Hot action at surfski race

THE Nashua Autumn Surfski Series got underway this weekend at the Zululand Kayak Club, which saw a total of 39 boats participating in the first of 10 events.

Conditions aided paddlers, as swells running from the yellow buoys towards Pelican Island aided the racers to increase their speed.

The next series race is on Saturday and sponsored by PJ Projects.

There is 61 registrations so far, which will make the second race highly competitive.

Race registration starts at 8.30am on Saturday, followed by the race briefing and the start scheduled for 9am.

Wind conditions are predicted to be over 15 knots, which will make paddling challenging, so leashes need to be used.

Race 1 results

Short Course – 7km

1 Hendrick Louw 45.06, 2 Simone and Megan Scrase 52.02, 3 Frans and Carli Schmidt 53.29, 4 Christo Stander 54.19 and 5 Pierre Crocker 56.48

Long Course – 13.2km

1 Stretch Struwig1.04,59, 2 Nigel Stevens 1.07,19, 3 Brian Chedzey 1.07,55, 4 Mike Stevens 1.08,58, 5 Graham Lingard and Lourence Gerber 1.10,25, 6 Troy Martins 1.11,48, 7 Flip Opperman and Terrence Kelly 1.12,05, 8 Leon Vivier 1.12,36, 9 Andre Smuts 1.13,19, 10 Lammert Stavast 1.13,52, 11 Cher Lawrence and Craig Webster 1.15,24, 12 Wayne Lawrie 1.15,50, 13 Andy March 1.15,51, 14 Johnny Stander and Michelle Steyn 1.16,23, 15 Richard Austin 1.17,24, 16 Karl van Aswegen 1.17,59, 17 Brian Smith 1.18,13, 18 Gideon Breytenbach 1.20,01, 19 Brian Heathfield 1.20,48, 20 Jacques and Ronel Venter 1.26,01, 21 Kit Mayer and Louise Woo 1.26,20, 22 Adriaan Louw 1.26,24, 23 Mike Hubble 1.29,54 and 24 Wade Stevens 1.29,55.