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[bluecap]

The Nanaimo festival this passed weekend was the first festival that I have ever attended. I was recently asked by a friend to join a team, and if the Nanaimo Festival is a taste of what this sport has to offer than I am convinced that a I need a Dragonboat team in my life. I was blown away with the whole weekend. The competitors were amazing....it really opened my eyes. I understand that this festival was a huge fundraiser for the hospital foundation and an awareness campaign for breast cancer, but wow....the beer gardens were amazing. Is it always like this? I have never seen this much energy and comraderie at a beer garden. All I can say is thank you to all of the teams and the city of Nanaimo for giving me a preview of what will most likely become my new found interest!  Cheers to all of you!!!!!

[k2]

The Nanaimo festival this passed weekend was the first festival that I have ever attended. I was recently asked by a friend to join a team, and if the Nanaimo Festival is a taste of what this sport has to offer than I am convinced that a I need a Dragonboat team in my life. I was blown away with the whole weekend. The competitors were amazing....it really opened my eyes. I understand that this festival was a huge fundraiser for the hospital foundation and an awareness campaign for breast cancer, but wow....the beer gardens were amazing. Is it always like this? I have never seen this much energy and comraderie at a beer garden. All I can say is thank you to all of the teams and the city of Nanaimo for giving me a preview of what will most likely become my new found interest!  Cheers to all of you!!!!!

We have heard that $65,000 was raised for Breast Cancer which is awesome.  A lot of out of town teams tell us that our beer garden is the best.  This is my sixth year doing this and have made a lot of friends over the years because of this sport.  Hopefully you find a team and can travel to other venues.  I am not sure if you had the experience of lane 1 on sunday or not, but i am glad that it has not made you any less enthusiastic.

[woodsman]

I no longer paddle with St'Keya...have not for a couple of years.................I just can't seem to change my info on this site.

Bottom line is that my team paddled in Lane 1 on saturday...........it was brutal........but c'est la vie.....................

My apologies for the confusion.

[woodsman]

     Hey St'Keya
   I am sure glad to see  lane 1 did not affect you  since  on Sat morning  you were  actually racing in Lane 3 (you were seeded to come first against Extreme Currents )
   Sunday morning again you were in Lane 3/quote]

Sorry, I post again, I have not paddled with St'Keya for a couple of years....I just can't figure out how to change my login here...must be age.

My team DID paddle in lane 1 on Saturday..................my statements stand.

Now if I could just remember how to sign off this..............................

[paddle20]

 My apologies to St'Keya!!!If you were racing in Lane 1 on Sat a.m. then you were expected to place 4th and you did (Sat tides were really not the issue)
 A good example  would be Sun a.m. race with Eye of The Dragon . Teams are now on a more level racing field . Eye of The Dragon raced in lane 1 they are a team that potentially could have made it into Platinum A. If you were to compare times in that race I think you will see the issue .Eye of the Dragon is not a team 10 or 15 seconds behind any of these teams . You can review the times in their final to confirm this. So basically their race was predetermined ,they could have raced the race of their lives but their is no way to overcome that amount of time when teams are now so closely matched.The quality of your racing should always allow you to overcome lane placement. As you watch the races later in the morning as the tide is rises you will see things begin to change, lane assignment becomes a non issue and quality of your racing takes over. This is not a whine just the facts.

[k2]

My apologies to St'Keya!!!If you were racing in Lane 1 on Sat a.m. then you were expected to place 4th and you did (Sat tides were really not the issue)
 A good example  would be Sun a.m. race with Eye of The Dragon . Teams are now on a more level racing field . Eye of The Dragon raced in lane 1 they are a team that potentially could have made it into Platinum A. If you were to compare times in that race I think you will see the issue .Eye of the Dragon is not a team 10 or 15 seconds behind any of these teams . You can review the times in their final to confirm this. So basically their race was predetermined ,they could have raced the race of their lives but their is no way to overcome that amount of time when teams are now so closely matched.The quality of your racing should always allow you to overcome lane placement. As you watch the races later in the morning as the tide is rises you will see things begin to change, lane assignment becomes a non issue and quality of your racing takes over. This is not a whine just the facts.

paddle20 that was nicely put.  This is the type of discussion we are trying to initiate.  It would be nice if somewhere amongst this talk we are able to come up with a viable solution.  It is also nice to see that you get the point of this thread. 

[woodsman]

Actually, we raced at 10:20 on Saturday morning in Lane 1.  We came 3rd....by a nose...missed 2nd by 0.2 seconds.

paddle20, good analysis, and you have a point.  However, I can't see how Nanaimo can change much...moving the course further out could block the waterway and starting later to avoid low tide would either restrict participation or force a very late day.  I hope the issue can be dealt with (I assume dredging is not an option ), but we will keep on going back to Nanaimo as it is a very fun festival.

Thanks for the comments.

[threesea]

While I agree totally that festival organizers must ensure that each race be as equal as humanly possible, the physics of nature will sometimes dictate otherwise.  So what can we do as a team to make the odds more favorable?

Race hard in festivals and hope organizers of other festivals recognize your results so that you will get more favorable seeding.

Race your heats hard.  What you do in the heats determines your subsequent lane selections.

The Eye deserved to be in lane 1.  Their first heat time was, well, not optimal and they were fortunate to get into Platinum as it was.