Pre-Varsities Downriver Race

Sean Mc · January 28, 2009, 10:46:17

I- Canoe Sluice Downriver sprint Sunday 8th Feb.
Entries close at 12:30, race at 1pm.
Last chance to get practice and some real competition in advance of this year's Intervarsities.
All welcome!

See http://www.canoe.ie/Home/EventsNews/tabid/1354/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/22/The-Sluice-Wild-Water-Sprint-Race.aspx for info.

There will be some wavehoppers available to share at the race, just for an idea of numbers could people contact Martin McCarthy on 085-1742261 or mmccarthy@eircom.ie if they will be needing to borrow a boat.

I'd recommend that anyone who's paddling this event at the varsities should get along to the sluice on 7th Feb for some race practice.

c ya there,
Sean Mc

Evan · January 28, 2009, 10:56:08

Sunday is the 8th, not the 7th

kmck · January 28, 2009, 11:00:44

They are training on the seventh, really good lads well worth a trip to have a go even if you end up swiming

Evan · January 28, 2009, 11:12:00

From what I hear its really difficult to end up swimming if you're paddling a wavehopper. Kieran...

Mark · January 28, 2009, 12:05:39

You should paddle a wavehopper before making statements like that evan.

Nuala · January 28, 2009, 12:15:16

It sounds cool. I'll be happy to give it a go.

Evan · January 28, 2009, 12:18:31

I'm not saying that I wouldn't swim. I'd probably go over as soon as I got in the thing. I'm just saying that I've been told by people who have paddled them that they are fantastically difficult to capsize on account of the little wing things on the sides and equally difficult to roll back up for the exact same reason.

Sara · January 28, 2009, 14:12:32

They call them wibbly wobbly's for a reason!

Sara

Evan · January 28, 2009, 14:34:05

Quote from: Sara on January 28, 2009, 14:12:32
They call them wibbly wobbly's for a reason!

Sara

But not wibbly wobbly topplys

kmck · January 28, 2009, 15:39:14

Any of us who tried them out will tell you they are not easy to paddle at first. I swam on flat water for the first time ever in one. I didn't even mange that when I started learning to paddle.