Couldn't find any pictures of Day 2.
Insteresting to see how much Team Hawaii struggled in the flat on Day 2 but on Day 1 did well in the channel and surf.
OPT has a shot. They won by nearly 2 minutes on Day 2 and that shows strength, but as I remember this has been a pattern with Shell Vaa win Day 1 struggle Day 2 and smash on Day 3.
Submitted by Kona J on Fri, 11/06/2009 - 5:02am
Is your position marked by cummulitive time?...if so team hawaii is still in top 10 ..is day 3 on the flats or some surf?.
#1 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 6:41am
Team Hawaii is currently on place 12 (cumulative)
see: http://www.hawaikinuivaa.pf/classement-2009.html
As regards Shell and OPT, this did indeed happen more than once, that OPT won the second leg ahead of Shell...Though at the end Shell had the best overall results!
This year the third leg will again be decisive...this means lots of suspense!
Depending on the weather conditions Hawaii can again come back in the top ten, provided there is surf...usually the last leg has good surfing conditions, sometimes even quite big surfing conditions...let's cross the fingers for them.
Also, I cross my fingers for the German Team to succeed and arrive in good health! It is their first race, they have never paddled on the sea before the Hawaiki Nui...so far they have finished the first two legs.
...okay, now wait for the start!
#2 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 6:57am
how can hawaii be 12th?...they have a cummulitive time of 5:45:24
#3 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 7:03am
Shell changes positions for the last leg, putting Taaroa Dubois as faahoro (first position)! He was on fourth position in the second leg.
If Shell wins, Shell wins overall, if OPT wins, OPT wins overall...
Apparently, the race (third leg) has startet 10 min before official race start
#4 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 7:06am
They are 12th because not only the time counts, but also the position (place) in the respective legs.
They were 6th in the first leg and 18th in the second leg.
This means, even if you have an overall better time, you can end up behind...
#5 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 7:09am
oooh...there is a points system also factured in...okay got it
#6 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 7:10am
hard to hear...
1-OPT ahead
2-Shell (coming back)
3-EDT
4-Air Tahiti
#7 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 7:17am
OPT and Shell fighting...
#8 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 7:17am
Bora Bora third...
#9 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 7:21am
mahalo oro nui, any live stream today?
whats the website you are listening?
aloha frorm Argentina!
#10 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 7:25am
Who are the key paddlers for OPT?
#11 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 7:23am
1- Shell ahead 8m
2-OPT
3-Bora Bora (fighting to get OPT)
4-
5-
6- OPT B
7- Arue
8- Matairea
9-Eara'i
calm waters... approx. 15 minutes of race past
#12 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 7:25am
OPT Paddlers (third leg):
CRONSTEADT Georges,
DEANE Eric,
DEPIERRE Vairotoarii,
TEAKURA Heiarii,
TERIITETOOFA Teiva,
VAIRAAROA Tainuiatea
....all star paddlers in Tahiti in V1...
#13 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 7:28am
sorry, I don't see any life stream...I listen to Polynesian Radio:
http://radio.rfo.fr/?page=accueil&radio=5
Aloha from Germany to Argentina! :-)
#14 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 7:30am
oronui, could you tell me what webssite you are listening? is it in french?
mahalos
#15 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 7:30am
yes, it is in French...and in Tahitian (which is almost like Chinese to me...)
#16 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 7:31am
1/2-OPT/Shell (BIG FIGHT!!!)
3-Bora Bora (80 m behind OPT and Shell)
4-EDT
5-OPT B
6-Faaa
7- Arue
8- Matairea (Manutea Owen)
9- Tamarii Punaruu
10. Shell B
#17 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 7:36am
hhahhaha, tahitian and french for me are chinese aswell, so let me tell you that your updates are highly apreciated!
Mahalo again!
#18 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 7:42am
thanks...currently they only talk about weather forecasts...
It is 7:48 am (Polynesian time)
#19 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 7:48am
How is Team Hawaii doing? It seems that there are not doing well today?????
#20 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 7:49am
its 2:50pm on this side of the globe....
#21 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 7:52am
1/2-OPT A/Shell (STILL PHENOMENAL FIGHT after 45 min of race!!! Both teams same position)
3-Bora Bora (80 m behind OPT and Shell)
4-EDT
5-OPT B
6- Mateirea Ho'e
7-Tamarii Punaruu
8-Arue
9-Era'i
10. Shell B
Loads of spectators on the road of Taha'a watching, traffic jam on the only road of Taha'a!...
...teams are coming near the pass...
#22 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 8:21am
qui saura....(que sera, que sera...)...lalalala...only music...
#23 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 8:19am
1-OPT
2-Shell (150 m behind, after 1h45 min of race)
3-Bora Bora (100 m behind OPT and Shell)
4-Matairea Ho'e
5-OPT B
6-EDT Va'a
7-Paddling Connection
8-Tiare Tahiti
9-Air Tahiti
10-[Era'i?]
11-Air Tahiti
12-
13-Arue
14-Pira'e Va'a
15-
16-Tamarii Punaruu
17-Tmaa
18-
19-Tohivea
20-Tamarii no taputaputatea B... (if they don't win the race, they win the price for the longest name!)
21-
22-Team Teahupoo
23-
24-
25-
26-Te Ui Tini
27-
28-
29-
30-Team Lightning
31-,32-...
33-Tahuareva no tautira
34-..
35-Faaa
36-
37-Fetuna Va'a
38-
39-Arii Fahee Va'a
40-Te U'i Va'a
41-
42-Tahaa Nui
43-
44-Fare Ara
45-Pirea
46-49
50-Tehivaa Va'a
51-Manu Ura
52-...
53-Tohivea
55 Ruahatu Va'a
56-...
57-Banque de Tahiti
58-Vairao
59-Militaire...
60-...
61-Hotutea Va'a
62-,63-...
64-Mato Ura Va'a
65-..
66-Banque de Polynésie A
67-68-...
69-Banque Polynésie B
70-Matairea Va'a
71-Panthère Rose (Pink Panther)
72-73...
74-Tuarua Va'a
75-Team Brazil
76-Veretan Piahena
78-Venus Vetera
79-Apetahi
80-, 81-...
82-Toahotu Va'a
83-CSAIT
84-Fare Ihi
85-Team Fischermichel / Germany
...just speaking too fast on the radio...and most of the times in Tahitian :-(((
Don't know where Team Hawaii is...
#24 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 9:19am
Ia Orana
Bonsoir
Guten Abend
Good Evening
#25 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 8:58am
Laurent?
#26 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 9:01am
Ouais!
#27 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 9:02am
Shell 150 m behind OPT!
#28 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 9:05am
Laurent tu écoutes RFO aussi?
#29 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 9:05am
OPT must be feeling good and trying to break Shell if possible. Wow
#30 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 9:06am
oui
#31 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 9:08am
OPT have been trained by Rene Avepi...great guy!! He arrived third place in 2007 with lots of juniors in his team!
He is a former Va'a World Champion - his record last for 19 years before having been broken in New Zeeland 2004
#32 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 9:09am
Laurent, faut que je partes dans quelques instant (15 min)...si tu veux tu prends la relève à commenter? Personne d'autre apparemment ne comprends le français ou tahitien ici :-)
#33 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 9:12am
Lol
#34 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 9:12am
On va voir
#35 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 9:12am
Y en a pour combien de temps encore?
#36 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 9:13am
shell behind 150mts?? thats kind of plenty, how far from the finish line?
are they half way yet?
#37 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 9:17am
More than half of the race is over...2h20min of race past, approximately 2 hours left
1-OPT
2-Shell (150 m behind, after 2h30 min of race)
3-Bora Bora (100 m behind OPT and Shell)
4-Matairea Ho'e
5-OPT B
6-EDT Va'a
7-Paddling Connection
8-Tiare Tahiti
9-Air Tahiti
10-[Era'i?]
11-Air Tahiti
12-
13-Arue
14-Pira'e Va'a
15-
16-Tamarii Punaruu
17-Tmaa
18-
19-Tohivea
20-Tamarii no taputaputatea B... (if they don't win the race, they win the price for the longest name!)
21-
22-Team Teahupoo
23-
24-
25-
26-Te Ui Tini
27-
28-
29-
30-Team Lightning
31-,32-...
33-Tahuareva no tautira
34-..
35-Faaa
36-
37-Fetuna Va'a
38-
39-Arii Fahee Va'a
40-Te U'i Va'a
41-
42-Tahaa Nui
43-
44-Fare Ara
45-Pirea
46-49
50-Tehivaa Va'a
51-Manu Ura
52-...
53-Tohivea
55 Ruahatu Va'a
56-...
57-Banque de Tahiti
58-Vairao
59-Militaire...
60-...
61-Hotutea Va'a
62-,63-...
64-Mato Ura Va'a
65-..
66-Banque de Polynésie A
67-68-...
69-Banque Polynésie B
70-Matairea Va'a
71-Panthère Rose (Pink Panther)
72-73...
74-Tuarua Va'a
75-Team Brazil
76-Veretan Piahena
78-Venus Vetera
79-Apetahi
80-, 81-...
82-Toahotu Va'a
83-CSAIT
84-Fare Ihi
85-Team Fischermichel / Germany
...still don't know where Team Hawaii is...
#38 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 9:30am
Sitting here in Paris with 7°C, rain and wind. They are talking about the finishing line at Matira beach, light blue lagoon water, kids playing in it, palm trees and white sand ...
I want to be there!
#39 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 9:26am
More than half of the race is over...2h20min of race over, approximately 2 hours left
1-OPT (with Heiarii Teakura from Tikehau in the Tuamotu!) - with 64-69 strokes/min, even increasing the lead
2-Shell (300 m behind, after 2h20 min of race) - trying to come back
3-Bora Bora (100 m behind OPT and Shell)
4-Matairea Ho'e
5-OPT B
6-EDT Va'a
7-Paddling Connection
8-Tiare Tahiti
9-Era'i
10-Air Tahiti
11-
12-
13-Arue
14-Pira'e Va'a
15-
16-Tamarii Punaruu
17-Tmaa
18-
19-Tohivea
20-Tamarii no taputaputatea B... (if they don't win the race, they win the price for the longest name!)
21-
22-Team Teahupoo
23-
24-
25-
26-Te Ui Tini
27-
28-
29-
30-Team Lightning
31-,32-...
33-Tahuareva no tautira
34-..
35-Faaa
36-
37-Fetuna Va'a
38-
39-Arii Fahee Va'a
40-Te U'i Va'a
41-
42-Tahaa Nui
43-
44-Fare Ara
45-Pirea
46-49
50-Tehivaa Va'a
51-Manu Ura
52-...
53-Tohivea
55 Ruahatu Va'a
56-...
57-Banque de Tahiti
58-Vairao
59-Militaire...
60-...
61-Hotutea Va'a
62-,63-...
64-Mato Ura Va'a
65-..
66-Banque de Polynésie A
67-68-...
69-Banque Polynésie B
70-Matairea Va'a
71-Panthère Rose (Pink Panther)
72-73...
74-Tuarua Va'a
75-Team Brazil
76-Veterans Piahena
78-´Veterans Venus
79-Apetahi
80-, 81-...
82-Toahotu Va'a
83-CSAIT
84-Fare Ihi
85-Team Fischermichel / Germany
...still don't know where Team Hawaii is...
#40 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 9:42am
300mts lead for otp, its pretty much a done deal, unless they get into truble, wich i doubt
#41 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 9:36am
sensational!!! OPT seems to fly and may show that Shell is not invincible
For OPT:
Georges Cronsteadt as Faahoro (Stroke)
Teiarii Tekura as Tare (Captain)
#42 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 9:38am
aloha everybody....
thks for the updates... Taaroa is calling the staff, seems he needs something... OPT is far away, and coah rené ask opt to increase the tempo....
Taaroa is asking for drinking...
#43 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 9:42am
OPT now 500 m ahead!
#44 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 9:43am
5OO hundred meters beteween shell and opt, shell is having hard time, lot of boats following opt so they making waves, well that's hawaiki nui.. aloha
#45 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 9:45am
Shell changes course...best thing to do I guess
#46 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 9:46am
Confirmation from the radio, shell is changing the cap now, because of all the boat following opt... it's strategic.... that's happening right now
opt will be refill soon..
#47 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 9:46am
I have to drop out for a while...fa'aito ito!
#48 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 9:47am
10h05, opt still ahead, but now 300 hundread meters betewwen them, seems changing the cap is good idea,
#49 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 10:05am
shell seems to get close to opt, there is a spot name "turi roa", at that point most of the paddlers will know about their chance to win, well the end is at the line.. but it's just to give you an idea
#50 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 10:08am
1-OPT (more than 800 m ahead, getting comfortable advance)
2-Shell
3-OPT B (just passed the pass of Turiroa)
4-Paddling Connection
4-Bora Bora
5-EDT
6-Air Tahiti
7-Matairea Va'a
By the way...hard race for the foreign teams, since the weather is hot hot hot, lot of sun!!!
#51 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 10:19am
Radio speak; "turi roa" is now pass, 8OO hundred meters ahead shell, OPT probaly have a big chance to win this last step....
speaker says "shell is moral down", well I dunno, but the distance is getting far and far....
#52 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 10:18am
OPT is going to win, shell is down, speaker says....
OPT
SHELL
OPT (2 junior paddling in OPT B)
#53 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 10:28am
1 OPT
shell
opt b
edt
paddling connection
bora bora
air tahiti
matairea hoe (manutea owen)
arue
shell b
fare rua bora
moua tamati no papara
tumaraa vaa
tiare tahiti vaaa
erai
pirae
turiroa
mataiea
HAWAII
te ui tini
punaruu
teahupoo
tahuareva vaa
mata are vaa
#54 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 10:36am
19 - team hawaii
#55 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 10:37am
16-pirae vaa
18 Matea
19 Hawaii
22-teahoupoo
#56 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 10:37am
Now Shell is just 200 meters behing OPT, shell wont give up...is another fight
#57 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 10:39am
Shell only 150m behind!!!
#58 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 10:41am
Shell comes back!!! Spectacular!
#59 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 10:40am
OPT will almost get into the lagon, shell reach opt very fast....says the speakers
#60 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 10:41am
OPT is now inside the lagoon, shell is still trying to catch opt, now both team will show their power on flat sea...
#61 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 10:42am
OPT took 500 hundred meters again ahead... 10h47
seems opt has a better canoe than shell in flat water, and strong wind..
OPT took again another big distance
#62 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 10:47am
Aloha everybody,
any news on the German team? This Blog is great to get some information on the race. Our friends are out there, paddling in the team "Fischermichel".
#63 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 10:48am
30 min left
#64 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 10:50am
Alright 30 minutes left... team OPT B is now just behind shell... for team germany I'll try get more news...
Now it's fight betewen Paddling and edt for the 4TH and 5TH place
#65 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 10:51am
Seems OPT B is gonna get Shell, speaker says...
#66 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 10:52am
unfortunately, I fear that the German team is last...very difficult conditions since it is great weather, sun is burning! However, we wish Team Fischermichel all the best to finish!!!
by the way - they trained with us one day in Frankfurt, they are great guys!
#67 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 10:53am
Thanks!
It will be hard enough to finish...
#68 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 11:03am
Any more updates? Must have been one hell of a race between Shell and OPT, the two giants of the paddling world....!
#69 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 11:12am
Irwin Teore from Manu Ura France on the radio!!! great! He is the coach of Manu Ura Women's team and he steered our Team Germany South at the Porquerollaise this year! We ended up fifth!
#70 Fri, 11/06/2009 - 11:14am