It is a quiet time of year with the 2024 CORA AGM, 2024 Christmas, and 2025 New Years Day now behind us, and the first 2025 CORA Sanctioned Event (Jericho PNWORCA / CORA Winter Series small-boat race) just ahead of us. The CORA Historical Committee is making the most of this quiet time to get caught up on long overdue tales.
The CORA Historical Committee published an article in Spring 2023 titled Team Cascadia – Paddlers Without Borders that captured four racing events (Molokai Hoe 2019; Catalina Crossing 2016; Queen Liliuokalani 2015; Molokai Na Wahine 2013) where paddlers from Oregon / Washington / Hawaii / Canada formed international crews to compete against some of the best crews in the world – and did very well.
That CORA website article generated some commentary and several members of Team Cascadia shared the back story on how this whole concept came to be from back in 2011. While you have some quiet time in your training for 2025, have a read of the Team Cascadia – Origins article which provides background on this contingent of paddlers from Oregon / Washington / Hawaii / Canada who had excellent showings at Pailolo and Molokai Hoe from 2012-2018.