The course is straightforward: From a start just off the North Kingstown Town Beach, paddle 0.5 miles northeast around the green marker island at the entrance to Wickford Harbor, then head southeast 1.5 miles around the outside of Fox Island, continue another 2 miles to the Plum Beach Lighthouse (in the shadow of the Jamestown Verrazano Bridge), then retrace your path back to finish at the starting line.