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John Rybczyk
04/28/19 #24749

Well, we got lucky what with the race bookended between brutal westerlies yesterday and a troublesome westerly that blew up right after the race today. No surf, but it was a beautiful day on the bay for a paddle. We had 89 racers in 55 boats if you count Reivers who pulled up with pulled ribs. Duncan had the fastest start by far. Brandon and Jonas broke the course. Kevin Olney took honors in the men's HPK and Heather Nelson in the women's HPK. A shout out to Abby Scoggins and Hilary Greenwood, our first ever HPK2 double with two juniors at the Dan Harris. You know what that means…we used to buy the doubles so that we could pull the kids around the bay with us, now the doubles are for pulling the old folks around. Preliminary results are posted below. Let me know if there are any errors. Apologies to: Denise Weeks, we missed announcing her third place in the HPKW division; D. Hull (can't read the first name on the entry sheet), we missed announcing her 1st place in the FSK division, and Lance Romo…we missed you entirely…and by that I mean we have no idea when you crossed the line. We guessed. Special thanks to all the volunteers, thanks to everyone for parking where you were supposed to park, thanks to BBOP for brining 24 racers in 4 boats and thanks to the many Canadians who dared cross the MAGA border to race. You are truly pagayeurs sans frontieres. After a nap and possilby a large margarita, I wiill work on the Think International scoring, but the Canadians brought over a lot of fast boast, including many doubles. It's going to be trouble for the USA. Finally, thanks to new sponsor and new papa Nicholas and Faster Farther for providing excellent awards. I won't go into it all here, but if you have not paddled in his gear, you are missing out big time and the best part is that there's more to come. See you on the water. johnr

Place Time Name Class Place in Class

1. 44: 35 Nelson/Ecker HPK2-Jr 1

2. 47:11 Redman/Wallick HPK2MX 1

3. 47:29 Ecker/Wermus HPK2MX 2

4. 49:09 Olney HPK 1

5. 50:11 Gerstl/Hammer OC2 1

6. 50:12 Raymond/Rademacher HPK2MX 3

7. 50:22 Putnam HPK 2

8. 50:41 Martin/Warren HPK2MX 4

9. 50:41 Curson HPK 3

10. 51:05 Clement/Scoggins HPK2 1

11. 51:14 Dyck HPK 4

12. 51:21 Page/Bilmer HPK2MX 5

13. 51:29 Marcus HPK 5

14. 51:43 BBOP Men OC6 1

15. 51:55 Nelson HPKW 1

16. 51:58 Lipp HPK 6

17. 52:02 Remmler HPK 7

18. 52:35 Stothers HPK 8

19. 52:39 Bruce HPK 9

20. 52:40 Lee/Boatman OC2 2

21. 52:40 Kelly HPK 10

22. 53:41 Bussinger HPK 11

23. 54:14 BBOP MX OC6 1

23. 54:22 Bumstead HPK 12

24. 55:08 Whitehead OC1 1

25. 55:08 Davis HPK 13

26. 55:11 Mosley OC1 2

27. 55:13 Wallick HPK 14

28. 55:44 Sullivan/Goolsby HPK2 2

29. 55:46 Scoggins/Greenwood HPK2jrjr 1

30. 55:50 Hansen HPK 15

31. 57:25 Hope HPK 16

32. 57:31 BBOPW (Caplan A.) OC6 1

33. 58:11 Romo OC1 3

34. 58:23 BBOPW (Abbott) OC6 2

35. 58:24 Mayhew HPK 17

36. 58:36 Cole HPKW 2

37. 59:16 Shalka OC1 4

38. 59:35 Clarke/Lee HPK2jr 2

40. 59:39 Gregory HPK 18

41. 59:49 VanDooren/Reeves OC2W 1

42. 59:50 Howat HPK 19

43. 1:00:59 Brown HPK 20

44. 1:01:22 Halstead HPK 21

45. 1:101:26 McBeath OC2 3

46. 1:03:00 Niemier HPK 22

47. 1:03:30 Helms HPK 23

48. 1:03:31 Lamb HPK 24

49. 1:04:46 Petri OC2 4

50. 1:05:23 Hull FSKW 1

51. 1:07:02 Cooper HPK 25

52. 1:08:54 Stimac HPK 26

53. 1:08:57 Weeks HPKW 3

54. 1:10:16 Zipper HPKW 4

Kimberly Reeves
04/28/19 #24750

I think Lance was after the Abbott oc-6….

Reivers Dustin

04/28/19 #24752

how did Bob McBeath get such a strange time? What a really great race that was, even though I ended up a spectator. So good to see everyone enjoying the event.

Dale McKinnon
04/28/19 #24753

Photos of the 15th Annual Dan Harris Challenge 2019 are at https://imgur.com/a/2L76waQ .

The photos start at the end of the race and end at the beginning of the race. Of course…

I'll have results and the photos on danharrischallenge.com tomorrow, I think.

A good day…

Dale

Jopdar
04/28/19 #24754

John, thanks for a great event! And great to see the Bellingham crew after a long winter. Look forward to seeing you all in Deep Cove!

Cheers,

Daryl

Larry Bussinger
04/29/19 #24755

Great race John. Great support group. Good job on missing Bhams notorious west wind chop.
Thanks also to Nicholas and Faster/Farther for the support.

Larry Bussinger

04/29/19 #24756

I need to find out what Putnam is doing to paddle so well. I used to be able to keep him in sight. At least i can still see Remmler; if i use binoculars.

Bob Putnam

04/29/19 #24758

LB: A week in Maui doing Maliko runs never hurt anyone!

Larry Bussinger
04/29/19 #24762

Good God!! It definitely worked. Nice race. I’m going to miss the Deep Cove race but hope to make a good showing at the Canadian Champs and Gorge races now that i slip into the 70 age group. The barnacles are going to the Gorge June 26 thru weekend for practice.

Larry Bussinger

DHC for Canada
Bob Putnam
04/29/19 #24757

Great Race on Sunday. Big Thanks to John R and his team for putting on a fun and friendly event. Mark March 11 on your calendar for the Board the Fjord in Deep Cove. The second part of Think International Surfski Challenge. We'll be serving Burritos n Beer!

Most of Team Canada came down on Saturday to enjoy some Bellingham Craft Beer Culture…you know paddling = beer! This was my second B'Ham race of the year. With the Not So Rough Water race being the first. I had a disappointing performance in that one, where I believe I caught a “mental weed” so I was hoping to put in a better performance and represent Canada for the DHC. #1 beat Josh Dyck, #2 beat Josh Dyck! Ha!! Mission accomplished! Seems like an Epic Weedless Rudder and a monster weed guard that would cut the tentacles off a menacing octopus did the job. I was wash riding double OC team of Power/Gerstl and SS double Raymond/Rademacher. Essentially surfing on the wakes. My Epic V12 did a great job. Josh and the my other young upstart rival from Canada Connor Curson, both succumb to the weeds of B-Bay. Thank you Weeds and Chock one up for the old guys!!

Kelowna Paddling Centre was well represented by Sally and Moose Wallick and Greg Redman. Our Vancouver Island contingent was missing as the traditional DHC date conflicts with the Van Island Snow to Surf Race in Comox. BTW the Kelowna Crew is hosting the Kelowna Waterman which will be well attended by Vancouver folk. Its a great weekend of paddling in all disciplines OC Surfski and SUP.

Rod Hope got mugged by an OC6. Hanging out in the wrong part of town. It was like one of those cop chase scenes filmed from a helicopter with the fugitive leaving a path of destruction in their wake. I'm sure there's two sides to every story but from Rod's perspective it was “JPA” “I was Just Padding Along, and this Iako clocked me in the back of my head and then I was stuck between the Ama and the Canoe.” All boats came to a stop and the Jaws of Life were used to extricate Rod from the tangle. At least he has a good story to tell.

A cold NW Breeze kicked up after the race which deterred people from hanging around. Team Canada went to indulge in more Craft Beer.

If you are looking to pick up a new Epic Surfski, Coast Outdoors is representing Epic Kayaks in the Bellingham Area with Steve Scoggins. We have a good selection of Epic Surfskis in Bellingham with some demos. Including the new G3 V10 a great stable surf machine. Give myself or Steve a shout.

Thanks again for a great event and I hope to see you in Deep Cove on May 11.
Cheers
Bob

allipp@…
04/29/19 #24759

I'm guessing you meant May 11 rather than March 11?

Dale McKinnon
04/29/19 #24760

March 11? What year…?

Bob Putnam
04/29/19 #24761

Yes Thanks Alan and Dale! May 11.