Great Island Kayak Race 07

This is the second year that the lads in Cork have organised the kayak race around Great Island. The course is roughly 25km and myself, Pat and Mick have entered our names (not as serious contenders!). We've been looking forward to this since before Christmas and despite the recent wet and windy weather it was a bright day with winds F2/F3 forecast. High tide was just before 10AM so the organisers scheduled the start to coincide. The elite racers got off to a flying start and the rest of us paddled along at various rates. Top finishing time was 2hr 15mins and we came in some time later (I won't say how late!). Suffice to say we weren't first and we weren't last. We had a BBQ back in Marlogue Inn followed by presentation of prizes. We really enjoyed the day and a big thank you to the lads in Cork for organising the event. Looking forward to doing it again next year.