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10th Annual Tybee Island Sea
Kayak Races
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Please print and mail registration with your check,
we cannot accept credit card payments
To benefit the Tybee Island Marine Science Center
There will be three races with staggered start times. The Tybee River
Race (start time 10:00 a.m.) follows a 6 ½ mile course on the tidal
river separating Tybee and Little Tybee Islands and is for those interested
in testing their speed and endurance. The Little Tybee Challenge (start
time 10:30 a.m.), follows an 8 mile course and is for those who want to
challenge a full range of sea kayaking skills. This race will circumnavigate
part of Little Tybee Island, passing through narrow tidal creeks, broad
tidal rivers, open coastal areas, and two surf zones. (Note: Tybee Island
is the northernmost Georgia barrier island, 16 miles east of Savannah.
Little Tybee Island is south of Tybee, separated by Tybee River.)
The Race Across the River is our final race, (start
time 12:30, following the conclusion of the first two races)) and is held
to give our major sponsors an opportunity to win a prize. Each of these
sponsors will select one person (employed by the business or part of the
group) to race a kayak across the Back River and back to the marina. The
winner’s prize for the business (group) is a ½ day, guided
kayak trip with Sea Kayak Georgia for 10 people OR a 2 hour natural history
trip for ten-plus people on Mike Neal’s boat, the Island Explorer.
Sign up now! Race!! Have fun!!! For a good cause!!!
Participants will meet at A-J’s Dockside, 1315 Chatham Ave., Tybee
Island. Sign-in for the first 2 races will be 8:30 – 9:30 a.m.,
followed by a brief orientation. Little Tybee Challenge racers should
have rough water experience and be competent at self rescue. Your boat
must be sea worthy in rough conditions. All boats need proper flotation.
Deck lines are highly recommended.
NOTE CHANGES IN RACE CLASSES BELOW. If you have questions, please call
Sea Kayak Georgia (912)786-8732 or info@seakayakgeorgia.com. For accommodations,
ask about the Outdoor Inn next to SKG, www.theoutdoorinn.com, (404)496-4691
or call the Tybee Visitors Center at (912)786-5444, or check out www.tybeeisland.com.
Campers can call Rivers End Campground at (912)786-5518. The fee for each
race is $45 per person (ACA members - $35). Subtract $10 if postmarked
by May 28, 2008. Each participant will receive a t-shirt and a chance
to win in the raffle at the awards ceremony which will follow the Race
Across the River. To register for the race, please complete the form below
and mail it with your entry fee to Sea Kayak Race c/o Sea Kayak Georgia,
1102 Hwy 80, Tybee Island, GA 31328. Make checks payable to the Tybee
Island Marine Science Center. This is an American Canoe Association
sanctioned event.
Name _______________________________________________Day phone________________
Address_____________________________________________Evening phone_____________
City/State/Zip_________________________________________cell phone________________
e-mail_______________________________________________ACA member #____________
Please check one on each line below:
1. I will race in: ___Tybee River Race___Little Tybee Challenge___Race
Across The River
2. Enter me in:___ Race class (18ft or over)___Sea Kayak class (<18
ft)____Tandem¬ ___Sit on top (River race only)
3. I am: ___Male 50 or over ___ Male < 50 ___ Female 50 or over ___Female
<50
Please note that sea kayak class awards will be given in an overall class,
male and female and in the 50 and over class, male and female.
Make, model and color of boat________________________________________
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