"Paddle the Shores" at Ocean Shores, Washington.
The 6 mile boat race. Jon and I each in our OC1 canoes. After the midpoint of the race while paddling next to Jon Harwood, I looked behind us and saw Bob Rhoades in his racing shell gaining ground on us. I said to Jon, " let's cut him off and keep him from passing."
Jon: Can we do that?
Me: Sure. it's a race. We can do anything we want.
Bob began catching up to us on our right. As we approached the safety boat parked on the right side of the canal, I also steered my boat to the right. After Jon and I passed the safety boat, I turned around to see that Bob had capsized next to the safety boat. I said to Jon "let's go fish him out." By the time we got to bob he had already made progress getting ready to right and re-enter his boat. After the race Bob said he was navigating the canal using us as his reference point, and not using his mirror to see his boat was going to crash.
Pure evil? You can think whatever you want. We did have fun and Bob was a really good sport!
The 2 mile boat race
I paddled this one with Vern in his OC2. Eric Davidson from Tennessee had borrowed a kayak from bob Rhoades. He had no trouble keeping up with us for about 1/2 mile but began to fade after that. Vern and I finished in about 00:24:23.
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