Dragon Boat West

Alcan is fast approaching and there's no thread in site.

Race grid? Predictions?

http://dragonboatbc.ca/race/participating-teams/ (http://dragonboatbc.ca/race/participating-teams/)

Top 12- It starts with FCRCC and ends with Phat Phish
How many boats in a heat?

Way too easy to pick FCRCC so I'm going with the upset.

1.  One West
2.  FCRCC HP
3.  Kai Ikaika
4.  Air Canada Jetstart
5.  FCRCC HP 2
6.  Gorging Dragons
7.  Pemberton Bald Eagles
8.  Tao Ti Phat Phish

Also challenging:  Starbucks Waverunners Komodo, Creakside Masters, Lotus Mixed, and DH Ultimate

Don't forget about LARD , Space Dragons from Long Beach were good in the past (if it's the same team)

Add Sudden Impact Black and one of the LA Racing teams to that list of challengers.

8 boats in a heat.


LARD isn't fielding a full team.  I believe Space Dragons are also pairing up with Ripple Effect from San Francisco so they aren't their full team either.

The change in the race dates has made it hard for a lot of our paddlers to commit this year.

I don't normally make predictions till I see the grid, so I reserve the right to change this:

1. FCRCC I
2. One West
3. Kai Ikaika
4. FCRCC II
5. Gorging Dragons
6. Pemberton Bald Eagles
7. Air Canada JetStart
8. Starbucks Komodo

Next 10 will include (in approximate rough order): Lotus Mixed, Creakside Masters, Space Dragons, LARD (one of them), Sudden Impact Black, Dragon Hearts Ultimate, Anniemaniacs, Oil City Crew, Blu By U, & VO2Max

Div A
1. FCRCC HP (first place only if Kami is in the boat, second behind One West if she is not)
2. One West (If they have some One East paddlers...they will take first place)
3. Air Canada Jetstart
4. FCRCC HP 2
5. Gorging Dragons
6. KAI IKAIKA (Most likely will take 3rd place, but I hoping the top 5 will be canadian teams :P)
7. Pemberton Bald Eagles
8. Dragon Hearts Ultimate (They've been pretty quiet this year...but definately can't be overlooked)

Div B
1. Starbucks Waverunners Komodo (They've been kicking butt this year...but they will need to stay composed in the
    later part of festival to do well against the more experienced teams)
2. L.A. Racing Dragons Gilda (I'm assuming this is LARD BLACK?)
3. Creakside Masters (Never underestimate experience.  This team sticks together when all hell breaks loose on the
   water. Experience will always win over brut strenght in this sport)
4. Tao Ti Phat Phish Racing (Are they spiking the tea this year?  They beat Komodo at the last Regatta.)
5. San Francisco Dragon Warriors
6. Sudden Impact Black (I think they've been rebuilding their team...but hopefuly be able to pull it all together this
    weekend)
7. Team LifeScan (My favorite team...they've stuck together for over 10 years with the pretty much the same group)
8. One Apparel RGL United

Div C

Anyones guess....Space Dragons, Anniemaniacs, Blu By U, Swordfish, VO2Max, Eye of the Dragon, Cathay Pacific Paddlers, Oil City Crew

Interesting to see Jetstart ranked so highly. They won Milton this year but there really wasn't much in the way of top competition there. (yes I know SRP was there but they got their butts handed to them in Pickering when the big boys showed up..)

Perhaps someone has inside information?

There's no LARD Black or Red making an appearance this year :P

Is Lard Black and Red renamed as Guilda and Yolanda, respectively this year?
 
I guess it doesn't matter, LARD db shouldn't be taken likely anyways.   They have a strong pool of db paddlers in LA.   

Looks like the race grid is up:  http://dragonboatbc.ca/race/race-schedule-results/ (http://dragonboatbc.ca/race/race-schedule-results/)

Who is CAL? They are entered in the mixed division and are ranked first for their heat and first in the visitors cup. (Provided that lane 4 is the top ranked team)

Cal State Berkeley

Thats fantastic. Always nice to see new teams coming up to race.

Thanks

Looks like we will have to wait until Sunday to race your team Kai Paddler.  Should be fun.

We've always registered two boats. But due to various reasons, quite a few of our paddlers can't go this year. We ended up with too many people for 1 boat and nowhere near enough for 2. So instead of stacking 1 boat, we are going with 2 even boats with sprinkles of guest paddlers from LA and Canada. It's going to be a rockin' good time! The goal is to have Chuck's Gilda beat Mike's Yolanda in the finals  by 0.01 seconds in whichever division we end up in. Most likely no chance at G&G race though. :(

I'm upset that Yolanda is seeded lower than Gilda.  Clearly my boat is the better team!

Hope you prove the rankers wrong  8))

Holy early start Batman!!!! I thought we made the women and the kiddies get up early and paddle the opening races?
At least we'll get to the beer tent before the women though.  They always got the best seats in the past.  :Cheers:

Who's idea was it to race the open division in the Gemini's?

Luck of the boat draw

They really need to get rid of those Gemini's. They are simply an inferior boat. All the mods done haven't helped, in fact in a few ways they've made them worse. (look at the scraped legs coming out after a race.) I realize its costly to have a all BUK fleet but something should be done.

On a positive note, looks like a strong field this year. Should be a real battle just to make the Comp A final.

I saw DZ grinding down the edges of the old seat positions last week.

Hopefully that will help,  if not then it will be interesting to see how bloody the dock will be after each gemini race.  :)

All kidding aside...it's going to be a good weekend of racing!

We could always lobby to bring back the Six Sixteens.   hehe     

If LARD has been evenly divided into two teams, then CAL may be the only California team that will make top 16.  They came 2nd in last week's CDBA regatta, placing ahead of Dragon Warriors.

Also, there is no Comp C / D divisions this year.  It's been switched back to Rec A / Rec A consolation instead.

No Comp C or Comp D? 

That explains why it says only Top 19 rec go to Comp/Rec A (19 + 13 Comp teams = 32).  Didn't think that was enough teams to make up the numbers for the categories we have been used to.

I know plenty of paddlers who attach a status to being on a Comp team not a Rec team (falsely IMHO) who might be a little miffed to wind up in Rec A come Sunday afternoon.  Should make for some interesting and very intense qualifying races and semi-finals.

Comp A 8 teams
Comp B 8 teams
Comp C 8 teams
Rec A 8 teams
Total 32 teams.

It looks like Comp A, B, C and Rec A will be the top 4 divisions (32 teams). Advancement will be determined on Saturday's racing. Sunday morning heats will advance 1st 2nd place to Comp A, 3rd 4th place to Comp B etc.

What was Comp D is now Rec A, what was Rec A is now Rec B etc.

Still the same competition just different names.

Is your placement on Sunday determined by points on Sat? If so does anyone know the breakdown?

It would also be nice to know how seeding/lane assignments are formulated for the finals

I'm going to guess its more like the following:

Comp A - 8 teams
Comp B - 8 teams
Rec A - 8 teams
Rec A consolation - 8 teams

Either way doesn't matter to me.  I don't care about medals or division names only overall placement in the regatta, and relative placement to the teams I measure my team against or would like to be measured against.

Comp A - 8 teams (1st/2nd from Comp/Rec A semis)
Comp B - 8 teams (3rd/4th from Comp/Rec A semis)
Rec A - 16 teams (5th thru 8th from Comp/Rec A semis)
Rec B - 16 teams (1st thru 4th from Rec B/C semis)
Rec C - 16 teams (5th thru 8th from Rec B/C semis)
Rec D - 16 teams (1st/2nd/3rd and fastest 4th from Rec D/E/F semis)
Rec E - 16 teams (all other 4ths/5th/6th and two fastest 7th from Rec D/E/F semis)
Rec F - 8 teams (all other 7ths and 8ths from Rec D/E/F semis)

Total= 104 teams

Now you have all the info to plan your Sunday.

How are the top 32 teams determined on Sat? Obviously not all 32 will win both or even one of their races.

Race grid for both days is online as well as tent assignments
http://dragonboatbc.ca/race/race-schedule-results/ (http://dragonboatbc.ca/race/race-schedule-results/)

So how did it go today?

Full results for the day on the love blog at the following link.

http://dragonboatbc.ca/liveblog/ (http://dragonboatbc.ca/liveblog/)

Sunday morning grid is up.


dragonboatbc.ca/race/race-schedule-results/

Just wanted to mention DZ did a great job grinding and taping the edges of old seat positions on the geminis.  My outer thigh thanks you!

RACE RESULTS

HEAT 97 RESULTS - Roger Mixed Division Guts & Glory
1st - 9:49.91/ FCRCC HP
2nd - 10:01.95/ KAI IKAIKA
3rd - 10:03.62/ FCRCC HP 2
4th - 10:11.91/ One West
5th - 10:26.31/ Gorging Dragons
6th - 10:26.41/ Pemberton Bald Eagles
7th - 10:30.84/ Air Canada Jetstart
8th - 11:01.43/ Creakside Masters
9th - 11:03.93/ Sudden Impact Black
10th - 11:07.12/ Dragon Hearts Ultimate
11th - 11:22.91/ Starbucks Waverunners Komodo
12th - 11:32.71/ Cal
13th - 11:34.31/ Absolut Sake
14th - 11:38.62/ Space Ripple Orange
15th - 11:40.19/ Anniemaniacs
16th - 12:31.21/ Oil City Crew

HEAT 96 RESULTS - 24 Hours Open Championship
1st – L4/ 1:58.65/ FCRCC HP
2nd – L5/ 2:00.26/ KAI IKAIKA
3rd – L6/ 2:02.15/ Pemerton Bald Eagles
4th – L3/ 2:02.35/ One West/Ultimate
5th – L7/ 2:04.12/ Cal/ Air Canada Jetstart
6th – L1/ 2:05.85/ Team DPW
7th – L2/ 2:09.35/ L.A. Racing Dragons Gilda
8th – L8/ 2:12.15/ Space Warriors

HEAT 95 RESULTS - Open Consolation
1st – L4/ 2:07.400/Gorging Dragons
2nd – L5/ 2:08.200/Hong Kong Open
3rd – L2/ 2:16.150/Ripple Effect Open
4th – L7/ 2:21.350/ Sync or Swim
5th – L3/ 2:22.120/Concord Flying Dragons
6th – L6/ 2:24.200/ Dragon Hearts Beat


HEAT 94 RESULTS - Cathay Pacific Airways Competitive A Championship
1st – L5/ 1:59.56/ FCRCC HP
2nd – L4/ 1:59.84/ One West
3rd – L3/ 2:00.64/ KAI IKAIKA
4th – L7/ 2:00.88/ FCRCC HP 2
5th – L7/ 2:01.03/ Air Canada Jetstart
6th – L2/ 2:05.59/ Gorging Dragons
7th – L8/ 2:06.12/ Pemberton Bald Eagles
8th – L1/ 2:09.04/ Absolut Sake



HEAT 93 RESULTS - Concord Pacific Competitive B Championship
1st – L6/ 2:11.28/ Space Ripple Orange
2nd – L5/ 2:13.28/ Starbucks Waverunners Komondo
3rd – L3/ 2:13.48/ Anniemaniacs
4th – L8/ 2:13.49/ Cal
5th – L4/ 2:13.91/ Creakside Masters
6th – L1/ 2:14.87/ Dragon Hearts Ultimate
7th – L7/ 2:17.34/ Oil City Crew
8th – L2/ 2:17.71/ Sudden Impact Black



HEAT 92 RESULTS - Canadian Heritage Recreational A Championship
1st – L3 / 2:12.35/ One Apparel RGL United
2nd – L 4/ 2:13.35/ Team LifeScan
3rd – L 6/ 2:13.40/ Blu By U
4th – L 7/ 2:13.48/ San Francisco Dragon Warriors
5th – L 1/ 2:14.32/ Lightwave
6th – L 8/ 2:14.92/ Tao Ti Phat Phish Racing
7th – L 2/ 2:15.03/ Team Vortex
8th – L 5/ 2:19.23/ Swordfish



HEAT 91 RESULTS - Recreational A consolation
1st – L7/ 2:17.79/ Lotus Mixed
2nd – L2/ 2:18.02/ Dragon Hybrids
3rd – L5/ 2:19.87/ Ares
4th – L3/ 2:19.95/ Eye of the Dragon
5th – L1/ 2:21.24/ Scaly DragonBytes
6th – L8/ 2:24.56/ F.V.D.B.C Crusaders
7th – L4/ 2:24.57/ Team DPW
8th – L6/ 2:24.92/ Bridge City Blitz



HEAT 90 RESULTS -Omni TV Recreational B Championship
1st – L7/ 2:10.200/Riptide
2nd – L 6/ 2:11.840/Dragon Hearts Beat
3rd – L 1/ 2:12.640/VO2Max
4th – L 3/ 2:12.790/ L.A. Racing Dragons Yolanda
5th – L 4/ 2:14.200/Paddles of Fury
6th – L 2/ 2:16.310/Team STORM
7th – L 8/ 2:16.920/L.A. Racing Dragons Gilda
8th – L 5/ 2:19.870/Sync or Swim



HEAT 89 RESULTS - Recreational B Consolation
1st – L1 / 2:16.830/Hot Sake
2nd – L 7/ 2:19.280/Team Spitfire SAKE
3rd – L 3/ 2:20.640/Pirates
4th – L 4/ 2:21.280/ Concord Pacific Flying Dragons
5th – L 5/ 2:24.320/Dragon Hearts Breaker
6th – L 6/ 2:24.800/Rio Tinto Alcan Dragons
7th – L 8/ 2:25.920/FLCC FORTified
8th – L 2/ 2:29.390/Ready JET Go



HEAT 88 RESULTS - BC Hydro Recreational C Championship
1st – L5 / 2:16.950/False Creek Grandragons
2nd – L 1/ 2:17.150/Dragon Zone Twisted Hips
3rd – L 8/ 2:19.350/Arizona Gila Dragons
4th – L 3/ 2:19.710/ RaceFace
5th – L 7/ 2:20.310/Mavericks
6th – L 6/ 2:20.680/ Metro Vancouver 44 Cheeks
7th – L 4/ 2:21.760/VCKC Grand Dragons
8th – L 2/ 2:25.230/Starbucks Waverunners Sumatra



HEAT 85 RESULTS - Recreational D Consolation
1st – L1/ 2:50.780/PMV Salty's Dragons
2nd – L 5/ 2:50.750/Hatching a Dragon
3rd – L 7/ 2:34.390/OpenRoad Draggin' Drive
4th – L 6/ 2:36.150/ ClearlyContacts.ca
5th – L 8/ 2:38.200/Boat Long Gone
6th – L 1/ 2:39.960/ Dogwood Nothin' Dragon
7th – L 2/ 2:41.240/Vancity Thunder
8th – L 4/ 3:05.430/Team Naluwan




HEAT 86 RESULTS - One-Apparel Recreational D Championship
1st – L3/2:23.650 / CBC Wave Catchers
2nd – L 2/2:24.330 /Dragonboat Z
3rd – L 4/ 2:24.390/HMM Sea Monster
4th – L 5/ 2:25.660/ Space Ripple Blue
5th – L 6/2:26.280 / Vintage Sakeccino
6th – L 1/ 2:26.390/Extreme Currents
7th – L 7/ 2:27.160/Flight Centre Dirty Oars
8th – L 8/ 2:34.960/ Dogwood Nothin' Dragon Too



HEAT 84 RESULTS - Urban Impact Recreational E Championship
1st – L2 / 2:35.320/ Columbia College CC Riders
2nd – L 6/ 2:39.030/Golder Water Warriors
3rd – L 3/ 2:40.150/Dragon Zone Angry Dragon
4th – L 7/ 2:41.960/ Gung Haggis Fat Choy
5th – L 8/ 2:42.560/ MT Promises
6th – L 4/ 2:45.010/ Vision Impossible
7th – L 5/ 2:45.280/Rogers Rebels
8th – L 1/ 2:48.750/ O2P


HEAT 83 RESULTS -Recreational E Consolation
1st – L4 / 2:40.56/ OARDEAL
2nd – L 1/ 2:46.32/ WorkSafeBC Warriors
3rd – L /6 2:48.00/ Dragon Hearts Go-Ju go
4th – L 5/ 2:48.24/ Kwantoren Dragons
5th – L 2/ 2:51.65/ Sauder MBA
6th – L 3/ 2:52.11/ The Love Boat
7th – L 7/ 2:57.24/ Conquering Waves I
8th – L 8/ 2:57.52/ Dragon Zone Storm

Women's Results

HEAT 77 RESULTS  Rio Tinto Alcan Competitive A Championship
1st – L 4/ 2:11.42/FCRCC HP
2nd – L 3/ 2:19.63/Dragon Ladies
3rd – L 6/ 2:20.68/Wasabi Power Surge
4th – L 2/ 2:22.19/Wasabi HUGE
5th – L 5/ 2:22.40/ Pemberton Bald Eagles
6th – L 7/ 2:27.60/ Saggin Dragons
7th – L 8/ 2:27.63/FLCC Fast & Furious
8th – L 1/ 2:29.36/Fort Langley Sundragons

HEAT 76 RESULTS AM1320 CHMB Recreational A Championship
1st – L 4/ 2:29.150/Bridge City Team Velocity Blue
2nd – L3 / 2:37.970/Pink *****cats
3rd – L 2/ 2:40.910/FLCC Kindred Spirit
4th – L 8/ 2:40.960/Space Ripple Women
5th – L 7/ 2:43.630/ Cha-Wanda
6th – L 6/ 2:43.680/ L.A. Racing Dragons Yolanda
7th – L 5/ 2:45.150/Bridge City Velocity Gold
8th – L 1/ 2:47.560/ Deep Cove Perfect Catch


HEAT 75 RESULTS Big Steel Box Recreational B Championship
1st – L 6/ 2:41.33/Concord Pacific Flying Dragons
2nd – L 5/ 2:41.77/Team DPW
3rd – L 4/ 2:42.33/Water Warriors
4th – L 3/ 2:43.59/Team Momentum
5th – L 2/ 2:44.15/The EH Team Women
6th – L 8/ 2:49.14/ Breast Friends - Edmonton
7th – L 1/ 2:50.25/Abreast with FORT-itude
8th – L 7/ 2:51.40/Sea Gals

HEAT 74 RESULTS Terra Breads Recreational C Championship
1st – L 4/ 2:55.680/SAINTS PRESERVE US
2nd – L 3/ 3:04.870/Sistaaz
3rd – L 5/ 3:07.840/Abreast Up The Creek
4th – L 6/ 3:08.280/Abreast- Deas Divas

Junior Results:


HEAT 81 RESULTS Rogers A Championship
1st – L 5/ 2:06.71/ Laoyam Eagles
2nd – L 4/ 2:07.68/Eric Hamber Eternal Dragons
3rd – L 3/ 2:08.25/Lowell Cardinal Crewzers
4th – L 6/ 2:14.12/Galileo Celestial Dragons
5th – L 8/ 2:15.08/Laoyam Falcons
6th – L 7/ 2:16.80/Sudden Impact Liquid Silver
7th – L 2/ 2:18.40/Lowell Red Tide
8th – L 1/ 2:20.12/Rio Tinto Young Dragons

HEAT 80 RESULTS City TV B Championship
1st – L 5/ 2:27.64/Strathcona Youth Dragons
2nd – L 4/ 2:28.47/Mission VT
3rd – L 7/ 2:32.03/Kitsilano Water Demons
4th – L 3/ 2:33.03/MVP
5th – L 8/ 2:33.11/ FLCC Dragon Slayers
6th – L 6/ 2:38.92/ Killarney Cougar Dragons
7th – L 2/ 3:27.92/Youth Over Board
8th – L 1/ 3:28.31/CCM Centre Richmond

HEAT 79 RESULTS RJ 1200 C Championship
1st – L 3/ 2:26.63/Lotus Juniors
2nd – L 4/ 2:30.12/Dragon Slayers 2
3rd – L 2/ 2:32.87/Super Strokin' Dragonflies
4th – L 5/ 2:33.64/Raging Rebels
5th – L 1/ 2:33.84/CCM Centre Burnaby
6th – L 6/ 2:36.59/PW Hornets
7th – L 8/ 2:36.64/RHS Flying Colts
8th – L 7/ 2:42.00/VT Cruiser

HEAT 78 RESULTS Heritage Education Funds D Championship
1st – L 5/ 2:40.59/VT Conquest
2nd – L 4/ 2:48.64/Britannia Youth
3rd – L 6/ 2:53.50/Quantum Blue
4th – L 3/ 2:56.79/Paddlin' Panthers

Granville Island Brewing Dragon Zone Teams Race


HEAT 48 RESULTS
1st – L3 / 2:11:840/Team LifeScan
2nd – L2 /2:12:000/Swordfish
3rd – L6 / 2:13:700/Ares
4th – L7 / 2:13:750/Eye of the Dragon
5th – L5 / 2:15:710/Riptide
6th – L4 / 2:20:430/Team Vortex
7th – L1 / 2:37:870/WorkSafeBC Warriors

Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office (Canada) Visitor's Cup


HEAT 50 RESULTS
1st – L 5 / 2:03:590/Air Canada Jetstart
2nd – L 3/2:04:560/Gorging Dragons
3rd – L 2/ 2:08:520/Space Dragons
4th – L 4/ 2:08:680/Cal
5th – L 7/ 2:09:520/Lightwave
6th – L 8/ 2:10:120/Lowell Cardinal Crewzers
7th – L 6/ 2:12:430/Hot Sake
8th - L 1/ 2:14.120/Lowell Red Tide

Breast Cancer Championship

HEAT 51 RESULTS

1st – L 4/ 2:36.590 / Abreat with FORT-itude
2nd – L 7/2:39.520/ Breast Friends-Edmonton
3rd – L 1/ 2:42.360/ Abreast In Barnet
4th – L 6/ 2:43.810/ North Shore Dragon Busters
5th – L 5/ 2:46.560/ Abreast in Richmond
6th – L 3/ 2:48.670/ Abreast Up The Creek
7th – L 2/ 2:52.710/ Abreast - Deas Divas

Rogers Women's Division Guts & Glory


HEAT 52 RESULTS
1st – L8 / 10:34.030 / FCRCC HP
2nd – L5 /10:57.000 / Pemberton Bald Eagles
3rd – L 4 / 11:32.310 /Bridge City Team Velocity Blue
4th – L 7/ 11:32.910 /Dragon Ladies
5th – L 1/ 12:02.280 /Wasabi HUGE
6th – L 6/ 12:06.820 /Wasabi Power Surge
7th – L 2/ 12:26.600 /FLCC Kindred Spirit
8th – L 3/ 12:27.830/ Pink *****cats

Virgin Radio First Timer's Race (Speciality Race)

HEAT 22 RESULTS
1st – L 6 / 2:09.240 / Paddles of Fury
2nd – L 5 / 2:14.120 / Team DPW
3rd – L 4 / 2:15.750 / Arizona Gila Dragons
4th – L 3 / 2:17.630 / Mavericks
5th – L 7 / 2:17.800 / VCKC Grand Dragons
6th – L 2 / 2:17.840 / FLCC Fast & Furious
7th – L 1 / 2:19.120 / Team Naluwan
8th – L 8 / 2:30.680 / Cha-Wanda


Peking Lounge Been Around the Block (Speciality Races)

HEAT 23 RESULTS
1st – L 3 / 2:02.580 / Eric Hamber Eternal Dragons
2nd – L 2 / 2:07.310 / Absolut Sake
3rd – L 4 / 2:14.120 / Team STORM
4th – L 6 / 2:17.630 / Concord Pacific Flying Dragons
5th – L 1 / 2:18.030 / Dragon Ladies
6th – L 7 / 2:22.400 / Saggin Dragons
7th – L 8 / 2:31.560 / Team Momentum
8th – L 5 / 2:35.750 / SAINTS PRESERVE US



Grand Dragons (59+) (Speciality Races)

HEAT 24 RESULTS
1st – L 4 / 2:12.120 / False Creek Grandragons
2nd – L 3 / 2:14.410 / Dogwood Nothin Dragon
3rd – L 5 / 2:17.310 / The Eh Team
4th – L 6 / 2:19.080 / FLCC FORTified
5th – L 2 / 2:32.840 / Dogwood Nothin Dragon Too

Great racing and the best venue yet!

HEAT 85 RESULTS - Recreational D Consolation
1st – L1/ 2:50.780/PMV Salty's Dragons
2nd – L 5/ 2:50.750/Hatching a Dragon
3rd – L 7/ 2:34.390/OpenRoad Draggin' Drive
4th – L 6/ 2:36.150/ ClearlyContacts.ca
5th – L 8/ 2:38.200/Boat Long Gone
6th – L 1/ 2:39.960/ Dogwood Nothin' Dragon
7th – L 2/ 2:41.240/Vancity Thunder
8th – L 4/ 3:05.430/Team Naluwan


  and two lane "1s".

Full race results (http://dragonboatbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/RTADBF2011-Results.pdf) are available at http://dragonboatbc.ca/race/race-schedule-results/. (http://dragonboatbc.ca/race/race-schedule-results/.)

Congratulations to all teams participating at this year's Alcan Dragon boat festival.

Anyone know if there was someone taking photos of the race?  Leathal Weapon was probably working his butt off or getting drunk... but just incase I'm asking around... ha!  Please share the links!

search le facebook for dragon boat bc

There's some photos here:

http://ahamedia.ca/2011/06/12/aha-media-films-at-dragon-boats-festival-2011-in-vancouver/ (http://ahamedia.ca/2011/06/12/aha-media-films-at-dragon-boats-festival-2011-in-vancouver/)

comp A final

(http://www.vitapix.ca/img/v24/p634320779-4.jpg)

(http://www.vitapix.ca/img/v24/p976100850-4.jpg)

(http://www.vitapix.ca/img/v24/p313709507-4.jpg)

Disclaimer: I didn't take those shots, nor did I put them up...

www.Vitapix.ca (http://www.Vitapix.ca) for more photos (girlfriend's website)

It was a great weekend of racing and I'm glad the weather predictions were wrong!

Definitely got those really competitive races that I desired and expected out of an Alcan Weekend. Speaking from the races I participated in, it was great to see such a close and tight Competitive A final. Top 5 teams all within 1.5 seconds of each other is just thrilling to hear and probably the closest final I've heard of in all my years at Alcan. My big congratulations goes to Absolute Sake for making their first Comp. A appearance at Alcan! Looking back at results, they've jumped a division every year and it's an awesome thing to see!

Done.  Mike's boat beat Chuck's boat.  Successful weekend? :)

great weekend of racing everyone. i much preferred the set up this year to previous years. it just seemed roomier in the paddlers only area and i loved the fact that we were closer to the marshalling area. i think viewing was a lot better for the spectators as well.
the only "sh**ty" msn(:P) thing was the lack of porta potties near the marshalling area. i think it was stresssful for those nervous paddlers who HAVE to go before each race!

i should also add that i really appreciated the fact that the organizers  made arrangements for those cute little paddle plaques and a picture on the podium for those who won the specialty races.  i hear we also get a 'party' at the granville island brewery (we won the GIB dragonzone race). how great is that?! this is a very nice change from last year when we got nada @ the festival.

before i sign off, i was wondering how everyone feels about the changes they made in divisions (comp and rec levels) this year. do you think that where your team ended up accurately reflects your level of competitiveness? eg. should a team that finished in the top 25 or so be classified as a 'rec' team? i would like to see how others feel about this.

anyway, thanks for a great weekend of racing and thank you to the volunteers and organizers who made this all happen.
ps. and a special thank you to my team for giving a 110% with every race. i love you guys soooooo much!!!

This year was one of the best that I've experienced.  Perfect weather (no rain and not too hot).  Like others have said, it was great not having to make that long walk from the other side of the creek to the marshalling area.  Certainly did not miss the claustrophobic army tents.  We brought two of our own and had lots of room.  Liked not having to use the portapotties (Used the Community Centre ones).  I thought the new finish area worked out ok despite my initial worries.

During the break between our races, some of us walked over to the little island near the start line and got a great view of the races.  It was nice and relaxing sitting on a boulder watching the starts.

Our championship race (rec C) was fairly competitive so I have no complaints.  Didn't bring home any hardware but we did our best and had a good race.

Yes I would also like to thank the tireless volunteers who make this race possible.  Some of them have been with the festival for over 15 years.

Well done, Mike. Next time, I'll make sure to strap a bungee cord to the bottom of your boat.  ;)  

Just like all the previous years, I don't have any big complaints about festival. This race is always a great learning experience for everyone on my team. There's definitely a need for bathrooms around the marshalling area. And having port-a-potties inside the beer garden was sheer genius.

Some things I would like to see changed or comments:

• Restrooms closer to marshaling
• Enforce vendors to keep their stuff out of the busy walkway outside racer's village at the choke point of pedestrian traffic
• Get Army tents back again?
• Replace one of the dock volunteers with someone who isn't so in-your-face and unreasonable...thinking of one girl in particular
• Maybe move the entrance/exit of racer's village to the other side near marshaling

HEAT 94 RESULTS - Cathay Pacific Airways Competitive A Championship
1st – L5/ 1:59.56/ FCRCC HP
2nd – L4/ 1:59.84/ One West


0.28 of a second.  Might have been even closer if OneWest had a lighter drummer.  :D  j/k
Good race.  Fun to watch top teams race down to the wire.

Proximity of racer's village to marshalling was perfect.  Tents may have been an issue for teams that did not have their own.  Overall, it worked because weather cooperated.

I have no issues with the new naming of divisions.  In fact, I prefer they drop Competitive, and just name the divisions from A, B, C etc.