Well gang, the Thanksgiving Food Drive and Race really proved to be a test for all those who participated. We raised enough food so I won't go hungry for at least a year...kidding. The food will be greatly appreciated by the Hawaii Food Bank.
As for the weather, we waited to the last minute to decide on actually running the race. Conditions changed at the start of the race and it became really peaceful once we got underway. With a nice cool overcast and some clean fresh air that the rain made, paddlers had their work cut out for them without any bumps or help out there.
Big thanks to our safety crew, Dave and Danny Louie, and Ian Forester for making sure everyone was okay from start to finish. In the end, we experienced only one canoe casualty but still got everyone in safe.
There was difficulty with timing since many paddlers crossed the finish line twice, or forgot to use their numbers, so don't mind the results if they are not completely accurate. Thanks to the PA'A staff for all their hard work and sacraficing their day to allow for everyone else to be entertained at the race.
Thanks to Lulu's for hosting the event, and thanks to all our sponsors: Steinlager, Makana Ali'i, NS Air, Dakine.
Hope to see you all after the Holidays to start off the new year at the Holiday Burnoff January 3rd 2009.
Aloha,
Manny
Time First Name Last Name Make Vessel Division Place
1 1:00'52.99 Courtney Seto Fenn SS1 M 40-49 1 Open
2 1:01'35.27 Geoff Graf SS1 M 40-49 2 Open
3 1:03'02.93 Kaeookalani Abbey Pueo OC1 M 18-39 1 Open
4 1:03'19.52 Luke Evslin Pueo OC1 M 18-39 2 Open
5 1:03'34.87 Manny Kulukulualani Zepher OC1 M 18-39 3 Open
6 1:03'50.43 Simeon Ke-Paloma Pueo OC1 M 18-39 1
7 1:04'05.30 Tyson Rodrigues Pueo OC1 M 18-39 2
8 1:04'19.87 Tapa Worthington Pueo OC1 M 18-39 3
9 1:04'39.84 Kaleianaole Kahookele Pueo OC1 M Junior 1
10 1:04'44.93 kelly Foster Pueo OC1 M 18-39
11 1:04'53.99 Kealii Paiaina Scorpius OC1 M 18-39
12 1:05'01.37 Ola Wright Pueo OC1 M 18-39
13 1:05'07.08 Bill Meheula Vio SS1 M 50-59 3 Open
14 1:05'30.30 Mike Hangai Pueo OC1 M 18-39
15 1:05'44.74 Carlton Helm Hurricane OC1 M 18-39
16 1:05'48.74 Tyson Poppler Pueo OC1 M 18-39
17 1:06'19.49 Mark Buck Huki SS1 M 60+ 1
18 1:06'41.37 Pat/Katie Von/Slocumb Stingray OC2 Mixed 1
19 1:06'53.37 Kamuela Lau Pueo OC1 M 18-39
20 1:06'58.84 Puni Freitas OC1 M Junior 2
21 1:07'22.87 Makana Denton Pueo OC1 M 18-39
22 1:07'27.21 Sean Kaawa Polaris OC1 M 18-39
23 1:07'30.58 Greydon Viloria Vantage OC1 M 18-39
24 1:07'42.34 Bryan Mack Pegasus OC1 M 18-39
25 1:07'47.40 Jamie/Paula Kinard/Crabb Stingray OC2 Women 1
26 1:08'01.58 Glenn Williams Hurricane OC1 M 18-39
27 1:08'09.55 Blayne Fujita Pueo OC1 M 18-39
28 1:08'15.58 Spencer York Pueo OC1 M 18-39
29 1:08'22.62 Ron Coteen Vantage OC1 M 40-49 1
30 1:08'24.74 Eckhart Diestel Hurricane OC1 M 50-59 1
31 1:08'26.00 Freddy Delos Santos Hurricane OC1 M 50-59 2
32 1:08'40.65 Rusty Goings Pueo OC1 M Junior 3
33 1:08'41.52 Greydon Viloria Wave Bl OC1 M 18-39
34 1:08'42.68 Jace Faufata OC1 M 18-39
35 1:08'48.11 Kekoa Kau Vantage OC1 M Junior
36 1:08'51.90 Julian Wicker Naia OC1 M 18-39
37 1:09'01.40 Clay Ellington Hurricane OC1 M 40-49 2
38 1:09'34.40 Keizo Gates Pueo OC1 M 18-39
39 1:09'40.14 Peter Celebre Pueo OC1 M 18-39
40 1:09'59.30 charles meyer OC1 M 40-49 3
41 1:10'16.58 Jan Tillman Pegasus OC1 m 40-49
42 1:10'26.30 Joshua Chase Polaris OC1 M 18-39
43 1:10'30.96 Ty Fu Kainalu OC1 M 18-39
44 1:10'41.21 Bobo Zepher OC1 M 40-49
45 1:10'43.00 Ray Connelly Huki SS1 M 40-49 1
46 1:10'45.93 DJ Oga OC1 M 40-49
47 1:10'49.81 Gavin Hanoa Polaris OC1 M 18-39
48 1:10'52.74 Mike Sur Pegasus OC1 M 40-49
49 1:11'22.84 Erik Anderson Hayden SS1 M 18-39 1
50 1:11'26.62 Arleen Holzman Naia OC1 W 40-49 1 Open
51 1:11'53.46 Darren Orr Zepher OC1 M 18-39
52 1:12'15.58 Tyler Hale Pueo OC1 M 18-39
53 1:12'45.93 Wendall Balai Ma'a afi OC1 M 40-49
54 1:12'54.62 Joel Olegario Stingray OC1 M 40-49
55 1:12'59.52 Keoni Watson Scorpius OC1 M 18-39
56 1:13'03.14 Keala Kelii Scorpius OC1 M 18-39
57 1:13'55.46 Kyle Kennedy-Pocock Wai Nui OC1 M 18-39
58 1:14'06.68 Jane McKee Hurricane OC1 W 50-59 2 Open
59 1:14'17.90 Daniel Kauai Hurricane OC1 M 40-49
60 1:14'46.68 Ruben Cabaneiro Pegasus OC1 M 40-49
61 1:15'25.71 Lori Nakamura Pegasus OC1 W 18-39 3 Open
62 1:15'33.49 Michael Witt Fuze OC1 M 18-39
63 1:16'55.30 Justin Langlais PDLbrd Pdlbrd M 18-39 1
64 1:17'14.30 Patrick Aweau Maaafi OC1 M 40-49
65 1:17'44.52 Savannah McCue Pegasus OC1 W 18-39 1
66 1:18'21.68 Doug Smith Fenn SS1 M 40-49 2
68 1:19'04.74 Madison Minkel Vantage OC1 W 18-39 2
69 1:20'36.14 lono goo Polaris OC1 M 40-49
70 1:20'54.84 Peter Groves Stingray OC1 M 18-39
71 1:21'05.87 Marshall Watson OC1 M 60+ 2
72 1:23'34.34 Mikiala Ramler Hurricane OC1 W 18-39 3
73 1:24'58.11 Frank Pablo Kainalu OC1 M 18-39
74 1:35'20.30 Jeff Chang SUP SUP M 50-59 1
75 1:35'22.08 Herbie Titcomb SUP SUP M 50-59 2
Looking at these results its obvious that the Pueo is very popular and obviously very efficient in flat conditions, with a broad range of body sizes aboard, are they really that good? How do they perform in the bumps?
We are still a long way off seeing one here in Oz I think, but i would love to try one, how would it compare to a Pegasus for example.
i was supposed to race this one, but couldn't due to weather and parents and ILH paddling practice, but how was the conditions and weather out there? i would assume that it was cold rainy and flat, but what did you guys think?
Not all boats are mentioned correctly; Jane was on her Pegasus, as an example.
Please take it with that 'grain of salt'. I also do not mean to promote any boat, I find them all quite beautiful and am inspired by many of them.
I paddled the Pueo once myself and have paddled 'against' it quite a few times, flat up to medium conditions, I have not seen it in 'big' conditions: I have seen people improve their performance quite impressively compared to last year/their other boat.
It may be that the ama design makes a big difference.
The boat is not a high volume boat, that means the wet surface area is relatively small.
The boat is very well balanced, the ama comes up very easily, effortlessly and gently on every stroke, at least on the right.
The rudder looks really good.
on my Hurricane I moved the seat/foot well 6 inches forward; it definitely works for me. In comparison, the Pueo has the foot well at about the same distance from the bow.
for my size, 6'5, I would need to adapt the cockpit a little bit to get a good seating position, probably by moving the foot well forward by 2 - 3 inches.
the Pueo is great in the flat, observed in a canal. Paddling 'against' it on a Hurricane, I have to paddle the ama very, very light to regain an advantage.
That's why I think that the ama design is most responsible for the good performance.
These are obviously just my own impressions. Please share your opinions so that people interested get a more complete picture. Try to paddle the boat and you can judge these impressions better.
Eckhart - thanks for doing the break down on the OC-1 models in the race - theres an impressive showing of Pueos on the water. It wil be fun to see how the season shapes up as more ppl start to get back into the OC-1 racing season - hope you will post this list on your blog as well where it is easier to find and to compare with the coming races.
Mahalo nui
About 70 paddlers.
The Pueo seems to do well. Conventional amas with shorter waterline have more 'induced' drag.
Nice race day. Better not post results that may not be correct, imo.
#1 Sun, 11/23/2008 - 8:08pm
#2 Sun, 11/23/2008 - 5:38pm
Well gang, the Thanksgiving Food Drive and Race really proved to be a test for all those who participated. We raised enough food so I won't go hungry for at least a year...kidding. The food will be greatly appreciated by the Hawaii Food Bank.
As for the weather, we waited to the last minute to decide on actually running the race. Conditions changed at the start of the race and it became really peaceful once we got underway. With a nice cool overcast and some clean fresh air that the rain made, paddlers had their work cut out for them without any bumps or help out there.
Big thanks to our safety crew, Dave and Danny Louie, and Ian Forester for making sure everyone was okay from start to finish. In the end, we experienced only one canoe casualty but still got everyone in safe.
There was difficulty with timing since many paddlers crossed the finish line twice, or forgot to use their numbers, so don't mind the results if they are not completely accurate. Thanks to the PA'A staff for all their hard work and sacraficing their day to allow for everyone else to be entertained at the race.
Thanks to Lulu's for hosting the event, and thanks to all our sponsors: Steinlager, Makana Ali'i, NS Air, Dakine.
Hope to see you all after the Holidays to start off the new year at the Holiday Burnoff January 3rd 2009.
Aloha,
Manny
1 1:00'52.99 Courtney Seto Fenn SS1 M 40-49 1 Open
2 1:01'35.27 Geoff Graf SS1 M 40-49 2 Open
3 1:03'02.93 Kaeookalani Abbey Pueo OC1 M 18-39 1 Open
4 1:03'19.52 Luke Evslin Pueo OC1 M 18-39 2 Open
5 1:03'34.87 Manny Kulukulualani Zepher OC1 M 18-39 3 Open
6 1:03'50.43 Simeon Ke-Paloma Pueo OC1 M 18-39 1
7 1:04'05.30 Tyson Rodrigues Pueo OC1 M 18-39 2
8 1:04'19.87 Tapa Worthington Pueo OC1 M 18-39 3
9 1:04'39.84 Kaleianaole Kahookele Pueo OC1 M Junior 1
10 1:04'44.93 kelly Foster Pueo OC1 M 18-39
11 1:04'53.99 Kealii Paiaina Scorpius OC1 M 18-39
12 1:05'01.37 Ola Wright Pueo OC1 M 18-39
13 1:05'07.08 Bill Meheula Vio SS1 M 50-59 3 Open
14 1:05'30.30 Mike Hangai Pueo OC1 M 18-39
15 1:05'44.74 Carlton Helm Hurricane OC1 M 18-39
16 1:05'48.74 Tyson Poppler Pueo OC1 M 18-39
17 1:06'19.49 Mark Buck Huki SS1 M 60+ 1
18 1:06'41.37 Pat/Katie Von/Slocumb Stingray OC2 Mixed 1
19 1:06'53.37 Kamuela Lau Pueo OC1 M 18-39
20 1:06'58.84 Puni Freitas OC1 M Junior 2
21 1:07'22.87 Makana Denton Pueo OC1 M 18-39
22 1:07'27.21 Sean Kaawa Polaris OC1 M 18-39
23 1:07'30.58 Greydon Viloria Vantage OC1 M 18-39
24 1:07'42.34 Bryan Mack Pegasus OC1 M 18-39
25 1:07'47.40 Jamie/Paula Kinard/Crabb Stingray OC2 Women 1
26 1:08'01.58 Glenn Williams Hurricane OC1 M 18-39
27 1:08'09.55 Blayne Fujita Pueo OC1 M 18-39
28 1:08'15.58 Spencer York Pueo OC1 M 18-39
29 1:08'22.62 Ron Coteen Vantage OC1 M 40-49 1
30 1:08'24.74 Eckhart Diestel Hurricane OC1 M 50-59 1
31 1:08'26.00 Freddy Delos Santos Hurricane OC1 M 50-59 2
32 1:08'40.65 Rusty Goings Pueo OC1 M Junior 3
33 1:08'41.52 Greydon Viloria Wave Bl OC1 M 18-39
34 1:08'42.68 Jace Faufata OC1 M 18-39
35 1:08'48.11 Kekoa Kau Vantage OC1 M Junior
36 1:08'51.90 Julian Wicker Naia OC1 M 18-39
37 1:09'01.40 Clay Ellington Hurricane OC1 M 40-49 2
38 1:09'34.40 Keizo Gates Pueo OC1 M 18-39
39 1:09'40.14 Peter Celebre Pueo OC1 M 18-39
40 1:09'59.30 charles meyer OC1 M 40-49 3
41 1:10'16.58 Jan Tillman Pegasus OC1 m 40-49
42 1:10'26.30 Joshua Chase Polaris OC1 M 18-39
43 1:10'30.96 Ty Fu Kainalu OC1 M 18-39
44 1:10'41.21 Bobo Zepher OC1 M 40-49
45 1:10'43.00 Ray Connelly Huki SS1 M 40-49 1
46 1:10'45.93 DJ Oga OC1 M 40-49
47 1:10'49.81 Gavin Hanoa Polaris OC1 M 18-39
48 1:10'52.74 Mike Sur Pegasus OC1 M 40-49
49 1:11'22.84 Erik Anderson Hayden SS1 M 18-39 1
50 1:11'26.62 Arleen Holzman Naia OC1 W 40-49 1 Open
51 1:11'53.46 Darren Orr Zepher OC1 M 18-39
52 1:12'15.58 Tyler Hale Pueo OC1 M 18-39
53 1:12'45.93 Wendall Balai Ma'a afi OC1 M 40-49
54 1:12'54.62 Joel Olegario Stingray OC1 M 40-49
55 1:12'59.52 Keoni Watson Scorpius OC1 M 18-39
56 1:13'03.14 Keala Kelii Scorpius OC1 M 18-39
57 1:13'55.46 Kyle Kennedy-Pocock Wai Nui OC1 M 18-39
58 1:14'06.68 Jane McKee Hurricane OC1 W 50-59 2 Open
59 1:14'17.90 Daniel Kauai Hurricane OC1 M 40-49
60 1:14'46.68 Ruben Cabaneiro Pegasus OC1 M 40-49
61 1:15'25.71 Lori Nakamura Pegasus OC1 W 18-39 3 Open
62 1:15'33.49 Michael Witt Fuze OC1 M 18-39
63 1:16'55.30 Justin Langlais PDLbrd Pdlbrd M 18-39 1
64 1:17'14.30 Patrick Aweau Maaafi OC1 M 40-49
65 1:17'44.52 Savannah McCue Pegasus OC1 W 18-39 1
66 1:18'21.68 Doug Smith Fenn SS1 M 40-49 2
68 1:19'04.74 Madison Minkel Vantage OC1 W 18-39 2
69 1:20'36.14 lono goo Polaris OC1 M 40-49
70 1:20'54.84 Peter Groves Stingray OC1 M 18-39
71 1:21'05.87 Marshall Watson OC1 M 60+ 2
72 1:23'34.34 Mikiala Ramler Hurricane OC1 W 18-39 3
73 1:24'58.11 Frank Pablo Kainalu OC1 M 18-39
74 1:35'20.30 Jeff Chang SUP SUP M 50-59 1
75 1:35'22.08 Herbie Titcomb SUP SUP M 50-59 2
#3 Mon, 11/24/2008 - 9:03pm
Awesome job Pa'a staff.
The shuffle board tournament at lulu's was the best part.
#4 Sun, 11/23/2008 - 7:43pm
Looking at these results its obvious that the Pueo is very popular and obviously very efficient in flat conditions, with a broad range of body sizes aboard, are they really that good? How do they perform in the bumps?
We are still a long way off seeing one here in Oz I think, but i would love to try one, how would it compare to a Pegasus for example.
#5 Sun, 11/23/2008 - 8:39pm
i was supposed to race this one, but couldn't due to weather and parents and ILH paddling practice, but how was the conditions and weather out there? i would assume that it was cold rainy and flat, but what did you guys think?
thanks,
kcchee11
#6 Sun, 11/23/2008 - 10:53pm
It was cool, drizzling and flat! Always a good time paddling in the rain though, and lulu's was well deserved.
#7 Sun, 11/23/2008 - 11:23pm
Lulu's was great the rice and stew were amazing!!! There wasn't and wind but thanks to the rain it kept it cooler. Great race good fun.
#8 Mon, 11/24/2008 - 7:41am
Mahalo PA'A gangy for your time and effort!
O's, pink is the new black, it looked good on ya! Lucky for you, I'm a sandbagger...ha! :)
#9 Mon, 11/24/2008 - 8:51am
I'll keep that in mind when I tell Luke them my colors. Thanks for letting me use your brand spanking new Pueo.
#10 Mon, 11/24/2008 - 9:23am
chee hee!!!
kalei is the man!!! top 10 finish....
#11 Mon, 11/24/2008 - 10:12am
Lots of Pueo's in contention! Woot! Right on Kamanu Composites!
#12 Mon, 11/24/2008 - 10:24am
Good times, mahalo PA'A and sponsors
#13 Mon, 11/24/2008 - 2:14pm
No wonder no one can get any carbon fiber.....
Kamanu has it all ... hahahaha
Pueo looks like Oahu s` favorite new ride from this list .
#14 Mon, 11/24/2008 - 3:42pm
it doesn't have to be just Oahu's favorite, i bet they ship to the east coast too.
#15 Mon, 11/24/2008 - 6:22pm
Thanks Pa'a for a great race and thanks Lulu's for the good grinds.
Manny thanks for keeping the paddleboard division...I'll try to rally more of da troops for the races in January.
Props to Keoni Watson this was his 1st one man race with a torn MCL!
Aloha
Justin Langlais
#16 Mon, 11/24/2008 - 6:32pm
First 25 OC1 - ( corrected: replaced one Hurricane with a Pueo (Carlton), replaced ? with Pueo ):
Pueo
Pueo
Zephyr
Pueo
Pueo
Pueo
Pueo
Pueo
Scorpius
Pueo
Pueo
Pueo
Pueo
Pueo
Pueo
Pueo
Polaris
Vantage
Pegasus
Hurricane
Pueo
Pueo
Vantage
Hurricane
Hurricane
It's the ama - great rudder, too. And a very well balanced boat.
#17 Mon, 11/24/2008 - 10:07pm
#18 Tue, 11/25/2008 - 9:20am
nice job yourself Eckhart.
#19 Tue, 11/25/2008 - 7:51am
Thank you, painteur.
Not all boats are mentioned correctly; Jane was on her Pegasus, as an example.
Please take it with that 'grain of salt'. I also do not mean to promote any boat, I find them all quite beautiful and am inspired by many of them.
I paddled the Pueo once myself and have paddled 'against' it quite a few times, flat up to medium conditions, I have not seen it in 'big' conditions: I have seen people improve their performance quite impressively compared to last year/their other boat.
That's why I think that the ama design is most responsible for the good performance.
These are obviously just my own impressions. Please share your opinions so that people interested get a more complete picture. Try to paddle the boat and you can judge these impressions better.
#20 Tue, 11/25/2008 - 8:54am
Eckhart - thanks for doing the break down on the OC-1 models in the race - theres an impressive showing of Pueos on the water. It wil be fun to see how the season shapes up as more ppl start to get back into the OC-1 racing season - hope you will post this list on your blog as well where it is easier to find and to compare with the coming races.
Mahalo nui
#21 Tue, 11/25/2008 - 12:55pm
why do i suddenly have an urge to "hoot?"
that's a lot of owls. hot damn.
p.s. it's a pretty awesome boat. yeppers.
#22 Tue, 11/25/2008 - 12:57pm
kamamakakauka, you're welcome. It's posted with a little narrative about the Hawaii Kai Run.
See here:
http://oc1design.blogspot.com/
#23 Tue, 11/25/2008 - 2:55pm
The secret is......
Just give um....
#24 Tue, 11/25/2008 - 8:47pm