Cayuco season underway with the Amador Causeway Regatta

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Chava was first to finish, but some of their elders
who started later had better times. Photo by Eric Jackson

Sudden Impact, Extreme Mr. John
and Chava win at Amador Regatta

This year the first boat across the finish line, and the winner of the male class of the Amador Causeway Regatta, didn't win the race. True, Chava did win in its classification, but because of the increasing popularity of cayuco racing there was a bifurcated start, such that a few minutes after Chava finished with a time of 0:55:00 flat, cayucos competing in the open category, which took off in the second start, came back with times of 0:53:29 (Sudden Impact, mixed class) and 0:54:30 (Extreme Mr. John, male class). Catalina won the female class of the trophy category and Gibtion was the fastest mixed trophy boat. The open women's winner --- one of just two entries in that class --- was High Anxiety. The complete race results are as follow:

TROPHY CATEGORY Class Total Class Rank Season Points

No. Cayuco Time BYC

MALE CLASS

1 Chava M 0:55:00 1 25

14 Titan M 0:58:22 2 23

4 Aptus M 1:01:10 3 21

16 Almost M 1:03:01 4 19

2 Fas2Rass M 1:03:06 5 17

36 Rio Chagres M 1:03:20 6 15

35 Situation Hopeless M 1:04:14 7 13

12 Bocas M 1:04:29 8 11

13 Anacardium M 1:05:38 9 9

38 Canal Zone M 1:11:54 10 7

17 Bad Company M 1:15:20 11 5

45 Se Unde M 1:16:28 12 3

25 SAE M 1:18:32 13 1

FEMALE CLASS

7 Catalina F 1:01:14 1 25

6 Rio Teta F 1:04:38 2 23

18 Dear Dick F 1:08:46 3 21

21 Seaweed F 1:14:53 4 19

34 Mister Most F 1:20:15 5 17

37 Destination Unknown F 1:27:23 6 15

MIXED CLASS

5 Gibtion C 1:03:19 1 25

9 Rapid Transit C 1:04:36 2 23

40 Veraguas C 1:07:10 3 21

10 Defiance C 1:07:57 4 19

28 Great Expectations C 1:08:58 5 17

15 Serendipity C 1:12:13 6 15

39 Colibrí C 1:12:47 7 13

26 Ruckus C 1:21:59 8 11

Class Total Rank Season Points

No. OPEN CATEGORY Time Cat. BYC

MALE CLASS

80 Extreme Mr. John AM 0:54:30 1 25

54 Expreso Comando AM 0:55:31 2 23

52 Perception AM 0:56:23 3 21

55 Arpia I AM 0:57:26 4 19

53 Urracá AM 0:57:36 5 17

59 Gamboa R.C. AM 1:00:56 6 15

88 Barracuda AM 1:04:07 7 13

78 Premonition AM 1:09:03 8 11

FEMALE CLASS

81 High Anxiety AF 1:04:55 1 25

61 Centenario I AF 1:16:21 2 23

MIXED CLASS

50 Sudden Impact AC 0:53:29 1 25

56 Deception AC 1:03:27 2 23

70 Pegasus AC 1:03:47 3 21

60 Delfín AC 1:07:26 4 19

64 Carioca AC 1:08:11 5 15

82 Infinity Miles-Banco Cont. AC DNF

83 BC Net AC DNF

Paddlers take your marks! Photo by Eric Jackson

When a ship passes through the Miraflores Locks millions of gallons of water flow out to the Pacific Ocean, which creates currents
along the causeway, which can in turn make people paddle just to keep their places at the starting line. Photo by Eric Jackson

Ever larger crowds gather on the Balboa Yacht Club dock to watch the regattas' starts and finishes. Photo by Eric Jackson

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Sudden Impact, Extreme Mr. John and Chava win at Amador Regatta

Sudden Impact, Extreme Mr. John
and Chava win at Amador Regatta