The Motorway Race

One of the longest running paddling races in Wellington rolled through another year.

It's always hard to get the tides perfect and we were still about an hour off high tide today so most times were around 2 minutes plus down on the last 2 years, but it's still good to get out and race no matter what the tide or conditions are, they will always differ from year to year.

This was our last Welly Paddlers race so a huge thanks for everyone's support over the last 8 years ..... thanks to Piki for the flowers for Sharlene and the beers for me (I will share them with Sharlene) and thanks to Dave Ryde for the shout also at Flax Cafe in Petone.

Thanks to Fergs Kayaks, Hinano, Niu FM and Leon Rossbotham (Groundswell) for the extra merchandise for spot prizes for our last race. Many thanks to all those people who have help to bring the course buoys in after each race that's helped me heaps, so thanks again.

One last thanks to Sharlene.............without her we wouldn't have all the great photos each race, a smiling face at registration and a fantastically easy blogspot that she's set up as well and has made running these races over the years a much easier task by chipping in and adding her expertise.

I will see many of you out on the water at the W1 Series.

13 km Petone - Interislander reclaimation - Petone

1:06:27 Glenn Muirhead - UFO 6.1

1:09:12 Mike Tate - Fenn Millenium

1:09:29 Kokiri Puppies - W6

1:11:31 Andrew Cary - CHD Stinga

1:11:32 Matt Archer - Nelo SS

1:11:37 Dave Rudge - Think Evo

1:12:11 Les Morris - Sharp 6.5

1:12:43 Jerry Sheppard - Think Evo

1:13:40 Dave Ryde - Epic V10

1:13:49 Sandy Winterton - Fenn XT

1:16:14 Joern Scherzer - W1

1:16:19 Grant Barriball - W1

1:19:56 Iain Gillies - Fenn XT

1:21:04 Paddy Rimene - W1

1:21:23 James Sadler - W1

1:23:24 Piki Emery - W1

1:23:26 John Finch - W1

1:25:10 Taranaki Whanui - W6 (crew of 4)

1:25:48 O.J. Rodda - Stellar SR

1:26:28 Royce Gray - W1

1:26:39 Martin Crundwell - Eclipse 5.6

1:29:47 Anita Taggart - W1