New Year's Day Raft Race

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The Raft Race will start at 2.00pm. All rafts must be in the water and ready by that time.

Registration and inspection from 12.30 onwards – all rafts must register, £20 per raft registration fee.

The route will be from B Slip to the Narrows Bar, safety boats will be in place & identifiable for the duration of the race.

Prizes for 1st, 2nd & 3rd Place, Best Dressed Raft and Wooden Spoon for the losers!

Prizes will be presented after the event in the Narrows Bar.

Celebrate the rest of New Year’s Day in the Narrows Bar where there will be food & drink for sale, live music, bouncy castle and face painting for children.

All watercraft are encouraged to come out on the day and have fun but for safety reasons please keep speeds down to a minimum & a distance of 10metres from the rafts while the race is taking place.

Order of events

Registration and inspection of the rafts will take place at B Slip from 12.30 onwards.

The start line will be a buoy in the harbour with a rope going to the shore. By 2pm all rafts must be in place holding onto the rope.

At 1.55pm you will be advised that there is only 5 minutes until the race starts.

Just before 2.00pm, there will be a countdown to the event and on the sound of the fog horn the race will begin.

Participants are to paddle their rafts east to the finish line which will also be a buoy with a rope going to the shore.

For more information, please contact organiser’s Falklands Xtreme Sports 54693, email xtremesports@fioga.co.fk or checkout Falklands Xtreme Sports Facebook page and our website at www.falklandsxtreme.com