Hobie Treasure Island Ocean Paddling Series Race 1 - Florida

[Photos] courtesy Lex Raas
With Tropical Storm Arlene making a track up past the Florida West Coast on Saturday providing some fantastic downwind runs reminiscent of Hawaii, all guessing was on for the what the weather gods would produce on Sunday 12th of June for the inaugural Hobie Treasure Island Ocean Paddling series..

Sunday morning dawned with Arlene well to the North, and an 8 mph Southerly
providing a small bump and some left over ground swell, there was no
knowing who and how many would show up, but by 9:30 it was evident that we
had a real race and series kicked off in Florida. Great representation from
Miami with Tim Streeter heading up the group of 3 x OC2's and 2 x OC1's.
There were skis and paddleboards from up and down Florida East and West
Coast. What was even more phenomenal was the varied age groups, from Joe
Pettigrew (ski) and Bob Terbush (OC1) both representing the Grand Veterans
(+70) down to a strong showing of Open division folks in the Paddleboards
and Skis.

At 10:15 the race was on its way with the top skis and OC1's charging away
for the first upwind leg to the turn mark. Reid Hyle soon took command of
the race in the Skis and John Edwards led the OC1's at the first mark.
Meanwhile in the paddleboard class JP Atherholt was showing his dominance.
In the Sea Kayak division Michael Maddux showed good form. Many different
tussles ensued ending with a very fast race for Reid and John, Reid
completing the 8 miles in 1 hour 4 mins (7.5 mph) on his ski and John
Edwards taking the OC1 class in 1 hour 9 mins (7 mph). The OC2 division saw
Jon Sinnreich and Miguel Flores pull away to a comfortable lead. Karl Vogel
and Ben Stillman won the OC1 Relay class.

The short course folks had really close tussles in all the divisions, Jim
Lewis and Mike Zajac-Batell fought it out all the way to the finish in the
OC1 class. Tom Prionville won the skis posting the fastest time for the
Short course. The Sea Kayaks had a really close race with Stephen Hanily
taking the class.

Great performances were shown by the ladies, Karen Mirlenbrink won the
Skis, with Rea Siebert and Tonya Streinz taking the ladies Relay class.
Very impressive was Annie Morris in the paddleboard class as was Tara
Miller on an OC1.

A special thank you to the sponsors Hobie Catamarans, Hobie Apparel, Hobie
Sunglasses, Hurricane Canoes, Kialoa Paddles, Epic Kayaks, Architectural
Windows and Entries, The Moorings, Grand Expeditions and Crazypaddlers.

Next race is July 4th at Treasure Island with the final race of the series
on August 21st.

Florida Paddling is alive and well !

[2005 Series Press Release][2005 Series Schedule]

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              Long Course - 8 miles
Overall Name                              Gender    Class    PosDivision    HrsMinSec
   1    Hyle, Reid                        Men       Open      1 Surfski       1 04 45
   2    Poulton, Alan                     Men       Open      2 Surfski       1 05 22
   3    Mirlenbrink, Rob                  Men       Open      3 Surfski       1 06 45
   4    Edwards, John                     Men       Senior    1 OC-1          1 09 52
   5    Mountain, Harry                   Men       Masters   1 OC-1          1 11 15
   6    Semple, Lucas                     Men       Open      4 Surfski       1 12 05
   7    Reilly, Courtland                 Men       Masters   2 OC-1          1 12 23
   8    Raas, Jean                        Men       Open      1 OC-1          1 12 42
   9    Murch, Tim                        Men       Open      5 Surfski       1 14 32
   10   Raas, Lex                         Men       Senior    2 OC-1          1 14 41
   11   Benson, Lonn                      Men       Masters   1 Surfski       1 16 10
   12   Jon Sinnreich/Miguel Flores       Men       Open      1 OC-2          1 17 59
   13   Moore, Jonathon                   Men       Open      6 Surfski       1 19 30
   14   Owens, Michael                    Men       Open      2 OC-1          1 21 40
   15   Maddux, Michael                   Men       Open      1 Sea Kayak     1 22 12
   16   Frederick, Larry                  Men       Senior    3 OC-1          1 22 39
   17   Hoffman, Michael                  Men       Masters   2 Surfski       1 23 19
   18   Dennis Guluzy/Jessica Morgan      Men       Open      2 OC-2          1 25 31
   19   Karl Vogel/Ben Stillman           Men       Open      1 OC1 Relay     1 26 57
   20   Streeter, Tim                     Men       Masters   3 OC-1          1 29 28
   21   Mehring, Paul                     Men       Senior    1 Sea Kayak     1 29 43
   22   Sieber, Mike                      Men       Veteran   1 OC-1          1 30 55
   23   Godber, Dennis                    Men       Open      1 Sea Kayay-2   1 32 36
   24   Deven Anthony/Burch Baskett       Men       Open      2 OC1 Relay     1 32 52
   25   Holland, Mike                     Men       Veteran   2 OC-1          1 33 15
   26   Holoquist, Stanley                Men       Veteran   1 Sea Kayak     1 34 53
   27   Rasheda Caselli/Annie Reisewitz   Ladies    Open      3 OC-2          1 36 02
   28   Francavilla, Edward               Men       Masters   1 Sea Kayak     1 37 49
   29   Owens, Ramer                      Men       Masters   4 OC-1          1 42 22
   30   Perry, Van                        Men       Masters   2 Sea Kayak     1 43 15
   31   Siebert, Rea/Streintz, Tonya      Ladies    Open      1 OC1 Relay     1 50 07
   32   Francaville, Shari                Ladies    Open      1 Sea Kayak     1 53 11
   33   Wells, Tamara                     Ladies    Open      2 Sea Kayak     1 53 11
        Gerber, Andy                      Men       Senior      Surfski     DNF



              Short Course - 4 miles
PositionName                              Gender    Class       Division    HrsMinSec
   1    Prinoiville, Tom                  Men       Senior    1 Surfski       0 37 30
   2    Zajak-Batell, Mike                Men       Senior    1 OC-1          0 41 25
   3    Lewis, Jim                        Men       Open      1 OC-1          0 41 52
   4    Pelliger, Joseph                  Men       Grand Vet 1 Surfski       0 42  2
   5    Mirlenbrink, Karen                Ladies    Open      1 Surfski       0 43 22
   6    Atherholt, JP                     Men       Open      1 Paddleboard   0 50 38
   7    Hanlon, Charles                   Men       Open      2 OC-1          0 51 13
   8    Terbush, Bob                      Men       Grand Vet 1 OC-1          0 55 55
   9    Smith, Daryn                      Men       Open      2 Paddleboard   0 56 20
   10   Kemp, Kevin                       Men       Open      3 OC-1          0 56 37
   11   Belskey, Michael                  Men       Open      3 Paddleboard   0 58 16
   12   Hanily, Stephen                   Men       Open      2 Sea Kayak     0 58 26
   13   Hofstelter, Mike                  Men       Open      4 Paddleboard   0 58 59
   14   Jones, Harvard                    Men       Open      3 Sea Kayak     0 59 10
   15   Miller, Tara                      Ladies    Open      4 OC-1          0 59 52
   16   Shaffer, Jeannie                  Ladies    Open      1 Sea Kayak     0 59 58
   17   Bayers, Lewis                     Men       Senior    3 OC-1          1 04 41
   18   Hansen, John                      Men       Men       1 Sit on Top    1 05 29
   19   Bayers, Pat                       Ladies    Senior    2 OC-1          1 08 20
   20   Morris, Annie                     Ladies    Open      1 Paddleboard   1 11 30


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