This was my sister Cathi's first long-distance canoe race. She competed in Regatta (short) distance season for Outrigger Canoe Club's Women Novice A Team, and now she is competing in the long-distance race season.
This race was on August 24, 2008. Named Dad's Center Race (don't ask me where they got the name) started at Kailua Beach and ended at the Outrigger Canoe Club, for a total distance of 25 miles, with relief changes. It is an Open Women's Race, with 49 crews entering this year. Hui Lanakila came in first this year, followed by Team Bradley. Outrigger Women's Masters Crew finished fourth overall, and Cathi's crew, Women Novice A finished 19th overall.
Cathi's crew also raced this weekend's Queen Lili'uokalani Long-Distance Race in Kailua-Kona. That race was 18 miles (no relief changes) from Kailua Bay to Honaunau. Cathi's crew came in 16th overall, out of approximately 135 women's crews that entered, and 4th overall in the Koa Canoe division.
The long-distance season will culminate with the Na Wahine O Ke Kai on September 28, 2008; a race from Moloka'i to O'ahu, across the Ka'iwi channel.
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