The Annual Queen Lili’uokalani Race
This event will be taking place Labor Day Weekend - September 1st through September 3rd. The Annual Queen Lili’uokalani Race is the world’s largest long distance canoe race, attended by paddlers from all over the world.
It consists of two days of racing, with the first day being the single-hull canoe races, followed by double hull and one-person canoe races on Sunday.
Crews from Hawaii, the US mainland, and around the world come to enter this world class event. The fun includes a cultural crafts fair on the Pier, and more. Awards ceremony, luau, and torchlight parade to follow canoe races.
Teams from all over the world will be participating in this epic long distance paddling event
Race Details – Days and Times
Saturday, September 1st, 2012:
- 7:30 am – Iron women
- 7:35 am – Unlimited women
- 7:40 am – 9 women
- 11:45 am – Iron men
- 11:50 am – Unlimited men
- 11:55 am – 9 men
Sunday, September 2, 2012:
All Races start at Kailua – turn at before Lyman’s – back to Kailua (Note: times are subject to change):
- 7:30 – Teen Girls/ Teen Boys: OC-6
- 7:30 – Teen Girls OC 6
- 8:30 – Kane Teen Boys OC 1&2
- 9:00 – SUP Long Course
- 9:10 – SUP Short Course
- 9:30 – Wahine Doublehull
- 10:45 – Kane Doublehull
- 11:00 – Wahine/Mix OC 1&2
- 12:00 – Mix Doublehull
Race Details – Locations
This race will take place along the beautiful Kona Coast and the historic bays of Kailua, Keauhou, Kealakekua, and Honaunau. For more information please visit Kai Opua Canoe Club’s website.
A hui hou!