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Bellingham Area Time Trials/Adventures

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Vancouver Island Circumnavigation - by sea kayak - but not a race

“Somewhere in there I noticed that the altitude of my attitude was above required oxygen levels” - RD

Bellingham Races Page

Dos Equis Challenge (Lummi Island Circumnavigation)

  • Backstory 9/01/2008
  • 2011 Attempt
  • Current (?) Records
    • SS1
      • David Jacobson 2:50 2008 (2 hrs 50 minutes)
      • David Scherrer 2:54 2008
    • SS2
      • Larry Goolsby & Shaun Sullivan 2:35:05 2008
      • Larry Goolsby & David Jacobson 2:36:56 2011
      • Rick Lingbloom & Marc Whitlock (Team 205) 2:43:50 2008

Kayak Abuse (Seattle to Bellingham)

The Kayak Abuse was started by the Broze Bros. (Mariner Kayak fame) to get in shape for Ski-to-Sea. Shilshole Marina or Golden Gardens Park in Seattle to Larabee State Park, 90 miles

  • FSK - Larry Bussinger 16 hrs 3 min 1990 (Mariner XL sea kayak)

Segment: Anacortes to Bellingham

Lake Whatcom Classic

  • Annual spring race in Bellingham. The courses (short and long) are pretty simple if you want to time trial it. Both races start and end even with the corner of the park hedge and rock wall end on land where the race timers sit?? This race tradtionally allows drafting outside of boat class which may contribute to some extra fast surfski times? In 2021 a course bend was added to the finish.
    • Long course - around Reveille Island and back
      • 2x Flatwater Shell - Evan Jacobs and Tyler Peterson 1:24:17.2 2013
      • SS1 Greg Barton 1:30:10.2 2016
    • Short course - around a buoy at Strawberry Pt. and back - let's say you have to go within 50 yds of land at the Point.
      • 1x Flatwater Shell David Deschenes 34:41 2017
      • SS1 David Jacobson 37:39.8 2013
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Lake Whatcom Wednesday Night Race Course

  • This course has tended to evolve over the years with the coming and going of race landmarks like the “bucket”. So up to now the times mentioned here have to all have asterisks due to the changing nature of the course. And to be honest…, there are probably other questionable practices - like the moving start that render the race unfit for exact record keeping. Unfortunately we do not have any times (at least not so far) for some of the earlier races from Joost Zeegers or Greg Barton. Wednesday night race stories
    • Remember the Rusty Bucket!
    • Self-Reported/Mentioned on Whatcom Paddlers Discussion Board
      • SS1 - Jonas Ecker self report - 22:50 June 22 2023
      • K1 - Aaron Small self report - sub 23 (Jonas Ecker in close second place, with Kevin Olney and Ian Sawyer in a double ski close third) June 2022
      • K2 - Jonas Ecker & Ana Swetish ~ 23:15? (very close to Austin K. at finish) - 2019
      • Solo Rowing Shell Dave Duchenes 22:54 self report 2019
      • SS2
        • Kevin Olney & Ian Sawyer 23:00 - June 22 2022
        • Don Kiesling & Gabe Newton 23:35 - 2010
        • Kevin Olney & Paul Clement 23:56 - 2017
    • Strava Segment Times (does everyone have the same defined segment?)
      • SS1
        • Austin Kieffer 23:15 - 2019
        • Woman's ? (there have been faster times than what Strava shows)
      • K4 - Ana Swetish, Elena Wolgamot, Abby Scoggins, Jonas Ecker 23:26 - 2017
      • Solo Rowing Shell - Dave Deschenes 23:15 2019
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Wednesday Nighters - Speed Avgs. Per Time Paddled

(chart assumes 3.54 mile course - adjust speed down a little for shorter course in later years)

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chart: L. Bussinger? - click to enlarge

San Juans Circumnavigation

  • A lot of variables involved in this circuit. No one has specified any kind of official break allotment that doesn't have to be counted in the overall time. Seems like one shouldn't have to count time spent talking to homeland security. In any event we will keep some records of notable trips here if we receive reports.
    • SS1
      • 15 hrs 30 minutes 2009 83 miles Kirk Christensen, Morris Arthur, Brad Clement trip report
      • just over 16 hrs 2007 just over 87 miles Kirk Christensen, Morris Arthur

Sucia Island to Orcas Island Crossing

Seattle to Ketchikan

Ski2Sea Full Kayak Course

Approximate course - run from bike leg handoff edge of parking lot by Zuanich community bld., pick up ski on grass, carry down to Zuanich dock and launch, paddle around outfall buoy, back to and around buoy near Glass Beach, paddle inside (on beach side) the red buoy near Boulevard Park, paddle longest leg south to bouy placed for race straight WNW out from Marine Park (guestimate this is about 200 yds offshore), paddle straight into MP where you land and run up to flat where bell normally would be rung (let's say step into parking lot for end of solo time trial)

  • Course Notes from LB 5/21/2017
  • From 2009 on (2022 top time not counted here because the final buoy setup was late and first finishers did not have to go around it)
    • Sean Rice 35:57 2013
    • Kenny Rice 38:28 2014
    • Zsolt Szadovszki 38:33 2013
    • Austin Kieffer 38:44 2017
    • Greg Barton 38:57 2014, Eric Moll 38:57 2009

Vancouver Island Circumnavigation

Whiskey Rock to Drydock

Whiskey Rock to Post Point

  • 2023 Wilson Reavley & Ana Swetish, each in solo surfskis, did this run starting well upwind of Whiskey Rock to Post Point Buoy in less than 29 minutes (timing based on video time turning downwind to approx. video time when passing Post Point Buoy) Note that there probably was significant time counted before getting to Whiskey Rock and also Wilson is significantly outside of Post Point Buoy and turns sideways to start cutting in to shore before he passes the Buoy. Video footage from early part of the run
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