HONG KONG ISLAND PADDLE CLUB

UPCOMING
EVENTS & RACES

Victoria Series: Time Trial #8

Aug 6, 9am, VRC

(OC1, OC2, SS, SUP)

Hong Kong Islands Expedition

Aug 12 & 13

RHKYC Sprints Regatta

Aug 27, DWB

Canoe Union Race

Sep 4, Kellett Island to Stanley

(OC1, OC2, OC6, SS, V1)

Pogue Sports Paddle Clinic

Sep 30 - Oct 3, All day, TBC

(22 person capacity + 1 on 1)

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Tuesday 7pm-9pm

Thursday 7pm-9pm

Saturday 2pm-4pm

Wednesday 7pm-9pm*

(Rookies only)*

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Outrigger

Outrigger canoes feature one or more lateral support floats known as outriggers, which are fastened to one or both sides of the main hull. The outrigger gives a canoe greater stability and seaworthiness. The sport is also known as Wa'a racing in some parts of the Pacific and Waka ama in New Zealand.

Outrigger races vary in length from 500 metres for sprint events, eight kilometres for "short course" events, 16-18 kilometres for "long course" events, and up to 42 kilometres for marathon events.

The crew consists of one to nine people, depending on the type of race and canoe. As a standard outrigger canoe contains six seats, crew changeovers during longer races involve exit and entry to the canoe directly from the water while the canoe is underway. Longer races are typically conducted in the open ocean.

In 1994 HKIPC brought the first outrigger canoes to Hong Kong from Vancouver, Canada. The intention was to provide some off-season recreational paddling for dragon boat paddlers, but it did not take long until members started to race outriggers competitively. Today outrigger training and racing has an equal weighting to dragon boating in our club, and the HKIPC fleet includes a flotilla of OC1s, OC2s and OC6s. Our official outrigger training season is from June to December, but members train year-round to compete individually in various overseas events.

More about outrigger http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outrigger_canoe

The Hong Kong Island Paddle Club is proud to announce that the 11th Deep Water Bay Dragon Boat Races on 9th May 2010 was the first Carbon Neutral dragon boat race in the world. With the innovative partnership of Carbon Care Asia, a low carbon solutions specialist, this event was also Hong Kong's first carbon neutral sports event.

HOW DID WE DO IT?

Hong Kong Island Paddle Club is partnering with the Hong Kong Shark Foundation

SPONSORS

If you are interested in sponsoring the Hong Kong Island Paddle Club please email Walter Colgan, Sponsorship Secretary, for more information.

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