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Title: FCRCC Regatta - Unofficial Results, Thoughts and Photos Post by: paddleBOT on May 08, 2005, 03:14:27 PM Unofficial FCRCC Regatta results for the final races of the day.
Championship races were in Geminis. Consolation races were in 6-16's (J) = Junior Team, (S) = Senior team Division A Championship 1. 2:11.20 FCRCC Mixed 2. 2:11.46 Pacific Reach 3. 2:12.10 ROLI Canada 1 4. 2:26.82 Swordfish Division A Consolation 1. 2:09.83 Alpha Red 2. 2:10.94 Team Ruckus 3. 2:11.38 Specialty Subaru Legacy 4. 2:25.25 False Creek Grandragons (S) Division B Championship 1. 2:19.46 False Creek Women 2. 2:21.33 FODB 3. 2:25.67 Specialty Subaru Outback 4. 2:29.03 ROLI Canada 2 Division B Consolation 1. 2:21.00 Dragon Hearts Team Ultimate 2. 2:22.66 Dragon Hearts Team Magnum (J) 3. 2:23.03 Eye of the Dragon 4. 2:44.98 Alpha Blue Division C Championship 1. 2:30.08 TD Lightning 2. 2:30.74 RGL United 3. 2:41.71 Dragon Slayers (J) DQ 2:28.25 Eric Hamber Eternal Dragons (J) Division C Consolation 1. 2:22.97 Ready Jet Go 2. 2:30.90 Nothin Dragons (S) 3. 2:36.57 BC Hydro 4. 3:02.29 Kits Water Demons (J) Division D Championship 1. 2:38.45 Burnaby Tsunami 2. 2:40.44 X-Calibre 3. 2:42.41 Splash Test Dragons 4. 3:05.81 Nothin Dragon Challenge (S) Division D Consolation 1. 2:38.54 Starbucks Waverunners 2. 2:46.43 Saggin Dragons 3. 3:02.68 False Creek Grandragons Too (S) 4. 3:05.01 The Eh Team (S) Title: FCRCC Regatta - Unofficial Results, Thoughts and Photos Post by: Rossifumi on May 08, 2005, 03:50:43 PM Thoughts, that was an awesome day of racing, too bad it started raining near the end though. Conditions on the water were pretty good if a bit windy and choppy. A cakewalk if you did White Rock a couple weeks ago though.
Some kudos are in order for the race staff and volunteers, it was a smooth running event. I think Specialty Subaru Legacy got a bit of a raw deal with a dog swimming out into their boat's path????? But they looked great out on the water. They'll be a team to watch @ Alcan. Fodb's had better races, but it was a good regatta to learn from and figure some things out. The hunt for precious time begins =) Kudos go to Swordfish and Ruckus for showing some good speed, they've both done an excellant job. :Cheers: Roli had a pretty good day too I figure. I wonder if the Roli crew will be close to repeating their performance from 2003? Hope hope hope... don't jinx... hope... Alpha Red represented quite well with a sky-high rating. Anytime someone mentioned Alpha, it was quickly followed by, 'did you see their rate? wow' I suppose it's a cue taken from some teams back east, there's one or two teams reknown for having such a high rating. False Creek Grandragons kick ass! What's more to say? Eye of the Dragon has always been a team I rooted for, they were doing good out there as well. Final Congrats go to the overall winner, FCRCC Mixed. Not that that was any surprise, but kudos to Pr and roli for hanging it right there with them. (maybe they pulled us along for the ride :wink: ) Title: FCRCC Regatta - Unofficial Results, Thoughts and Photos Post by: Angus on May 08, 2005, 09:23:58 PM Wow, there's no way that the course could have been 500m. None of the teams even came close to breaking 2:00. Recall that last year, the couse was approx 450m and LOTS of team broke 2:00.
Title: From what I know Post by: tiger on May 08, 2005, 09:53:41 PM The course is close to 500m (give or take 5 meters). Big tide, 14 feet, with the tide going out until 1PM, which means most of the races were against the tide.
If you look at the Gemini times, they are just little slower than Alcan finals and it is still early in the season. This was the first set of races for a number of the teams can't expect the best right away or have we seen the best from FCRCC, PR and Roli for this year? Remember last year there were no Gemini races all 6/16. If we look at last years Alcan results then that would make it a 6 seconds faster so FCRCC Mixed has a time around 2:05 (in 6/16 terms). Based on the results, Alcan should be another interesting year. So who has mastered the Geminis and who have not? :shock: Title: FCRCC Regatta - Unofficial Results, Thoughts and Photos Post by: Rossifumi on May 09, 2005, 07:49:20 AM GPS was likely used for the Regatta, they brought a GPS to DZ on Sat for set up.
Title: FCRCC Regatta - Unofficial Results, Thoughts and Photos Post by: hoover on May 09, 2005, 10:16:45 AM Who'd figure meeting a brown Labrador in the middle of False Creek? That's definitely a first in my paddling experience.
If there were a lane 5, that's how far Specialty Subaru had to veer off to avoid the dog; then correct back to lane 3. Welcome to racing though! Title: FCRCC Regatta - Unofficial Results, Thoughts and Photos Post by: Rossifumi on May 09, 2005, 10:49:19 AM heh, actually this did happen to me during team trials.
I was steering and cute little Mala jumped into the water to swim to her owner who was steering the other boat. I had to swerve a little bit for her. Title: FCRCC Regatta - Unofficial Results, Thoughts and Photos Post by: DBWTim on May 09, 2005, 11:20:38 AM I don't really have much to add in regards to the regatta. Races were done similar to usual setup from previous years, with racing going from Cambie Street bridge toward the TELUSphere (ScienceWorld) and Racer's Village along the south shore of False Creek.
Pretty much everyone's pre-race rankings went out the window after the first couple races. With Swordfish and Ruckus beating out FODB and the False Creek Women, repsectively. It's interesting to note that Hamber did amazingly well by ending up in the Division C championships and posting the fastest time in that heat, ahead of TD Lightning and RGL United. Too bad they got DQ'ed for leaving their assigned lane. Apparently news spreads fast and people are passing news from West out to the East. Quote from: Anonymous on East Coast Dragon Boat Forum Poor Subaru legacy in the semi ........they were heading probably to the A final when in the middle of the race course appears a dog swimming ( what were the chances of that ever happening? ) in the middle of the creek ? That was a hell of a way out from the shore for the dog ......yikes,lucky he didn't drown .Poor dogs eyes were probably huge as the d/b was bearing down on it . Watching the race fron the shore all you saw was Subaru out front and then make a hard turn to avoid collision w/ the dog and then try to get back into their lane and finsh but it cost them and ended up in the consolation A race .Next time guys ...... Here's some pictures taken with my camera. I have no idea who took some of these pictures since I handed it off to some friends to take pictures with. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/timjang/050508_FCRCCRegatta/DSCF0248.jpg) Alpha Red, heading out to the startline for their first race of the day, taken by chaos (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/timjang/050508_FCRCCRegatta/DSCF0249.jpg) Roli Canada II, taken by chaos (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/timjang/050508_FCRCCRegatta/DSCF0251.jpg) Fresh Off the Dragonboat, taken by chaos (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/timjang/050508_FCRCCRegatta/DSCF0266.jpg) Team Strathcona Dangerous When Wet Specialty Subaru Legacy and Outback's, or something like that's tent setup, taken by chaos (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/timjang/050508_FCRCCRegatta/DSCF0267.jpg) Nothin Dragon (I'm not quite sure though) ahead of BC Hydro, taken by someone... (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/timjang/050508_FCRCCRegatta/DSCF0272.jpg) Team Specialty Subaru Outback, taken by someone... (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/timjang/050508_FCRCCRegatta/DSCF0274.jpg) Team Specialty Subaru Legacy, taken by someone... (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/timjang/050508_FCRCCRegatta/DSCF0277.jpg) Division A Final Race. FCRCC Mixed on the left, Roli Canada I on the right, taken by someone... (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/timjang/050508_FCRCCRegatta/DSCF0278.jpg) Division A Final Race. Pacific Reach on the left, FCRCC Mixed on the right, taken by someone... (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/timjang/050508_FCRCCRegatta/DSCF0283.jpg) 4th Place overall, Swordfish, taken by someone... (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/timjang/050508_FCRCCRegatta/DSCF0284.jpg) 3rd Place overall, Roli Canada I, taken by someone... (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/timjang/050508_FCRCCRegatta/DSCF0279.jpg) 2nd Place overall, Pacific Reach, taken by someone... (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/timjang/050508_FCRCCRegatta/DSCF0282.jpg) Your 2005 FCRCC Regatta champions, FCRCC Mixed, taken by someone... (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v479/timjang/050508_FCRCCRegatta/DSCF0263.jpg) BUSTED!!, taken by chaos Title: FCRCC Regatta - Unofficial Results, Thoughts and Photos Post by: Kibble on May 09, 2005, 04:25:26 PM Hmm...Is it just my eyes playing tricks, or do I see only 19 paddlers in that FODB pic? :think: That might explain Swordfish squeaking in up there?
So was that intentional? :shock: :) Title: FCRCC Regatta - Unofficial Results, Thoughts and Photos Post by: Lush on May 09, 2005, 06:16:23 PM Their 20th paddler was busy wrecking havoc on another team. I believe it was Team Subaru outback. :D
Title: FCRCC Regatta - Unofficial Results, Thoughts and Photos Post by: Secret Weapon on May 09, 2005, 06:49:22 PM Nice pics b.t.w. Can anyone confirm how many women are on that Roli boat in the 'A' final? Couldn't make out if it is 6,7 or 8. I thought it looked like 7, but I could be wrong.
Title: FCRCC Regatta - Unofficial Results, Thoughts and Photos Post by: p00py p00py on May 09, 2005, 07:18:52 PM Quote from: Kibble Hmm...Is it just my eyes playing tricks, or do I see only 19 paddlers in that FODB pic? :think: That might explain Swordfish squeaking in up there? So was that intentional? :shock: :) ya, ure right, there was only 19 people as we were short-handed for this regatta and had to borrow another STRONG paddler (hi guido... :wink: :wink: :wink: ) from team masala to get our ladies up to 8. We only paddled 19 so we could rest up another paddler who was injured, which proved to be difficult as we ended up being really left heavy and from what i was told, the people on the rights had to lean out so much that they were losing balance in the boat. However, my hat goes off to swordfish as they surged from being behind and catching us at the end... Quote from: Secret Weapon Can anyone confirm how many women are on that Roli boat in the 'A' final? Couldn't make out if it is 6,7 or 8. I thought it looked like 7, but I could be wrong. ya, i did my count and only saw 7....some were wearing hats, so i couldn't tell...maybe seat 1, right side could be a girl?....hehe.... Title: FCRCC Regatta - Unofficial Results, Thoughts and Photos Post by: pbs on May 09, 2005, 08:08:57 PM Quote from: Secret Weapon Nice pics b.t.w. Can anyone confirm how many women are on that Roli boat in the 'A' final? Couldn't make out if it is 6,7 or 8. I thought it looked like 7, but I could be wrong. i think i can make out 8, but that's pretty sad if there isn't.question. were paddlers allowed to paddle for more than one team? most regattas have a rule against this, you'd think the fcrcc regatta was no different. ...but if that was a rule, to "overlook" that rule? at your own regatta? pathetic. help or no help, rules are rules. Title: FCRCC Regatta - Unofficial Results, Thoughts and Photos Post by: p00py p00py on May 09, 2005, 08:51:01 PM Quote from: pbs question. were paddlers allowed to paddle for more than one team? most regattas have a rule against this, you'd think the fcrcc regatta was no different. ...but if that was a rule, to "overlook" that rule? at your own regatta? pathetic. help or no help, rules are rules. i believe this regatta is like any "real" festival where ure not allowed to paddle for 2 teams. if ure referring to us picking up the paddler from masala, they weren't in this festival. i believe there were only 32 teams in this regatta. Title: FCRCC Regatta - Unofficial Results, Thoughts and Photos Post by: pbs on May 09, 2005, 09:10:47 PM Quote from: p00py p00py Quote from: pbs question. were paddlers allowed to paddle for more than one team? most regattas have a rule against this, you'd think the fcrcc regatta was no different. ...but if that was a rule, to "overlook" that rule? at your own regatta? pathetic. help or no help, rules are rules. i believe this regatta is like any "real" festival where ure not allowed to paddle for 2 teams. if ure referring to us picking up the paddler from masala, they weren't in this festival. i believe there were only 32 teams in this regatta. Title: FCRCC Regatta - Unofficial Results, Thoughts and Photos Post by: Angus on May 09, 2005, 09:14:56 PM I've removed my comments. Peace out.
Title: FCRCC Regatta - Unofficial Results, Thoughts and Photos Post by: Secret Weapon on May 09, 2005, 09:34:23 PM Quote from: pbs question. were paddlers allowed to paddle for more than one team? most regattas have a rule against this, you'd think the fcrcc regatta was no different. ...but if that was a rule, to "overlook" that rule? at your own regatta? pathetic. help or no help, rules are rules. Interesting...Pbs...are you referring to FCRCC and their women perhaps paddling on both the mixed and women's only team? Once again I do not know this information to be correct but it is a maybe. The pics posted should tell the story. It appears this year some teams are willing to pull out all the stops to get themselves to the top of the podium. This would make for another great thread. What is your team willing to due to win it all? Title: FCRCC Regatta - Unofficial Results, Thoughts and Photos Post by: zephyrantes on May 09, 2005, 10:30:32 PM so, let me get this straight... Roli could've been short 1 girl paddler an added an extra male paddler?
Did the women from FCRCC womens team do a double duty and paddled with the Mixed team as well? I hope it's NO to both questions, because if it's a YES, I'll be so sorely disappointed that I might physically voice my opinion of such tactics.. especially for such respected "comp" level teams Title: FCRCC Regatta - Unofficial Results, Thoughts and Photos Post by: Secret Weapon on May 09, 2005, 10:37:44 PM Regarding Roli and the amount of women, probably they had 8 but it's hard to tell in the pic, as for False Creek... wouldn't doubt it.
Title: Looked at the photos Post by: tiger on May 09, 2005, 10:38:47 PM Someone asked if Roli had 8 women and they did after looking at the photo, they are:
Seat 2, 3, 4, 8, 10 on the right Seat 2, 5, 7 on the left Looks like 8 women to me. Not sure if seat 1 on the right should be classified as ???, especially after reading some of the other posts on this forum :lol: Now I did hear that the officials checked FCRCC Mixed to ensure 8 women. They did. I wonder who asked for that check? Any bad blood out there? As for the rules, yep there were rosters submitted but this is always classified as a warmup regatta so some teams do need to borrow from others. Usually happens with the rec teams and I saw some of it going on. I see this happen at the Alcan Regatta also, now at the Alcan festival it is not allowed. Really not a big deal as far as I am concerned. How many of you want to race 4-6 times in 5 hours, are you as effective in that last race, especially at this point in the season. I would view it as a disadvantage to race six times in 5 hours (and I have, just not yesterday). Title: FCRCC Regatta - Unofficial Results, Thoughts and Photos Post by: p00py p00py on May 10, 2005, 01:36:37 AM sorry pbs, my bad, i was trying to use my team as a example, but i didn't realize u were referring to the actual hosts. however, i was thinking the same thing as secret if fcrcc women were also paddling on the mixed team.
in the end, i'd have to agree with tiger as this is a warmup regatta and winning doesn't mean too much as the real alcan festival. the fcrcc women were in our heat so after the "B" finals, they'd have to jump on the next boat as the mixed team was just heading out for the "A" final. so in the end, it would be a disadvantage for the fcrcc team. remember my own opinion....please no flaming :D :D :D :D Title: FCRCC Regatta - Unofficial Results, Thoughts and Photos Post by: Photog on May 10, 2005, 08:11:58 AM Hey all, i had time to drop by the regatta for the first couple of hours. :)
Thanks to Chaos for identifying all the teams... Pics: (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0701.jpg) Alpha Red, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0717.jpg) Fresh Off the Dragon Boat, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0721.jpg) Fresh Off the Dragon Boat & BC Hydro Power Smart Dragons, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0722.jpg) Alpha Red, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0724.jpg) TD Lightning & FC Grandragons Too, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0727.jpg) Alpha Red, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0728.jpg) TD Lightning & Roli Canada 2, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0731.jpg) Swordfish & Fresh Off the Dragon Boat, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0732.jpg) Fresh Off the Dragon Boat, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0733.jpg) Swordfish, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0734.jpg) BC Hydro Power Smart Dragons & Saggin' Dragons, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0741.jpg) Swordfish & Fresh Off the Dragon Boat, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0745.jpg) Swordfish & Fresh Off the Dragon Boat, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0753.jpg) Specialty Subaru Legacy, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0754.jpg) Dragon Hearts Team Magnum, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0755.jpg) Ready, Jet, GO! & X-Calibre, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0759.jpg) Specialty Subaru Legacy, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0760.jpg) Specialty Subaru Legacy, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0768.jpg) Specialty Subaru Legacy, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0776.jpg) Ready, Jet, GO!, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0789.jpg) FCRCC Mixed, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0791.jpg) Eye of The Dragon, Dragonslayers & Lauren Marchak and ??? in a C2, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0804.jpg) Pacific Reach, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0813.jpg) Pacific Reach, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0820.jpg) Dragon Hearts Team Ultimate, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0821.jpg) Nothin' Dragon, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0834.jpg) Roli Canada 1, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0839.jpg) Roli Canada 1, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0855.jpg) Left to right: Specialty Subaru Outback, Nothin' Dragon Challengers & FC Grandragons, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0865.jpg) FC Grandragons, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0866.jpg) RGL United, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0880.jpg) Specialty Subaru Outback, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0885.jpg) RGL United, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0887.jpg) RGL United, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0896.jpg) Team Rukus & False Creek Women, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0899.jpg) Eric Hamber Eternal Dragons & Splash Test Dragons, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0902.jpg) Team Rukus & False Creek Women, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0909.jpg) Team Rukus & False Creek Women, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0919.jpg) Eric Hamber Eternal Dragons, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0955.jpg) Mine? Mine? A herring gull, Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0980.jpg) TD Lightning & BC Hydro Power Smart Dragons, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0984.jpg) TD Lightning & Ready, Jet, GO!, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0985.jpg) BC Hydro Power Smart Dragons, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0989.jpg) Ready, Jet, GO! & Dragonslayers, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_0992.jpg) Fresh Off the Dragon Boat, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_1021.jpg) Roli Canada 2, Fresh Off the Dragon Boat, Dragon Hearts Team Magnum & Eye of The Dragon, taken by photog (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/500ml/Dragon%20Boat/050805%20regatta/DSC_1028.jpg) Roli Canada 2, Fresh Off the Dragon Boat, Dragon Hearts Team Magnum & Eye of The Dragon, taken by photog Title: FCRCC Regatta - Unofficial Results, Thoughts and Photos Post by: puppy on May 10, 2005, 08:21:26 AM Quote from: Angus Quote from: chaos It's interesting to note that Hamber did amazingly well by ending up in the Division C championships and posting the fastest time in that heat, ahead of TD Lightning and RGL United. Too bad they got DQ'ed for leaving their assigned lane. Actually, Hamber (in lane 1) cut into lane 2 in the second race. If anyone was watching (obviously the refs missed it) you would have seen the United boat swerve into Hamber's assigned lane to avoid a collision. However, the refs redeemed themselves by DQ'ing them in the third race when they pulled the exact same maneuver (moving from lane 3 into lane 4) again. I guess the Hamber steers likes to drift right. Angus, For your information, the steers lady on the Eric Hamber Team did well. Unfortunately, she did loose control on the last race - thus the DQ. In my opinion, as a race official, she did not maliciously cut anyone off in any race. She was focused only on getting the boat from the start to the end. It is not easy steering a Gemini. Further more, after she did loose control in the last race, she did bring it back under complete control. My hats are off to her. PS...I hope she doesn't read your email, because that is a really mean comment to make against her. Especially a junior..... Puppy....... Title: FCRCC Regatta - Unofficial Results, Thoughts and Photos Post by: Lethal Weapon on May 10, 2005, 09:07:37 AM Excellent Shots Photog!
With a little more than 5 weeks to Alcan all teams are showing it is going to be a kick a$$ race this year in Alcan. Looks like Gemini-itis has passed and all teams are adapting well and really starting to get those puppies moving! The big boys looked good and have definately raised the bar for everyone. The teams going for the race-off looked really good (too bad Subaru ,but the stealth dog thast was launched full filled its mission!) but I am anxious to see Subaru kick it in gear for Alcan. Good luck to all and while there were some suprises I am sure there are many more coming......... :evil: :arrow: Title: FCRCC Regatta - Unofficial Results, Thoughts and Photos Post by: Steamrollers Moaner on May 10, 2005, 10:34:49 AM Quote from: Lethal Weapon The teams going for the race-off looked really good (too bad Subaru ,but the stealth dog thast was launched full filled its mission!) but I am anxious to see Subaru kick it in gear for Alcan. I knew it!!! It was you that launched the stealth dog to get swordfish into the final all along!!! How much did they pay you to do it?? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: just kiddin. :wink: Title: FCRCC Regatta - Unofficial Results, Thoughts and Photos Post by: Kibble on May 10, 2005, 11:13:01 AM Nice pics Chaos & Photog. Subaru looked great out there...they'll definitely be a team to look out for. Alot of teams seemed to have gotten stronger this year as well...it's gonna be tight competition at Alcan this year!
Speaking of comp teams...what happened to Scotia? They didn't participate in this year's Spring regatta. Does anyone know what's going on with them this year? :think: Title: FCRCC Regatta - Unofficial Results, Thoughts and Photos Post by: Lethal Weapon on May 10, 2005, 11:33:01 AM Quote knew it!!! It was you that launched the stealth dog to get swordfish into the final all along!!! How much did they pay you to do it?? It wasn't really a dog. It was a seal in a dog costume Title: FCRCC Regatta - Unofficial Results, Thoughts and Photos Post by: Swordfish on May 10, 2005, 03:26:51 PM Quote from: Lethal Weapon Quote knew it!!! It was you that launched the stealth dog to get swordfish into the final all along!!! How much did they pay you to do it?? It wasn't really a dog. It was a seal in a dog costume Great race and photos! And thanks for the seal/dog...please remember to bring him to the Alcan fest :wink: Title: FCRCC Regatta - Unofficial Results, Thoughts and Photos Post by: Rossifumi on May 10, 2005, 09:32:22 PM this could be an excellant racing tactic, chucking out puppies left and right while going down the course!
Roli - 8 women as always to set the record straight. Interestingly enough there was another team out on the water where the refs had to do a girl count, but it wasn't Roli. I'm not certain why they bothered, I'm sure they had the 8 in the end as well, which they did. Love your photos Photog, seriously someone should pay you for taking the time to record these events. Title: FCRCC Regatta - Unofficial Results, Thoughts and Photos Post by: DukeRaven on May 10, 2005, 10:57:00 PM Quote from: puppy Quote from: Angus Quote from: chaos It's interesting to note that Hamber did amazingly well by ending up in the Division C championships and posting the fastest time in that heat, ahead of TD Lightning and RGL United. Too bad they got DQ'ed for leaving their assigned lane. Actually, Hamber (in lane 1) cut into lane 2 in the second race. If anyone was watching (obviously the refs missed it) you would have seen the United boat swerve into Hamber's assigned lane to avoid a collision. However, the refs redeemed themselves by DQ'ing them in the third race when they pulled the exact same maneuver (moving from lane 3 into lane 4) again. I guess the Hamber steers likes to drift right. Angus, For your information, the steers lady on the Eric Hamber Team did well. Unfortunately, she did loose control on the last race - thus the DQ. In my opinion, as a race official, she did not maliciously cut anyone off in any race. She was focused only on getting the boat from the start to the end. It is not easy steering a Gemini. Further more, after she did loose control in the last race, she did bring it back under complete control. My hats are off to her. PS...I hope she doesn't read your email, because that is a really mean comment to make against her. Especially a junior..... Puppy....... Not posting on behalf of my team/steer, but she really did try her best, and went in total guilt trip after the finals. And if she did cut in front of United, I can swear on my grave that she didn't mean it, thus I will apologize for that. :cry: This being her 1st year steering and her 1st regatta, she really did quite well. Oh, Puppy, thanks for your reply :wink: . And Angus, you're right, our boat being pretty left heavy does tend to make our boat go right. :roll: Title: FCRCC Regatta - Unofficial Results, Thoughts and Photos Post by: Guido on May 11, 2005, 03:49:01 PM We have to think about every race as being critical.
We are talking about one individual putting the lives of everyone in their hands. What happens if they lose control and T-Bone..(and it has happened before). Think of the injuries that are caused...simply because the teams DO NOT practice with this steersperson enough. Are the coaches NOT thinking when they put these individuals in these boats without enough experience?....are they making sure the boat is balanced so as not to affect the power and cause the boat to pull to one side? Think about it people......put yourself in the position of possibly being hit by an out of control dragonboat weighing possibly more than 2 tons and injuring you to the point where you can't paddle anymore. Steersperson are individuals that have to live with that memory for the rest of their lives. Coaches have to teach their steerspersons just as they have to coach the paddlers.....and you know what.....I can tell you right now....there are a lot of "so called" coaches out there that have never even steered a boat themselves. So....think about that. My opinion on all of this. Wasn't that a great run regatta?....they were on time, officials were on top of everything, race director was very approachable, the volunteers on the docks moved everyone smoothly and effectively. The crew marshall also did a good job. Kudo's to all those that volunteered!!!!! Title: FCRCC Regatta - Unofficial Results, Thoughts and Photos Post by: Swordfish on May 11, 2005, 06:06:56 PM In Soviet Russia, Gemini steers you!
Title: FCRCC Regatta - Unofficial Results, Thoughts and Photos Post by: Rossifumi on May 11, 2005, 09:33:14 PM :rofl:
Title: FCRCC Regatta - Unofficial Results, Thoughts and Photos Post by: paddleboy on May 13, 2005, 10:38:34 AM Concerning Specialities little mishap .........I now truely believe that it wasn't the brown lab (also known as a seal ) that caused the boat to go off course but in reality it was the torque on the blade from their new found powerhouse paddler ,seat 4 on the left , that caused the boat to shoot off course as he "killed the water" on the push ........DOH!!!........ :Hi:
Title: FCRCC Regatta - Unofficial Results, Thoughts and Photos Post by: Lethal Weapon on May 13, 2005, 12:06:52 PM Nah..I think the Brown lab dressed as a seal which was really a black dog wearing a brown lab costume in a seal outfit was the real cause. Though I do wish the paddler I gave the dog biscuit too before the race didn't eat it......I had no reward for its completed mission
Title: FCRCC Regatta - Unofficial Results, Thoughts and Photos Post by: Rossifumi on May 18, 2005, 12:06:18 PM among Eskimos, seal eyeballs are apparently a real treat, like candy.
Title: FCRCC Regatta - Unofficial Results, Thoughts and Photos Post by: Lethal Weapon on May 18, 2005, 12:33:19 PM unless you are seal.... :lol:
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