidden rock at the Dan Harris Challenge in Bellingham started yelling at Micky, "No!! Go Right, Go Right!!" Micky didn't know what to do, so he went straight. Unfortunately is was one of the more shallower spots. Then there was lots of yelling!!....It was great. Just imagine bumper to bumper traffic where the 1st car slams on the breaks. As Jeff Raymond, laughingly described it, "That was probably one of the worst turns around a mark I have ever seen."
We took advantage of Micky and Rod's misfortune and stepped on the gas. No Tour De France ethics here. We caught up to Jim and Daryl, and slowly Ben/John started to make a move, we jumped on there side wash and started to feel like we were getting a good ride. Then I heard Ben and John talk about "Weeds on the rudder" and they started to slow down. "Oh sure" I thought. They want to get on our wash. So again Jodi and I made a hard push. In fact they did have a stick stuck in their rudder and remarkably stopped while Jeff Raymond kindly pulled it out. They still had enough gas to catch up to the lead group and make a strong push for the finish, towing Jim, Daryl, Bob/Jodi. Jim paddling his K1 made a last minute sprint and nipped Ben and John at the finish.
If somebody would like to post a report from another part of the pack I would love to hear about it, and I am sure others would too.
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Last Name First Name Boat# Boat Type DK Partner Long/Short Time 1 Nosella Jim 2237 HPK LONG 26.52 2 Fast Ben 45 HPDK John George LONG 26.53 3 Remmler Daryl 66 HPPK LONG 26.57 4 Bob Putnam HPDK Jodi Boates LONG 27.00 5 McDonald Micky 768 HPDK Rod Hope LONG 27.06 6 Raymond Jeff 906 HPK LONG 27.08 7 Fitzmaurice Mike 277 HPK Cam Fitz LONG 28.29 8 Bruce Warren 155 HPK LONG 28.40 9 Martin Shane 15 HPK LONG 28.42 10 Gee Ty 2738 HPK LONG 29.24 11 Hansen Paul 166 HPK LONG 29.45 12 Brock Curtis 142 HPDK Marshal House LONG 30.48 13 Wanless Scott 59 HPK LONG 31.09 14 David Sarah 2188 DK Owen David LONG 31.39 15 Hubbard Carolyn 2655 HPK LONG 31.50 16 Armstrong Corky 144 DK LONG 32.09 17 Wong Brian 248 HPDK Brigid Wong LONG 32.24 18 Foellmer Kurt 55 HPK LONG 32.31 19 Lowe Ian 2132 SK LONG 32.46 20 Rademacher Katja 178 HPK LONG 32.47 21 Gibson Sean 181 HPK LONG 33.26 22 Wilson David 25 HPK LONG 34.06 23 Fejer Agnes 2243 HPDK Csaba Laszlo LONG 34.15 24 Zaunscherb Eric 2671 SK LONG 35.36 25 Groll Bernd 86 SK LONG 36.46 26 Tkatch Robyn 81 HPK LONG 37.03 27 Robertson Sharon 2118 HPK LONG 37.42 28 Lewis Cory 2234 OUTRIGGER LONG 37.47 29 Bisalputra Dan 2133 HPK LONG 37.52 30 Goodwin Greg 130 HPK LONG 37.59 31 Bagneres Bruno 2106 DK LONG 38.00 32 Bilmer Trista 177 HPK LONG 38.10 33 Moulton Rod 2697 SK LONG 39.03 34 Stanick Jennifer 2743 SK LONG 39.07 35 Nahanee Nathan 2114 Dugout LONG 39.17 36 Oguz Dmitri 114 SK LONG 39.19 37 Healy Glen 2653 LONG 40.11 38 Joyce John 2122 SK LONG 40.56 39 Wall Philippa 2248 SK LONG 41.02 40 Ellis Colin 2057 DK Laura Hutton LONG 41.21 41 Boxall Ken 2168 SK LONG 42.05 42 Coulter Gary 67 SK LONG 42.08 43 Bakker Jana 2229 SK LONG 42.26 44 Mik Koch 2225 DK Kevin Ferling LONG 42.41 45 Ronaghan Clay 2224 SK LONG 43.17 46 Sam Calvin 2241 SK LONG 44.03 47 Nevgodovskyy George 2154 DK LONG 44.18 48 Tsang Tony 2153 SK LONG 46.48 49 Rollings Dale 2695 SUP LONG 51.00 50 Cassulis Gary 2246 HPK Andre Cassulis SHORT 30.38 51 Jones Rob 437 SK 33.53 52 Somler Shannon 2631 DK Danny Einhorm SHORT 38.20 53 Ip Henry 2220 FSK SHORT 38.57 54 Dixon Nancy 2745 DK Csaba Laszlo SHORT 39.36 55 Lambie Daphne 2699 HPK SHORT 40.21 56 Doxtdator Sandee 2196 SK SHORT 42.30 57 Broad Nick 2766 SK SHORT 42.56 58 Dionne Pauline 2158 DK Laura Hutton SHORT 46.54
