Mar 28 - Kapaa-Kalapaki Kaua'i Hoe Wa'a Race 7

[Photos] by Makana Denton
What a great day out on the water for our seventh race of this season sponsored by Duke’s Canoe Club Barefoot Bar and Restaurant! Duke’s treated the paddlers to an excellent lunch and some great prizes at the end of the race, and the view of Kalapaki Bay from their upper deck was sensational! They have been such a great supporter of Kaua‘i Hoe Wa‘a since its inception three years ago, and it’s because of them, and our other wonderful sponsors, that this sport is growing so rapidly.

Yesterday the Kaua‘i Hoe Wa‘a Association was actually able to hold this race on the scheduled course. The wind out of the northeast was coming in around 10 to 20 knots, and provided everyone with a fun run from Kapaa/Wailua to Kalapaki Bay. Two paddlers were awed by an up close encounter with a mother whale and her calf crossing in front of them around the Radisson Kaua‘i Beach. Maybe a little too close, but awesome. David Beck, in his usual top form, blazed the long course in 1:15:33 with Steve Cole coming in almost four minutes back in 1:19:12. Butch Keahiolalo was third in 1:21:22. For the women, Noe Sawyer took top honors again with a strong finish in 1:30:03 followed by Katy Curtis in 1:32:59. The race of the day was between Mary Bartlett and Katie Otsuji who kept trading places along the course. The race was determined in the last few seconds as they battled neck-n-neck to the finish line with Mary coming in third in 1:45:13 and Katy 1:45:17. These two were the same paddlers who encountered the whales along the course – what a day! The surfski division is growing, and we had four entered in the long course – two men and two women. Wes da Silva took first in 1:22:32 followed by Ken Denton in 1:25:30. Darcy Gray wasn’t too far behind Ken coming in at 1:25:50, and Laurie Denton is becoming quite an accomplished surfski paddler finishing in a very respectable time of 1:31:48

Marshall MacCready was the only surfski on the short course, and finished first surfing the Wailua to Kalapaki stretch in 1:12:45. Richard Pettigrew led the way for the OC-1s coming in at 1:13:32, followed by Tom Bartlett in 1:18:44, and Basil Scott in 1:19:02. In the women’s division it was Midge Horwood in first at 1:24:45 with Laola Aea and Joy Chow following in 1:25:01 and 1:30:19 respectively.

Our eighth race of the season will be on Sunday, April 4th and sponsored by Kai Kane. Conditions permitting, this race will be held on the north shore with the long course leaving Kalihiwai Bay for Haena, and the short course from Hanalei Bay to Haena. The Starbuck’s Kaua‘i Island Championship race will be on Sunday, April 18th with the long course starting at Kalapaki Bay and ending at Port Allen. The short course will be Poipu to Port Allen.

The season finale will be the second annual $20,000 Steinlager/PAHIO Resorts Kaua‘i World Challenge relay on May 8th. This will be another fantastic event attracting paddlers from all over the globe. This year there will be representation in the surfski division with acclaimed international paddlers Dean Gardiner, Oscar Chalupsky, Marshall Rosa, Mark Sandvold, and more. The OC-1 and OC-2 divisions will have more teams coming from Australia, New Zealand, Rarotonga, Brazil, California, and our neighbor islands, along with returning winners from last year. For more information on this race or Kaua‘i Hoe Wa‘a, call Tom or Mary Bartlett at 826-5503 or e-mail places@hawaiian.net. Super air/room/car packages are being offered for the World Challenge. See ocpaddler.com for more details. Be here for a great event!

Race Results for March 28th, 2004

Sponsored by:
Duke's Canoe Club Barefoot Bar and Restaurant

Long Course - Kapaa to Kalapaki Bay (approx. 12 miles)
            Name             Overall     Time          Division
Beck, David                    1st     1:15:33       1st Men Open
Cole, Steve                    2nd     1:19:12      2nd Men Open
Keahiolalo, Butch              3rd     1:21:22       3rd Men Open
Da Silva, Wes                  4th     1:22:32     1st SURFSKI/Men
Princena, Hipo                 5th     1:22:40      1st Men 40-49
Jumper, Leroy                  6th     1:24:25      1st Men 30-39
Lett, Gordon                   7th     1:24:54      2nd Men 40-49
Fujita, Chris                  8th     1:25:00      2nd Men 30-39
Rafter, Eric                   9th     1:25:28      1st Men 20-29
Denton, Ken                    10th    1:25:30     2nd SURFSKI/Men
Gray, Darcy                    11th    1:25:50    1st SURFSKI/Women
Goodale, Kawika                12th    1:28:17      1st Men 50-59
Acoba, Chris                   13th    1:29:23      3rd Men 40-49
Aea, Kamuela                   14th    1:29:54      4th Men 40-49
Sawyer, Noe                    15th    1:30:03      1st Women Open
Goodno, Margie/Hookano, Sano   16th    1:30:10      1st OC-2/Women
Lopez, Gene                    17th    1:31:17      2nd Men 50-59
Beck, Nick                     18th    1:31:47       1st Men 60+
Denton, Laurie                 19th    1:31:48    2nd SURFSKI/Women
Chow, Arthur                   20th    1:32:10      3rd Men 50-59
Grover, Cindy/Weiss, Jeff      21st    1:32:30      1st OC-2/Mixed
Curtis, Katy                   22nd    1:32:59      2nd Women Open
Atkins, Fred                   23rd    1:33:56      4th Men 50-59
Jones, Donny                   24th    1:36:45      3rd Men 30-39
Chow, Peter/Austin, Shaye      25th    1:37:04      2nd OC-2/Mixed
Celestino, Marshall            26th    1:37:15      5th Men 50-59
Amo, Jacques                   27th    1:40:12      4th Men 30-39
Callahan, Mick                 28th    1:40:29      6th Men 50-59
Kegle, Jon                     29th    1:41:28      5th Men 30-39
Bartlett, Mary                 30th    1:45:13      3rd Women Open
Otsuji, Katie                  31st    1:45:17     1st Women 40-49
Higa, Sueo                     32nd    1:47:10      5th Men 40-49
Kekuawela, Herb/Higa, Sandy    33rd    1:47:20      3rd OC-2/Mixed
Acoba, Franny                  34th    1:49:30     2nd Women 40-49


Short Course - Wailua to Kalapaki Bay (approx. 9 miles)
            Name             Overall     Time          Division
MacCready, Marshall            1st     1:12:45     1st SURFSKI/Men
Pettigrew, Richard             2nd     1:13:32       1st Men Open
Bartlett, Tom                  3rd     1:18:44       2nd Men Open
Scott, Basil                   4th     1:19:02       3rd Men Open
Spanski, David                 5th     1:24:22      1st Men 40-49
Horwood, Midge                 6th     1:24:45      1st Women Open
Aea, Laola                     7th     1:25:01      2nd Women Open
Chow, Joy                      8th     1:30:19      3rd Women Open
Graff, Nancy                   9th     1:34:00     1st Women  50-59

Hudson, Devon                          1:13:25        Unofficial

Posted by keizo on Tue, 03/30/2004 - 7:20am