The Whitsunday Outriggers Canoe Club hosted a well-attended Outrigger Regatta on Saturday. The event took place at two locations - Shingley Beach and Shute Harbour.
It was a weekend of spectacle for onlookers at the lagoon who were treated to the colourful coterie of canoers.
Saturday, 29 six-man outrigger canoe boats, with a total of 174 paddlers, took to the waves and competed for glory – and for a bit of fun.
There were 27 events in total at the paddling regatta, with event number 13 a smash hit as the one-man outrigger race hosted 46 competitors.
Matt Abbott took the winning time, crossing the waves in 21:52, comfortably beating his nearest opponent by a cool 30 seconds.
Another of the day’s biggest events was the two person women crewed outriggers, featuring 28 hopefuls.
There was a total of 30 canoes that competed in event 1 as well – an 8 kilometre total race from Shute Harbour to Airlie Beach that finished with the Mission Beach side coming in with a winning time of 1:26:58.
In this race Outrigger Whitsunday had five crews representing the local club – which has run for more than 20 years - in various age divisions.
A special mention goes out to the spectacular novice crew on the day, who managed to take out the gold after overtaking crews who had started five minutes earlier.
The day started at Shute Harbour with the Shute 2 Airlie Race
It was a big turnout for the outriggers, pictured here at Shingley Beach in the second half of the day
Outriggers paddling through Shute Harbour
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