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Written by Rob Mousley
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Thursday, 15 December 2005 |
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(By Rob)
There's an excellent guide to the Cape Point Challenge route available on www.surfski.co.za including times, distances, estimated elapsed time and things to watch out for. There's a course map up there as well. Go take a look.
For convenience, the times and distances are shown below.
Approximate Distances
| From: |
To: |
Dist (Km):
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Accum (Km): |
| Crayfish |
Tommy Tucker
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11.1 |
11.1 |
| Tommy Tucker |
Platboom |
10.0 |
21.1 |
| Platboom |
Cape Maclear |
4.5 |
25.6 |
| Cape Maclear |
Cape Point |
2.5 |
28.1 |
| Cape Point |
Buffels Bay |
6.0 |
34.1 |
| Buffels Bay |
Partridge Pt. |
7.5 |
41.6 |
| Partridge Pt. |
Millers Pt.
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3.1 |
44.7 |
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Millers Pt.
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Roman Rock (lighthouse) |
6.0 |
50.7 |
| Roman Rock (lighthouse) |
Fish Hoek SLSC |
5.6 |
56.3 |
Waypoints
(Taken from my Forerunner 301. No responsibility accepted for erroneous information.)
| Waypoint |
Position |
Crayfish Factory (Soetwater)
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S34 10.596 E18 20.814 |
| Tommy Tucker |
S34 16.491 E18 22.439 |
| Platboom |
S34 20.633 E18 26.294 |
| Cape Maclear |
S34 21.738 E18 28.337 |
| Cape Point |
S34 21.427 E18 29.954 |
| Buffels Bay |
S34 19.092 E18 27.759 |
| Partridge Pt. |
S34 15.364 E18 29.182 |
Millers Pt. (Bakoven Rock)
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S34 14.046 E18 29.093 |
| Roman Rock (lighthouse) |
S34 10.863 E18 27.556 |
| Fish Hoek SLSC |
S34 08.363 E18 25.979 |
How to use this information
If you have a Forerunner 301 you can set the waypoints and route on the unit. If you follow the route it will show you the direction to follow and will tell you the distance remaining to the next waypoint.
This is very reassuring especially if you haven't done the route before.
Equally effective however, is simply to memorise the distances to the main waypoints (or write them down on your ski with a waterproof pen) and set the GPS to show elapsed distance. You can then display other useful information like elapsed time and speed.
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