Fenn Cup Ocean Race / Fenn 盃划船賽

Fenn Cup Ocean Race consist 4 series race, first race took place at last Sat. (18Sep), it's a approx 17kms race, although the wind was dreadful Westly, in which condition that racer would make greater effort to reach shore, still many racers turn out for the race, Andy was one of the hundreads.

The original starting point was Long Reef, however due to tricky wind condition, the racing route had changed and started from Fisherman's Beach.
這個划船賽共有4場, 第一場在上星期六舉行, 全長約17公里, 本來的比賽起始點是在 Long Reef, 但是因為海象不好, 比賽改在Fisherman's Beach 舉行.當天吹的是會將人往紐西蘭吹的最不討好的西風, 雖然氣候不好, 當天還是有上百人參加比賽.

Here are few photos to share the atmosphere that day...

The registration office in Long Reef
比賽報名地點

registered, T-shirt fit, heading to race place
報名完畢, 比賽裝也合身, 前往比賽地點!

the kayaking route with short & long course
當天比賽路線圖, 參賽者可選要長程或短程賽

arrived, carrying kayak from car park to beach
到達會場, 著裝完, 扛起船步向海邊

 

after 500m of walk, finally arrived racing spot, carrying on walking toward beach
走了約500公尺, 終於到海邊 , 把船繼續扛到海灘上

 

discussing wind condition with mates
海象不好, 跟同伴一起緊張的討論海上狀況



race is about to start, paddling to the starting point
比賽時間快到了, 開始往海上的起始點前進

firstly, had to fight with the strong wave though
一個大浪將船給打走了, Andy 迅速抓回, 安然往前划

everybody is ready at starting point n wait for the signal to start
大家都在起始點等著開始ㄉ哨聲響

After approx 1.5 hours, racers started to return to finishing point, I can not tell Andy's score, all I could say is that, it's all busy works in the office to be blamed... :-)
約一個半小時後, 開始有參賽者回到終點報到, 我不能告訴你們Andy划得如何, 我只能說他上星期加班得很厲害, 完全沒有練習就硬著頭皮上場了... (以下影片請注意其他參賽者都是用跑的回去終點站報到的)

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