1.6KM SWIM ROUTES

Plan A 1.6km

Race briefing will be held at 8h45 at the Gordon’s Bay Harbour Slipway. The swim is a water start, so you will swim out to the start point in front of the NSRI building and be set off at 9h15. Heading out of the harbour turn slightly left to pass the Orca marker buoy on your right shoulder. Note that the harbour mouth has silted up so it might be shallow as you exit the harbour and turn left. Once you are around this first buoy head in the direction of Harbour Island. Once you reach the last marker buoy you will turn right and head through the boat marker poles (red and green) and head for the harbour mouth. There will be flags flying to make sighting of the harbour entrance easier. Once you reach the harbour mouth you will turn right around the buoy keeping the buoy on your right shoulder heading towards the slipway where your time will be recorded. You will then receive your medal and collect your bag if you handed it in. Your race number and tag number need to correspond before your bag is handed over to you.  

Plan B 1.6km

For the 1.6 km route, you will begin from the Slipway and follow the yellow line to Buoy 1, turn right to marker Buoy 2, make a right turn, then swim to the next buoy, then make a left turn. You will swim in an anti-clockwise direction around the two major islands marked in Green and complete this loop twice (2 loops). After your second loop you will swim to Buoy 2 passing on your left shoulder and then swim to Buoy 1 making a left shoulder turn and head back to the slipway to the finish.  

 

3KM SWIM

Plan A 3km

Race briefing will be at the slipway of Harbour Island at 8h45. The swim will start at 9h00,  you will swim out of Harbour Island and then turn left around the big Orca buoy and head towards Gordon’s Bay harbour where you will turn right at the buoy, keeping the buoy on your right hand shoulder at all times. At the next buoy turn right and head back to Harbour Island, keeping the marker buoys on your right. Once you reach the last market buoy you will turn right and head through the boat marker poles (red and green) and head for the harbour mouth. There will be flags flying to make sighting of the harbour entrance easier. Once you reach the harbour mouth you will turn right around the buoy keeping the buoy on your right shoulder heading towards the slipway where your time will be recorded. You will then receive your medal and collect your bag if you handed it in. Your race number and tag number need to correspond before your bag is handed over to you.  

Plan B 3km

For the 3 km route, you will begin from the Slipway and follow the yellow line to Buoy 1, turn right to marker Buoy 2, make a right turn, then swim to the next buoy, then make a left turn. You will swim in an anti-clockwise direction around the two major islands marked in Red and complete this loop 4 times. After your 4th loop you will swim to Buoy 2 passing on your left shoulder and then swim to Buoy 1 making a left shoulder turn and head back to the slipway to the finish.

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