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DVOA Canoe-O (June 27, 2010)

Feb 16

Posted by phibious in Races

Canoe-O is only one discipline in Adventure Racing

The Delaware Valley Orienteering Association (DVOA) will be holding a tentatively scheduled a Canoe Orienteering event on June 27, 2010 at Nockamixon State Park near Quakertown, PA. The Nockamixon Canoe-O event is described as a “Surf ‘N Turf” orienteering course where teams split between a land map and a water map. The team has a 60-minute time limit with the winner based on a Score format total of both courses.

Date: Sun Jun 27, 2010
Venue: Nockamixon State Park
Location: Quakertown, PA
Event Director: Dave Cramer
Course Setter: Porter and Scott

Notes: Contact the DVOA Nockamixon Canoe-O Event Director, Dave Cramer, for details on how teams can obtain a canoe/kayak or on the event regulations and/or rules.

Event Website: DVOA.org

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CROC Kayak-O/Run (June 6, 2010)

Feb 15

Posted by phibious in Races

The Columbia River Orienteering Club (CROC) will be holding a Biathlon Orienteering (Kayak Run)at Lacamas Lake Park, OR, on Sunday, June 6, 2010. Please contact Brian Hauck (CROC) at 503-781-4859.

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GAOC Canoe-O (June 5, 2010)

Feb 14

Posted by phibious in Races

The Georgia Orienteering Club (GAOC) will be holding a Canoe-O race at Sweetwater Creek State Park on Saturday, June 5, 2010. Please contact Charlie Cottingham (GAOC) at 404-321-3230 for more information.

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Winning Canoe-O

May 8

Posted by phibious in Race Design, Strategy

WINNING CANOE-O
A Seven-Time US Canoe-Orienteering Champion Reveals All
By Aims Coney, USCA Canoe-Orienteering Chair, 2008

What’s the first secret of successful canoe-o?  It’s pick your partner wisely.  Many thanks to Bob Allen, Barry Fifield, Ernst Linder, Andy Hall, and especially J-J Cote’ who endured so much, taught me so much, and ensured the success for which I later got credit.

Since 2001, championship-level canoe-o has gone through a miraculous evolution.  Back then J-J and I won the USCA Nationals by being the only team to bother portaging and dominated local meets by merely showing up with a racing canoe.  Nowadays the racers who enter the Nationals make far better decisions and local meets attract plenty of fast canoes.  It’s getting more competitive all the time, too.  At the 2001 Nationals there was a 2-1/2 hour margin between first and last places but last year the total gap, first to last, was only 38 minutes.  At local meets the long course often used to go unused, but now is often the most popular.

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CKO Race Guidelines

May 8

Posted by phibious in Race Design

Canoe/Kayak Orienteering (CKO) borrows the best features of canoe racing and orienteering. Some events are canoe races with maps; others are orienteering meets with canoes. Meet organizers have considerable latitude to design events that are best for their venue and participants.

Canoe and Kayak Orienteering sanctioned meets should follow three rules in the interest of fairness and fun:

  1. The Team Finish Rule: Competitors start and finish with all crew members and equipment. One or all teammates may leave the boat during the event, but at the finish line the crew, boat, and all equipment must be back together again.
  2. The Designated Wet or Dry Rule: Control locations are designated “wet” or “dry” in the control descriptions or clearly on the map. A dry control is approached by land and is on firm ground while a wet control is punched from a boat. Dry controls are found on hilltops, at trail junctions, or other land features, but never in swamps. Overhanging branches, pilings, or buoys are good places to hang wet controls.

    Note to course setters: Some meets ban swimming or wading to controls but this is difficult to monitor. It is better to place wet controls so that swimming or wading will be a disadvantage over using a boat.

  3. The Nothing Yucky or Damaging Rule: It should never be necessary for a paddler to disembark into mud or unsavory water nor to run a boat up on rocks in order to punch a wet control. Additionally, punches on wet controls should be hung so they can be punched without rising from the center seat of an 18′6″ solo cruiser.

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CROC CKO Race

May 7

Posted by phibious in Races

The Columbia River Orienteering Club (CROC) will be holding a CKO (Kayak/Canoe-O) race at Rock Island, Willamette River, Oregon City, OR (approx. 10-miles South of Portland, OR) on Saturday, August 15, 2009. The course is located near a set of rocks 3 miles north of Oregon City. The river will be running low in August and river currents are not expected to be a problem this year. Please contact Brian Hauck (CROC) at 4brian@comcast.net.

Results:

Kayak-O
2009-08-15

Results Short (1 hour)
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Dale – *** 1:06:52 *** 284points
Pirie – *** 1:21:11 *** 244points
Hauck – *** 0:54:04 *** 235points
Hunter – *** 1:12:00 *** 168points

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Long (2 hours)
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Ashby *** 2:01:31 *** 494points
Paul Guthrie *** 1:58:33 *** 360points
Doree Dennis *** 1:58:50 *** 340points
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GAOC CKO Race

May 7

Posted by phibious in Races

The Georgia Orienteering Club (GAOC) will be holding a CKO (Canoe-O and AGM) race at Ft. Yargo State Park, GA (approx. 40-miles Northeast of Atlanta, GA) on Sunday, May 31, 2009. Please contact Amy Williams (GAOC) at (678) 886-5931 for more information.

Results:

Fort Yargo State Park Canoe-O Results
Georgia Orienteering Club Meet Results
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Thank you to Rick Shane and Mischelle Curtin for helping with Registration and Start.
Thank you to all the helpful volunteers who assisted with bag pick up.
Thank you to Steve Shannonhouse for reserving facilities.
60 minute Canoe/Run Score-O 5 point penalty for each minute over 60
Place Name Total Points Min Penalty Net Points
1 Barker and McAdams 200 61 -5 195
2 Chris Randall and Kim Moore 190 54 0 190
3 Lisa Randall and Julia Radmann 195 61 -5 190
4 Laurie Robbins and Mary Reeves 180 58 0 180
5 Chris and Rachel von Ins 195 63 -15 180
6 Ken, Caleb, and Abigail Townsend 175 59 0 175
7 Lorna McGee 170 55 0 170
8 The Bringle Men 170 60 0 170
9 Anna Bringle 160 59 0 160
10 Payne/Turner (second run) 195 67 -35 160
11 Brian and John Carlson 145 54 0 145
12 Bryan Goble 140 58 0 140
13 Mike Plunkett and Ada Almonacid 155 63 -15 140
14 Sarah Hampton and Bill Farrell 135 56 0 135
15 Chris Carlson and Roger Nagy 145 62 -10 135
16 Vanessa and Peter Hannaford 130 55 0 130
17 Turner and Payne 130 61 -5 125
18 Sam Smith 130 63 -15 115
19 Gina, Brett, Phil Muegel 155 72 -60 95
20 Myrick, Hughes, Sanford (SHS) 90 39 0 90
21 Byron Wood and Ron Thomas 190 80 -100 90
22 Les Hollingsworth 120 70 -50 70
23 Warren Rudert 195 94 -170 25
24 Stephanie, Phylicia, Clare (PHS) 120 85 -125 -5

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Introduction to Canoe/Kayak Orienteering (CKO)

May 7

Posted by phibious in Advocacy

CKO is a timed race in which one- or two-person boats start at staggered intervals.

CKO is a timed race in which one- or two-person boats start at staggered intervals.

Canoe/Kayak Orienteering (called CKO or Canoe-O) is an orienteering sport using a canoe, kayak, or other small boat. Usually, CKO is a timed race in which one- or two-person boats start at staggered intervals, are timed, and are expected to perform all navigation on their own. Portages are allowed. The control points, shown on an orienteering map, may be visited in any order. Standings are determined first by successful completion of the course, then by shortest time on course.

Traditional CKO controls may be places around a lake and in the woods.  The course is usually designed as a Score course with points assigned to each control based on difficulty and distance.  One or more competitors navigate the course in a canoe and the winner is the canoe team that accumulates the most points within the time limit.

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The Mission of Phibious

May 6

Posted by admin in Advocacy

Phibious is dedicated to bringing competitive Canoe/Kayak Orienteering to the United States of America!

Race organizers in the US have from time-to-time produced CK Orienteering races. However, no organized effort has ever been attempted to bring CK Orienteering into the forefront of American orienteering competitions. Additionally, there are no American CKO teams represented in any World CK Orienteering Championship events, there is no active effort to form a competitive process for creating CKO teams for international competition, and even the US Orienteering Federation has yet to place any emphasis (or resources) on CK Orienteering within the US.

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