Landsailing Kapiti 50 km Endurance Race is postponed due to light and unfavourable wind. Next scheduled day is February 25th. Check calendar for details and times http://capitalblokartclub.org.nz/event/50km-endurance-2/
We finally pulled it off!
We finally pulled it off! The Landsailing Kapiti Waikanae Beach 50km Endurance, that is.
We arrived around 1100 to a receding tide and a reasonably clean beach.
A strong contingent had arrived to compete for the coveted Landsailing Kapiti Trophy. The wind was North and down the beach a bit and this meant there was going to be a fare bit of tacking involved and any Trophy adversaries had their work cut out for them.
Right from the start we could see this was going to be quite a marathon. The first lap took 16 minutes (for the leader) and the times were increasing with each lap. The Minimum distance for a lap is 3.86km. Most would have been doing over 4km with the tacking. The last lap took over 23 minutes!
While the goal was to cover 50km or 3 hours (whichever came first), we shortened it to 2 hours because of the dropping wind and incoming tide.
Congratulations to everyone who took part. Especially to Robert Deighton for taking the trophy!
Gold Robert Deighton
Silver Bruce Buckland
Bronze Ernie Watts
See full results on MYLAPS https://speedhive.mylaps.com/Events/1460514
50km Endurance is postponed again
The Landsailing Kapiti Waikanae Beach 50km Endurance is postponed to 16th September due to unfavourable weather conditions.
It has happened again. Forecast has shifted and wind direction is South now until next Tuesday!
50km Endurance is postponed
The Landsailing Kapiti Waikanae Beach 50km Endurance is postponed to 2nd September due to unfavourable weather conditions.
The Low moving in is bringing us variable wind and rain.
This is becoming the worst year ever for beach sailing. There was one year where we could not pull off the 100km marathon at Waitarere, but we have always been able to run the 50km endurance at Waikanae. Although we only started running the 50km endurance in 2014 because of popularity and it was easier to pull off 50km than 100km! (can get away with less beach and wind).
New dates announced for Landsailing Kapiti Waikanae Beach 50km Endurance
We have looked at the tide calendar and come up with 3 more weekends for Landsailing Kapiti Waikanae Beach 50 km Endurance.
August 19/20, September 2/3 and 16/17. These are all on the calendar on our website, note the adjusted times. Use the button to link it to your Outlook (or other) calendar if you want. We will try to pick the best /likely day and post/advertise on the Thursday night before weekend. Remember too that our Members get text updates as well.