I2C Swim coming Soon

Just to give you a feel on what type of preparations are needed

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2.2 miles.




Swimmers: s1, s2, s3 & s4

Canoe: c1

Land support: potentially L1

Equipment needed:
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• Identification – everyone who is going to be in the water (swimming or boat) needs ID
• Vehicle #1: me
• Vehicle #2: c1
• Canoe: me +paddles, life jacket (at least one, maybe more), 5 additional flotation devices (1/swimmer + one for the dry bag)
• Dry bag: me, we can put the IDs in here + car keys for vehicle 1. Don’t bring any heavy stuff – I don’t want this thing to sink!

Schedule:

• 5:50 am: everyone assembles on B2, check equipment & load into V1 & V2
• 6:00 am: drop V2 @ Coast Guard parking lot, leave towels there, transfer everyone to V1
• 6:10 am: arrive Belle Isle upstream from Yacht Club. There is some crazy industrial art at the site, since I’m driving V1 I don’t have to describe it too much. Unload canoe & equipment. Pack dry bag, put shoes on canoe (securely).
• 6:20 am: snap photo
• 6:25 am: start swimming (~2.2 miles)
• 6:32 am: sunrise
• ~7:35 am: arrive at park next to Coast Guard. Extract Canoe & surviving swimmers
• +10 minutes: Retrieve V1, leaving guard(s) to watch canoe
• +20 minutes: Return to Coast Guard, pack canoe, load everyone into V1 & V2
• +30 minutes: Return to CPWR, showers/scrub down
• +40 minutes: Celebrate I2C #2 in the Compuware Café, review pictures, live on in infamy

There is a risk of thunderstorms. If there is lightning or torrential rain that would prevent a boat from seeing the canoe or us I say we abort the attempt. Other than that we are on. Since thunderstorms are quick in & out the call to abort won’t be made till we get to B2 at 5:50.

Don’t be late.