-Light breakfast and drink for participants & 1 waterproof bag. 

-Fun day on Clear Lake and opportunity to meet other paddlers!

-Registration includes 1 paddler. If you have a tandem kayak or canoe, you must register and pay for each paddler. 

Safety Rules                                                                                                                                                                                               

1. Each competitor must have in his or her possession during the entire race an easily accessible and immediately availablePersonal Flotation Device (PFD) which is marked on the PFD as being approved by the United States Coast Guard. ThePFD carried/worn must be appropriate for the water conditions being paddled on.
2. PFDs secured to a vessel (e.g. bungee cords or straps) must be able to be released quickly with one hand (securing byduct tape is prohibited – including securing to standup paddleboards).
3. When the water temperature is below 50ºF, each competitor shall wear a U.S. Coast Guard approved PFD.
4.  All youth competitors 14 years of age and younger are required to wear a U.S. Coast Guard approved PFD designedfor the water conditions at all times during any race.
5. A race sponsor/organizer may require PFDs to be worn by all competitors if the Race Sponsor/Organizer feels theconditions warrant. PFDs must be adjusted to a snug-fit and worn as the manufacturer designed them to be worn.
6.  Federal/State/Local regulations on PFDs that are stricter than USCA rules will prevail. Some States require wearing aU.S. Coast Guard approved PFD during certain times of the year.
7.  PFDs must be in serviceable condition and the appropriate size and fit for the intended user, and legibly marked withits USCG approval number. A PFD is NOT considered to be in serviceable condition if the PFD exhibitsdeteriorations that could diminish the performance of the PFD including:1) Rips, tears, or open seams in fabric or coatings, that are large enough to allow the loss of buoyant material;2) Buoyant material that has become hardened, non-resilient, permanently compressed, waterlogged, oil-soaked, orwhich shows evidence of fungus or mildew; or3) Loss of buoyant material or buoyant material that is not securely held in position.
8.  Rules specific to inflatable PFDs:1) Must be U.S. Coast Guard approved.2) Must actually be worn to meet the U.S. Coast Guard requirement for having one PFD on board per person.3) Only may be used by youth under the age of 16 if the U.S. Coast Guard approves that specific model for use byyouth under the age of 16 (currently none are USCG approved).4) Shall not be worn by non-swimmers, nor worn in Class II (The International Scale of River Difficulty) waterconditions.5) An inflatable belt pack PFD shall be worn in the front at the waist as the manufacturer designed it.Competition Events Guidelines page 1 of 2United States Canoe Association Competition  Cruising  Conservation  Camping  Camaraderie6) Must be inspected by the user prior to wearing including assuring that it is equipped with a properly armed inflation mechanism, complete with a full inflation medium cartridge and status indicators showing that the inflation mechanism is properly armed (green indicator).
9. In lieu of wearing or carrying a USCG approved PFD, a competitor older than 13 years of age may wear aninherently buoyant foam filled PFD which meets International Organization for Standardization ISO 12402-5as long as the competitor complies with the instructions printed on the PFD, and the race organizer or a Statelaw hasn’t mandated the wearing of a higher buoyant foam filled PFD which meets International Organization for Standardization ISO 12402-5as long as the competitor complies with the instructions printed on the PFD, and the race organizer or a Statelaw hasn’t mandated the wearing of a higher buoyancy U.S. Coast Guard approved PFD. Must wear the ISO12402-5 compliant PFD securely to be legal.
   
   

Refund Policy

Refunds will not be issued for any reason.