Last year I swam out of a C2, that was embarrassing. This year I swam out of most things, that’ll teach me to be cocky and assume that I can paddle a fast kevlar boat using wings.
Student events always produce the best carnage moments
Anyway, the weekend was fun. The paddling was fast. The carnage was hilarious. And the party was, well I cant remember really, but I woke up in a tent full of people I’d never met before and twenty minutes late for my C2 run, so I assume that was suitably good too.
Well done too anyone involved in the organising, anyone who had fun, and those who won medals.
Camping it up (photo: Tom Laws)
Level 6 kayaking kit
5 responses so far ↓
Al // 14 November, 2007 at 2:39 pm
Its like you know me… Iam the twat trying to paddle that boat c1 winged. Maybe using wings on your first outing is not a good plan, I foolishely thought the marathon background might help. I eventually finnished the race (upright some how???) but got no aplause or help, just blank unimpressed looks from the organisers. Ended up pretty much in the lake,Its hard to make eddies with your hands. Cheers to Guy from duhram uni for helping me out there.
Al (aucc)
davidfairweather // 14 November, 2007 at 5:53 pm
Well done on getting to the end! I also thought a bit of marathon background was suitable justification for racing with wings, turns out it wasn’t - WWRs don’t have rudders.
Pete C. // 14 November, 2007 at 6:35 pm
That looks like my old Superstar as well as my old wings. Good to see it’s still out there.
Picture here: http://chestercanoeclub.org.uk/images/petecorneswwr.jpg
Al // 14 November, 2007 at 7:41 pm
Pulled it out of our basement, awesome photo pete difference is you can probably role yours.
Yeh I thought it would be like paddling a marathon boat with a broken rudder. Last DW ours went under the first bridge, it turned out some one had taken most of the wing nuts out of the rudder assembly for spares. Justin case one of the k2 rudders went! Thats more gutting than a set of broken wings any day and first two swims of the uni year.
Which uni do you paddle for david or did you come back as old skool?
al
davidfairweather // 15 November, 2007 at 10:54 am
Hi Al, I was there with Manchester Uni. I’m not quite old school, I’m one of those eternal student types that keeps avoiding real work for as long as possible.
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