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Swim Long Boscombe
Swim Long Boscombe
Bournemouth, Dorset
BH5 1BN Boscombe Promenade, Bournemouth, United KingdomSat 11th September 2021
Organiser's Description
Course Details
The Swim Long event is a self-navigation, GPS tracked adventure swim. Swimmers use the event issued tow floats that house the GPS units and provide emergency buoyancy should it be required.
Navigation is relatively easy and swimmers are to handrail the coastline by approx 10 meters. The swimmers are monitored by Geo Tracks at the event HQ, water safety craft and beach spotters who will patrol the swim course. Only experienced swimmers who are confident of completing the distance should enter.
What's Included
GPS Live event tracking
Water safety craft
Hot showers and changing areas
Toilets
Event medic
Drinks and feed stations on course
Baggage storage in the registration tent
Finishers medals to be ordered when booking
Event t-shirts / hooded tops to be ordered when booking
- Challenging Sea Swim off Boscombe Beach
Parking
Location
Pre-event information pack
The 2021 event information pack will be emailed to all participants two weeks before the events. It is a condition of entry to this event that you participate according to the instructions in the event information. We do not post out information.
Schedule
06:30 Registration opens (Boscombe seafront)
07:00 Rolling start for 10km
07:45 Rolling start for 5km
GPS Tracking and tow floats
Each swimmer will be issued a GPS Tracker at event registration. The tracker will be placed inside an inflated swim tow float. The tow float is then attached by the swimmer to their waist via the waist strap. Swimmers can be tracked by visiting the following the below links. Tracker icons will appear on the live view tracking map 5 mins before the start of the event.
Weather
Votwo has successfully organised long-distance open water swimming events from Boscombe seafront for a number of years. The prevailing weather conditions in early September are normally very acceptable for sea swimming. However... swimmer safety is paramount and the swim will be postponed or canceled if the predicted or actual sea state falls outside of the event safety parameters. The event director will keep entrants updated in the lead up to the event by email and post on Votwo Facebook page. All entrants are to read the terms and conditions to the entry of the event before entering!
Cut off times
10km - 4hr 30mins
5km - 2hr 20mins
Swimmers over these times will be collected from the water and returned to shore
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