Steering the Offshore canoe across 41 miles of open ocean was veteran paddler Mindy Clark who now lives in Big Bear, California. It was fast, especially coming off Koko Head. Clark has paddled all but one race since the event began 17 years ago. Sharon Attlesley, Gina Aubrey, Dru Van Hengal, Cathy Ho Whitford, Anna Olson, Agneta Anderssen, Vicki Mills and Jo Jo Toeppner. Toeppner has paddled every race since 1979.
Mills is the only rookie in the crew.
We hung with OffShore for a while and then took a more northerly course. Other crew members were Nicole Wilcox, Donna Kahakui, Lisa Livingston, Dana Cliifford. Traci Phillips, Mary Smolensky, Sara Ackerman, Pam Clifford and Kaili Chun. Crew members were Donna Meyer, Makanani Wong, Karen Kiefer, Connie Johnston, Lesline Connor, Sheila Beahm, Sandy Combis, Kathy Irwin, Loretta Toth and Kathy Colin. Race director and co-founder Hannie Anderson commented that the race continues to grow.