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May 15th Results Paddle Section: 3 km The night was threatening rain but still many hardy racers showed up. Charles Brooks from Brooks Wetsuits took a break from ripping up golf courses on his dirt bike to see what the real kayakers do to train. One day he may be brave enough to come and race. Dave from Necky Kayaks made another appearance taking the Mighty Phantom for its maiden race. I think he is hooked on the Tuesday Nite Races. After warming up on the water we called everybody ashore to start the race with a 5-minute run. 80 racers lined up at the start line and it was a sprint to the woods where the single track started. Foot wear ranged from sandles, neoprene socks, booties and running shoes. The trail was festooned with pointy rocks, slimy roots, and mud. Paul German made great time up the hill with Kevin Vallely providing the loving touch on the tush. People loved it. Launching from the beach was interesting with a logjam of kayaks created by Denis and Cheryl who launched backward and formed a blockade while turning. The weather was getting serious with darkening skies and seas. Christian Fournier made a remarkable recovery when he was almost bucked off his Speedster. I jinxed the Howeller with a comment about being home free after rounding the can for the last time. The choppy seas proved too much for him on his new surf skis. Ben Fast (even with his 1 remaining good eye) put in a good time in his double baidarka slightly edging Mike Cabigon who moving up in the rankings. Zoltan test-drove a wing blade Descente Paddle and boy was he cooking. Next week we will be implementing a new system of categorizing boats. We will be using a system which categorizes kayaks according to length and width. Place Name Time (min:sec) Boat Type Race Number 1 Lewis 24:07 multi sport 147 2 D Remmlew 24:27 hpk 97 3 Dave Nerona 24:56 Speedster   4 Paul G/Kevin 25:25 Race Nootka 0 5 Jerome T 26:05 K-1 80 6 Christian Fournier 26:22 Speedster 165 7 Joel P 26:41 Surf Ski   8 Bob Putnam 28:10 Speedster   9 Dave Howells 28:34 Surf Ski 189 10 Martin Selany 28:40 sk 222 11 Nancy D 29:01 Surf Ski 166 12 Mike V 29:08 sk 55 13 Dave Vanderveen 29:10 The Phantom 194 14 Mike A/Bruce R 29:12 dk 225 15 Ronnie C 29:53 sk 230 16 Carl F 30:01 sk 199 17 Russ Stothers 31:03 sk 112 18 Josee H:/Dave M 31:20 dk 198 19 John L:/Ben F 31:37 dk 168 20 Mike Cabigon 31:45 sk 191 21 Mareese K/Gareth 31:49 dk 218 22 Howard A 31:56 sk 181 23 Jackie H:/Karen R 32:06 dk 51 24 Mike Medland 32:29 sk 227 25 Tom Hoskin 32:32 sk 70 26 Sean H:/Deanna Wing 32:40 dk 197 27 Joanne P/Jennifer H 33:38 dk 157 28 Ryan Malcolm 34:20 sk 193 29 Michael H/ 34:57 dk 54 30 Zoltan Nagy 35:04 sk 221 31 Judy Lawler 35:05 sk 187 32 Shelly Blessin 35:09 sk 223 33 Chris Macfarlane 35:11 sk 216 34 Jonathon McNair 35:43 sk 58 35   35:50     36 Babe 36:00 sk   37 Csaba L/Agnes F 36:08 dk 130 38 Christie G/Bernie G 37:12 dk 72 39 Paul H 37:34 dk 192 40 Darren Eng 38:31 sk 228 41 Carolyn D 38:40 sk 50 42 Catherine 39:10     43 Jennifer H/Tracy L 39:27 dk 196 44 Mary Sparks 39:36 sk 66 45 Martina L 39:39 sk 140 46 Mark Courtenay 39:46 sk 217 47 Wendy Foo 39:58 sk 63 48 Lisa Chong 40:18 sk 200 49 Trina Whittaker 40:46 sk 229 50 Andy Y/Alex W 41:05 dk 71 51 David Ferguson 42:22 sk 62 52 Bonnie Davison 42:29 sk 235 53 Duncan Campbell 43:43 sk 61 54 Debbie S/Loren L 44:39 dk 190 55 Errin Poyner 44:47 sk 5119 56 David L/Ying Z 45:36 canoe 195 57 J Parente 59:30 sk 74 58 S Salter 59:52 sk 73 59 Daryl M   sk 59 Don't forget about the Stroke Improvement Clinics and the San Juan Challenge in May. dk=double kayak sk=single kayak