Thanks for participating in and supporting this race. Some reasonably challenging conditions for the rudderless W1, with a hard side-on wind for most of the way. The course distance was 9km, with the Hutt River bridge as the half way turning point.

A total of 16 paddlers were in attendance. The next race will be back in Porirua, let’s get those number up again.

Click here for the results.

For future dates and series details, go to http://www.hoetonga.co.nz/?p=5207.

Ever wondered what the meaning of Hoe Tonga’s logo is?

• HOE TONGA simply means SOUTHERN PADDLERS
• PACIFICA means peoples of the pacific, not specifically any one race or origin, so Polynesian, European, Micronesian, Asian and any mix of these.
• The THREE WAVES on each side of the logo pointing towards Aotearoa/New Zealand represent humankind’s most common ideogram for WATER. They also represent POWER and INDEPENDANT MOVEMENT.
• The SPRIAL in the background represents OUTGOING MIGRATIONS. Like a pebble on a pond, the ripple effect spreads out accross the water from where it originates (in this case the centre of Aotearoa).
• The four KOWHAIWHAI represent the FOUR WINDS N/S/E/W, The FOUR CORNERS of the PACIFIC, STRENGTH and UNITY.
• The FIGURES in the canoe do not represent Male or Female, Young or Old but everyone and anyone.