Starts
Marina start:
Sign-in and launch at the boat ramp on Akersten St, Port Nelson.
Start is at north end of marina for race start
Sign-in and launch at the boat ramp on Akersten St, Port Nelson.
Start is at north end of marina for race start
Tahuna Beach start:
Sign-in and launch at the West end of Tahunanui Beach
Sign-in and launch at the West end of Tahunanui Beach
Courses
Monday night races:
A different course each week, designed especially for that day's conditions.
The outside marker buoy (used as the turn around) has moved, so 'Out and Back' course is now approximately 10 km.
A different course each week, designed especially for that day's conditions.
The outside marker buoy (used as the turn around) has moved, so 'Out and Back' course is now approximately 10 km.
John Harris Memorial Kayak/Ski Race
Cobweb Challenge Course Instructions:
Start and finish: end of A-pier, Nelson marina.
Follow the red poles all the way to the entrance of the cut, keeping them on you left.
Turn left at the 2nd to last red pole and go straight across the cut to the green pole, keeping it on your left.
Turn left and head for the yellow 5 knot buoy at the SW corner of Haulashore island.
Left around the buoy and head to the yellow 5 knot buoy between the southern tip of Haulashore and Rocks Road.
Turn left around the buoy and head towards the dolphin (the big white marker structure in middle of harbour). Keep the dolphin on your right and keep going past it and across the shipping channel to Pole 5.
Go around Pole 5 keeping it on your right and follow remaining red poles all the way back to the marina, keeping them on your right.
Then finish back where you started at the end of A-pier.
Start and finish: end of A-pier, Nelson marina.
Follow the red poles all the way to the entrance of the cut, keeping them on you left.
Turn left at the 2nd to last red pole and go straight across the cut to the green pole, keeping it on your left.
Turn left and head for the yellow 5 knot buoy at the SW corner of Haulashore island.
Left around the buoy and head to the yellow 5 knot buoy between the southern tip of Haulashore and Rocks Road.
Turn left around the buoy and head towards the dolphin (the big white marker structure in middle of harbour). Keep the dolphin on your right and keep going past it and across the shipping channel to Pole 5.
Go around Pole 5 keeping it on your right and follow remaining red poles all the way back to the marina, keeping them on your right.
Then finish back where you started at the end of A-pier.
