On a hot and sunny day, 39 competitors in 22 boats arrived at Whitehall Reservoir to showcase their canoe orienteering skills. The competitors had four courses to choose from - Short, Medium, Advanced and Expert, although no one chose the Short course. The Expert course used two different maps. After completing the first map, a competitor returned to the finish line to retrieve the second map. This second map was the same one used for the Advanced course. The Short and Medium courses shared a common map.

Amongst the competitors on the Medium course were two families with young children, which is always nice to see. After most of the competitors finished the Medium course, late starters Peter Frykman and Kate O'Brien arrived and aced the course with impressive time.

On the Advanced course, first time orienteer Shawn Burke had the fastest time. Drawing on his years of experience with backcountry canoe travel, he was able to negotiate the course faster than anyone else. Bill Pullman actually finished with a slightly faster time, but without his boat. After retrieving his boat his time was no longer the fastest. Wes Denering had a pretty impressive showing considering he was the last boat on the course and collected all of the controls as he went.

On the Expert course, the competition between the top two finishers was tight. At the map exchange, the team of Jeff Schapiro and John Hansman team was just four minutes behind. Aims Coney and J.J. Cote waited nervously at the finish to see if their time was good enough. In the end, it was by just seven minutes.

Also on the Expert course was first-timer Tom Bryan. He rowed his Adirondack guide boat making it difficult to spot the controls. Even though he was on the course a long time, it was clear at the finish that he thoroughly enjoyed himself.

Special thanks go to the people who helped with the meet. Pelle Wahlstrom, Marcia Steele and Jeff Schapiro helped with registration and kept things running smoothly. Aims Coney and Wes Denering helped by collecting the controls at the end of the day.