3 Rivers Race at Caradon Gig Club

Each club has been given allocated an arrival time slot – please adhere to this to help ease congestion.

ARRIVAL, LAUNCHING AND REGISTRATION:

• If any clubs can bring their own trollies/wheels for launching and recovering their gigs it would be very much appreciated.
• Please can each club send a member to the registration point (in the Sailing Club) to register their crews’ arrival, confirm the entry and receive the refundable deposit.

• Due to the number of gigs attending on the day, can we please ask that you label all of your trailers with the name of the gig and your club name, so that it is clearly visible, in order to make retrieval of your trailer after racing as easy as possible.
• There are still yachts stored in the Sailing Club car park for winter maintenance, please could we ask all rowers to take care not to hit the hulls of the yachts with their oars as they walk past. Thank you.

RACING

Following some issues last year with regard to the race times, please can you ensure that all your crews/coxes are aware of the following:

• All races will be run under CPGA rules and all gigs must carry a working VHF radio. The races will be started over the radio – channel to be confirmed at Coxes meeting.

• Each crew has been allocated a heat and berth based on the results from the 2018 World Championships.
• Each heat will be set off at approx. 2 minute intervals.
• The mens race will start after all the ladies crews have finished (approx. start time 2.00p.m.)
• You MUST line up in the heat you are allocated. The timings for each gig will be worked out based on them starting in the heat allocated on the sheet that will be given to each club at registration. If you start in the wrong heat, your final time will not be accurate.
• Each heat start will be counted down over the radio. If you are ahead of the line with 30 seconds to go you may be disqualified. If you are not on the line your heat will be started without you.
• All crews must warm up down river of the bridges (i.e. Sailing Club side) until called up by the Starter. DO NOT GO TOO FAR AWAY AS THE HEATS WILL START THICK AND FAST AND THE STARTER WILL NOT WAIT FOR YOU.
• Please remember that all timings are attached to the gig not the Club.
• The start and finish will be filmed this year to aid with any disputes/queries.

RECOVERY OF GIGS

• Loading gigs after the mens race – PATIENCE WILL BE REQUIRED!  There are two slipways:  Each gig will be told which slipway to use.
• Do not come onto the slipway until told to do so by a Caradon Member who will get your trailers ready.
• No gigs are to be loaded up on the slipways: Once the gig is back on the trailer, and the bow rope tied down, they will be moved back to their storage space for clubs to load up ready to be towed away.
• No towing vehicles to go on any grass areas.
• No towing vehicles to be brought to trailers until you are ready to leave, to ease congestion.

PRESENTATION

• The presentation will take place in the Sailing Club following the racing.
• The top three positions will be announced on the day at the presentation.
• We have a trophy this year for the fastest Mens crew, donated by Ann Demain of CRY4TOM charity in memory of her son, Tom.
• The full set of results will be posted on Gig Rower the day after the event, when we have had time to check through them fully.
• Any issues regarding timings/results should be emailed direct to caradongigclub@gmail.com and not through social media.

This event is run by members of Caradon Gig Club, all of whom are volunteers with a passion for gig racing.  We will endeavour to run the event to the best of our ability and hope that you have an enjoyable day.

We would respectfully ask that if any of your members have any issues with the event, that they raise them with us direct via email: caradongigclub@gmail.com or in person, and refrain from posting any negative or discourteous comments on social media.

We look forward to welcoming you all to Saltash and hope that you all have a great day of racing.