Ali Birtwell

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Calm water with little to no wind. Left 5kt to right 5kt, around and under deep cove yacht club with option to take one 'super lap' shortcut which cut paddle to L 5kt shorter. I chose super lap on 2nd lap.

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Relatively flat conditions throughout, with 7/8 km headwind n way back in to the cove. Route was out to left 5 kt. can, right turn to right-hand 5 kt., back to dock with zig-zag back out to cans. Harry was on KL's SIC, and was fast. I started kinda slow, and raced the whole race solo (i.e. no drafting) ...ended up with decent result.

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Actual time for me was 44:25 according to my GPS. Im pretty sure Dwayne's and Harry's times are also one full minute slow. As for the race we had a little headwind between jug and hamber (which led to some right sided chop).

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Little bit of a headwind paddling down to Cates light. The wind, of course, dropped right off for the return to Deep Cove.
I managed to get a nice start, but got dunked around Grey Rocks and lost the draft of Kelvin and Mike. Ben W, paddling right behind me, proved what a proper English gent he was as he stopped his race and made sure I was ok....and then pushed my board closer to me so I could remount faster!! To you good sir, I tip my cap and say "thank you" :)
By the time I got back on board Freddy and Jason had also surged ahead, and while I did manage to get back in front of Fred, the others were too far off to catch. Good race tho....and I didn't feel completely burnt this time. Last race I spent all my energy in the first third of the race keeping up with the leaders and was done after that. On to the next race!

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Surprise Course! Paddlers raced to a marker out towards Raccoon Isl and could then choose to paddle around Jug Is (to the right) or Lone rock (to the left) and then back to the markers and then return to Deep Cove. I chose to go left to Lone R. along with the 3 paddlers in front of me. Long race...I was burnt after the 1st 3rd trying to draft Mike D, but I think it paid off in the long run as I finished in a good time.

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Light winds, warm temp at start (19-20C). Some fun boat bumps on the way over to Jug Is. Light head wind from lone rock back to the cove. I fell off the back of the main pack early on and couldn't catch back up until the last leg of the race where I made some ground on Dwayne and Fred. NOte: This race included turning around the light just inside bedwell bay (i.e. it was longer than the race of the same name from 2013)

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Conditions were ever changing. Heading around the corner there was 1ft side chop, which lined up nicely for some bumps down to grey rocks. The paddle between the islands was into a strong wind with a quiet patch of water behind Hamber. Back into the cross chop paddling back to Grey rocks and upwind back to deep cove. Managed to put together a decent race and passed a few paddlers towards the end. Felt good throughout :)

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Pretty calm in terms of wind, but tons of boat wakes throughout. Headwind for last 3km or so (light) 12'6'

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Excellent conditions as winds set up perfectly for this downwinder. 2-2.5 ft swell from the North. Sunny and 28-30 degrees :)

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The field for this race was pretty strong. World top 10 paddler Zane Schweitzer was there! Conditions were ideal for this time of year. Light wind, but more or less no chop. Sunny.

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1st TNR race of 2013. roughly 15km/h headwinds going out made for tough paddling. Side chop and tailwind coming back. All in all a tough race.

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Excellent turnout for a cold weather race. Weather was high overcast with slight headwind (5kts) for first 4km of race. Lots of chop thru the cut. Last half of race felt like 5kt wind was behind us a bit...which was nice. Pretty calm waters overall..