The 39th Annual Celebrate the Clean Harbor Swim

THERE WILL BE A TECHNICAL/SAFETY MEETING AT 8:45AM FOR SWIMMERS

REGISTRATION(all Events): Begins at 7:30:00 A.M. and closes at 8:45 for kids swim and 9:00A.M. for 1.2 mile swim.

All swimmers must present a positive ID at the time of check in. In the case of a young swimmer without ID, the parent, or responsible adult who will be at the event must present their ID at time of registration.

This is a World Open Water Swimming Association Sanctioned event. We will be using electronic chip timing for the 1.2 mile swim.

At registration, the swimmer will receive a numbered tongue depressor. This number should correspond to the race number which will be on your swim cap and marked on your body. The wooden tongue depressor is your ticket to get into the warm up area, and to get into the start area for your event. DO NOT LOSE YOUR TONGUE DEPRESSOR, without it you will not be allowed to warm up or swim your event.

Finger nail/ toe nails must be trimmed below the tip of the fingers/toes, in order to avoid scratching other swimmers in the case of contact during the swim.

Registration will also include a suit check, a finger nail/toe nail check, and marking with race numbers.

Suits: Wetsuits will be allowed

Marking: Each swimmer will have their race numbers marked on both upper arms and on both shoulder blades.

8:15 - Safety Director will meet with Kayakers/Lifeguards.

8:45 - MANDATORY Meeting for coaches, officials, and swimmers

WARM UP

8:00- 8:45

Event Age Distance

1. 8-12 year old boys/girls 500 meter

2 . Open Men/Women 1.2 mile

1. 500 m Event starts: 9:00 A.M.

The race will consist of a 500m course which will be along the beach and back around green buoys Shallow water start and shoreline finish.

2. 1.2 mile: Event start: 9:30 or 10 minutes after the final swimmer finishes the 500 m event.

The course will be a rectangle, starting in shallow water. The swimmers will swim approximately 0.55 miles out from the beach to a buoy where they will make a 90 degree turn to the left, keeping the buoy on your left. The second leg will be approximately 0.1 miles, and the swimmers will make another 90 degree turn keeping the bouy on their left. The swimmers will then proceed to swim back to Niles beach and finish at the orange buoy at the shore/finish line.

In water start ( knee to waist deep) start and shoreline finish.

ALL EVENTS will have kayakers lining the course. If a swimmer feels they need assistance, they should raise their hand/arm and a kayaker will come to them. They may then hold onto the kayak, or the kayaker will give them a flotation device for them to hold. Once they hold on to any device for flotation, they will be disqualified from the race. If they need assistance to return to shore, the kayaker will tow them into the start/finish area. If the situation is medically urgent, the kayaker will signal to the harbor master’s boat to come and extract the swimmer from the water. If deemed necessary by the harbormaster, the race will be stopped in order to allow for a safe extraction.