Parry Sound Paddle Extraviganza is Saturday June 14,2008.
The day features 500M DB races , NEW a 2000M DB race (top 8 teams) and a 15K open water OC/surfski race.Prize money for mens and womens OC1 classes.
Other activites include a beer tent and fish BBQ.
Location is the town beach in Parry Sound on beautiful Georgian Bay.
DBs are available for training on Sunday by prior arrangement on a 1st come basis .

The schedule allows paddlers to do all the events i.e.
2 DB heats in A.M , 15K race @ 1P.M. , D.B. finals around 4P.M , 2000M DB race @ 4:30 P.M.
Fish BBQ and beer tent on site on the beach.
Proceeds suport the Parry Sound Hospital and Rotary Club.

Does anybody accually do all of the races ?

I thought the course was only 400m long.

It is a surveyed 500m course. Deep water.

"Does anybody accually do all of the races ?"
Yes, quite a few people actually.

gord what is the cost ...and hope to see you there trying to convince several teams to go

Gord,

Are the BBQ fish going to be those tough, scrawny wild trout, or are they going to be the juicy, succulent farmed trout that are loaded with all those good antibiotics and steroids that will make me a better paddler? By the way, be sure to save the skins for me, as usual.

Sorry , no chemicals , steroids or other drugs.Documentation available. You will need to pay for your own performance enhancers.
Do we need drug testing in Parry Sound ? Could be a problem if you frequent the beer tent with the possibility of second hand "smoke".

GC last time we spoke we were in a bus held together with duck tape venturing in the outback.

Can you kindly email me..
komododragons@rogers.com


cheers. Michael

WTF?!?!?!

was this the bus....errr.....truck?

$750 , doen't include beer.
OC races extra.

P.S. registration $750
Save $100 if your registration is in before April 20.
Outrigger races extra.
Website : www.dragonboatfestival.org/

See you there !

Parry Sound registration is $650 if you register by April 20.
Google "Parry Sound dragon boat festival" for details.

Discount registration for Parry Sound ends April 18th !
Email cknox@wpshc.com or see website www.dragonboatfestival.org

Pretty strong field for Parry Sound this year.The following teams are confirmed :
-Komodo (registered as Komodo Eats Trout for Breakfast , we will see ! )
-Eat Trout Fried
-Eat Trout BBQed
-PDBC National under 23
-Chiros
-Phoenix ( new from Sudbury CC)
-White Heat
-Heat
-Blackfeather (local team , 1sec behind Hanalei last year)
-Plus lots of local teams

I have convinced the organizers to keep registration open for another week , so register , come on up , enjoy Georgian Bay , the beach , the Steel Band the DB races , the OC race , the 2000m and especially THE BEER TENT !!!

Who else is going to Parry Sound?

On site racing right now and scc are clearly the class of the field after two heats. Heat in number two, bbq in three, and nat juniors in fourth.
Final to come. Weather is beautiful now after a cold start.

nat juniors?
who's that

PDBC u-23 team never said they were going, and they didn't go.
So they're definently not comfirmed as going.

What were the results?

SCC took the 500 m with an easy open water victory. The conditions were absolutely awful with 2 foot squals. Times fluctuated from 10 sec each heat due to the terrible conditions... I still don't know why this Festival continues to go.

... not just the waves, but the wind, fog (at one point), and wake from passing motor boats - which caused a bit of an, um, upheavel in the 'A' Consolation...

The Parry Sound event was great. The water wasn't that bad and by the second race was the calmest I've seen it in several years. The wind picked up for the third heat but the swells were not daunting. The A consolation involved a collision as a result of wash from a boat thayt came from behind the starter. Had it been seen the race would have been delayed. Both teams that collided were given the option of racing in the A final with their times counting toward the A consolation. Eat Trout saute's time beat the Sudbury Canoe club time by 1/3 second so they were awarded the A consolation prize. I paddled with Sudbury Canoe and I was ok with that result. I've been to 4 events at Parry Sound and while the water conditions can be challenging it's still one of my favorite festivals.

There were too SCC team's and the chiropractic's won. The last post is kind of confusing. We have been to this event in the past and again, the weather was crap. The A consolation final was garbage as the Sidelauncher's boat was waving frantically to stop the start as the wash from on looking boats were 4 feet high. The officiating should have respected their command as it is stated in the Coach's manual. The A final was out of this world.... you couldn't see nothing as the waves were all over the place. One second you see a boat the next you see heads and top arms. Parry sound should really consider putting this festival on one of the million lakes in the area or not going ahead with this at all. Kudos to the winners but it would have been much better seeing them race full out in normal weather. This is probably the worst water course in Ontario.

The water conditions were the worst at any regatta I've ever attended. There were times when the waves were so high and rough that my paddle didn't find water during my stroke. And when was the last time you saw 3 of 9 boats sinking during a 200km race?

Sorry...meant to say "when was the last time you saw 3 of 9 boats sink during a 2000m race".

but one of the 3 boats finished then sunk...lol

I did the outrigger race at the festival and I would have loved to have surfed a 4 foot wave, but alas the sound was pretty flat that day. Perhaps Gord can arrange to give the outrigger paddlers the four footers next year and have you guys sprint in the flats.
The waether was a bit of a dogs breakfast but the water was pretty flat
JW

How did the Trini's do?

Yep! The boat that sank after crossing the finish line would be the Komodo crew.

After the 2nd turn two boats went down and Sudbury insured that they stayed down as they swamped them on the pass trough their turn.

It was an excellent day of racing with the exception of the high waves, emergency on the dock with a full recovery, Sudbury hitting our boat on the straight away – 1250m mark. They were very apologetic as they hit us for the 2nd time. All laughs  But we were determined to finish the race. We were a little surprised that the 3 safety boats including the large Coast Guard boat did not focus their attention the crews that were in the water.

The Trinidad crew was great - Surprised us at the start as just rocketed out during the 500m final. They were fast and strong. I was very proud to be a Trini. Can’t wait to see them race again at the Toronto Island.

If any one has pictures of the 2k race we would love a copies.

Michael

I thought the best bit was the locals who downed their beers in marshalling before jumping in the boat for the last race. Not a word from organizers, though they were certainly giving people a hard time coming into the beer tent...

Gord
How many boats participated in the OC race and are you going to post results?

Thank you to everyone who came to Parry Sound to race OC.
Next races here are Sept. 13 and 14 at Killbear Park.

Mens OC1
Jonathon Hollins 1:12:12 $300
Gord Cole 1:15:13 $200
Jeff Whelan 1:15:22 $100
Neil Bartley 1:18:46 $50
Steve Quan 1:20:23 $25
Murray Wood 1:21:08
Dan Hayes 1:21:57
Alex Vandenham 1:22:53
X ?????? 1:23:56
Alain Ruez 1:24:59
Dan Glennidakis 1:27:43
Francis Tavenier 1:28:49
Lance Collins 1:32:23
Bob Reyburn 1:37:48

Womans OC1
Leanne Stanley 1:25:14 $300
Karen Simpson 1:25:14 $200
Dawn Williams 1:27:32 $100
Julie Alleyn 1:28:35 $50
Lucy Brzeski 1:32:03 $25
Nicole Devine 1:40:12

OC2
Bill Ford/Brian Saunderson 1:21 Mens
Ana Whelan/Ashley Cozier 1:31 Mixed
Mike Fekette/Beryl Green 1:36 Mixed
Katie Madden/Kaitlin Chantler 1:49 Junior Girls

Gord,

Your xxxx??? paddler in the men's OC1 was Peter Virtanen - he told me he was behind Alex, but ahead of Leanne and Karen.

Hey Gord,The time posted for the Men's OC2 crewed by Ford and Saunderson is a little off.(9 minutes) They finished about 10 feet from Jonathan Hollins at 1:12 not at 1:21

Hey Zeit.
9 minute penalty for wash riding

Apologies to Ford and Suanderson. Typo. I know they were WAY ahead of me , I could see them finish with Jonathon ( who apeared to be lily dipping the whole race, very humbling)