43rd Annual Waikiki Roughwater Swim

Date

Start: Monday, September 3, 2012 @ 9:00 AM

Address

Sans Souci Beach between the Natatorium and the New Otani Kaimana Beach Hotel
Waikiki, Honolulu, HI

Fees

$40 before midnight HST June 14
$65 before Midnight HST August 19
$80 August 20 – September 1, 2012

Brief Description

Open to all ages - Distance 2.384 miles (3.8km)

Note updated rules regarding swim caps and swim suits.

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Close Date

Thursday August 30, 2012 @ 12:00Midnight HST

Race Packet

For entries received prior to August 29, 2012 an Email Confirmation and Pre-Race Instructions will be Emailed to each entrant.

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If no email Confirmation is received by Saturday, September 1, 2012, you must go to the late registration desk to pick up your Confirmation Card. This card is required to obtain your race chip on race day. If you want confirmation of receipt of entry look on, www.waikikiroughwaterswim.com. Confirmation cards and information for entrants will be available for pick up at Sans Souci Beach on race day 7:00 am to 8:30 am.

Course

Out the Kapua (Outrigger Canoe Club) Channel, across Waikiki, and in the Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel channel. Course will be marked by buoys every few hundred meters.

Start

Sans Souci Beach between the Natatorium and the New Otani Kaimana Beach Hotel, Waikiki. There will be staggered starts at 5-minute intervals beginning at 9:00 am.

Seeded Start

To reduce crowding at the start, the field will be divided into groups of approximately 150 to 200 swimmers based upon seeded times. The fastest swimmers will be in the first group and slower swimmers in the succeeding groups. Seeding is first come, first served. Late entries may be put into slower groups depending on availability. The race committee reserves the right to place you in any group. Fin Division Swimmers will be put in the last group. All entrants will start and finish on beach.

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Physically Challenged Swimmers may request accommodations by contacting the race director in advance at kaiawrs@gmail.com. If you have been unable to finish in the past or have difficulty swimming 2000 meters without stopping you should not enter unless you have significantly improved your swimming ability. If you swam the 2011 WRS, please enter your time (can be found on the 2011 WRS Official Results) in the space provided on the application form. Otherwise enter your 2000 Meter Swim Time.

Safety

Your safety is our most important concern. There will be boats and paddlers on surfboards patrolling the racecourse. Swimmers are responsible for their own physical condition and are encouraged to train adequately and have a physical check-up prior to the swim. Swimmers who have not passed the buoy No. 10 by 11:00 am will be pulled from the water. All non-finishers will be taken to the Ala Wai Boat Harbor.

Finish

Duke Kahanamoku beach in front of the Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel. Swimmers must cross the finish line, which will be 20-30 meters up the beach from the water’s edge. To be an official finisher, you must complete the race in less than 2 hours and 40 minutes wearing your WRS swim cap.

Numbering

Officials will mark race numbers on swimmers legs and arms. Unmarked swimmers will be disqualified.

Email

Race numbers will be emailed to entrants by Sept. 1, 2012. Your race number may also be picked up in person at the late registration table on Sept 2 (Finish Site - Hilton Hawaiian Village – end of Paoa Lane near the Pier) or Sept 3. (at the Start)

Escorts

To ensure fair competition, personal escorts on any sort of watercraft are not permitted.

Swimming Apparel and Equipment

This is a swimming event: flotation devices, fins (except in the fin division), wetsuits of any kind or any other swimming aides are prohibited. Goggles are strongly recommended. Your entry fee includes a Waikiki Roughwater Swim swim cap that MUST be worn during the ENTIRE race (start, swim and finish).

NEW RULE: Male swim suits must be of a textile fabric and may only cover from hip to knee. Female swim suits may be sleeveless of a textile fabric covering from shoulder to hip.

Protests

Must be submitted to referee by 11:30 am or within 30 minutes of swimmer’s finish, whichever is later.

T-shirts

All T-shirts will be distributed at the finish line. If you do not swim or finish the race, you can still pick up your shirt at the Shirt Table. T-shirt table will close at 1:00 pm.

Age Divisions

Male & Female: 10&Under, 11-12, 13-14, 15-16, 17-18, 19-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80-85 etc and top three military finishers. Top three overall male and female finishers will be placed in an elite division. The fin division will not utilize age groups and all fin swimmers will start last.

Awards

Name of the first individual to finish will be engraved on the “Alexander Hume Ford” perpetual trophy. Elite division awards to the top three male and female finishers. Elite division winners will not participate in the age group competition.

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Awards will be presented to the top three male and female finishers in each division (or 5% of entrants, which ever is greater). “Bossabean Cup 2012 trophy to the first place men’s 65-69 division. Awards ceremony to start at 12:00 noon. Timers will wait for the last official swimmer to finish. Results will be available at www.waikikiroughwaterswim.com. Awards will not be mailed to the winners at the expense of the committee.

Questions

Please address questions in writing and send with a SASE to: WRSC, 6158 Summer, Honolulu, HI 96821; or by email: kaiawrs@gmail.com

Additional Information

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More Information

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