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CKO is Canoe/Kayak Racing WITH Orienteering

Jan 12

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CKO is canoe/kayak racing WITH orienteering - tell your friends!

Nuance Matters when Attracting Paddlers
It has been suggested that canoe/kayak orienteering (CKO) is the same as Foot Orienteering with the exception of an added boat for travel. We at Phibious would like to challenge that notion. We think of CK Orienteering more like a BOAT race that just so happens to have Orienteering!!

It is a subtle yet important difference that will drastically impact your race turnout. Canoe/Kayak Orienteering and Foot Orienteering seem to “at-a-glance” be similar. However, their cultures are very different. Just because you have the same essential mechanics does not make you alike. Are Baseball and Cricket alike? They both have bats, balls, and bases. Yet to ignore this difference is to alienate your potential participant and cause them to go elsewhere. That is no way to build a sport! And it is a certain recipe for poor race day turnout. Consider the following for a moment:

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Winning USCA Canoe/Kayak Orienteering

Jan 11

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

Winning Canoe Orienteering
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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CVOC White Bank Park CKO (Aug 13, 2011)

Aug 27

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CKO orienteer finding a control by kayak. Some controls during this race where submerged.

The Central Virginia Orienteering Club (CVOC) held a Canoe/Kayak Orienteering (CKO) event at White Bank Park in Colonial Heights, VA on August 13, 2011. The CVOC reported an attendance of over 40 water-bound orienteers that headed out to find controls set throughout a beautiful wetlands area off of Swift Creek.  There were 20 control flags to find of differing difficulties, including some that were submerged.

Date: Sat Aug 13, 2011
Venue: Swift Creek, White Bank Park
Location: Colonial Heights, VA
Event Director: Tim Gilbert
Course Setter: Tim Gilbert
Event Website: CVOC White Bank Park CKO

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QOC Dutch Gap CKO (Oct 16, 2010)

Oct 13

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Canoe-O is only one discipline in Adventure Racing

The Quantico Orienteering Club (QOC) will be holding a Canoe/Kayak Orienteering event on October 16, 2010 at Dutch Gap, Peninsula Dock in Chester near Richmond, VA. Participants are welcome to compete together as a single team entry. No advance registration required. Just show up and have fun!

Date: Sat Oct 16, 2010
Venue: Dutch Gap, Peninsula Dock
Location: Chester, VA
Event Director: Tim Gilbert
Course Setter: Tim Gilbert

Notes: This Kayak/Canoe-O is a 20 point Score-O at the Yellow/Orange level. Bring your own Kayak/Canoe, or rent one for $10. Map is 1:10,000, five color. The meet director, Tim Gilbert, can be contacted by email or by phone at (804) 304-8841.

Event Website: QOC Dutch Gap CKO

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DVOA Canoe-O (June 27, 2010)

Feb 16

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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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