The Outrigger
Canoe Classic
8km 6-berth outrigger canoe race from Marengo to Apollo Bay.
Date:
Saturday, 9th February 2008
Race Internet Registrations:
Open: 1st November 2007
Close: Midnight 8th February 2008
Please note: To register here, click on the Register button and complete form and payment.
Register in Person: You can register in Person on the Day - You must register at least 1 hour before race start.
Race schedule:
12:30pm – 1:15pm – Equipment scrutineering at Marengo Beach.
1:15pm Race briefing at Marengo Beach
1:30pm Race start
Race Description:
The Outrigger Canoe Classic is an 8km mixed, 6-berth outrigger canoe (OC6) race, which requires competitors to negotiate moderate (<4ft) breaking waves on 4 occasions. Each outrigger canoe team requires a minimum of 2 female paddlers.
Race Categories:
Open Mixed 16+yrs
Medallions will be awarded to 1st, 2nd & 3rd.
Race Confirmation & Race Kit:
Check-in for Race Confirmation and pick up your Race Kit (including Race
Number) from 6:00am – 12:00noon on Saturday 9th February
2008 or 7:30pm – 10:30pm on Friday 8th February 2008 at the Apollo
Bay Surf Lifesaving Club.
Race
Rules:
• Craft must be seaworthy with fixed buoyancy.
• Craft must be an AOCRA approved OC6 outrigger canoe.
• For further information on outrigger canoe equipment specifications
and course rules, go to www.aocra.com.au and go to Regatta Rules, May 2006.
• All craft will be scrutineered at Marengo Beach prior to event start. All craft will be viewed 5 minutes before start of race and any craft without scrutineer pass will be automatically disqualified and not permitted to race.
• Competitors must follow the designated set course, which is manned, by water marshals and surf lifesavers.
• No extraneous aids are allowed. This includes, but is not limited to fins, engines, sails and personal support teams.
• Wetsuits are permissible.
• Competitors will be required to have an official mark and race number on their arm, which must remain on the individual throughout the event. No competitor shall be recorded as a finisher unless carrying the official mark and number on their arm.
• Organisers reserve the right to accept, reject and cancel entries.
• Protests must be made in writing and given to the Race Director within fifteen minutes of the announcement of the provisional results. All decisions of the Race Director will be final.
• Race officials shall have the ultimate and final authority to remove a competitor from the race if the competitor is judged to be physically incapable of continuing the race without the risk of injury.
• Each entrant must sign the indemnity declaration on the Entry Form before the event. If under 18, the parent or guardian must sign. The organisers reserve the right to reject or cancel any entry at any time.
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Registration Costs:
Early Bird Registration
1 November – 31 December, 2007
$75 per Team Canoe
Registration from
1 January, 2008
$90 per Team Canoe
