CORA News

Join Latitude 48 Paddling Club for Bridges 2024, a fast paced 5km race on the Gorge Waterway in Victoria, BC.

On Saturday, OC6 heats will run throughout the day (9:00am to 3:00pm) with divisions for novices, men, women, mixed and junior crews. Gender and mixed crews will run separately, allowing paddlers to race in multiple divisions. The race goes up the Gorge Waterway, with a turn just before Tillicum narrows to head back to the start/finish line. Canoes for the OC6 race are provided, just bring your crew, paddles and pfd! PFDs must be Canadian Coast Guard Certified. Cost is $20 per paddler/$120 per crew.

OC6 Registration closes Sept. 27^th, 11:00 p.m. or when the race grid is full, whichever comes first!

On Sunday, bring your own small boat to race the Inny (5 km race in protected waters waters ideal for new racers, marathon canoes and even experienced paddlers that want a shorter distance. The race goes up the Gorge Waterway, with a turn just before Tillicum narrows to head back to the start/finish line. Cost is $20 per paddler.

Inny Registration closes Oct. 5, 6:00 p.m.

Or race the Outty (12 km race that heads out of the Victoria harbour to run along the island’s coast). Course may be modified on race day depending on wind and wave conditions. modifications on race day should conditions be too big for most.

Outty Registration closes Oct. 5, 6:00 p.m.

Welcome to Wetdashe 2024, a “DRY” CHANGE RACE, which means 6-person crews hotswap on the dock with their team mates at the end of each 3km sprint lap. Dock-change times are included in your team’s aggregate time, so efficient changes get the best results.

NEW: BC Wetdashe teams raised $11,400 for the BC Cancer Foundation.
RACE RESULTS: CLICK HERE to download results or visit www.wetdashe.com

Boats: Both Spec & Ultralight options are available: spec boats supplied for 12 & 24km distances; ultralights supplied for 48km distances.

Race Distances: Three distances to choose from: 12km (4-Lap Short Course) or 24km (8-Lap) or 48km – 16 lap (running concurrently based on advance crew registrations for one of these three distances).

Race Categories: Classic women’s and/or mixed (no less than three women must be in the canoe at any one time); or exhibition crews (e.g. all-male crews or crews with over-quota males) can register and race along with mixed crews with results logged in the “exhibition” category.

Race fees come with souvenir race shirts (ordered in advance in preferred sizes) and plenty of prizes and awards. Early-registering teams will have the best chances to choose the mornings or afternoons of their choice (Saturday tends to sell out quickly).

Want to increase your chance of a podium finish? Raise money for men’s health through FGPC’s “Make Every Second Count” campaign, a team-based fundraiser that contributes tax-deductible donations through the BC Cancer Foundation.

CORA recognized that there were many individuals who had made “Significant and Exemplary Contributions” to Canadian outrigger canoeing, but their stories had never been captured, and they had never been formally recognized. CORA spent January 2021 thru June 2024 tracking down this history, and fact-checking as best as possible the exploits of those individuals who founded CORA, who founded / nurtured CORA clubs, who inaugurated / perpetuated races, who excelled at IVF / Molokai / Catalina / Queen Liliuokalani events, and who designed / built / imported / distributed canoes to grow the sport.

As of the September 2024 CORA Board Meeting, the CORA Awards Committee communicated the outcome of the Canadian Outrigger 2024 Hall Of Fame Process to the CORA Executive, such that there were 6 individuals inducted into the Canadian Outrigger Hall Of Fame for 2024.

CORA is hoping that Penticton Paddle Sports Association will graciously offer to host a Canadian Outrigger Canoeing Hall Of Fame presentation for the 6 inductees at the Lotus CORA Cup Series Championships Iron event on the September 28/29 weekend to recognize these individuals. CORA will have an online Town Hall in November of this year to recognize the inductees for 2024. CORA invites individuals who have known these Inductees to speak on their behalf at the November 2024 virtual Town Hall session.

CORA wishes to congratulate the 6 Canadian Outrigger Hall Of Fame 2024 Inductees:

• Bob Stewart (Vancouver, BC)
• Janet Davis (Oakville, ON)
• Laurel Archer (Comox, BC)
• Ron Dickinson (Halfmoon Bay, BC)
• Ron Zander Williams (Toronto, ON)
• Zoe Norcross-Nu’u (Comox, BC)

You can visit the CORA website and view the “Virtual Hall Of Fame” that has the names / headshots of the 6 individuals inducted this year and links to a 3-page PDF that has their contributions in 2-pages and a 1-page set of references on every online article that CORA could find where they were mentioned.