'Eono Hoe support logistics

Our hat's off to Manny and his crew for are making 'Eono Hoe happen this year!

It has been great to talk story about so many new twists this format has brought about: race strategies, how to pick a crew, different designs in canoes, and training. There are so many variables and everyone has their own, good ideas. One thing's for sure- this year, the chase boat support crew will play a much bigger role in the success of a team's results.

In the 9-man races, each paddler watches out for themselves with their own recipe for hydration and nutrition to finish strong. In the solo, support focuses on the needs, signs and cues of one paddler.
But 6 individual paddlers? 6 different recipes? It is likely to be more an athletic event for support crews than we've seen before.

Efficiency in hydration and nutrition will play a big role in the outcome of each paddlers performance and the results of their crew, just like efficient changes in the 9 man races - it's a detail you can't leave out or till the last minute. There's no substitutes. It's shake down time! If you've raced in Tahiti, you know how critical it is.
How are you going to keep your crew fueled up?

Again, thanks Manny & crew for putting a new flavor on the menu of paddling.
Wishing all teams participating good luck & a successful crossing.
Be safe, be smart!

Submitted by KoleGearPacks on Fri, 05/14/2010 - 4:57pm



Hey Colegearpacks,
This race raises another factor, that you will have an interest in, how to store your drink in the canoe, the 9 man race of course doesnt have this problem, but will the new canoes be fitted out like the Tahitian ones and have a large holder forward of every paddler under the deck?, you wont wanna stop and strap on another bum bag or back pack mid race, cole gear might have to produce a pressurised 3 litre container designed to fit into the canoes, (and no this wasnt a planned plug like the gluers post)


#1 Fri, 05/14/2010 - 5:59pm


Short review for 4 hours endurance for those that paddle and have not determined their nutritional needs:

  1. Fluid passage stomach: about 1 liter hour, roughly somewhat less than half a gallon
  2. Carbohydrates burnt per hour: 65 - 95 grams, make sure these sugars are not sweet at all
  3. Sodium: up to one gram loss/hour
  4. Potassium: about a quarter of loss of sodium
  5. Protein: probably also an issue over this distance, don't know exact numbers, look up body builder web sites.
  6. Magnesium and others: not important over 4 hours, unless you were depleted before the start already.

Thus per paddler:
2 gallons of water, 360 - 400 total grams of carbohydrates, 4 - 6 total grams of salt, 1 gram potassium salt.

Ideally you would weigh a team or paddler before and after practice and determine the exact amount of fluid they lost.

Start substitution after 15 min hard labor, that's when your rapidly available carbohydrates stores are used up.

Try before final race, get used to it. The above will pretty much ensure that you have no lack.

Taking up more than this does not help, rather cramps, diarrhea, high Insulin levels etc may be caused.

I would also have 'safety' bottles on board of the escort: very salty water in case anybody gets muscle cramps,
somewhat sweet drink, but not really sweet, in case someone loses all the energy, feeling cold and clammy.


#2 Sat, 05/15/2010 - 5:16pm


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