I know that this is a bit belated but many thanks to Margaret and Derek for arranging the race.
regards
Paul Weber
Wednesday, October 05, 2011
Monday, September 26, 2011
Kayak Race Results
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| Start of the race at Long Beach Simons Town |
| Name | Time | Av speed kph | % of winner |
LONG COURSE - 11.7 km | |||
| KAYAKS | |||
| Derek Goldman | 01:12:27 | 9.7 | 100% |
| Ryno Lamont | 01:13:26 | 9.6 | 101% |
| Mark Webb | 01:17:00 | 9.1 | 106% |
| Basil Thomas | 01:19:38 | 8.8 | 110% |
| Anton Kryshaar | 01:23:49 | 8.4 | 116% |
| Chris Kruyshaar | 01:25:07 | 8.2 | 117% |
| Paul Weber | 01:26:04 | 8.2 | 119% |
| Hendrik vd Heever | 01:26:57 | 8.1 | 120% |
| Mike van Huysen | 01:28:19 | 7.9 | 122% |
| Rob Hewitson | 01:29:10 | 7.9 | 123% |
| John Laurence | 01:31:29 | 7.7 | 126% |
| Paul Whitmill | 01:37:28 | 7.2 | 135% |
| Geordie Kohler (Rowing) | 01:40:15 | 7.0 | 138% |
| Willy Steenkamp | 01:52:03 | 6.3 | 155% |
| Emile Kruger & Partner | 01:22:32 | 8.5 | 114% |
| Jurgen Briegel & Partner | 01:50:33 | 6.4 | 153% |
| WOMEN | |||
| Viv van der Heyden | 01:45:29 | 6.7 | 100% |
SURFSKIS | |||
| Andrew Turner | 01:01:45 | 11.4 | 100% |
| Mark Beck | 01:02:47 | 11.2 | 102% |
| Paul Jenkins | 01:03:04 | 11.1 | 102% |
| Mike Van Wieringen | 01:17:12 | 9.1 | 125% |
| Mark Coram (Surfski) | 01:17:19 | 9.1 | 125% |
| Wayne Coram (Surfski) | 01:19:20 | 8.8 | 128% |
| WOMEN | |||
| Kim Kruyshaar | 01:29:31 | 7.8 | 100% |
| SHORT COURSE - 6.3 km | |||
| KAYAKS | |||
| Christo van Schalkwyk | 00:49:25 | 7.6 | 100% |
| Dermot Magowan | 00:49:29 | 7.6 | 100% |
| Sean Burr | 00:50:07 | 7.5 | 101% |
| Marco Schiess | 00:50:44 | 7.5 | 103% |
| Roger Steven-Jennings | 00:56:28 | 6.7 | 114% |
| Sandy McLea | 00:59:46 | 6.3 | 121% |
| Bart McLea | 01:00:19 | 6.3 | 122% |
| David Kohler (Rowing) | 01:14:03 | 5.1 | 150% |
| Ian Lints & Roger Creswell | 00:50:10 | 7.5 | 102% |
| SURFSKIS | |||
| Andre/ClaireLaure (Double ski) | 00:37:44 | 10.0 | 100% |
| Andrew D'Legg (Surfski) | 00:48:08 | 7.9 | 128% |
| Paul Lotter (Surfski) | 00:52:12 | 7.2 | 138% |
| Barbara Calothi (Surfski) | 00:56:49 | 6.7 | 151% |
Monday, August 22, 2011
More animal encounters
I have had two separate interesting encounters in the last week.
The first was near Boulders penguin beach with these harmless sharks:
And then this cormorant decided to use me as a taxi:
The first was near Boulders penguin beach with these harmless sharks:
And then this cormorant decided to use me as a taxi:
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
How good is Google Earth?
When Google Earth first came out I was gobsmacked (I was also awestruck but awesome is such an overused word) but heck it is an awesome program - and it's free! People use it all the time now when planning hikes and paddles, two guys paddled the length of the Orange River and collaged together the whole river from Google Earth printouts to help them plan.
Then came Google Street View and people tried to get themselves into these shots or if they were lucky/unlucky were in them anyway. Here's the street view of our jetty where regulars will recognise the blurs that are the card guard and vendors who work there.
Now I imagine few people can say they that they are visible in Google Earth but I am! - well anyway I recognise the smudge that is me but nobody else would! Below is the wide shot of the jetty and yacht club and further below are the blow-ups of the marked rectangles.
The yellow circles highlight two of the white double kayaks we take day trippers on, seen in the top picture, and in the red circle is me leading the group back.
But the point here is not to boast and this post is really all about this last picture.
Behind the kayak you can see some circles which is movement from the paddle strokes in the water! Now that I think is awesome!! And that the use of all these exclamation marks is fully justified!
Then came Google Street View and people tried to get themselves into these shots or if they were lucky/unlucky were in them anyway. Here's the street view of our jetty where regulars will recognise the blurs that are the card guard and vendors who work there.
Now I imagine few people can say they that they are visible in Google Earth but I am! - well anyway I recognise the smudge that is me but nobody else would! Below is the wide shot of the jetty and yacht club and further below are the blow-ups of the marked rectangles.
The yellow circles highlight two of the white double kayaks we take day trippers on, seen in the top picture, and in the red circle is me leading the group back.
Behind the kayak you can see some circles which is movement from the paddle strokes in the water! Now that I think is awesome!! And that the use of all these exclamation marks is fully justified!
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Another lousy winter day in Cape Town - not :)
We have had some magnificent winter days here in False Bay and here are some pictures taken on four of them. Click on the pics to enlarge.
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| Chose not go paddling this day of 20 foot swells and instead went to take pics of the surfers near Cape Point |
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| ...and a Southern Right Whale popped up to check them out |
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