Molokai Video

[Guest guest]

Today is the Molokai, start at 8.am HI time = 2pm eastern.

Oscar C. goes for #11 but his younger brother Herman is my pick to win. He's finished 2nd too many times. At a race in TN a few weeks ago (put on by Joe Royer who some met at Blackburn last summer) Herman won beat Oscar, G.Barton,and all others.

The result are in and note Joe Glickman (44th) who does well in Blackburn surfski class..the times are slower than past years, it must have been rough..

2004 Kona Brewing Co. Molokai World Challenge

Place NO. Name Place in Division Time

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1 24 HERMAN CHALUPSKY 1 MALE(SS)-OPEN 3:48:40

2 11 DAVE KISSANE 2 MALE(SS)-OPEN 3:55:16

3 62 OSCAR CHALUPSKY 1 MALE(SS)-MASTER(40-49) 3:58:10

4 95 LEWIS LAUGHLIN 3 MALE(SS)-OPEN 3:58:17

5 51 MARTIN KENNY 4 MALE(SS)-OPEN 4:00:48

6 36 KAREL TRESNAK JR. 1 MALE(OC)-OPEN 4:11:15

7 41 TEPA LEOPOLD 5 MALE(SS)-OPEN 4:12:11

8 50 MARK SANDVOLD 6 MALE(SS)-OPEN 4:12:23

9 55 MIKE JUDD 2 MALE(OC)-OPEN 4:13:32

10 89 ROBERT DORROUGH 2 MALE(SS)-MASTER(40-49) 4:15:27

11 67 ROD TAYLOR 1 MALE(SS)-SR.MASTER(50-59) 4:15:55

12 75 STEVE KELLY 7 MALE(SS)-OPEN 4:18:56

13 90 DANNY CHING 3 MALE(OC)-OPEN 4:22:23

14 4 BRADEN KANE 8 MALE(SS)-OPEN 4:24:23

15 3 BRAD FERNLEY 3 MALE(SS)-MASTER(40-49) 4:26:31

16 29 JASMIN COHEN 1 FEMALE(SS)-OPEN 4:27:01

17 37 KEN COLLINS 9 MALE(SS)-OPEN 4:27:12

18 79 THIBERT LUSSIAA 4 MALE(OC)-OPEN 4:27:49

19 78 TAPA WORTHINGTON 5 MALE(OC)-OPEN 4:28:01

20 63 PATRICK HEMMENS 4 MALE(SS)-MASTER(40-49) 4:28:27

21 57 MICHAEL SNELL 10 MALE(SS)-OPEN 4:28:36

22 10 DAVID KELYNACK 11 MALE(SS)-OPEN 4:28:42

23 42 LEIGH WILSON 6 MALE(OC)-OPEN 4:28:53

24 45 MANNY KULUKULUALANI 7 MALE(OC)-OPEN 4:29:44

25 88 KEALII PAIAINA 8 MALE(OC)-OPEN 4:30:37

26 93 GREGORY LONG 9 MALE(OC)-OPEN 4:30:45

27 73 STEVE BLYTH 1 MALE(OC)-MASTER(40-49) 4:32:36

28 23 GEORGE LESLIE 10 MALE(OC)-OPEN 4:32:47

29 72 SHUN KOBAYASHI 12 MALE(SS)-OPEN 4:32:54

30 52 MATT CARTER 11 MALE(OC)-OPEN 4:33:19

31 38 KIRSTY HOLMES 2 FEMALE(SS)-OPEN 4:33:38

32 58 NATE HENDRICKS 12 MALE(OC)-OPEN 4:33:48

33 98 KEKOA BRUHN 13 MALE(OC)-OPEN 4:34:20

34 8 CASSANDRA SEDGMAN 3 FEMALE(SS)-OPEN 4:35:01

35 87 MIKE SILVA 14 MALE(OC)-OPEN 4:38:23

36 74 STEVE COLE 2 MALE(OC)-MASTER(40-49) 4:39:37

37 85 SHANE MCGRATH 15 MALE(OC)-OPEN 4:39:39

38 105 MICHAEL GIBLIN 16 MALE(OC)-OPEN 4:39:55

39 56 MIKE SHEA 2 MALE(SS)-SR.MASTER(50-59) 4:39:56

40 26 JAMES AUSTIN III 17 MALE(OC)-OPEN 4:40:07

41 54 MICHAEL HANGAI 18 MALE(OC)-OPEN 4:40:49

42 94 LUKE ERSLIN 19 MALE(OC)-OPEN 4:41:13

43 31 JIMMY KINCAID 3 MALE(SS)-SR.MASTER(50-59) 4:41:18

44 34 JOSEPH GLICKMAN 5 MALE(SS)-MASTER(40-49) 4:41:19

45 48 MARK RIGG 3 MALE(OC)-MASTER(40-49) 4:41:42

46 80 TIMOTHY TWIGG-SMITH 4 MALE(OC)-MASTER(40-49) 4:41:55

47 14 DONALD KIESLING JR. 13 MALE(SS)-OPEN 4:42:42

48 46 MAGGIE TWIGG-SMITH 4 FEMALE(SS)-OPEN 4:42:54

49 9 DAVID DANIELS 20 MALE(OC)-OPEN 4:43:26

50 86 JUSTIN UDOVCH 21 MALE(OC)-OPEN 4:43:27

51 60 NOAH HAWK 14 MALE(SS)-OPEN 4:43:46

52 15 ROBERT CREPS 22 MALE(OC)-OPEN 4:44:24

53 59 NICK AGORASTOS 23 MALE(OC)-OPEN 4:45:58

54 33 JOHN HOOGSTEDEN 6 MALE(SS)-MASTER(40-49) 4:46:08

55 69 SAM ALAMA 5 MALE(OC)-MASTER(40-49) 4:48:01

56 99 DAVID NAPOLEON 24 MALE(OC)-OPEN 4:48:20

57 82 THOMAS GALLAGHER 7 MALE(SS)-MASTER(40-49) 4:48:37

58 64 PATRICK DOLAN 25 MALE(OC)-OPEN 4:49:05

59 13 DEANNE HEMMENS 5 FEMALE(SS)-OPEN 4:49:31

60 108 IKAIKA HAUANIO 26 MALE(OC)-OPEN 4:50:49

61 101 TAKU ARAKI 27 MALE(OC)-OPEN 4:51:56

62 22 GEORGE ABOOD 4 MALE(SS)-SR.MASTER(50-59) 4:52:46

63 91 KEVIN THOMPSON 6 MALE(OC)-MASTER(40-49) 4:55:36

64 65 PAT ERWIN 7 MALE(OC)-MASTER(40-49) 4:56:07

65 21 GRANT SHAPCOTT 28 MALE(OC)-OPEN 4:57:05

66 7 BUTCH MURRAY 8 MALE(SS)-MASTER(40-49) 4:58:51

67 84 KAFOA LATU 29 MALE(OC)-OPEN 4:59:44

68 109 LAUREN SPALDING 1 FEMALE(OC)-OPEN 5:00:39

69 39 MILTON LAUGHLIN 30 MALE(OC)-OPEN 5:01:11

70 102 IKAIKA KINCAID 31 MALE(OC)-OPEN 5:02:45

71 44 LISA CURRY-KENNY 1 FEMALE(OC)-MASTER(40-49) 5:02:56

72 49 MARK MILLER 8 MALE(OC)-MASTER(40-49) 5:03:07

73 68 RON BARRON 9 MALE(OC)-MASTER(40-49) 5:03:24

74 30 JAMES HEWITT 10 MALE(OC)-MASTER(40-49) 5:05:39

75 35 KANESA DUNCAN 6 FEMALE(SS)-OPEN 5:06:07

76 19 GREG EDWARDS 32 MALE(OC)-OPEN 5:09:09

77 6 BRIAN MULVANEY 9 MALE(SS)-MASTER(40-49) 5:10:54

78 66 ROBERT OLSEN 33 MALE(OC)-OPEN 5:13:33

79 20 GREG POOLE 1 MALE(OC)-SR.MASTER(50-59) 5:13:34

80 71 SELINA KENDAL 7 FEMALE(SS)-OPEN 5:14:25

81 18 GRANT BILLEN 15 MALE(SS)-OPEN 5:14:43

82 27 JIM FAULKNER 10 MALE(SS)-MASTER(40-49) 5:15:31

83 32 JOHN DIXON 11 MALE(SS)-MASTER(40-49) 5:16:50

84 16 ERIK BORGNES 16 MALE(SS)-OPEN 5:17:48

85 17 FRED DELOS SANTOS 11 MALE(OC)-MASTER(40-49) 5:18:12

86 28 JAMES VITALE 12 MALE(SS)-MASTER(40-49) 5:18:25

87 76 STEVE SINKUS 34 MALE(OC)-OPEN 5:22:58

88 77 STEPHEN MCCORMACK 35 MALE(OC)-OPEN 5:23:20

89 81 TOM SIMMAT 5 MALE(SS)-SR.MASTER(50-59) 5:29:30

90 111 ARLENE HOLZMAN 2 FEMALE(OC)-OPEN 5:30:00

91 100 JOSEPH NAPOLEON 1 MALE(OC)-MASTER(60+) 5:33:32

92 107 CHERISSE KELII 3 FEMALE(OC)-OPEN 5:33:42

93 47 MARGIE KAWAIAEA 2 FEMALE(OC)-MASTER(40-49) 5:37:29

94 5 BRIAN GRABER 1 MALE(SS)-MASTER(60+) 5:39:47

95 25 JACQUES BLAIS 2 MALE(OC)-SR.MASTER(50-59) 5:43:14

96 96 MAURIN FRANCOIS 3 MALE(OC)-SR.MASTER(50-59) 5:48:25

97 61 NORIYASU KOHNOBE 17 MALE(SS)-OPEN 5:52:16

98 2 BILL BEALE 2 MALE(SS)-MASTER(60+) 5:53:32

99 40 LAURIE DENTON 1 FEMALE(SS)-MASTER(40-49) 6:01:43

100 43 TEAM KAISER/MINOR 1 FEMALE(OC)-SR.MASTER(50-59) 6:50:58

This is a nice Quicktime video of some beautiful warm water paddling in HI.

http://www.hawaiianh2o.com/Molo_03_sm2.mp4 (long time download 9mg)

Every May the Molokai Race is held between the HI Islands of Molokai ending on the east end of Oahu, 32 miles down wind and big following seas. In 2003 the swell was 10 to 12 feet. This is considered to be the World Championships of Sea Kayak Racing. Its done in surfskis because of their unsinkable nature and ease of remounting in big seas, They are fast and tippy at 21 feet long and 17 inches wide. I don’t think and American has ever won it. Oscar Chalupsky (40) of S.Africa has now won 10 times and Dean Gardner (38) of Australia has won 9 times. US Surfski 2004 champ, Greg Barton (45) finished 9th and we know how fast he is, but the big seas call for some SEA skills to ride these big swells. It’s not just how hard you paddle but when you paddle hard.

At the video start that's D.Gardner blue deck, then in yellow shirt along cliffs is Chalupsky passing Gardner near the race end to win 10 times. When they started the race, they had both won it 9 times.

http://www.kanakaikaika.com

[Guest guest]

I ordered a surfski a few days ago. It took me months to decide whether I'd prefer that, a West Side Thunderbolt, or a Moskito FW2000, a 18.5 foot, 17" wide boat that I demoed for a few weeks last summer and fell in love with.

Finally settled on the surfski--despite that fact that you scramble back on it rather than rolling it--with the idea that one day, maybe, I'd paddle the Molokai, just to see that phenomenal scenery and sea state for myself.

Sanjay

[guido]

Sanjay,

Which ski did you choose?

Guy

[Guest guest]

I know this could make me the laughingstock of the Northeast, but I decided to be a guinea pig and pay $400+ more for a Huki S1X rather than a Mako. My main reasons were 1) some concerns I'd heard about Mako's quality at times--since I wouldn't be able to select the boat myself, this worried me, 2) The Huki is gaining popularity on the West Coast. It seems to be a tad slower in flat water but faster in rough, because it's a little more stable 3) the main reason--Huki was willing to install custom wooden blocks beneath the deck to which I could securely attach thigh straps if I wish, in order to make a rollable surfski. My main objection to surfskis has been the silliness of scrambling to reenter rather than simply rolling. I won't install anything, though, until I get used to it and learn how to scramble.

I figure if I decide it's slower for me than a Mako, and I don't need the straps, I'll likely be able to find a buyer who wants a more stable ski.

Sanjay

[guido]

Sanjay,

I don't think you will be worying about this boat much at all. In fact if I had heard of them before I got the Mako I may have gone with the S1-X too. It's winning a lot of races out west.

I am a firm believer of the statement 'If you don't feel stable you can't paddle fast!' With the sloppy choppy conditions often found around here I think you will do just fine!

When are you expecting delivery?

Guy

[Guest guest]

I downloaded this months ago and saved it out of my temp files. It is just too good!

[Guest guest]

It'll be completed May 19th. Not sure when exactly I'll get it, since I'm having it co-transported with my new replacement Mariner (which will have customized deck rigging). That's going to be a banner day--receiving two new boats at once--and they'll be the same color, too. I asked Huki to duplicate Mariner's 'Marlin blue.'

The yahoo surfski site has mixed feelings so far about Huki v. Mako. I think the jury is out. I wish you and I were the same height/size--we could trade off and do our own speed comparisons in various conditions. Not my fault I'm a shrimp!

I'll let you know the moment I have it.

Sanjay

[Guest guest]

( too good ?) or Twogood

Both the S1-x and the Makos are in the fast and tippy upper end of racing skis, so when people talk of more stability in one or the other ..;..its super tippy vs very tippy. I'm under the impression that the S1-X has sort of a flat zone in the mid hull letting them get the seat right on the bottom. That flat zone and lower seat seem to be what makes the S1-x more stabile, what little there is in any of these boats. Most people end up lifting themselves on foam pads to get their butt higher than their heels for better paddle position.

I was confused as to the difference of the Hawaiian Twogood Mako and South African Fenn Mako’s and got his explanation from DeAnne at Oceanpaddle sports where I got my Fenn Millennium ski.

Hi Ken:

The Twogood Mako Pro is an unlicensed copy of the original Mako made by Fenn kayaks. Twogood took a copy of Fenn’s boat back in 1997.

The Mako Millennium by Fenn Kayaks is a newer version, same hull. The seat in the Millennium has been moved forward and the deck redesigned. Twogood has tried to copy the seat feature by moving his forward and calling it the Mako pro. So essentially these are the same boats, just one is the original and one is a knockoff.

There is a difference between these skis however. Twogood makes a very light(22 lbs) ski. However, it is not very strong. Fenn has always made strong skis around 29-30 lbs. Just recently( and reluctantly) he started vacuum bagging, but refused to make them under 24 lbs for strength reasons.

He knows the whole strength verses weight issue.

Also, most people who have paddled and or owned both a Twogood Mako and a Fenn Mako say that the Fenn is more stable. I agree, but never knew why. In talking with several boat builders most have commented that because with a copy of a boat from a boat instead of design from an original plug, you will lose some width, so the Twogood Mako is slightly narrower. (According to them, I have never actually measured it and I think we are talking cm.)

DeAnne

[Guest guest]

Sanjay,

I've been looking at the S1-X and comparing it with the Fenn Mill as well. It was me who posted the question on the surfski site. I've decided on the S1-X as well because of the reported better stability - but like Ken says, how stable can a 17" wide ski be?

I'm now scrambling around to get the money. Lead-time from Huki has extended to 8 weeks, which means it'll arrive when the water's a bit warmer for my inevitable swims. Absolutely no chance on a used one of course.

Binks

[John Leonard]

Hi Sanjay,

I have been looing at the S1-X too. It looks like a good boat that shouldn't be too intimidating in rougher water (someday I'll probably eat those words). I just bought a used Futura II at the end of last year so I will probably stick with that for this year and move up to a faster ski next year.

Good luck with it!

John

[guido]

Andrew,

Have you talked to the Futura folks? They are now offering the S1-X and S1-A it is not clear from their site if they are just reselling Huki boats or are building them now. Worth a call to Vince if it would save some turnaround time.

If you (or anyone else for that matter) want to try my Mako (6'3" size but with a bit of padding behind the back and under the heels it world make a good first try for anyone 6' or over) please let me know and we can set up a time for next weekend (not this one as my car is in the shop).

Guy

[Guest guest]

Guy, I spoke to Vince and it's the same wait for the S1-X there. So, maybe they just ship them from Huki.

Bill Reagan has lent me a life-guard spec boat to try out - haven't yet but I'll give it a go at the w/e. I'm not going to be able to make the Sunday Charles River training (I do that commute too aften as it is!). I will be coming to the Wednesday night races though. Perhaps I could try your Mako there.

Thanks,

Andrew

[Guest guest]

and it would have been paid for..and ..they will accept quite a bit less than our best.......hey...That us!!!

Aloha USA Paddlers,

South Africa is holding the World Cup beginning April 5 and would like a U.S. team to participate. If you've done Molokai, or any mainland surf-ski races of 15 + miles and would like a bargain trip to South Africa where most of your expenses will be covered, contact me right away. They need a US Team to participate, so, although they would like the best we have to offer, they will accept quite a bit less than our best. If we provide a team this year, there's a good chance the air fare will be covered for a US team next year. So, if you'd like to make the trip, contact me.

I made the trip for the Port Elizebeth to East London race some time ago and I can tell you that South African Hospitality is second to none in the world!

Aloha,

Bob Twogood

Twogood Kayaks and Canoes Hawaii

345 Hahani St.

Kailua, Hi. 96734

Ph: 808-262-5656 fax: 808-261-3111

[Guest guest]

I hear on the grapevine that Huki are now making all Futura's skis.

I ordered my S1-X last week.

[Paul Sylvester]

I have downloaded this twice and can't open it. It is asking for what program supports or runs this video and I can't seem to get it right.

Anybody have any idea what I am doing wrong? I have a newer Dell w/ XP.

Thanks

Paul S.

[John Leonard]

Hi Paul,

You need Quicktime http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

John

[Paul Sylvester]

OK, I am going to get this someday. I have downloaded Quicktime but still won't open or run. Can it be sent in MP3 form? I am told that I can't access any MP4's. Is this correct or a load of crap??

Thanks,

Paul S.

[Guest guest]

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

3. Win 98/Me/2000/XP --- download this player

not the MP3 music player --- not this(4.QuickTime and iTunes for Windows 2000/XP)

It should work, open up and play or better, save to your computer when you download it.

Paul, I know of a new Mako ski for sale, Guy Washburn's (hurt his back) it's new and for a 6'-2" paddler, just your size $1300 that's super cheap..red w/ white ends.

[guido]

Good call Ken!

Seems the day was won by power and the ability to handle the boat in sloppy conditions rather than surfing ability (that would have given Oscar the nod again).

Nice job in the Essex race? What boat did you use?

guy

[Guest guest]

Guy, the Essex was very good this year, you shuda' been there.

It was bigger than ever about 75 kayaks and surfskis and a few in the rowing classes. Perfect weather, too hot really, dead flat water, max high tide, so there was some short cutting through shallows (used Joe Shaw's popping trick) making some fast times. You could have used a K-1 but we all used our T-bolts.

The Racing class had all the new T-bolts about 7 or 8 (Bushnell's been busy)and a Phantom. The mens surfski class was about 8 with lots of new Mako's, an XT (none of the S1-X's yet) and there was even a womens surfski and racing kayak class.

The mens tour was bigger than ever, first place was way out there but 2nd to 4th place looked packed together.