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Officially a 501(c)(3)!!

Cayuga Outrigger Canoe Club Inc. is OFFICIALLY a 501(c)(3), which means you can make tax deductible donations! 🙂

EIN: 26-4383842

AND in conjunction with Ithaca dragonboat club and in the spirit of our newly acquired 501c3 status, we will be doing our spring clean up of Cass Park on April 12 at 10:30.

Please wear: a team shirt, long pants, long sleeves, closed toe shoes. Bring your water bottle.

Please sign up now so we know we can count on you.

Need teams, to 1. Weed , 2. PICK UP TRASH, 3. TRIM BRUSH. If you have battery hedge clipper, chain saw, or other good tools please bring them!

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2025 has arrived and spring is in the air!

Spring team meeting is April 11, 2025 at 6 Stone Creek Drive, Ithaca, NY.

This year, we will have four coaches with no head coach.

Thank you to our fearless leaders: Mike Cook, Matthias Liepe, Peter Rogers, and KP Pike!

Dates have been finalized for the Cayuga Lake Crossing! August 16-17, 2025!

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2024 Board and Coaches!

We’re excited to announce the 2024 COCC board and coaches as well as the race directors for the Cayuga Lake Crossing:

Board Members

President: Jorj (George) Buchholz

Vice President: Vacant

Treasurer: Anne Shakespeare

Secretary: Peter Rogers

Member-at-large: Kirsten Pike

Coaches

Head Coach: Mike Cook

Assistant Coach: Susanna Pearce

Cayuga Lake Crossing (CLX 2024) Organizing Committee

Race Director: John Cheng

Race Director Elect: Anna Levina

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2023 Coaches

The club has reelected our coaches for the 2023 season: 

Coach – Mike Cook (contact: 607 227 4998 )
Steering Coach – Susanna Pearce
Safety & Swimming – Lori Brewer

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2023 Cayuga Outrigger Board

The club met for our annual winter meeting and club elections for 2023. Thanks to outgoing board members, Liz Kluz and the Mitchell Family Unit (Alex, Patrick, and Matilda) for their service. Congratulations to this year’s board:

President – Beth Krause
Vice President – Nancy Gruen
Secretary – Anne Shakespeare
Co-Treasurer(s) – Liz Butler & John Cheng
Member at Large/Social Chair – Matthias Ulf Liepe

We have raised our annual membership dues in 2023 to $150. If you would like to join but are unable to afford the dues, please contact a board member. Cayuga Outrigger will be participating in the inaugural Ithaca Canoe Fest, May 7, 2023. Save the date!

Look for additional announcements soon about boat-rigging, practice sign-ups (when we begin at a date TBA). See everyone on the water soon!

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Our new boat!

We have a new boat! Thanks to the generosity and effort of our members, Cayuga Outrigger has a new addition to club’s fleet. We purchased a Mirage OC-6 from the Santa Barbara Outrigger Canoe Club, and KAS Transport, a specialty transport company based here in upstate New York, hauled it across the country. It arrived March 17 and will be ready to go when the club begins its paddling season. Watch for announcements about that!

Thanks to Zeming, Lori, Dave, Beth, Nancy, Mike, Susanna, and Scott (as well as Steve and his co-worker from KAS Transport) for showing up to unload it on a wet rainy day! Pictures are below.

The boat’s name is Kapolioka’ehukai, which means “Heart of the Sea” in Hawaiian. It was also the nickname of a well-known/legendary Hawaiian woman surfer, paddler, and activist, Rell “Kapolioka’ehukai” Sunn. If you’re interested, here’s a documentary made about her.

KAS Transport arriving on a cold, windy day!

KAS trailer pulling up

Lots of boats, including several OC-6s, on the KAS Transport trailer

Club members happy about the new boat

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Cayuga Lake Crossing (CLX 2022)

Cayuga Outrigger is excited to host the inaugural Cayuga Lake Crossing (CLX 2022) this Aug. 20-21 at Myers Park in Lansing. CLX 2022 will be two days of fun and paddling, with outrigger canoe (OC) and standup paddleboard (SUP) races at different distances and for folks of all levels and abilities. For more information about the race, including registration and camping, please visit our race website: https://cayugalakecrossing.com

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Polar Plunge!

Cayuga Lake’s water temperature is currently around 40 degrees and is typically below 70 degrees for most of our paddling season. And although there is debate as to what is considered cold water, according to this site it’s anything below 70 degrees. 

There can be serious consequences to an unexpected cold water immersion. Being prepared is key!

So, everyone’s invited to a Polar Plunge on Sunday, May 22. We’re meeting at the Merrill Family Sailing Center at 10am to field test thermal protection gear such as drysuits, wetsuits, neoprene etc., in addition to PFDs. If you don’t have cold water gear, come as you are to take a dip in the lake.

Not up for a polar plunge? Come out to watch. It’s sure to be entertaining!

The Sailing Center facilities will be available for people to shower and change afterwards. Bring snacks! Homemade cookies preferred. Anything will do.

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2022 Board and Coaches

The club met for our annual winter meeting and club elections for 2022. Thanks to outgoing board members, Peter Rogers and Paul Wiech. Congratulations to this year’s board and coaches:

President – Beth Krause
Vice President – Mitchell Family Unit (Alex, Patrick, and Matilda)
Secretary – Liz Kluz
Treasurer(s) – Liz Butler & John Cheng
Member at Large/Social Chair – Matthias Ulf Liepe (aka Large Person)

Coach – Mike Cook
Steering Coach – Susanna Pearce
Safety & Swimming – Lori Brewer

We are returning to our regular (pre-Covid-19) paddling schedule and annual membership dues. Look for announcements soon about boat-rigging, practice sign-ups (when we begin at a date TBA). See everyone on the water soon!