Past Kaiwi Channel Crossing winners
It's fairly simple, but you'll have to ask someone for specifics. Pat Erwin won the 1st one (maybe two). Mark Rigg then won several (4-5?). Then Jr. won them all since 97, except for the two Kai won. So something like this.
Pat Erwin 92?
Mark Rigg 93-96
Jr. 97-08, except for Kai 2000? and the longer one two or three yrs. ago.
#1 Sat, 01/03/2009 - 6:32pm
Check out the old molo solo site if its still up. It has archives of ppl crossing before it was even a race like Kevin Olds and a few other guys I think.
The info might be on the new site that epic runs but before the race got split between canoe and ski there was a site that had all that stuff on it.
#4 Sat, 01/03/2009 - 10:53pm
2004 solo:
1st karel tresnak jr.
2nd mike judd
3rd danny ching(1st solo for him)
#7 Sun, 01/04/2009 - 6:55am
Eckhart, in the races won by Rigg, I think John came in 2nd in all of them. I don't think he likes recalling that, though, so confirm w/ someone else!
#8 Sun, 01/04/2009 - 10:14am
Surface conditions? I think one of his fastest time before this year was in the chineless Viper.
#11 Sun, 01/04/2009 - 10:40am
No forget the wahine paddlers: Sonia Lambert and Loretta Toth, who were the the trailblazers for ironmaning solo the Channel in '96 Kanaka Ikaika race.
I don't recall any one-man's in the '89 race, but I've been told that Old's did it in a conventional 3-man in the very early 80's along with Tresnak, Sr., who raced in a mono hull kneeling down all the way. Both paddled solo their own canoes the hard way without rudder.
#13 Sun, 01/04/2009 - 11:51am
No clue if the Mantra had chines btw
The Mantra which was before the Stingray was chineless. The first chines on Karel's boats was on the Stingray and it had 3 of them. The Fusion built after the Stingray, only has 2 chines.
Interesting Star Bulletin article from 2000 about the equipment about to be used in that years Molokai Channel Crossing. Mentions the Mantra and several other OC-1's of that time.
http://archives.starbulletin.com/2000/05/27/sports/story1.html
Here's another good article about the OC-1 booming business from 2002.
http://archives.starbulletin.com/2002/09/29/special/story36.html
#14 Sun, 01/04/2009 - 11:48pm
Steve Cole won Molo Solo in 1995 in time 4:37.02
1996 Mark Rigg 4:17.35 Record
1995 Steve Cole 4:37.02
1994 Pat Erwin 4:23.24
1993 Pat Erwin, Hawaii, OC1 4:29.19
#17 Mon, 01/05/2009 - 3:39pm
Kala Mai....Rambo...I stand corrected, Cole did win a solo. My bad. Cole is a cool, funny guy. It wasn't a knock against him.
JawsOut.
#19 Tue, 01/06/2009 - 10:07am
Yup i remember ..... he wupped my little butt in a sprint race at Hammo i think in 1993 or 4, it may have even been 1995.
Rambo
#20 Tue, 01/06/2009 - 12:07pm
Just gathering more OC 1 history:
http://spreadsheets5.google.com/viewform?key=pysrKeQ8s9FnHwmtSH0T-Rg&hl…
Mahalo for your input
Results are here:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pysrKeQ8s9FnHwmtSH0T-Rg
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