Hanohano Short Course, Mission Bay
The Hanohano Ocean Challenge short course: out of Bonita Cove, east past SeaWorld to the turn, then counterclockwise around Vacation Isle and back to the cove.
Measured line · Men 14': race-based · Women 14': not yet
Measured line: fitted to a paddler's GPS track. One paddler's track, not a surveyed course. The eastern turn sits where the organizer's 2012 sketch puts the buoy mid-channel at SeaWorld, and the gate just west of it makes a solo paddler go out that far. Fitted to a finisher's track; the owner checked the line and gates and approved it on 2026-10-28.
Course Map
- Distance
- 4.6 mi (7.4 km); the organizer states 4.5 mi
- Laps
- 1
- Water
- Sheltered bay
- Board classes
- 14', 12'6", Unlimited, Inflatable
- Mirrors
- Short course (4.5 mi by the organizer)
Gates
- Start · Start line across Bonita Cove (cross the line)
- Gate · Bonita Cove entrance, round the spit heading out (cross the line)
- Gate · Under the Ingraham Street bridge south of Vacation Isle, heading east (cross the line)
- Gate · Channel off SeaWorld, out to the turn and back (cross the line)
- Gate · Channel between Vacation Isle and Fiesta Island, heading north (cross the line)
- Gate · Under the Ingraham Street bridge north of Vacation Isle, heading west (cross the line)
- Finish · Finish line across Bonita Cove, the start line (cross the line)
A run stays within 984 ft (300 m) of the line.
The Race It Mirrors
This course follows the Short course (4.5 mi by the organizer) of HanoHano Ocean Challenge, Bonita Cove, Mission Bay. See the race results →
Course Record
- MenBodie Von AllmenUnited States, 51:42.3
- WomenSeychelle WebsterUnited States, 56:00.3
Set in the race, from its published results. A junior is never named here, as on every Supconnect results page.
Reference Times
| Board | Power Score 1000 | Power Score 1200 | Power Score 1400 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men · 14'race-based · Jan 24, 2026 · 11 rated finishers | 1:00:43 | 56:52.7 | 53:16.1 |
The time a paddler at each Power Score level would take over this course at an even pace, from the times and ratings of the race it mirrors in the current Power Score list. A guide, not a promise: wind and water change from day to day.
Race-based: from 11 rated finishers. Race-calibrated needs 20.
Who Raced This Course
Men · 14'
| Place | Paddler | Time | Power Score | On The Fit | Off The Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bodie Von Allmen | 51:42.3 | 1592 ± 45 | 1491 | +101 |
| 2 | Nicholas Scheel | 54:38.5 | 1299 ± 171 | 1322 | −24 |
| 3 | Ahmed Fakhry | 57:03.4 | 1228 ± 105 | 1190 | +38 |
| 4 | Sean Pangelinan | 1:00:04 | 1049 ± 136 | 1033 | +16 |
| 5 | Cory Richardson | 1:00:38 | 718 ± 67 | 1005 | −287 |
| 6 | John Sullivan | 1:01:40 | 916 ± 129 | 953 | −37 |
| 7 | Joshua Watson | 1:04:19 | 786 ± 130 | 825 | −39 |
| 8 | Shane Brinson | 1:04:33 | 766 ± 131 | 813 | −47 |
| 9 | Scott Marshall | 1:08:34 | 640 ± 140 | 630 | +10 |
| 10 | Stuart Stivers | 1:16:58 | 533 ± 156 | 277 | +256 |
All 11
| Place | Paddler | Time | Power Score | On The Fit | Off The Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Jon Garibay | 1:25:17 | 398 ± 192 | -36 | +434 |
11 rated finishers of 11 timed. A line through their times and ratings gives each time a score, on the fit; it misses by about 183 points, and off the fit is how far each paddler's Power Score sits from it.
Women 14': no table: there are no times from the race, because the race this course mirrors has no usable fit for this board in the current Power Score list, which takes at least 10 rated finishers.
Not a start list. Ratings are from the current Power Score list, times from race day.
Target Splits
Where each reference time would be at every gate, to pace a run against a Power Score level.
Men · 14'
| Gate | From Start | Power Score 1000 | Power Score 1200 | Power Score 1400 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gate · Bonita Cove entrance, round the spit heading out | 0.1 mi (0.2 km) | 1:41 | 1:34 | 1:28 |
| Gate · Under the Ingraham Street bridge south of Vacation Isle, heading east | 1 mi (1.6 km) | 12:46 | 11:57 | 11:12 |
| Gate · Channel off SeaWorld, out to the turn and back | 1.7 mi (2.7 km) | 22:04 | 20:40 | 19:22 |
| Gate · Channel between Vacation Isle and Fiesta Island, heading north | 2.5 mi (4 km) | 33:07 | 31:01 | 29:03 |
| Gate · Under the Ingraham Street bridge north of Vacation Isle, heading west | 3.1 mi (5 km) | 40:58 | 38:22 | 35:56 |
| Finish · Finish line across Bonita Cove, the start line | 4.6 mi (7.4 km) | 1:00:44 | 56:53 | 53:16 |
Even pace by distance: each split is the reference time times the share of the course paddled by that gate, measured along the course line. Nobody paddles a course at a perfectly even pace, and on a leg into the wind you will fall behind these splits and make it back on the leg home.
Course Board
No course times on the board yet. Run this course with the Supconnect app and put your time on the board.
One time per paddler per board: their fastest, recorded live in the app and checked against the course. Only adults are shown.
Paddlers On This Course
How Course Times Work
A course time is your time on this course, paddled on your own on a day you choose: from the start gate to the finish gate, through every gate in order. It is not a race result. There is no field to beat, and wind, current and water change from day to day, so a time always shows with its date, board class and the wind at the start.
The Virtual Power Score is a translation of a course time to the Power Score scale, with a band, worked out from the times and ratings of the race this course mirrors. It is labelled as virtual everywhere it appears. It is never in the Power Score: not in any rankings table, the Overall, Compare, the nations, a Top 10 or search, and it never moves anyone's rating.
Course times are private unless you put one on the board. Only adults appear on a board, and a junior is never named. More on course times →
The organizer's course, in their words: start in Bonita Cove; turn left at the entrance to the cove and head toward SeaWorld, keeping right; turn left at a buoy mid-channel at SeaWorld; paddle counterclockwise around Vacation Isle and return to Bonita Cove. The race finishes in a chute between the official boat and a yellow buoy, beside the start.
On your own there are no buoys, so the gates are lines across the water: the start line across the cove, the cove entrance at the spit, under the Ingraham Street bridge on both sides of Vacation Isle, the channel off SeaWorld just short of the turn, and the channel between Vacation Isle and Fiesta Island. Keep right in the channels, as the race does.
Sources
Course line (version 2): Supconnect's own GPS track of the 2026 race (January 24, 2026), simplified; gates from OSM. The track is trimmed to the start line at both ends, simplified to within 10 m and kept on OpenStreetMap water: where it rounds the spit at the cove entrance a few metres inside OSM's shoreline, the line is moved out onto the water, never more than 12.2 m from the track. It measures 7,382 m (4.59 mi) against the organizer's 4.5 mi.
- Gate 1: OSM: shore to shore across Bonita Cove (coastline way 41645239), where the 2026 track starts and finishes
- Gate 2: OSM: from the south shore of the cove entrance (coastline way 41645239) across the water and onto the tip of the spit, which the 2026 track rounds a few metres inside the shoreline OSM draws
- Gate 3: OSM: Ingraham Street bridge, way 25581659, its two ends
- Gate 4: OSM: shore to shore, SeaWorld (coastline way 316523870) to Fiesta Island (coastline way 41645379), just west of the turn
- Gate 5: OSM: shore to shore, Vacation Isle (way 40501149) to Fiesta Island (coastline way 41645379)
- Gate 6: OSM: Ingraham Street bridge, way 25581586, its two ends
- Gate 7: OSM: the start line (the organizer finishes beside the start)
- Distance 4.5 mi (the organizer's figure), the start in Bonita Cove, the route around Vacation Isle and the finish beside the start; 2027 edition on January 30, 2027: paddleguru.com
- The organizer's course sketch (2012), with the turn buoy mid-channel at SeaWorld: i.imgur.com
- The course line: Supconnect's own GPS track of the 2026 race, January 24, 2026, simplified: Supconnect (not published)
- Earlier editions: a 5 mi short course in 2025: Supconnect story
- The race on our calendar: Supconnect event listing
- Gates and shoreline: openstreetmap.org
