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Labour Day in New Zealand was introduced to recognise workers rights and the introduction of the 40 hour week....and end to long hours and low wages or something like that.
We get Monday off.... which makes for a great 3 day weekend.
This is my third canal portage kayak event...the first two were the 32 km versions with three portages...this one is now a 20 km with two portages version....personally I think the latest is the better option. The forecast was for some bitchin winds today so the Organisers did what great Event Organisers do.... and made the call early....we had a 16 km version (which just meant we didn't loop Lake Ruataniwha)
20 Kayaks turned out from all round the place...and and of course that meant a great range of people and models of craft from singles through to doubles.
The Forecast actually played ball in the end and we had a slight head side breeze.....all of which was well shelter by the lake and edges of the canals.....and the final 1 km stretch was probably the most exposed but then we were spoilt as it was made up of a fairly light lake.... and boat wake swell.
Big thanks to the Event Organisers Steve and Mark and all the helpers of the Sporting Trust that run the three events in Twizel who support the school sports travel for the young one here.
Huge Thanks to Meridian.... for allowing us to paddle on their private Hydro Canals.
Thanks to Shaz for being my support crew and our photographer for the umpteenth time.....another bottle of Central Otago Pinot Noir is coming your way :-)
I won't gas on too much you can read an article that's heading into www.spotzhub.com in the next day or so.
In the meantime here's a few pics...you can view some more on https://www.facebook.com/pages/Think-Kayak-New-Zealand/549291865178105?ref=hl
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