Race 2 of Hobie Series at Treasure Island, Florida
[Photos] courtesy Lex Raas
Race 2 of Series 2 was held Sunday in exquisite Florida conditions. Entries (30) were slightly down but this was expected as many folks were spending the Thanksgiving weekend away with family, Florida basked in 80 deg weather while snow was falling up North !
The course set provided for some upwind work and downwind work, if one worked hard rides were to be found.
On the long course Reid Hyle won the Surfski division, Harry Mountain won the OC1 division with Michael Maddux doing very well in his Sea Kayak
On the short course Bob Terbush put up a great time followed by Lewis Bayers.
One of the competitors on a Sea Kayak swamped and it was fantastic to see fellow competitors stop racing and provide assistance, some great seamanship was shown by all concerned and it is very gratifying to know that safety was at the front of everyone's minds, congratulations to all of those that stopped and provided assistance and support ! Those that stopped to help joined the race in at the approximate position on the return run and in my opinion results remained pretty much as they would have.
Special mention to the Veterans, 7 in total, we admire all of you.
Thank you to Leslie Sides and Carol Raas for taking times.
Race 3 for this Series will be geld in February, plenty of time for every one to get faster, we look forward to a great race.
Thank you to all of the sponsors :- Hobie Cat Company (hobiecat.com)Epic Kayaks (epickayaks.com), Hurricane Outrigger Canoes (crazypaddlers.com), The Moorings (moorings.com), Grand Expeditions International (grandex.com), Crazypaddlers (crazypaddlers.com), Kialoa Paddles (crazypaddlers.com) and support from Architectural Windows and Entries (architecturalwindows.com), Jean Larroux of Caldwell Banker, Bill Brannum and Daryn Smith
Long Course 9.2 Miles Finish Competitor Elapsed Time Position Class 1 Reid Hyle 1:23:00 1 SS Open Men 2 Rob Mirlenbrink 1:25:52 2 SS Open Men 3 Lonn Benson 1:30:05 1 SS Masters Men 4 Harry Mountain 1:32:18 1 OC1 Masters Men 5 JP Atherholt 1:32:38 3 SS Open Men 6 Sean Wilber 1:32:46 4 SS Open Men 7 Andy Gerber 1:33:07 1 SS Seniors Men 8 John Edwards 1:33:14 1 OC1 Open Men 9 Lex Raas 1:34:15 1 OC1 Seniors Men 10 Cortland Reilly 1:37:25 2 OC1 Masters Men 11 Michael Maddux 1:38:17 1 SK Open Men 12 David Robertshaw 1:39:36 2 SS Masters Men 13 Michael Hoffman 1:40:28 3 SS Masters Men 14 Jean Raas 1:42:40 2 OC1 Open Men 15 Paul Mehring 1:45:20 1 SK Senior Men 16 Stanley Holoquist 1:47:12 1 SK Veteran Men 17 Bob Dean 1:47:35 2 SK Veteran Men 18 Mike Zajac-Batell 1:47:56 2 OC1 Seniors Men 19 E S Francavilla 1:47:59 1 SK 2 Open 20 Karl Vogel 1:48:38 3 OC1 Seniors Men 21 Karen Mirlenbrink 1:49:00 1 SS Open Female 22 Peter Eichenberger 1:49:45 3 SK Veteran Men 23 Mike Sieber 1:57:20 1 OC1 Veterans Men 24 Tonya Streinz 1:58:50 1 OC1 Open Female 25 Mike Holland 2:03:32 2 OC1 Veterans Men dnf John Keaveny SK Veteran Men dnf Bob Murphy SS Open Men Short Course 5.5 Miles Finish Competitor Elapsed Time Position Class 1 Bob Terbusch 1:15:50 1 OC1 Veterans Men 2 Lewis Bayers 1:18:27 1 OC1 Senior Men 3 Nigel Hood 1:23:26 1 SS Open Men 4 Brenda Hood 1:23:45 1 OC1 Open Female
Posted by keizo on Sun, 11/27/2005 - 5:10pm