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10th Annual
Tybee Race
Benefit for Tybee Island Marine Science
Center
Saturday June 7, 2008
Sign up now! Race!! Have fun!!! For a good cause!!!
registration
form
Benefit for the Tybee Island Marine Science
Center: a non-profit marine science education facility offering hands-on
programs for school and scout groups as well as for the general public.
The Tybee Turtle Project, which monitors loggerhead sea turtle nesting
and hatching activities on Tybee, is managed by the Marine Science Center.
The Tybee Race
is an American Canoe Association sanctioned event.
Three Race Times:
10:00 am
The Tybee River Race:
follows a 6.5 mile course on the tidal river separating Tybee and Little
Tybee Islands and is for those interested in testing their speed and endurance.
10:30 am
The Little Tybee Challenge:
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 northermmost
Georgia barrier island, 16 miles east of Savannah. Little Tybee Island
is south of Tybee, separated by Tybee Creek. 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.
12:30 following
the conclusion of the first two races
The Race Across the River
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 for 10 people OR a 2 hour natural history trip
for ten-plus people on Mike Neal’s boat, the Island Explorer.
Meeting Location:
Participants 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.
Questions
Call Sea Kayak Georgia at 888 529 2542 or email info@seakayakgeorgia.com,
Registration form, click here
Accommodations
The Outdoor Inn, 404 497 4691, right next door to Sea Kayak Georgia,
call Tybee Visitors Center at 912 786 5444,
or visit www.tybeeisland.com. Campers visit Rivers End Campground.
Fees
The fee for each race is $45 per person. The fee for American Canoe Association
members is $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 registration
form 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.
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