6th Annual Dad Center Race
September 16, 1979, Kailua Beach Park to Outrigger Canoe Club
OCC Women, 2nd Place Overall, 3:22:00 (Suzy Johnston, Kaiulu Downing, Anita Minteer, Sharon Bintliff, Tracy Phillips, Anne Hogan, Tiare Richert, Sue Oldt, Donna Kahakui, Connie Maguire, Heidi Hemmings, Evie Black)
12th Annual Duke Kahanamoku Race
August 26, 1979, Magic Island to Kailua Beach Park
OCC Men, 2nd Place Glass, 3:13:30
OCC Men, 4th Place Overall, 1st Koa, 3:19:09
Women’s Race, Kailua Beach Park around Mokuloa Rock, 6 miles
OCC Women, 1st Place Overall, 47.06
OCC Women, 13th Place, 55:56
OCC Women, 18th Place, 58:00
Canoe Racing
September 8, 1979, 27 miles
Outrigger Men, 1st Place, 4:05
Outrigger Men, 5th Place, 4:17
Queen Liliuokalani Races
Note: OHCRA clubs did not compete in the Queen Liliuokalani races in 1979.
Na Wahine O Ke Kai
Hale O Lono Harbor to Duke Kahanamoku Beach, 40.8 miles
OCC Women, 1st Place Overall, 1st Place Koa, 6:35:14, Leilani (Sharon Bintliff, Monte Costa, Kaiulu Downing, Anne Hogan, Suzy Johnston, Connie Maguire, Anita Minteer, Sue Oldt, Tracy Phillips, Tiare Richert, Michele St. John, Diana Smart)
Molokai to Oahu Race
Hale O Lono Harbor to Fort DeRussy, 41 miles
OCC Men, 1st Place Overall, 1st Place Non-Koa, 5:46:38, Manu’ula (Bill Bright, Tom Conner, Jimmy Dean, John Finney, Tim Guard, Murray Hixson, Dale Hope, Ed Pickering, Steve Scott)
OCC Men, 19th Place Overall, 5th Place Koa, Kakina (Keone Downing, Keahi Farden, Jack Fehr, Willie Hawthorne, Tim Kelley, Mike Mason, Billy Mowat, Meade Wildrick Jr., Aaron Young)