4th Annual FCRCC Howe Sound Downwind Challenge - July 26^st, 2008

This year’s Fourth annual Howe Sound Downwind Challenge (HSDC) will be held Saturday July 26th from Porteau Cove to the Nexen lands in Squamish. The course is an exciting surfing run with amazing scenery featuring the Squamish Chief and the rest of the sea to sky corridor. July and August feature some of the best and most consistent winds running up towards Squamish as the valley heats up during the day. The course will finish on the sandy beach at the Nexen lands, and will be wrapped up as last year with a post race party at the Howe Sound Brewing Company. Come join us for an exciting day of racing, which for once will see paddlers racing fresh, and not exhausted from a grueling OC6 race the previous day.

Note that all paddlers will race en masse, men and women, at 1.00pm.

This event features athletes from the northwest racing solo outrigger canoes. The canoes are characteristic in that they feature an outrigger on the left side of the boat for added stability. The boats are approximately 7 metres long and weigh approximately 12kg. The sport has a huge following along the Coasts of Canada and the United States, Hawaii, Polynesia, Australia and New Zealand (among others). For more information on the sport of outrigger canoeing: www.canadianoutrigger.com

Sponsors
-   -  Open Ocean Outrigger -  UnWine'd
Entry Fee
$30/person Includes registration, post race buffet at the brewpub, and door prizes.
Registration
downwindrun@fcrcc.com Registration Form
Event Organizers
Steve Palmier	604.682.2480 steve@stevepalmier.com
Schedule of events:
11:30am	Registration Opens (Porteau Cove)
1pm:	Men and Women Combined race start (Porteau Cove)
2:30-3:30pm:	Race finish (approx) (Squamish)
Maps
Racecourse map Directions to finish: Travel north on Highway 99 from Vancouver to the town of Squamish. Turn left off the highway at the main set of traffic lights (at the McDonalds) onto Cleveland Ave. Go 2 blocks, turn left, 1 block, and turn right on Logger’s Lane. Follow this road to a beach at the end of the road (It’s at the Nexen lands with sandy launch and lots of parking!!).
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