1. Essence of the event

Paddling night marathon in river Salaca, without stops, without tents. Complete river in one shot.
 
2. Time and place
 
Start:
For all boats except inflatable boats
Beginning of Salaca river at Burtnieku lake. Near to Vecate bridge. Can change to Burtnieku lake.
21 of August at 21:oo.
 
For inflatable boats
Staicele dam. Left bank (can change if other boats will start from lake)
22 of August at o2:oo.
 
 Registration - Till 18.08.10 17:oo http://www.laivas.lv
(for further questions please contact - + 371 29263907. mĀRIS)
 
or 
For all boats except inflatable boats
21 of August 19:3o - 2o:3o at start spot.
 
For inflatable boats
22 of August oo:3o-o1:3o at start spot.
 
Start procedure:
 
For all boats except inflatable boats
Separate start for each boat type (if needed boats will be divided according registration data)
Start will be open 6o min (till 22:oo).
 
For inflatable boats
One by one. 3o sec. interval in registration order (finish time is not going to be corrected)
Start will be open 6o min (till o3:oo.
 
Finish: Stienuzi. A bit before (~3km) Salacgriva (left bank).
(Can change)
 
Time limit: 20 hours from start (for inflatable boats - 14 hours)
* Start and finish places can be changed
 
3. Participants
Any person who agree with those rules can register for race and can participate in this race.
Boats:
· sea kayaks. Attention! Because of safety reasons team in this class is two boats. It is also allowed to join boat from other class (for example sea kayak and tandem kayak) (but need to declare that before start)
· Tandem kayak
· Tandem canoe (with single blade canoe paddles)
· Sport boats, either single (team is two boats) or tandem (will happen if there will be at least two teams till 18.08.10. 17:00) (in other case participating in class - other boats)
· Tandem inflatable boats (will happen if there will be at least two teams till 100818 17:00)
· Turing kayaks (l<4.7m). (Similarly as for kayaks team is 2 boats). (will happen if there will be at least three teams till 18.08.10. 17:00) (in other case participating in class - kayaks)
· other boats which not fit in previous groups
 
Attention! This is paddling marathon, so portages and short-cuts are not allowed, except at the Staicele dam. It is prohibited to paddle down Staicele dam (use left bank to portage)
* Race committee reserves rights to change boat clases. For example if in class 'other boats' will register 3 or more similar boats, new class can be introduced.
 
4. Scoring
Simple - team which arrives first is winner. Regarding kayaks - time will be calculated as finish time of last kayak (of your team) + time difference between kayaks if it exceeds 3min
(for example if first boat arrives o9:oo and second o9:12, finish time will be o9:24)
 
Winners will be calculated in each class (except 'other boats') separately.
Winners will be announced 5min after time limit excited or 10min after finish of last boat (whichever first) or earlier.
 
5. Equipment
Participants in race use their own equipment. In case of doubt about in which class boat fits, race judge will decide.
Boats which drown when capsized must be equipped with additional buoyancy aid.
 
Mandatory equipment
 
*Cup and spoon (for breakfast in finish)
*Life-jacket
*flash light
*cellular phone with fully charged battery in waterproof packaging
*first aid kit
*repair kit for foldable kayaks and inflatable boats
*food and water
 
6. Assistance from outside
Any kind of assistance from third parties during the race is prohibited. In case a team has received help from third parties team can be penalized. Team should inform judge about the fact within 30 minutes after finish. For each case judge will decide about the penalty which will be used - the addition of penalty time to total time of a distance or disqualification

7. Assistance during the course
Participants must give first aid in case some other team needs it and can be disqualified if not providing it. It is not mandatory to help to save equipment
In case of necessity participants can be evacuated from Staicele dam (other places - depends from possibilities). Participants must pay evacuation costs
8. Registration for the race
To register for the race you must fill out the registration form and pay the entrance fee.
Entrance fee is 10Ls, but for those who register and pay before 100812
· 8LVL per team member
· first 1000 from previous years participants list - 7Ls
· first 100 from previous years participants list - 6Ls
· first 21 from previous years participants list - 4Ls
· first 10 from previous years participants list - for free (you still need to register)
· 5 LVL per supporter (will have sauna and breakfast)
 
Entrance fee includes organizational expenses as well as mid/after finish service (hot drinks, food, sauna, prizes)
Account number: SwedBank LV98HABA000130A212708 MĀRIS SMILGA
9. Liability
All participants themselves are responsible for their physical and mental condition when applying for the race. They verify this with a signature before start. Participants have to obey the rules of fair play during the race and rules of personal safety on water
Rules of the race provide list of minimum of required equipment (section 5). Participants should and must bring additional equipment which necessary because of specific of boat or which dictates their experience
 
Additional information
http://www.laivas.lv/temas/pasakumi/1031/ - SM2003
http://www.laivas.lv/temas/pasakumi/1029/ - SM2004 (there is also photo)
http://www.laivas.lv/temas/pasakumi/32593/ - SM2005 (there is also photo)
http://laivas.lv/temas/pasakumi/85329/ -SM2006
http://www.laivas.lv/temas/pasakumi/143102/ -SM2007
http://www.klubas.campo.lt/temas/renginiai/604/
http://www.laivas.lv/temas/pasakumi/225725/ - SM2008 (photo)
http://www.laivas.lv/temas/pasakumi/319243/ - SM2009 (photo)
 
Btw. average time is 12hours and 3min. Best one 8h 49min
 
Tel +371 29263907 Maris 
msmilga@novell.lv