Race 6 was a 22km paddle from Vaxuhall Yacht Club down the harbour to Goat Island at Port Chalmers and return. The race was operated on a handicap start system, I had a 30minute delay on the first paddlers and would have ot work hard if i was to catch these paddlers. The paddle down was not too taxing as there was an outgoing tide so the flow in the channel was good, apart form one little shortcut across the shallows that involved about a 50m portage in ankle deep water things were good. After heading around the island it was a good grind back up the harbour just sticking to the edge of the channel. After about 90minutes of paddling my body was feeling pretty taxed. So just over 2 hours of paddling i was at the finish line and pretty well exhausted.
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