A cool day with moderate offshore wind, but at least we were mostly all cleared up before the cloud burst came. It was a bit hard for the slower paddlers as the ebb had started, giving quite a slog back up the river., and quite a spread of times: Will Stavely (age 16) was first home again, in 39 minutes 10 seconds – first time we have had a result under 40 minutes, and the last cohort came in over an hour later (1 hour,41 minutes). There was also a spread of ages, from 13 (Daniel Hamilton) to 92 (Jack Henderson, who arrived escorted by a bevy of ladies of a certain age. Ian Makkison was the first sea kayak – a Tiderace 18 , followed Richard Clarke in a Prion Yukon and Oleg Shumikhin In a North Shore Voyager..Malcolm Thoms has finally hit the Ancient Mariner age category, finishing just under the hour in 13th place. Jack Henderson has also become our first ‘King of the Sea’,in the over 85 category. There were 32 participants, of which 10 were female. Only 2 people were in the Senior age group, there were 4 Juniors (included the first 2 boats home!), and 3 Veterans. There were 6 Super Vets, 9 Grand Old Men/Women, 6 Old men/women of the Sea. So 50% of the racers were over 55. Thanks to all the helpers, especially Tim Stuart for taking on most of the organisation. We are planning to be running the race next year on June 22nd, hope to see you all there
We are planning to be running the race next year on June 16th, hope to see you all there.
34th “ROUND THE ISLAND RACE” 16th June 2024
Key – KS (85+) AM (75+), OMS (65+), GOM ( 55+), Svet (45+), Vet (35+), Sen(17 – 34), J (16-) ,
DNF =Did not finish.
