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FGPC’S ANNUAL HIGH-STAKES RELAY CIRCUIT: OC6 CREWS OF 9-12 PADDLERS CAN TEST THEIR SKILL AND ENDURANCE OVER A MULTI-TURN RELAY COURSE WITH OPTIONS TO SUIT EVERY SKILL LEVEL. FGPC’S WETDASHE RACE WILL CONTRIBUTE THE EVENT’S NET RAFFLE PROCEEDS TO THE BC CANCER AGENCY AND THE ISLAND PROSTATE CENTRE IN SUPPORT OF MEN’S HEALTH.

OPTION 1: Chevron
Chevron teams commit to either 12km or 24km (4 or 8 x 3km relay laps) over one heat (morning or afternoon).

OPTION 2: Walrus
Walrus teams commit to 48km (16 x 3km relay laps) over two half days (48km teams can choose preferred AM/PM time slots).

OPTION 3: Imperial
Imperial teams commit to 96km (16 x 6km relay laps) over two full days (8 laps per day, with lunch breaks).

ALL TEAMS, regardless of selected distance category, race concurrently over available heats during the Wetdashe weekend. Choose your distance and preferred race day/s and then line up to race against the clock and each other, passing—and being passed by—rival relay teams. FGPC race timers track the performance of all crews and their distances simultaneously. 12 and 24km distance teams (“Chevron”) race over one heat with a race start on Saturday or Sunday morning or afternoon by request, first-come, first-served. 48km distance teams (“Walrus”) race over 2 heats, over one or two days and placed during mornings and afternoons by request. 96km racers (“Imperial”) race across all mornings and afternoons of the weekend. Regardless of distance, rosters must be comprised of 9 to 12 pre-registered mixed paddlers. 18 paddlers are permitted providing they pre-register and pay an additional $25 per paddler to cover costs of administration and additional tech “Wetdashe” race shirts. Non-compliant mixed crews (e.g. with more men than women) can choose to race exhibition.

All pre-registered participants are eligible for prizes drawn over lunch breaks on both racing days and are encouraged to participate in the Wetdashe Men’s Health Raffle, with chances to win a variety of brand-name paddling paraphernalia. Interim leaderboard results (and winners!) will be published after racing concludes at the end of each day of racing.

OC6 BOATS ARE SUPPLIED BY FGPC AND SUPPORTING NEIGHBOURING PADDLING CLUBS. READY TO REGISTER? Gather your team, select your distance and preferred heats (first come, first served) and click here:
https://fgpaddle.com/store#!/2019-FGPC-Wet-Dashe-Outrigger-Event/p/113385497/category=0

REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 1ST

Congratulations to all Canadian athletes who represented Canada — and CORA and all of its member clubs — at the 2019 World Distance Championships in Australia. For results, click here. For a record of enthusiastic updates on the experience of our fellow Canadians, click here. Please join the CORA board in thanking the organizers of the 2019 championships, as well as participating athletes from around the world — with special thanks to our very own Canadian paddlers. Paddles up!

Welcome to CORA’s new website. If you have have recently posted or replied to a forum entry on the “old” website, please take a few minutes to review the appropriate forum, locate your post, and then register (or log in if you’ve already registered for forum use on the new site) and post an update about your post. In other words, has the item been sold? Did you find your spare paddler? We need your help to re-engage in current forum topics we had to “break” when we migrated them over to the new website. In cases where people would like to contact someone who replied to an archived post and can’t because the person who made the post is not identified in the transplanted entries, please email us at info@canadianoutrigger.ca and we will retrieve the contact information you require.

We are confident that CORA members will benefit from the improved functionality, interactivity and security made available to our members through these new forum platforms, as well as the option for members to take discussions private as they wish (for sales transactions, for example). This new private feature is available on the main forum menu — look for the button that says “Private Message” and proceed as prompted.