WETDASHE 2026 — 16 YEARS OF FAST RACING, HOT DOCK CHANGES & A VERY GOOD CAUSE
Saturday is SOLD OUT. Sunday still has space — for now.
Mainland paddlers: we’ve heard you. Both Saturday and Sunday racing now start at 10:00 am, specifically to make the morning ferry to Victoria much more civilized. No dawn panic. No white-knuckling the drive from Swartz Bay.
And NO BOAT TRAILERING. FGPC and supporting local clubs supply the entire race fleet.
Wetdashe is our gloriously hectic dry-change outrigger race: six-person crews race 3 km laps, charging back to the docks to swap with their teammates before heading straight back out again. Coming in hot, docking cleanly, changing crews quickly and departing safely is part of the race — and a chance for crews and steerspeople to absolutely shine.
Choose your challenge: 12 km, 24 km or the full 48 km. Spec boats are supplied for 12 km and 24 km crews, and FGPC’s family of ultralights is supplied for 48 km competitors. And speaking of competitive: our race management team times and leaderboards the whole circus simultaneously, with macro and micro lap results so teams can compare and analyze results for future adventures.
And yes, there’s a collectors’ Wetdashe race shirt — a new one every year, now in its 16th edition.
More importantly, Wetdashe has raised more than $100,000 for the BC Cancer Foundation. Through the Make Every Second Count campaign, supporters can donate directly to participating teams — and every $10 raised earns that crew a one-second time credit. Funds support prostate-cancer research and advanced PSMA scanning technology.
So come to Vancouver Island. We’ll supply the boats. We’ll give you enough time to catch the ferry. You supply six paddlers, some slick dock work and an appetite for one of the most entertaining races on the CORA calendar.
Saturday: SOLD OUT
Sunday: Registration still open — until it isn’t.
