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[Mike W.]

Just curious ... there wasn't one 500M winner came in under 2:00:00, in a "Olympic" flatwater course, paddled by top national teams?

What's wrong with this picture? Could it be due to boats that can be flipped over and also slow?

[paddleboy]

I raced there this past summer and it's a fresh water course and there are winds and when we first arrived there on thursday there were white caps ,I was surprised. I can tell you I think anything around the 2 flat mark is flying on that course . The winning time (a final) when we raced there was the GTDBC B team w/ a 2.08 and 1.04 250 split .We went 2.10 w/ and placed 5th overall and I can tell you that that is insane anyone went close to 2.00 .I can't even imagine ,I never thought they would be that fast . And to see a 1.00 250 thats incredible there was some huge power goin on in that boat . It would take a hell of a team to go sub 2.0 on that course . The Wongs are probably 1 of the fastest and most winning teams back east and as you can see they only managed a 2.07 and when we were there they went 2.08 and lost to the GTDBC B by 2/100th of a second .

[Guido]

The Olympic Rowing Basin is 2,180 meters long, 110 meters wide and 2,3 meters deep. It is equipped with an Albano system, which divides the basin into seven equal lanes, each 13.5 meters wide.

I raced there two years ago.  This is not open water much like other venues around the world.  The wake caused by the lead boats sucks everyone in and therefore the lead boats are not able to take off like in open water.  It also is not deep at all.  It almost has a curved bottom where lane 1 and lane 7 you can touch the bottom with your paddle.  It is not difficult to do a sub 1 minute time for a 250m race anywhere else.  The boats they are using also influences their speed.  With more surface area of the boat in the water and the basin being tight and not as deep causes drag and thus the teams aren't able to explode as effectively.

The competition at this event is very tight.  These teams are there for one purpose and one purpose only.

[paddleboy]

Hmmm seems there was a mistake in the team that rolled over ,it in fact was Cascade not False creek as prev. reported

The team that capsized was the Mens team fron Cascade, and the Dragon Knights were not going for 2nd place. The real results for Premiere Open 2K is:

Gold - False Creek Racing Canoe
Silver - Lachine Machine Red
Bronze - Cacade Mens

 I got this off the same site this afternoon .....good false creek bringing home the gold

[Paddle me, please!]

What does that mean?  Do they get to go to the worlds?

[tiger]

Toronot has the right to pick the national teams for Germany.  We can always try in a coupl of years.  You need to win at least one of the National Team Trials to make a challenge.  None of the FC teams won a race in the national trials, but they did well against very tough teams.

The club crew champioships are just another festival.  They had to pay for the venue for the weekend so might as well have a festival and call it something official.  Saturday had no bearing on anything international.

[paddleBOT]

Official Results

http://www.dragonboatcanada.org/nccc_docs/NCCC_final_results.xls