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'Dad

Center'

From Kailua to Waikiki
Outrigger takes top honors

The George "Dad" Center Memorial Canoe Race was the
first women's long distance outrigger canoe race in the
world. It has been sponsored by the Outrigger Canoe Club
since 1974.

The race is named for George "Dad" Center, Outrigger's
long-time swimming coach, Club Captain, paddler and
steersman, who was a strong proponent of women athletes
and coached the first women's crew in the 1933 Kona
races. He was considered by most to be the "father of
local canoe racing."
The "Dad" Center race was started by Outrigger Canoe
Club coaches Tom Conner, Mark Buck and Archie Kaaua
who believed their women's crew was capable of races
longer than the one-mile they were currently racing during
the regatta season.
The first "Dad" Center race, in 1974, was 10 miles long
from Hawaii Kai's Maunalua Bay to the Outrigger's
Beach at Diamond Head. Six nine-woman crews entered
that first year and the Outrigger women easily completed
the course in 1 hour 21 minutes and 6 seconds, just ahead
of Healani Canoe Club, Waikiki Surf Club, Kailua Canoe
Club, Lanikai Canoe Club and Hui Nalu Canoe Club.

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