Southern California Hobie Kayak Regatta on March 29, 2008

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Southern California Hobie Kayak Regatta #1 at Dana Point Harbor on Saturday, March 29, 2008

Dana Point Hobie Kayakers are proud to announce the first Southern California Hobie Kayak Regatta. The Hobie Mirage Adventure Islands will be the featured class in this regatta, but there will also be a class for the Hobie Mirage smaller sail kayaks and a pedal only (no sail) kayak class.

Course: 4 Miles Just outside of Dana Point Harbor.
Check in with the Dana Point Kayakers Race Committee at 11:00AM

For more information, please email [email protected]

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Hey the Kayak Regatta at the end of March sounds great!

I am helping organize a Hobie Cat regatta at Doheny on Oct 4-5, 2008.

One of our sponsors, Dana Point Yacht Club and the local kayak dealer are hoping to put on a concurrent kayak event. We'd love to get you involved.

Who do I contact in your kayak group?

Here is our contact info:

Shauna Kinney
Hobie 40th Anniversary Sponsorships
760-208-4663 (after 2 PM Pacific time)
[email protected]

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Shauna (McGee) Kinney
760-208-4663 (After 4 PM)
SKYPE shaunamcgee2000

Want to crew? Want to race? Under 150 lbs and athletic? No exp. required. Contact me!

Sounds great. I'll like to help with the concurrent kayak regatta. I'll talk with Tim at Dana Point Jet Ski and maybe he can help us in this event, too.

Kirk
Dana Point Hobie Kayakers
[email protected]

Click on the link below for final race results and pictures:

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Thanks to everyone who participated in this event. It was a wonderful regatta day at Dana Point and the competition was very good. Congrats to the winners below:

Pedaling Class
1st Place - Ron Critchley (San Diego, CA) - Time: 54:13
2nd Place - Dan Ketterman (San Diego, CA) - Time: 55:13

Standard Sail Class
1st Place - John Hopkins (Orange County, CA) - Time: 31:20
2nd Place - Corky Aucremon (Inland Empire, CA) - Time: 31:22

Adventure Island Class
1st Place - Roy de Koning (Orange County, CA) - Time: 37:10
2nd Place - Mark Eastham (Northern California) - Time: 37:40

This official score sheet (will all participants’ race times) and regatta event pictures will be featured at Dana Point Jet Ski.

Kirk, great job with the Regatta! With a strong contingent driving down from Central California, the AI fleet looked very competitive! Additionally, the small sail and pedaling events offered something for everyone!

Tim and Chris at Dana Point Jet Ski and Kayak Center were great hosts, providing parking and launching facilities in an otherwise very congested harbor and prizes for the events.

The weather was perfect and it looked like everyone had an enjoyable time! Thanks to you and the Dana Point Hobie Kayakers for a splendid event!

It was wonderful that folks drove all the way down from Central California just for this event. (':wink:')

I would like to thank Ron Critchley for the wonderful water shots. His regatta pictures are now posted online for everyone to view/download. Click here: http://web.mac.com/kdbundy1/Site_2/Photos.html

It looks like the next event (Southern California Hobie Kayak Event #2) maybe on the San Diego Harbor (South Bay) sometime in August. I'm working out the details with the SCUZBUMS ( http://scuzbums.org/ ). Annie Kolls said we are welcome to join them for their small boat regatta. I'll post details at a later date. Stay tuned!

Kirk

P.S. Don't forget the big 40th Annual Hobie Cat and kayak event on Oct. 4th. Dana Point Yacht Club, D.P. Jet Ski and Hobie are putting on this event.

The Hobie kayak regatta on March 29 at Dana Point was a success!

Thanks to the Dana Point Hobie Kayakers for hosting this event. We really enjoyed meeting you all and the conditions were absolutely beautiful.
Todd Craig
(Part of the Sacramento area contingent)

Hi Todd,

It was great having the Northern California kayakers participating in this event.

We hope to see you at our next event in August in San Diego (Fiddler's Cove, Coronado Island). We will be partnering EVENT #2 with the SCUZBUMS ( http://www.scuzbums.org/ ) Details will be posted soon.



Kirk