Tue - June 6, 2006

Texas Water Safari 2006: 101 boats, 36 soloists, low water, high heat expected



Aquarena Springs, San Marcos, Texas. Saturday, June 10, 2006. Start to Texas Water Safari. 260 miles non-stop to Seadrift. Low water and high heat.

Unfortunately, I am not paddling Safari this year. I depleted my time and financial resources on WaterTribe Ultimate Florida Challenge earlier this year. Of course, I am watching all safari related discussions on-line.

101 boats entered the race according to the recent starting lineup. It is not a record number. I remember more than 120 entries. As a soloist I am, especially, interested in solo entries. I extracted all solo unlimited and C-1 entries from the general list: see 36 entries below. Devo and Phil Gumbert will be both racing in new boats built by Jack Spencer. It should be interesting.

Unfortunately, no boat brand or description is required in the race entry. All solo boats (touring and sea kayaks, surf ski, custom safari boats, canoes except C-1) are simply included in the unlimited class. I prepared list of soloists from two 2002 and 2003 TWS where I tried to find some boat information for each paddler.

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Position Boat # Class Team Captain Sp. Recog. Team Members State Age Safaris Entered Safaris Finished
2-3 1012 SOLO     LASKOSKIE, CORY TX 33 4 3
    TC   SPENCER, JACK TX 45    
2-4 1316 SOLO     LOCKE, JASON TX 37 3 2
      TC   MOSSMAN, JAMES TX 35    
2-5 8 SOLO     RENDON, MICHAEL TX 39 4 2
    TC   HARLAN, KENT TX 46    
2-6 101 SOLO   MASTERS PHIL GUMBERT CA  47 10 7
      TC   GUMBERT, MARY JO CA  50    
3-2 971 SOLO   MASTERS DORNAK, HENRY TX 45 4 4
      TC   RODGERS, KEITH TX 27    
3-4 497 W SOLO   MASTERS MAGEE, ERIN TX 43 10 8
      TC   KOSLOSKY, MARTHA        
3-5 14 SOLO     PENNINGTON, BRAD TX 39    
    TC   SPENNG, BILL TX 51    
3-6 333 SOLO   MASTERS SHIVLEY, MICHAEL UT 60 28 24
      TC   POPP, RON TX 50    
4-1 138 SOLO     JONES, GASTON TX 33 4 4
    TC   HANSON, AARON TX 31    
4-4 3 SOLO   MASTERS SCHAU, TORE TX 66 4 3
      TC   SANCHEZ, GERANIMO TX 58    
4-5 481 C-1   MASTERS DORAN, JIMMY TX 41 3 3
    TC   HATTON, DAVID TX 37    
5-2 639 SOLO   MASTERS MRAZ, ZOLTAN TX 66 15 8
      TC   HAFERNICK, GIB TX 52    
5-4 17 SOLO   MASTERS BINION, PETE TX 56 16 16
      TC   ABBITT, BRUCE TX 55    
5-6 8563 SOLO   MASTERS ANDERSON, DAVID WA 42    
      TC   ANDERSON, WILLIAM WA 62    
6-6 96 SOLO   MASTERS THOMSEN, AXEL TX 41 2 2
      TC   THOMSEN, ALEX TX 43    
7-1 919 SOLO     WATERS, GEOFF TX 38 1 0
    TC   WATERS, PHIL MI 64    
7-2 1954 SOLO   MASTERS MUSSELMAN, MICHAEL TX 52 1 1
      TC   MUSSELMAN, JUDY TX 42