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Braddock Bay State Park Canoe O Results
6/18/2016

    It was a fine day on Braddock Bay with lots of sunshine a light breeze
coming off Lake Ontario. The Army Corp of Engineers is in the process of
restoring the marshes in the bay by cutting new  channels and digging new
potholes to promote the flow of water and to improve the habitat for fish
and aquatic plants. The new channels, although not designed for navigation,
created an interesting maze for orienteering. We spent many hours in the
marsh tracking the channels on GPS and later matching them with existing
aerial photos to create an accurate map for the course.
    We counted a total of 27 canoes and kayaks at the mass start. Boats
took off in all directions.  Some headed for the controls in the open areas
of the bay while others, including the eventual winner Stina Bridgeman,
headed into the maze. Prior to the start we tried to demonstrate some
helpful tips to be efficient in the narrow channels. These included
grabbing cattails on both sides of the boat and pulling the boat through
and placing one foot on the floating bog to push while keeping the other
foot in the boat.
    There were a total of 24 regular controls and one bonus control with
the clue being “ Where Gilligan was stranded”  Controls were worth 10-40
points and the bonus was worth an additional 20 points.  The maximum
orienteering score was 620 points. Additional points were awarded for
pieces of garbage (1 pt for each piece up to ten), best decorated boat
(10), best decorated participant (10), and infamous “style” points awarded
by the organizers for things like praising the map, the courses or the meet
director. Picking up the most controls and falling out of your boat at the
finish also earned some extra points from the organizers.
    Stina was the overall winner as she completed the course 2:15:00 and
then piled up “style points” by complimenting the mapmaker and meet
director, helping later finishers land their boats and picking up most of
the controls. She ended up with 645 points, while Chris Joyce and Lindsay
Worner finished second with 630, helped by 10 points for trash that
included two full size muddy tires. Bob Bundy got an additional 5 points
for his creative exit from his boat at the finish.
    Doug and Heidi Hall got 10 points for best boat decorations and Kathy
Bannister in her moth costume got 10 points for best costume.
    Almost everyone hung around for a picnic in the town park. Special
thanks to Kathy Bannister and Kay Sheehan for the nice salads and to
Lindsay Worner for the brownies.
FINAL STANDINGS ( unless we receive some e-mail praise)

KAYAKS
645 Stina Bridgeman
625 Sergey Dobretsov/Pavel Korniliev
625 Bob Bundy
623 Joe Flores
581 Dave Fergusson
502 Doug Kennedy/Jackie Novkov/
502 Julia/Brett Goheen
422 Hanni Haynes/Abigail Kinem
360 Eve Scofield/Rick Brown/Deb Whalen/Marcia Mundrick
353 Laurie Hunt
310 Reid Smalley
310 Kathy Bannister/Kay Sheehan
300 Marsha Reed
204 Jackie Lolande/Chris Mears
200 Louise Cook

CANOES
630 Lindsay Worner/Chris Joyce
625 Bob Bundy
623 Nathan & Mitch Collinsworth
588 Anna & Lawrence Creatura
540 Chad & Zak Borden
382 Doug & Heidi Hall
370 Todd & Sam Bogumil
290 Mary Allen & Elanor Nadorff

Rick Worner, Meet director
Linda Kohn, Mapper
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