Don’t miss the 2018 Kai Ikaika winter series race coming up on Saturday, March 17th! The race will be held at our traditional spot near downtown at the Portland Boathouse Club dock on the east bank of the Willamette River across from the River Place Marina! Please see specific race details below. If you have any questions, please contact us at info@kaiikaika.com. Hope to see you all there!
2018 PNWORCA Winter Series Race #6
Hosted by Kai Ikaika Paddling Club
Saturday, March 17, 2018
11:00am race start
Portland Boathouse Dock
1515 SE Water Ave, Portland, OR 97214
DIRECTIONS:
From North of Portland: 1-5 South to exit 300B/Oregon City (US26 E)/OMSI, onto Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Right on Madison, left on Water, driveway to parking lot is on right just before OMSI.
From South of Portland: I-5 North to exit 300; Right on Water, driveway on right just before OMSI.
ONLINE REGISTRATION:
We are very excited to have online registration for all of the PNWORCA winter series races this year through Paddle Guru! Online registration is easy and fast and you can even pay your race fees ahead of time with a credit card. Register early and save $5 on your race fees!
OC-1, Surfski Single, V1, SUP (Men, Women and Mixed)
$20 Advanced registration / $25 Day of Registration
Surfski Double, OC-2 (Men, Women and Mixed)
$40 Advanced registration / $50 Day of Registration
RACE NUMBERS:
PNWORCA winter series has opted to go with a permanent canoe number system. All paddlers will be issued a pair of race numbers. Each paddler is asked to bring an extra $5 for these numbers if you have NOT already purchased them. You will leave these numbers on your canoe and use the number for every PNW ORCA winter series race you enter. These numbers will not harm your vessel when taken off.
RACE DETAILS:
Distance: Approx. 6.2 miles (10km), one loop around Ross Island. (See race course below). Launch point is the Portland Boathouse floating dock.
Race Schedule:
9:00am – Registration opens
10:30am – Paddlers’ Meeting
11:00am – Race Starts
12:30pm – Hawaiian Plate Lunch and Awards
You must have to participate:
- Current PRM club membership or pay event coverage fee above, Signed PRM event waiver (download below).
- $20 entry fee per person ($25 day-of)
- PFD/Life jacket
Race Course: The course starts on the east side of the Willamette river, just south of the Hawthorne Bridge and heads upriver, passing the OMSI submarine, staying to the left of the Marquam Bridge middle pillars, behind Ross Island and non- ama side turn around #4 red buoy and then north down the main channel. Pass Toe Island and finish at the floating dock.
