Boss Man’s note: More action from South Africa with the second Downwind Dash Series race @ Cape Town. Young gun Dylan Frick was once again the victor, narrowly edging out Chris Bertish, while Brigette van Aswegen was too strong in the women’s race for the second week in a row.

Also check out the results from last week’s Downwind Dash race #1. Thanks again to SUPracer.com’s latest columnist Peter Petersen for the race recap and results. All photos © Jane Amory.

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The second race of the PRIMI Naish Downwind Dash, held on Wednesday 17th October, gave the 43 SUP paddlers excellent downwind conditions with flat seas and a steady 15-25knot South-Easterly fanning the runs. The windspeed was still relatively light for Cape Town, but it was very contestable and there were quality runs the entire way.

Dylan Frick made no mistakes off the start this time round, and immediately led out together with the Bertish brothers Chris and Greg. Everyone else was slowly but surely getting left behind and eventually Greg also got dropped with about 3km out of the 10km left to go. Dylan kept leading out Chris but a concerted effort from Chris saw him virtually catch up at the entrance to Small Bay, only for Dylan to once again put the hammer down and finish one wave ahead of Chris in 52:47, 15 seconds ahead of Chris. Brother Greg made sure it was a repeat of last weeks 1,2,3 with a 54:18. Ivan van Vuuren had a sterling comeback from a uncharacteristic start last week with a fine fourth closely followed in by Pietro Muscas in 5th – these two gents also representing 1st and 2nd in the Masters division (over 45 years old).

A couple of new names in the top 10 this week with Colin Heckroodt, Justin Bing and Nikki Venter pushing some of the stalwarts down the order – Brad Adams also made a welcome return to the top 10!

The first lady was once again the unbeatable Brigette van Aswegen at 1:02:24. Tammy Robarts from Strand came home 2nd in a time of 1:07:15, while 15 year old Mishka Steyn, also from the Strand, snagged 3rd a mere 12 seconds further back.

The Juniors saw Joshua Robertson record his first win in 1:02:14, with last weeks winner Ethan Koopmans relegated to 2nd in 1:04:25 and Calvin Ginsberg coming 3rd in 1:05:00.

A good couple of newcomers in John Henshilwood, Justin Trent, Luke Crocker and Oliver Potgieter – good to see fresh faces on the runs.

In the overall classification Dylan Frick has cemented his lead with two victories, followed by Chris Bertish and Greg Bertish. In 4th we now have our first Masters paddler, Pietro Muscas, ahead of the 2nd Master, Ivan van Vuuren in 5th.

Brigette van Aswegen has two victories in the Ladies, with Mishka Steyn now in 2nd and Karina Figl in 3rd. In the Juniors, Joshua Robertson now takes over the lead from Ethan Koopmans and Kimon Dos Santos in 3rd.

Remember, you get a discard after 4, 7 and 9 completed races so keep pitching for the races! More fun next week with 8 more races to go before we crown our first Downwind Champion of the new season!

PRIMI Naish Downwind Dash Series: Race #2 Results

Date: 17th October, 2012
Wind: SE 15-26knots
Waves: 0.5m
Course: 10.1km

#	Name	Time	Class	Division	% of 1st	Grade	km/h	min/km	Board
1	Dylan Frick	0:52:42	14'	Open	100.00	Elite	11.50	0:05:13	Starboard 14' Ace Pro
2	Chris Bertish	0:53:02	14'	Open	99.37	Elite	11.43	0:05:15	Naish 14 Glide 2012
3	Greg Bertish	0:54:18	14'	Open	97.05	Elite	11.16	0:05:23	Coreban 14' Dart
4	Ivan van Vuuren	0:54:50	14'	Masters	96.11	Elite	11.05	0:05:26	Coreban 14' Dart
5	Pietro Muscas	0:55:29	14'	Masters	94.98	A	10.92	0:05:30	Naish 14 Glide 2012
6	Colin Heckroodt	0:56:20	14'	Open	93.55	A	10.76	0:05:35	Starboard 14' OO
7	Francois Frick	0:56:26	14'	Open	93.38	A	10.74	0:05:35	Starboard 14' Ace Pro
8	Justin Bing	0:56:44	14'	Open	92.89	A	10.68	0:05:37	Coreban 14' Alpha
9	Brad Adams	0:58:17	14'	Open	90.42	A	10.40	0:05:46	Fanatic 14 Fly
10	Nicky Venter	0:58:50	14'	Open	89.58	B	10.30	0:05:50	Starboard 14' OO
11	John Du Rooy	0:59:04	14'	Open	89.22	B	10.26	0:05:51	Coreban
12	Andrew Cillie	0:59:10	14'	Masters	89.07	B	10.24	0:05:51	Starboard 14' Ace Pro
13	Peter Petersen	0:59:32	14'	Masters	88.52	B	10.18	0:05:54	Naish 14 Javelin MC
14	Tom King	1:00:38	14'	Open	86.92	B	9.99	0:06:00	Naish 14 Glide (2012)
15	Nicky Carstens	1:00:50	14'	Open	86.63	B	9.96	0:06:01	Custom 14'
16	Joshua Robertson	1:02:14	14'	Junior	84.68	C	9.74	0:06:10	Coreban 14' Dart
17	Brigette van Aswegen	1:02:24	14'	Women's	84.46	C	9.71	0:06:11	Starboard 14' Ace Pro
18	Grant Seeton Smith	1:02:44	14'	Open	84.46	C	9.71	0:06:11	Coreban 14 Dart
19	Glen Thompson	1:02:46	14'	Open	83.96	C	9.65	0:06:13	Naish 14 Glide AST
20	Rob Munro	1:02:54	14'	Open	83.78	C	9.63	0:06:14	Fanatic 14 OO
21	Mitch Wagstaff	1:04:18	14'	Masters	83.78	C	9.63	0:06:14	Starboard 14' OO
22	Dave Maxwell	1:04:25	14'	Masters	81.96	C	9.42	0:06:22	Naish 14 Glide
23	Ethan Koopman	1:04:34	Unl	Junior	81.81	C	9.41	0:06:23	Naish 17' Javelin
24	Guy Bubb	1:05:00	14'	Open	81.62	C	9.39	0:06:24	Naish 14 Glide (2012)
25	Jimmy Pappas	1:06:44	14'	Open	81.08	C	9.32	#REF!
26	Cameron Rein	1:07:15	14'	Open	78.97	D	9.08	0:06:36	Naish 14 Glide 2012
27	Tammy Robarts	1:07:27	14'	Women's	78.36	D	9.01	0:06:40	Naish 14 Glide (2012)
28	Mishka Steyn	1:07:59	14'	Women's Jnr	78.13	D	8.98	0:06:41	Starboard 14' OO
29	Gavin Dace	1:08:00	14'	Open	77.52	D	8.91	0:06:44	Naish 14 Glide AST
30	Michael Fiet	1:08:19	14'	Open	77.50	D	8.91	0:06:44	Coreban 14' Dart
31	Wayne Robertson	1:08:24	14'	Open	77.14	D	8.87	0:06:46	Coreban 14 Dart
32	Tyran Cooper	1:11:58	14'	Open	77.05	D	8.86	0:06:46	Coreban
33	Steve Tripney	1:12:58	14'	Masters	73.23	D	8.42	0:07:08	Coreban 14 Dart
34	Craig Ginsberg	1:13:47	14'	Masters	72.22	D	8.31	0:07:13	Naish 14 Glide (2012)
35	Karina Figel	1:14:09	14'	Women's	71.43	D	8.21	0:07:18	Coreban 14' Dart
36	Monika Wohlgemuth	1:15:00	14'	Women's	71.07	C	8.17	0:07:20	Naish 14 Glide (2012)
37	Calvin Ginsberg	1:15:15	14'	Junior	71.07	D	8.17	0:07:20	Naish 14 Glide
38	James Taylor	1:16:33	14'	Open	70.03	D	8.05	0:07:27	Naish 14 Glide AST
39	Luke Crocker	1:21:32	14'	Open	68.84	D	7.92	0:07:35	Naish 14 Glide
40	Craig Girdlestone	1:23:17	14'	Masters	64.64	D	7.43	0:08:04	Naish 14 Glide AST (2012)
41	Patricia Kohrs	1:27:44	12'6	Women's	63.28	D	7.28	0:08:15	Naish 12 Glide
42	John Henshilwood	1:28:05	14'	Open	60.07	C	6.91	0:08:41	Coreban 14' Dart
43	Justin Trent	1:29:05	14'	Open	59.83	D	6.88	0:08:43	Naish 14 Glide AST
44	Oliver Potgieter	1:29:10	14'	Open	59.16	D	6.80	0:08:49	Naish 14 Glide

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