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Shell club begins defense of Hawaiki Nui title with 1st leg victory
(Tahitipresse) - The Shell Va'a outrigger canoe club began its defense of the Hawaiki Nui title Wednesday by winning the first leg of this year's event, a 44.5-kilometer (27.7-mile) course from Huahine to Raiatea in the Leeward Islands.
After having won the famous Molokai Hoe race in Hawaii for the second straight year on Oct. 7 with another new record time, the Shell canoe won the first leg of the three-leg Hawaiki Nui race Wednesday with a time of 3 hours 27 minutes. That was much slower than the record time of 3 hours 16 minutes 7 seconds and slightly slower than Shell's winning time last year of 3 hours 21 minutes 24 seconds.
Team OPT finished second Wednesday as the duel between French Polynesia's two top racing clubs continues.
Team OPT will now attempt to repeat last year's win in the second stage Thursday, a 26-kilometer (16-mile) course inside the lagoon shared by Raiatea and Taha'a. Team OPT won that leg last year with a time of 1 hour 57 minutes 4 seconds.
The third and final leg, often the most dramatic stage, will be held Friday with a 58-kilometer (36-mile) course from Taha'a to Bora Bora.
Last year, Shell Va'a won the Taha'a –Bora Bora leg with a time of 4 hours 16 minutes 23 seconds. That gave the club an overall winning time of 9 hours 35 minutes 51 seconds for the 129-kilometer (80.2-mile) race.
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Submitted by truckstop13 on Wed, 10/24/2007 - 1:03pm
wonder how team Hawaii did. Too bad no complete results...
#1 Wed, 10/24/2007 - 4:05pm
http://vaatahiti.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=230
looks like team hawaii was 11th, 19 minutes off the lead
76 A shell va'a Tahiti Tahiti 03:27:09
360 A team opt Tahiti Tahiti 03:30:30
16 tamarii vairao Tahiti Tahiti 03:38:12
360 B team opt Tahiti Tahiti 03:38:53
490 erai va'a Tahiti Tahiti 3:41:51
60 fare ara Huahine Huahine 3:42:17
22 pirae va'a Tahiti Tahiti 03:42:59
242 manahe'e va'a team Tahiti Tahiti 3:44:24
492 Bora Bora va'a Bora Bora Bora Bora 3:45:36
8 Tamarii punaruu Tahiti Tahiti 3:46:10
647 Team Hawaii Hawaii Hawaii 3:46:43
32 Edt Tahiti Tahiti 3:47:10
491 Te u'i he'e no bora bora Bora Bora Bora Bora 3:47:45
76 B shell va'a Tahiti Tahiti 3:48:05
240 tiare tahiti va'a Moorea Moorea 03:49:11
12 As rautere Tahiti Tahiti 3:49:38
118 A.s bank Tahitian v'a Tahiti Tahiti 3:49:50
33 Arue Tahiti Tahiti 3:50:22
402 team mata are Tahiti Tahiti 03:50:28
#2 Wed, 10/24/2007 - 7:46pm
From Vaa Tahiti Results from 1st Leg:
shell va'a Tahiti 0 0 3:27:09
team opt Tahiti 2 0 3:30:30
tamarii vairao Tahiti 3 3:38:12
team opt Tahiti 4 0 3:38:53
erai va'a Tahiti 5 0 3:41:51
fare ara Huahine 6 0 3:42:17
pirae va'a Tahiti 7 0 3:42:59
manahe'e va'a team Tahiti 8 3:44:24
bora bora va'a Bora Bora 9 3:45:36
tamarii punaruu Tahiti 10 3:46:10
Team Hawaii Hawaii 11 3:46:43
edt Tahiti 12 0 3:47:10
te u'i he'e no bora bora Bora Bora 13 0 3:47:45
shell va'a Tahiti 14 0 3:48:05
tiare tahiti va'a Moorea 15 3:49:11
as rautere Tahiti 16 0 3:49:38
a.s banque de tahiti v'a Tahiti 17 0 3:49:50
arue Tahiti 18 0 3:50:22
team mata are Tahiti 19 3:50:28
a.s i mua nui Moorea 20 3:51:25
team raiatea Raiatea 21 3:52:12
mahina va'a Tahiti 22 3:52:44
piroguier tahuareva no tautira Tahiti 23 0 3:53:17
rainui vaa de tahaa Tahaa 24 3:53:35
fare ara Huahine 25 0 3:54:00
tahaa nui Tahaa 26 0 3:54:15
pihaena va'a Moorea 27 3:54:32
pirae va'a Tahiti 28 0 3:54:33
a.s nunue va'a Bora Bora 29 3:56:25
tamarii ahutai Bora Bora 30 3:57:02
te u'i va'a Tahiti 31 0 3:57:48
venus va'a Tahiti 32 0 3:58:50
apitia Moorea 33 0 3:59:03
fare rua va'a Bora Bora 34 3:59:06
papara va'a Tahiti 35 3:59:38
te ava rua Raiatea 36 0 3:59:56
team tiarei Tahiti 37 0 4:00:28
anau nui Bora Bora 38 0 4:01:11
banque polynesie Tahiti 39 4:01:34
papeete vaa Tahiti 40 4:01:46
haamene va'a Tahaa 41 4:02:48
ha'avai Huahine 42 0 4:03:13
tamarii vairao Tahiti 43 4:04:21
Nunue Va'a Bora Bora 44 4:04:49
a.s fetuna va'a Raiatea 45 4:04:57
a.s vaihi va'a Raiatea 46 4:06:37
rimapp cabiri Tahiti 47 4:07:14
a.s hava'i Raiatea 48 0 4:08:11
a.s fetuna va'a Raiatea 49 4:08:31
te u'i va'a Tahiti 50 3 4:10:31
mataiea va'a Tahiti 51 4:10:56
as tehaatea Raivavae 52 4:11:21
ppt noumea Nlle Caledonie 53 0 4:11:42
hotutea va'a Moorea 54 4:11:48
pirae va'a Tahiti 55 4 4:11:57
tamarii e'rai Rurutu 56 4:13:08
air tahiti Tahiti 57 0 4:13:46
tumara'a va'a Raiatea 58 4:14:11
socredo va'a Tahiti 59 4:14:31
ascsj matatini Tahiti 60 4:15:06
csait Tahiti 61 0 4:15:41
hititoa Tahiti 62 0 4:16:25
mou'a tamaiti no papara Tahiti 63 5 4:16:39
manu ura Tahiti 64 0 4:17:53
papara va'a Tahiti 65 4:18:08
tuarua va'a Huahine 66 0 4:19:03
as.te ta'i u'o club va'a Tahiti 67 4:20:11
heelani hoe Tahiti 68 4:24:04
toahotu commune Tahiti 69 6 4:24:48
totara va'a paofai Tahiti 70 4:25:59
ckmv baie des phoques France 71 0 4:27:03
manu ura va'a toulon France 72 4:27:5
tohivea Moorea 73 0 4:33:10
team fatutira va'a Bora Bora 74 4:34:03
ifremer Tahiti 75 0 4:34:42
plastiser va'a Tahiti 76 4:35:41
ruahatu Tahiti 77 7 4:36:38
ahititera Tahiti 78 0 4:39:03
manukai (waitakere Nlle Zelande 79 8 4:40:06
océanienne sces bancaires va'a osb Tahiti 80 0 4:41:20
te ui hoe Tahiti 81 0 4:59:40
#3 Wed, 10/24/2007 - 7:48pm
Who is on team hawaii?
#4 Wed, 10/24/2007 - 8:36pm
I was told
Mike Judd
Both Foti Bros
Jr. Tresnak
Manny Kulukulualani
Kelly Foster
Andy Penny
Kai Bartlett
Mike Kane
#5 Thu, 10/25/2007 - 7:29am
i got a hold of a dvd with this tahitian paddling program of last years molokai- it's well done...i edited it down some since it's french
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3705954985805751927&hl=en
#6 Thu, 10/25/2007 - 12:25pm