2011 Texas Water Safari
6 Jul
Is it really the ‘world’s toughest canoe race’?
260 Miles, 100 Hours, June, in Texas. Legend has it that back around 1962 Frank Brown and Bill George decided to take their “V” bottom boat, without a motor, from San Marcos to Corpus Christi. They accomplished their mission in about 30 days and decided that other people should have the opportunity to experience the same journey. So in 1963 they set up the first Texas Water Safari. The Safari is a long, tough, nonstop, marathon canoe racing adventure, which traverses 260 miles of challenging rivers and bays. Although the rate varies from year to year depending on water conditions, in previous Safaris as few as two teams out of sixty starters managed to reach the finish line. Many participants enter the Safari with no intention of winning, but with aspirations of joining the elite group of finishers and earning the coveted Texas Water Safari patch.
Photo by Erich Schlegel courtesy Canoe & Kayak Magazine
This year’s race took place from June 10-15, Canoe & Kayak Magazine has an amazing photo essay by Erich Schlegel.
Check out the official Texas Water Safari Race web site HERE >
I am looking for a team captain for the 2012 Texas Water Safari. I was a finisher in tandem standard in 2011 and want to go solo kayak this year. My captain from last year can’t do it, and my tandem partner has not committed, although we are now speaking, ha! Dan Gideon, 214-680-2404