Date: Sun, 25 May 1997 22:47:26 -0400 (EDT)
Message-Id: <1.5.4.16.19970525060500.2cafafb8@quebectel.com>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
From: "Kayaclub Ste-Luce, Quebec, Canada" <kayaclub@quebectel.com>
Subject: La Grande Traversee Kayaclub 1997 is coming soon!
Kayaclub Ste-Luce, Quebec, Canada ( a non-profit organisation ) presents:
La Grande Traversée Kayaclub 1997 on the 9th and 10th of august 1997 with
the participation of the Canadian Life Saving Society.
Friends kayakers, register to the second edition of La Grande Traversee
Kayaclub, a 60 kilometers international sea-kayak race, that will take place
on the Saint-Lawrence river, between Forestville and Sainte-Luce-sur-mer in
the province of
Quebec, Canada. The race will be launched on sunday the 10th
of august 97 at the Green Bay of Forestville.
$20000.00 in prizes and purses. ( canadian dollars )
3 categories:
Expert: Amateur-solo: Amateur-Tandem:
( Surf-ski or modified ) ( Regular sea-kayak / stock ) Tandem kayak
1st: $5000.00cd 1st: $1500.00cd 1st: $2000.00cd
2nd: $2000.00cd 2nd: $ 750.00cd 2nd: $1000.00cd
3rd: $1000.00cd 3rd: $250.00cd 3rd: $500.00cd
Last year results
Lauching: August 17th 6h00 ( am ) 59 competers / Sunny, low winds, calm sea
Expert category:
Position Name Provenance Arrival time
1st Bill Wilson Australia 11:34:20
2nd Joe Glickman Brooklin, NY,USA 11:38:40
3rd Maks Zupan Paisley, Ontario 12:33:56
4th William Chastan Jura, France 13:25:12
5th Jocelyn Tremblay Beaupré, Québec 13:26:06
Amateur solo category
Position Name Provenance Arrival time
1st Steven Landick Michigan, USA 11:33:10*
* Best time: 5h 33m 10s - average speed 11 k/h
2nd Louis Dionne Rimouski, Qc 12:59:20
3rd Dawn Williams Paisley, Ont. 13:10:25
4th Steven Richie St-Siméon, Qc 13:21:27
5th Richard Germain Montréal,Qc 13:32:36
Amateur tandem category
Position Name Provenance arrival time
1st Serge Savard Montréal
Michael Skareck Montréal 12:22:10
2nd J.-F. Dubé Rimouski
Vincent Dube Rimouski 12:23:56
3rd Rene Plante Baie-Comeau
Louis Lamontagne Baie-Comeau 12:37:07
4th Alain Dumais Bergeronnes
Gael Auffret France 12:45:05
5th Yves Proulx Shawinigan 12:48:10
To know more about this event:
Go see our web for all details at: http://www.quebectel.com/traversee/
Have all a great time on water this season!!!
Have a nice day!
Bruno Toussaint
Grande Traversee Kayaclub 1997
C.P. 3875, Rimouski, Qc, Canada, G5L-7P3
418-725-kayak ( 5292 ) vocal box
418-722-7508 fax
kayaclub@quebectel.com e-mail
http://www.quebectel.com/traversee/ web