Kirk Olsen wrote > The local rowing club, which sponsors most of the local sea kayak and > surf ski races does not allow drafting. > we have 5-7 small event races here on the eastern shore of MD each year - about 16 boat classes. the races are linked by a point system, so the fastest paddler also wins an award at the end of the season. *drafting is permitted* There was an planning meeting a few weeks ago, from which a new class was defined - *TEAMS*. a team is any group of 4 paddlers that declare themselves to be a team before the race. awards will be presented to the fastest team. the team class opens up the idea of paddlers working together, both on the water during the event and also during training... it may also promote organized clubs to rally for bragging rights.... so we are testing an idea that grew out of observations of races organized by the Annapolis Rowing Club.... inject team spirit into kayak racing. we unorganized paddlers think that the clubs are whimps and still won't show up for races. :>) bye bye bliven *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Feb 19 2000 - 05:50:36 PST
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