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Silverdale Race Report
lori & beau whitehead
02/19/17 #20680
About 45 boats lined up for yesterdays super flat 6 mile race in Silverdale WA. Hard to make a flatwater slog sound exciting, but I'll try….. The usual first 1/4 mile of sorting out and going anaerobic before things started to sort out. Jumping into a blistering solo lead was Mooney in a surf ski, followed by an unlimited 6-man outrigger followed by Alan and my self in the OC2. Stuck to us like glue was the Chuck Norris X 2 duo of Pete Wells & Biggs in their OC2. Try as we might, I didn't think we'd ever shake them.
Somewhere close by was Kevin Olney on his ski. About 2 miles in, a tiny set of bumps came along, probably from a safety boat, and Alan & I surged to surf the ripple, momentarily shaking free Wells & Biggs. At this point Olney said “thank you very much” and took their spot on our stern. After the turn at mile 3, Olney pulled up next to us and drafted our bow or ama wake, not sure which. Being the nice guy he is, he gave us GPS speed reports. Said we were going 7.5 on the way south with the tide, now against the tide we were going 7.0. At some point Kevin said he was happy to finish next to us and wouldn't sprint us at the finish. To which I said, I'd be happy for a gentleman like him to try his best, and we wouldn't mind. But, true to his word, he cruised in next to us. And thats how it ended, Mooney, 6-man, Alan/Whitehead at 51:08, Olney, then Wells/Biggs a very respectable 60 seconds behind us. More Pete Wells legends to follow I'm sure…
Just a few minutes back Bellinghamsters Peter M, Mike H, Brian Smart, and others were fighting for the other spots. (…..)
Very moving memorial before hand for paddler Lance Kahn & Auntie Jean Cabunoc, including all the racers circling Lance's 6-man canoe and throwing flowers in the water and raising paddles to the sky. Lance would be proud of yesterdays turn-out. Peace-out.
