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Three generations team up
On a beautiful afternoon at Nanakuli Beach,
crews paddled out for the start of the Junior
men open division OHCRA regatta race.
Puzzled observers noticed a small figure in seat
#5 for the Lanikai crew. As the race started,
the explanation began to spread among beach
onlookers. In a surprise move, Lanikaiʻs Foti
family had entered a crew spanning three
generations!
Stroking was Noah (age 21), in #2 was John
(age 53), #3 Nick (age 24), #4 Phil (age 79), Jim
(age 45) steering, and in #5 Conner (age 12)!
Although talked about in the past, at a
family get together in the weeks leading up to
the regatta, a decision was made to go for it.
Jim: "Iʻd dreamed about it for years!"
As the crews hit the second turn in front of
the beach in the out and back one mile race, the
Foti ʻohana crew was not too far off the lead. At
the finish, they missed a third place medal by 20
tenths of a second but no one celebrated more
afterwards. To anyoneʻs recollection, it was an
unprecedented first in regatta competition!
Reflecting on the race, patriarch Phil
remarked, "The heady rush of waʻa racing with a
strong accomplished crew that knows it can blend
together is at the very least exhilarating. To have
an opportunity to feel it with oneʻs own progeny
- no less on Fatherʻs Day- is indescribable, but
eloquent testimony to how good life can be!"
For more photos of the entire 2016 OHCRA
regatta season, go to pekelo.smugmug.com and
click on the Sports 2016 section >Paddling to see
the different regatta photos.
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