Thu - January 1, 2004

2004 race



This was the first year of the virtual race. I started to post my entries in July, then other paddlers joined. We raced only 5 miles in 2004. 28 entries.

5 mile race


date paddler boat paddle distance
[miles]
time
[hours]
average/max speed [mph]
HRM
location
conditions
7/6/04 Marek Uliasz
Ft.Collins,CO
Sisson Nucleus QuickBlade Proton wing 5.02 52:02 5.79
7.2
138
Beaver Pond,
light wind, calm, ~5.5 laps
7/10/04 Marek Uliasz
Ft.Collins,CO
Patuxent QuickBlade Proton wing 5:01 53:04 5.64
7.0
138
Beaver Pond
light wind, calm, ~5.5 laps
7/15/04 Marek Uliasz
Ft.Collins,CO
Sisson Nucleus QuickBlade Proton wing 5.00 51:45 5.78
7.2
146
Beaver Pond
variable wind 0-15m/s, ~5.5 laps
7/24/04 Marek Uliasz
Ft.Collins,CO
Sisson Nucleus QuickBlade Proton wing 5.01 51:28 5.84
7.1
143
Beaver Pond
wind 5-10m/s, ~5.5 laps
7/26/04 Jerry Nolan
Grand Junction,CO
X-boat wing 5.00 51:53 5.78
6.8
--
Connected Lakes State Park
some wind
~4 laps
7/28/04 Mark Webber
Sag Harbor, NY
fiberglass Orion K1 by Wenonah
5.00 45:51 6.54
--
--
with/against current in shallow tidal ponds, 5 mph wind, 1 lap
7/29/04 Jerry Nolan
Grand Junction,CO
Wildwater Prijon87 wing 5.00 50:10 5.98
6.8
--
Connected Lakes State Park, calm, ~4 laps
8/5/04 Marek Uliasz
Ft.Collins,CO
Sisson Nucleus QuickBlade Proton wing 5.00 50:18 5.96
7.0
145
Beaver Pond, calm, ~5.5 laps
8/5/04 Marek Uliasz
Ft.Collins,CO
Spencer X-treme QuickBlade Proton wing 5.02 53:22 5.64
7.4
133
Beaver Pond, light wind/calm, ~5.5 laps
8/10/04 Mark Webber
Sag Harbor, NY
wooden Struer K1
5.00 43:39 6.87
7.5
--
~ 5 mph wind, a tight circular lake course
~ 1.2-1.5 mile circle
8/10/04 Hans Friedel
Surahammar, Sweden
Friedel ICF training kayak Kober/Moll wing 5.00 ~52:00 5.8
6.9
--
Lake Östersjön, calm, 2 laps
8/12/04 Richard Ameen
Cypress, Texas
Spencer
X-treme
2/3 Epic carbon
+ 1/3 Zaveral
5.00 58:18 5.15
--
119
Cypress Rosehill competition water ski site, maiden paddling with a new boat, 6 laps
8/13/04 Ken Katz
Nordic Arrow Epic wing 5.00
6.6
7.5
151
Gulf Islands, British Columbia; circular course in a slack tide
8/15/04 Kudzu
North Carolina
RM Tempest 165 kayak Werner San Juan 5.00 59:10 5.07
5.6
--
drizzle / light breezes, 1 lap
8/25/02 Andy Waddington
North Wales
UK
Geyrfugl
5/6 scale Great Auk
Lendal straight carbon shaft, nylon Nordkapp blades 5.04 58:52 5.14
7.0
--
Lake Bala, calm, overloaded kayak
8/28/2004 Kudzu
North Carolina
RM Tempest 165 kayak Werner San Juan 5.00 58:37 5.21
5.5
--
calm, some boat wakes, large reservoir, 1 lap
8/28/04 Robert N Pruden
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Waters Dancing Lightning 17 Grey Owl Sirrocco double-bladed wooden paddle 5.02 58:58 5.09
--
--
Lake Wabumun, strong winds (~20 knots), average waves 1.5' with occasional 2-3'
8/29/04 Marek Uliasz
Ft.Collins,CO
Spencer X-treme QuickBlade Proton wing 5.31 54:21 5.86
--
138
Beaver Pond. calm, finishing in darkness just before a full moon rise, ~5 laps
9/17/2004 Marek Uliasz
Ft.Collins,CO
Spencer X-treme QuickBlade Proton wing 5.00 50:45 5.91
--
142
Lone Tree Reservoir calm, ~1.5 laps

Dave Bartell
TX
Spencer X-treme
~5.00
~6.5
--
--
lake

Dave Bartell
TX
Fenn Mako XT
~5.00
~6.8
--
--
lake
9/22/04 Jerry Nolan
Grand Junction,CO
X-boat wing 5.00 49:28 6.06
--
--
Connected Lakes State Park, some wind, ~4 laps
10/04/04 Richard Ameen
Cypress, Texas
Spencer
X-treme
2/3 Epic carbon
+ 1/3 Zaveral
5.00 55:35 5.40
--
--
Cypress Rosehill competition water ski site, 6 laps
10/10/04 Marek Uliasz
Ft.Collins,CO
Sisson Nucleus QuickBlade Proton wing 5.00 49.20 6.08
7.5
142
Beaver Pond, calm, light wind, ~5 laps
10/13/04 Mark Webber
Sag Harbor, NY
K1 Nelo Razor wing 5.00 46:10 6.50
8.37
145
1 lap
10/23/04 Dan Murn
Pulaski, NY
Dagger Essox Patasi medium wing 212 cm 5.21 47:00 6.65
8.2
167
Erie canal, Macedon, NY. Out and back course. Tail wind to start 15-25 mph, head wind and leaves on the way back
11/08/04 Marek Uliasz
Ft.Collins,CO
Sisson Nucleus QuickBlade Proton wing 5.06 50.40 6.00
7.8
147
Beaver Pond, calm, ~5 laps
11/20/04 Andrew Folpe
Atlanta, GA
Custom Kayaks mark 1 surfski Epic mid wing 5.00 44:02 6.81
--
--
Lake Lanier, calm, 63F and cloudy, first 3.5 miles flat/no wind, last 1.5 miles headwind/ beam chop for 1 mile, timed on a Garmin Forerunner GPS, total mileage 12.3 miles, ~1:58h

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