Cape Point Challenge is one of those races that every ski paddler needs to do.
There is nothing easy about it,if there is any wind it means you have to go into it at some stage as the course is normally from the west coast of Cape Of Good Hope (Atlantic sea) to the East coast (Indian Ocean )
This year the race committee had to change the course as the swell was to big and meant it would be too dangerous to paddle on the west coast ,we had to paddle inside False Bay starting from Simon s Town to Cape Point and back.
This meant we were exposed to 25 km of headwind with no shelter then turning at Cape Point for the downwind leg home.
Cape Point
There was a Big bunch of paddlers in A Batch at the start with the same race plan " Sit on tail slip as long as possible to conserve your energy levels for the downwind leg "
Start of Cape Point Challenge 2013 A Batch
Coach Lee started with A Batch along side Hank .
Last Time they raced together here was 1995 defending their title from 1993
Coach Lee Ready To Go
Headwind Leg was tough ,cold ,windy and of course Sharky
Hank pushing the pace with Jasper & Sean
Turn Mark at Cape Point ,Hank turns first
Surf Time on Downwind Leg
Hank had a great downwind Leg home back to Fish Hoek Finish to win overall in 3 hours 41
Coach Lee finished 16th in the singles and won the masters having the fastest Vet time as well.
Win # 4 for Hank in the singles category
There is nothing easy about it,if there is any wind it means you have to go into it at some stage as the course is normally from the west coast of Cape Of Good Hope (Atlantic sea) to the East coast (Indian Ocean )
This year the race committee had to change the course as the swell was to big and meant it would be too dangerous to paddle on the west coast ,we had to paddle inside False Bay starting from Simon s Town to Cape Point and back.
This meant we were exposed to 25 km of headwind with no shelter then turning at Cape Point for the downwind leg home.
There was a Big bunch of paddlers in A Batch at the start with the same race plan " Sit on tail slip as long as possible to conserve your energy levels for the downwind leg "
Coach Lee started with A Batch along side Hank .
Last Time they raced together here was 1995 defending their title from 1993
Headwind Leg was tough ,cold ,windy and of course Sharky
Hank had a great downwind Leg home back to Fish Hoek Finish to win overall in 3 hours 41
Coach Lee finished 16th in the singles and won the masters having the fastest Vet time as well.
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