04 Jan 2007
The Neil Pryde Cape Dash took place on Saturday 16 Dec 2006. The starting point was the Milnerton Lagoon Rivermouth and the wind direction was offshore and very gusty. Pumping up a kite was an art on its own with the wind coming directly off the land.
The last race which took place from this point was about 10 years ago, done by only the windsurfers. This time around, the kiters were very keen to join in on the fun.
The wind speed started to pick up by the minute, The kiters could not do a beach start due to the very strong and tricky winds, and had to hold their ground on the water behind the safety jetski and the buoys. The windsurfers stood along the shore, sails down, like soldiers waiting for their marching orders into the war zone.
Eventually, after what must have felt like hours of waiting, the surfers got the sound of their final horn around 13h30. In a moment of organised chaos, the men and a few brave ladies headed straight towards their finish line at Doodles in Table view. The water was as choppy as the wind was gusty the entire way.
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The results are the following:
1 Sebastian Catelan 14.20min - Kiter
2 Ralph Bachshuster 14.55min - Kiter
3 Anthony Berzack 16.12min - Kiter
4 Peter Peterson 16.35min - Kiter
5 Florian s (unknown)
6 Dan Ellis 20.12min - Windsurfer
7 Alan Jackson 20.20min - Windsurfer
8 Craig Gertenbach 22.30min - Windsurfer
9 Marcus Brown 23.10min - Windsurfer
10 Guy Crib (unknown)
11 Andrew Johns 23.41 - Windsurfer
12 Riaan van Niekerk
13 Chris Garrow
14 Floyd Paul
15 Alissandro Comerlati
16 Matt Swart
17 Larz
18 Gilbert Preston
19 Rich Jones
20 Dave Donald
21 Mark Derman
22 Lucas Moonwalk
23 Torr Malina
24 Dean Shweitzer
25 Sebastian Docter
26 Andy Ruby
27 Thake de Wit
28 Mark Avella
29 Derrick Kliebelar
30 Alister Silde
31 Tash Peterson
32 Nic Bothma
33 Richard White
34 James Packer
35 Rob Munroe
36 Nicolas Knot Craig
37 Andrea Zani
38 Juanita Welgemoed
39 Jake Rolmik