Just a kick to have so many racers. Kelowna rocks. I'm going to need
some splashy waves to get over that flat water woopin laid on by some of
my fellow old barnacles. There were ten of us that broke the one hour
barrier. Hilde took a bunch of photo's and I noticed the absence of our
Soundrower photo journalist. Who can I send these photos to?
There
was a young lady in a K-1 in same pack as me. Don't know who she was,
but fought like a tiger the whole race. She powered by when I got
tangled up with an OC-2 and never saw her again. Also never saw DeMow,
Tony, Duncan, John George ... my pack abandoned me. Me and MG ended up
clawing our way through weed-love for a while. What the heck with weeds
out in the middle like that? Somebody sprinkle some random greenery
out there? Hilde got a great shot of a four seat rower getting totally
hammered in the duck weeds. haha, feel the love baby.
One
great help for the start sequence was Peter doing crowd control before
the start line. His native Public Address system helped stage up quite a
few who were a tad bit befuddled. But even so, maybe we have to assign
a Valet for DeMow. And did someone specifically tell Tony that there
was a swim leg? That almost slowed him down enough for me to stay with
him. New rule: anyone over 12 that's faster than me must get off the
boat mid-race and check the rudder for weeds. Uh. maybe over 6. There
were some awesome kids out there. Wish we could do this race twice a
year. Good stuff Steve S. and crew. The jewel in the crown you guys.
Just need some kind of a wave machine.
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