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« Reply #15 on: June 24, 2013, 12:30:26 PM »
Garbage Miles, you mean when a steersperson carries a dragon boat paddle on their back during a race, it is not merely a fashion statement Wink
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« Reply #16 on: June 24, 2013, 11:52:53 PM »
Did anyone notice anything strange going on with the results in the championships rounds?  Eh??
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« Reply #17 on: June 25, 2013, 09:13:12 AM »
There was a claim made that Black 4 (favoured boat during mixed championship rounds on Sunday afternoon) always seemed to lose big, with the exception of Mixed Recreation F Championships (Race 88) where Making Waves times were consistently improving throughout the festival. It would be then true that Black 4 used in lane 4 odd heats on Saturday would yield the same pattern. Unfortunately, I can't really conclusively tell if that is true or not.

As much as I like to just jump into a boat and race, as a steersperson, I do a quick check if the steering yoke and oar are solid. As a paddler, I reach under and rub the underside of the boat closest to my seat for slime. No, we never have enough time to check if it has run around or do a thorough inspection, but it is nice to know.

For the obvious problems that can't be repaired in a minute (e.g. missing pin from a drummer seat), I guess the dock marshals would replace the boat for the rest of the festival, but I wonder what they would do if we found slime under the hull? If they did nothing, I would try get my team to haul that sucker up, clean it and get it back into the race which would add a 15 minute delay to the race schedule, but at least I know it wasn't the slime's fault for our performance. For a festival the size of RTADBF, don't think they would allow me to do that. Then again, they did make Dreadnought paddle out to the start line for one race, then told us to return to dock to get into the "right" boat.

Someone else noticed that the black labelled boats where IDBF certified in 2012, and the blue labelled boats were certified much earlier. So organizers they gave the newer boats into the championship heats. Mind you, that was beer garden talk after the races, so I am not even sure of the source on that one.

These boats were cleaned once within 2 weeks of the festival by volunteer teams on various days.
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« Reply #18 on: June 25, 2013, 10:12:03 AM »
The results of boat #4 black:

Race 90: Metro Vancouver 44 Cheeks - 6th out of 8
Race 92: Draggin Riders - 8th out of 8
Race 94: Wasabi Grand Masters Mixed - 8th out of 8
Race 96: LARD - 8th out of 8
Race 98: Skinny Fish Paddling Club - 9th out of 9
Race 100: One West - 4th out of 9

I've never seen so many top seeded teams choke in their final  Laughing Laughing. It's a disgrace to have this happen especially during the festival's 25th anniversary celebration.
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« Reply #19 on: June 25, 2013, 01:08:37 PM »
This logic would then apply to whoever had black 4 in the Guts/Glory race, Portland Fire Dragons. They finished 6th overall in Comp A and 7th in Guts race. Seems consistent there and not a bad boat scenario.
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« Reply #20 on: June 25, 2013, 01:25:49 PM »
I don't think you can exactly use a 2K race to compare with 500m considering the multitude factors involved in a 2k plus teams taking it as more of a 'bonus' race.
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« Reply #21 on: June 25, 2013, 02:57:20 PM »
Random stuff off of YouTube

Race 100 - Mixed Comp A Final


Race 99 - Mixed Comp B Final


Race 87 - Women's Comp A Final


Race 76


Race 69


Race 68


Race 35



Race 31


Fireworks (from Friday, June 21, 2013) for those that were sleeping early before the races on the weekend.
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« Reply #22 on: June 25, 2013, 03:34:09 PM »
The average placement of lane four in the final races, odd races on the left, even on the right.

Odd   Even   Race Nbr
2   4   99/100
1   9   97/98
2   8   95/96
8   8   93/94
4   7   91/92
4   6   89/90
1   3   87/88
5   7   85/86
1   7   83/84
1   3   81/82
1   5   79/80
5   4   77/78
1   2   75/76
2.77   5.62   Average
Hmmm...
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