Don’t miss the 2016 Kai Ikaika winter series race coming up on Saturday, March 19th! Dues to a last-minute construction update from PGE, we have moved the race from our traditional spot in downtown Portland (on the west bank of the Willamette River across from the River Place Marina) to just a few minute south at George Rogers Park in Lake Oswego. Please see the details below. Hope to see you all there!
Thank you to Mountain Home Canoe Club for hosting the third installment of the 2016 Winter Series. Details for the race are below. See you all out on the water!
Date: Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016
Where: Louis Rasmussen Park, 268 Hendrickson, Kalama WA 98625
Race Description: The race is on a very fast course with strong downstream currents in the main channel and weaker upstream currents in a back channel behind Sand Island. It will start/finish about ½ mile upstream from the world’s tallest totem pole and proceed downstream to the bottom of Sand Island. It will continue behind the island to its upper end and finish on a downstream leg to the start/finish line. The course is approx. 6.0 miles. This is the 3rd of 7 races in the Winter Series, with the first 5 place finishers in each division earning points for end of season awards.
Registration: This is a PNW-ORCA race, insured by ACA and will follow their safety procedures. All participants must register and sign the ACA waiver.
Non-ACA paddlers must complete the ACA Event Only Application and waiver in order to enter race and pay the $10 additional fee.
Host Club: Mountain Home Canoe Club – Contact craig.alan.holt@gmail.com (Race Director Craig Holt, 503.703.1108)
Facilities: The start beach can be reached by vehicle for off -loading boats with nearby blacktop off road parking. There is one porta-john at the start beach, with additional permanent restroom, changing and shower facilities also in the park. Hot soup and bread provided at no charge to all racers.
Entry Fee: $15.00 per paddler.
Race Schedule:
9:00am Registration table opens
10:30am Safety and Paddlers’ meeting
11:00am Race start
1:00pm Awards and soup
Directions: Race registration is on the south end of Louis Rasmussen Park 268 Hendrickson, Kalama, WA 98625.
Very easy access and return from I-5
Approaching from the north on I-5:
Take Exit 30 toward Kalama 0.4 mi
Turn right onto OAK ST 0.05 mi
Take 1st Left on HENDRICKSON DR 0.9 mi
Again 1st Left on HENDRICKSON DR 0.08 mi
Approaching from the south on I-5:
Take Exit 27 toward TODD RD 0.3 mi
Turn left onto ROBB RD 0.1 mi
Turn Right onto to TOEFF RD 0.2 mi
Take 1st Right onto N HENDRICKSON DR.1.9 mi
Kai Ikaika competed in the Gorge Outrigger Races over the weekend, hosted by WaterWalker. The water conditions were uncharacteristically FLAT this year with a surprising east wind which made the normally downwinder portion of the race an “upwinder” against the current. On top of that, the weather was hot, hot hot! – with temperatures soaring to near triple digits by the end of the mixed and women’s races. Many kudos go out to all the teams that competed this year and slogged through the hot, mucky race course. Thankfully, the wind picked back up a little and many folks got a few downwind runs in on small boats and SUPS on Sunday.
Kai Ikaika men took third overall and second place in the Men’s Masters division with a time of 1:12:42. A second Kai Ikaika Men’s Masters team placed 4th in the division with a time of 1:18:10. View a complete list of the men’s results here.
Kai Ikaika women came in fourth with a time of 1:30:50 and the Kai Ikaika mixed crew took 6th in their division with a time of 1:28:56. View a complete list of the women’s and mixed race results here.
As usual the weekend was full of good times, great friends and lots of camping fun with our paddling Ohana. Can’t wait for next year… fingers crossed that we’ll get some wind in 2016.
A few race shots from our good friends over at Outrigger Zone.
