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Rower takes on surfski's in coastal single


ROWING the NELSON MANDELA BAY SURF SKI CLASSIC 2011

David Hartwanger of Leander RC in East London recently became the first rower to compete in, and finish, the Nelson Mandela Bay Classic (Port Elizabeth), managing to outrace a number of surfski's in his costal single in the process!

On Good Friday Port Elizabeth launched the 2011 summer splash festival that consists of a host of events, competitions and entertainment.  The festival runs for a week and focuses on all water activities and the PE beach front area.  The surf-ski classic is one of the first events to get the festival underway.  It consists of two laps of a 13km course around Algoa Bay, starting and finishing at Hobie Beach alongside Shark Pier.  Up until now participation in the race had been exclusively by surf-ski’s singles and doubles.  I thought I would join in using a coastal single to see how a rower may fare.

The race itself was nothing like a multilane sprint race us rowers are traditionally used to.  First of all, you start standing on the beach behind a line drawn in the sand, holding your boat.  When the hooter goes it’s a Le Mans like sprint to the water, jump in your boat, and paddle off.  Of course you can imagine carrying a rowing boat… oars flailing all over the show… I felt a bit like a seal clumsily waddling towards to the water.  In contrast a surf-ski weighs about 12kg, no riggers or long oars sticking out, and no sliding seat to negotiate when you jump in. 

So now I’m on the water, bringing up the rear properly.  The second half of the start is to punch through the surf.  Fortunately the weather was ideal; a gentle swell produced no real breakers to speak of.  I had visions of speedily accelerating away from the crowd looking on and scything through the field of surf-ski’s.  Obviously I made a complete hash of it.  After my first few strokes I realised my stroke side gate was the wrong way round – a real rookie error if ever there was one.  By now I’m halfway through the surf suddenly getting pounded by waves I hadn’t seen all morning.  I had no option, but to jump overboard, fix the gate and clamber back in.  By that time the field of surf-ski’s were long gone. 

Once out and on my way I settled down to a fairly solitary row, although I was determined to catch up to the stragglers from the pack of singles ahead of me.  The doubles started 10 minutes later, so ended up being hot on my heels.  The first leg of the course was a few hundred metres along the shore, before rounding a buoy and heading straight out into the bay for about a kilometre.  From there it was a 6km stretch crossing the bay to the notorious boiler, a huge block of steel protruding above the surf.  Fortunately on this day the boiler was fairly placid.  Rounding the buoy was easy, and the boat was running well over the 5km stretch back to the start/finish zone.

By now I had passed a few single ski’s, most of the doubles had passed me, but there were still a few behind me.  My confidence was good as I knew exactly what to expect on the second lap.  Sadly, I was mistaken.  The first turning buoy near the shore had been washed in and was now sitting right in the surf.  I didn’t want to risk being disqualified for cutting the corner so decided to try and round the buoy.  Inevitably, halfway round broadside to the waves, I was pounded.  I was tossed from the boat, but managed to prevent any equipment damage.  I ended up standing in knee deep water wondering if I should keep going or not.  Hot on my heels were a double and two singles that were given the same treatment.  I suddenly didn’t feel too bad, so jumped back in and headed out.

Other than the hiccup at the first turn the second lap went well.  The field had become more spread out so it started feeling a bit solitary.  However, the wild life was incredible, in particular the dolphin that seemed to keep me company throughout the final 5 km.  It was a great feeling approaching the finish zone.  I managed to time my approach to surf a little breaker right up to the beach.  At least I managed to finish better than I had started.  I completed the race in 2 hours 41 minutes, which was about 20 minutes slower than I had hoped, but I didn’t come last and claimed the distinction of being the first rower to finish the Nelson Mandela Bay Classic.   Being part of the event was fantastic, soaking up the vibe, and enjoying the thrill of a completely new kind of race.  I can’t wait for the 2012 edition.



 

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