This morning the start took place in Workum on Aloha Friday.
The top
20 paddlers started in the front of sthe starting area, since the waters
were too narrow for the entire field.
The weather was also great today.
Light winds and partly sunny – cloudy moments made up for ideal
paddling conditions.
The currents were also in the favor of the paddlers
the first half of the day
and the paste was fast; up to 11 k/hr.
The day-stage Workum-Franeker, offered mainly smaller channels
through the country side.
The biggest body of water was “het Van
Harinksma Kanaal”,
where commercial big ships drive through.
The
paddlers need to pay attention here.
After Workum, the athletes had to ‘ring the bell’ and call their
number
in Bolsward, city nr 7 and Harlingen, city nr 8.
The mid way
point – and the mandatory break of 15 minutes – was in between these
two
cities in the place called “Witmarsum”.
I was stoked to paddle my stage
for Team Starboard today and I saw
Bart, Peter and Martijn (the first 3
guys again) paddled away as soon as
I had reached the rest area. Since
the waters were smooth,
the paddler were much closer than the previous
days
when big lakes were ...more
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