She finished 4th Overall Womens OC1 in gruelling conditions, with a time of 07:32:47.

Maui Kjeldsen was 3rd with a time of 06:18:11. He was the fastest from NZ, even though he has listed his country as US. He did awesome in his waka te wainui.

I placed about 17th or 18th Overall in Mens OC1 with a time of 06:51.10.

Note: the times and results still need to be adjusted for people who pulled out or jumped back in towards the end of the race, eg Butch.

Great article here: http://starbulletin.com/2007/05/21/sports/story04.html

I have posted some photos to my blog www.whakarongo.com if you are interested in posting them to the waka ama website please go ahead. You can also access the photos on my flickr pages http://www.flickr.com/photos/whakarongo/

Cheers dude and aloha

Warmest regards,
Kingi Gilbert