Was great to see such a good crew of paddlers, down at the first Fenn for this season. With some pretty challenging conditions. Props to Andy Davies for taking out 1st.
Between solid sets rolling through the inside turning buoy, half into the wind half with it. It was another eventful but well worth while race. Will post times, and pics when they come through..
Yeah, a fun race with plenty of excitement - triple overhead, feathering, mountains of water pushing through the course.
Here are the places and times:
Unlimited SUP:
1 Andy Davies 00:31:40
2 Peter Mayer 00:32:19
3 Blake Francis 00:32:37
4 Sam Parker 00:32:43
5 Patrick Moore 00:32:57
6 Peter Morgan 00:33:51
7 Troy Pease 00:34:28
8 Will Anido 00:35:04
9 Darren Borg 00:35:51
10 Simon Dodd 00:39:03
11 Matt Worley 00:39:41
12 Paul Budrikis 00:47:02
Under 12'6" SUP:
1 Andrew Cassidy 00:37:46
2 Andrew Titterton 00:41:06
3 Steve Coulter 00:41:43
I gather they didn't end up paddling from Mona to Palm Beach.... Bloody fast if they did. What course and distance?.
It was only 4.65km per my GPS, attached is the plot of my course. (Note: the background is not a reflection of conditions on the day just a standard satellite picture)
from what dean said when they set the course. It was between 7-8 km, closer to 7 maybe. Half into wind, half across / with it.
Followed into turning buoy by pretty large breaking swells. pretty interesting stuff
8km in 31 mins, 16km/hr. I say WS GPS is more accurate even if the turning buoy appears to have moved....
I suppose when you have to change the course at the last minute its hard to judge accurate distances and speed so the time is negligible.
Anyone got photos of the event to share?
I hear the conditions were crazy.
Also is it true that there was problems with the start of the race?
with the race starter letting the race go early while some Ski's and
Sups were still making there way to the start line?
there have been some shots, but none from the water as of yet. will post them when they come through.
I felt for the organisers, as it was challenging conditions to run the event in. Distance was meant to be closer to 7, but dont know if anyone was wearing a garmin to check.
I think Matt (WorlSUP) got it right, especially since he was wearing a GPS = 4.65km. That's an average of 7.54km/h for my race which seems about right. And yes the turning buoy did move during the race.
Here are some pics from Dez from Blast Paddlers (more on their Facebook page). They don't do the size of the mountains of water out the back justice:
Start line caos:
Andy Davies (DC14) - 1st and now $500 richer thanks to WindSurfnSnow:
Pete Meyer (Naish 17) - 2nd:
Finding a break in the shorey without loosing a place:
Close:
Careful:
Board caddys doing a great job:
Yep, even i missed the start of the race and never ended up shooting any SUPs at all in the video. Difficult day for everyone.
Here's a video of what i got anyway, which will at least show what the conditions were like.
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