2010 Festival Schedule

Friday, August 6 

3:00 pm to 7:30 pm:  Split Rock Lighthouse Tour

5:00 pm to 9:00 pm:  Participant check-in and packet pick up: Burlington Bay

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm:  Reception for sponsors, racers, tour and clinic participants at Burlington Bay Note: This is the last chance for race registration!

Saturday, August 7

7:00 am to 8:30 am:  Race Day Packet Pick-Up

7:00 am to 10:00 am:  Pancake Breakfast

8:15 am:  MANDATORY Race Meeting

9:00 am:  GRE 18-mile Marathon Start (course closes at 3:00 pm)

9:00 am to 4:30 pm:  Youth & Family Kayak Instruction:  (each session is 1.5 hours)

Ages 12 - 16: 9:00 am--with family

Ages 12 - 16: 1:00 pm--youth only

Ages 8 - 11: 11:00 am--with family

Ages 8 - 11: 3:00 pm--youth only

9:00 am to 4 pm:  Marathon Tour: tour begins promptly at 9:00 am

9:10 am:  GRE Marathon Unlimited Composite Class Start

9:30 am:  Betty’s Pies Race Start (course closes at 1:00 pm)

10:00 am to 3:00 pm:  Youth Open Paddling

10:00 am to 4:00 pm:  Bay to Bay Tour: tours begin promptly at 10:00 am and 1:00 pm

10:00 am to 3:30 pm:  Equipment Demo 

10:00 am to 6:00 pm:  Brown Bag Fundraiser

10:30 am to 2:30 pm:  Chair Massages offered for a fee to Joseph DePuma

11:00 am to 3:00 pm:  Youth Kayak Races 

11:00 am to 4:00 pm:  Climbing Wall 

1:30 pm to 3:30 pm:  Paddle Clinic for Women

3:30 pm to 5:30 pm:  Live music by Uprising

5:30 pm to 7:00 pm:  Supper with the Paddlers

6:30 pm:  Award Ceremony & Prize Drawings Grand Prize:  Wilderness Systems Kayak, must be present to win!

Sunday, August 8

9:00 am to 1:00 pm:  Equipment Demo and Sales

9:00 am to 1:00 pm:  Youth Open Paddling

9:00 am to 1:00 pm:  Family Tours

10:00 am to 1:00 pm:  EMMA Challenge Tandem Sprint Races

10:00 am to 1:00 pm:  Bay to Bay Tour: tour begins promptly at 10:00 am 

1:00 pm:  Another Successful Festival Ends!