Here are the Official Rules for the 2008 Boy Scout Adventure Race as of 5/15/2008. The race date is Sunday, June 15, 2008.
Adventure Team Formation:
- 3 man teams – all must finish
- Each team must pick a single color for their shirts
- All teams members must be 10 or over and under 21 and registered Scouts in Simsbury Troop 175, 174, or 76 (Includes Venture crew).
- Team members will have ages added together to determine handicap. Team ages must add up to at least 30 and be less that 60. (See Time Consideration Section)
- There must be one First Class Scout or higher on each team, unless approved by a Troop Scoutmaster.
- All team members must have passed the BSA Swim test
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Each team member must have a permission slip from their parents giving them permission to race without an adult as part of the team.
Equipment Requirements:
Each Team Member must have:
- Liter of water or Camelback
- One high energy bar
- PFD
- Mountain bike
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Helmet
Each Team must have:
- Compass
- First aid Kit
- Fully Charged cell phone (Time will be added if less than fully charged phones)
- Canoe and paddles
- Matches (no lighters) or Flint and Steel.
- Pen
Race Requirements:
1. You must stay with 50 yards of each other during the whole race. If a judge or two other teams report that you are not within this distance time may be added to your result.
2. You must stop and help any team that requests help in an emergency. Appropriate time will be deducted from your final time for helping.
3. You must go to each checkpoint and sign in. (Team captain sign in).
4. You may not receive any assistance along the way other than from race officials. You must stick to the route of the race.
5. You may not leave any team members behind. You may drop them at a checkpoint but only at a checkpoint. If you drop a team member then your time will not count even though you may continue racing.
6. You may not interfere in other teams racing. Interference may be grounds for disqualification. This includes removing any race marks that are part of the course
7. In the event that any team member gets dizzy or ill or starts bleeding for any reason (other than scratches)- you must stop racing and assist the team member.
8. You must get to each check mark by the appointed time limit or must drop out of the race. If you have not made it to a checkpoint by the limit you will receive a call and will be marked as Did Not Finish (DNF). Please do not continue racing but come back to the race finish at Curtiss E.
9. Be careful and take your time. This is an endurance race and most finishers will fail to finish because of injury or running out of energy.
Time Consideration:
The race will start at exactly 10AM at the Pennwood.
Registration will be at Pennwood from 8:00-9:45 on Sunday, June 15, 2008. Racers will start in order of registration time. Get their early and you start at the front of the pack. Your team must be all present to register. You must show your list of equipment- although canoes PFD’s & Paddles should be already delivered to 185 Bridge Canoe Landing ahead of time. Parents will be there to guard your canoes. Your team name should be on your canoe. Teams registering after 9:45AM will have one minute added to their time for every minute after 9:45AM they register. Teams may not register until ALL members are present. At 10:00 Registration will close and no further teams will be entered.
Official time will be Verizon Cell Phone time.
Your final time will be your race time starting at 10 AM plus any penalties less time deductions for using flint and steel. Also you will receive a 5-minute deduction for every year yours teams ages are collectively fewer than 45. If you have 3 13 year olds – that equals 39 – you would receive a 30 minutes deduction from your time. You may race with a total over 45 but you will be penalized 5 Minutes for every year your teams collective ages add up to over 45. Maximum age sum is 60. Maximum deduction or addition of time at the end is 45 Minutes.
