Outrigger Canoe Club won the Duke Kahanamoku Long Distance Race today.

Outrigger completed the 26-mile course from Kailua Beach to Duke Kahanamoku Beach in 2 hours, 48 minutes, 50 seconds.

Team Primo placed second in 2:49:23, and Hui Lanakila was third in 2:51:46.

It was the first major race of the long-distance season for canoe paddlers. More than 40 men's crews participated in yeserday's race, most of them from O'ahu.

A seven-mile women's race was staged prior to the start of the men's race. Waikiki Beachboys captured the first two places. The first crew finished in in 46 minutes, 11 seconds, and the second crew came in at 47:06. Hui Lanakila was third in 48:21.