The FENN West Coast Downwinder is one of the best downwind racing events on every paddler’s calendar.
Starting at Port Beach and finishing up the coast at Sorrento Beach, the ‘Downwinder’ is also part of the Shaw and Partners Race Week and offers all paddlers an opportunity to take on 25 kilometres of ‘cut and run’ paddling, with some sections offering up steep walls where one or two strokes will have you linking run after run.
If the conditions are right, the average paddler can expect to complete the course in a little more than and hour and a half.
The 2024 FENN West Coast Downwinder will be on Saturday 23 November 2024.
This is one downwinder you cannot miss.
FENN West Coast Downwinder Results
| YEAR | WOMEN’S WINNER | MEN’S WINNER | RESULTS |
| 2023 | Jemma Smith 1:29:24 | Cory Hill 1:19:02 | HERE |
| 2022 | Jemma Smith 1:35:18.4 | Cory Hill 1:23:06.4 | HERE |
| 2021 | Natasha Leaversuch 1:40:42.3 | Michael Booth 1:27:01.8 | HERE |
| 2020 | Natasha Leaversuch 1:41:14.4 | Brendan Rice 1:22:28.6 | HERE |
| 2019 | Hayley Nixon 1:38:26.8 | Cory Hill 1:24:58.8 | HERE |
| 2018 | Hayley Nixon 2:01:08.5 | Cory Hill 1:43:24.8 | HERE |
| 2017 | Hayley Nixon 1:20:09.9 | Brendan Rice 1:20:09.9 | HERE |
| 2016 | Amanda Bowman 1:29:48.5 | Cory Hill 1:22:04.9 | HERE |
| 2015 | Rachel Clarke 1:21:51.9 | Jasper Mocke 1:11:44.7 | HERE |
| 2014 | Ruth Highman 1:51:24.0 | Michael Booth 1:30:19.6 | HERE |
| 2013 Epic West Coast Downwinder | Ruth Highman 1:41:53.2 | Reece Baker 1:25:00.4 | HERE |