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Safety Information::
Official's boats and marker buoys will be strategically positioned along the course. Competitors will be expected to pass on the shore-side of control boats and buoys.
Competitors will need to pass close enough to any official's boat for their number to be seen and any communication to be passed from official's boat to competitor.
Water will be available at all beach stops.
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| Each team will have four paddlers (more if paddling tandems or quads) and each paddler will complete one 4-mile leg of the race. Starting at 10:00 AM from Leone Beach, each participant will go south approx. two miles, around a marker, then return to Leone where they switch paddlers for the second leg and so on. Each leg must be paddled by a different crew. Crew #1 will begin at Leone Beach and paddle south approximately 2 miles to a control buoy. Crew #1 will round the buoy and return to Leone Beach. There they will be required to land their craft and pass off a token to Crew #2. Crew #2 will then enter the water and repeat the process above. So on for Crew #3 & Crew #4 until all four crews have completed the course. |
The course is a loop covering approx. 8 miles and running near shore from Leone Beach to Montrose Beach and returning to Leone Beach. All Short Course competitors will start at 11:00 AM at Leone Beach. The Montrose Beach check-in requires competitors to land their craft and check in with a designated race official before returning to the water to complete the return trip to Leone Beach. |
This 26-mile open water race will challenge the most experienced paddler. Starting at 9:00 AM in Calumet Harbor on the far south side of Chicago, competitors will race northward along the entire shoreline to Leone Beach. Mandatory beach safety stops will occur at the following beaches -
Participant will have breath-taking views of the city skyline and will pass close to the museum campus and Navy Pier as they head north to the finish line. |
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