This year the Event venue is again taking place on the Te Awahou Riverside reserve, Harbour Street, Foxton based around the boat ramp area.
The FLR is best held on the highest Spring tide each year which has generally been the third weekend in August.
The course basically heads around the Manawatu River loop around Matakarapa Island, which is obviously smack bang in the middle of the loop and accessed by a bridge, so it's sort of like a moat without the Castle !
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We do not take entries on the day so it will require all paddlers to be organised and to enter early.
*** The current information from MPI below..... in regards to not carrying any noxious bugs or weed between your local waterway and the Foxton waterway - Read detail in photo below ***
Matakarapa course - 10 km
This course is a complete circumnavigation around Matakarapa Island only suitable for kayaks or surf skis due to the narrow winding section around the back of the loop (at the halfway point approximately ) PLEASE NOTE : If you have a kayak or surf ski with a flip up rudder you may find you will catch less weed (if there are random loose patches around the narrow end of the waterway) This course starts in the opposite direction to the 12 km course.......this means that both courses come together at the halfway point.......as the 10 km exits the narrow end of the loop......the 12 km course turns around the small island !
This course is back onstream again this year due to 2 x significant flood events where the Moutoa Floodway gates have been opened. The huge volume of water has cleared the vegetation that grows rampantly blocking the very narrow section around the back of the river loop.
Manawatu course - 12 km
Paddle 5 km out the wide section of the river loop, turn left out onto the main Manawatu River. Head up river 1km then turn from right to left around the first of the three small islands in the river.
Head directly back to the finish the same way.
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Navigation around each course
Every paddler needs to comply with the Navigation bylaws. https://www.horizons.govt.nz/flood-emergency-management/river-safety
This Event is approved by the Harbour Master at The Horizons Regional Council.
The nuts and bolts are :
Waterways work opposite to roads. Basically you travel on the left, on the road.....and on waterways we travel on the right.
To avoid a collision with any other paddle craft or motorboat we always veer off to the right to avoid a crash...... and sinking to Davie Jones locker (Think of Johnny Depp "Pirates of the Caribbean")
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Event Venue, start and finish (pictured above)
The short course course turns are both yellow buoys with orange flags and you will note the direction of the turns is from right to left the buoys always being on your left hand side when turning
NOTE : The blue lines indicates the area of the river loop that was widened in late 2020
Below are the buoys as described above
- Welly Paddlers Kiwibank - 389016 0568806 02
- Any questions about entries email us or phone Chester 022 6455 820
NOTE : ENTRIES CLOSE FRIDAY AUGUST 12 AT 7 PM - that includes the entry fee being paid by 7 pm as well :-)
Please use your "Surname" or "Team name" in one of the "online banking reference boxes" when making your payment.
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When entering by email please give us the following detail.
1.Your name or Team name
2. Your cellphone number
3. Type of craft..... K1, W1, VI (rudderless) W6, W 12, K2, W2, multisport kayak, adventure racing double, surf ski, sea kayak, double surf ski, double kayak, sea kayak, surf canoe, SUP or prone paddle board etc.etc
4. Are you entering the 3km / 6km / 10 km / 10 km recreational / 12 km
5. Female / Male / Mixed
6. Classifications : Please supply us with your date of birth......or average age if you're in a Team boat.
7. Town / City
Entry Fess :
Long courses :
$30 singles
$40 doubles
$50 surf canoes
$30 W3
$60 W6's
$120 W12
Long course : under 19 and over 60 ( and in a single craft ) take 50% off the above
Short courses :
All single craft $15
Here are our Event run times :
Registration from 10.30 am - 11.45 am
Event Briefing will be a written viewable briefing here - https://www.facebook.com/WellyPaddlers this will be posted by 3 pm the day before the event.
12.00 pm 12 km - W 12, W6 and surf canoe start (Manawatu course)
12.02 pm 12 km - W1 and W2 - Female ( Manawatu course )
12.04 pm 12 km - W1 and W2 - Male ( Manawatu course )
12.06 pm 12 km - All single kayaks, surf skis and doubles ( Manawatu course )
12.08 pm 3 km / 6 km start - (All craft types start together) ( Te Awahou course )
12.11 pm 10 km recreational ( Matakarapa Course )
12.14 pm 10 km single and double kayaks Female ( Matakarapa Course )
12.16 pm 10 km single and double kayaks Male ( Matakarapa Course )
1.45 pm - 2.05 pm Event Spot prize giving.
The Event is open to all paddle craft (sorry no rowing craft)
If the numbers are extraordinary high for any of the above start groups we may well add in an extra start time
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All paddlers must wear a PFD, all kayaks must use spray skirts, all waka ama must carry a bailer/s (unless on a sit on top waka)
Every paddler needs to take personal responsibility for their own health and wellbeing and make good decisions in what they do on the water, and what clothing they choose to they wear on the day.
Every paddler and crew, if they capsize, must be able to self rescue themselves by remounting their craft or by swimming to the shore quickly, emptying out and continuing through to the finish.
It must be emphasized that it's all about being prepared and to practice, practice, practice to keep your skill sets up. Please do not expect to come along and to "wing it on the day" this approach is likely to leave you ill prepared and places unnecessary risk on yourself.
Every Paddler or in the case of a double - four - six or 12 person craft (the Team Captain) must check into registration immediately when you arrive on site
Below - our Event numbers and they are to be placed on the left side front area of your craft within 1 metre from the bow.
*** We recycle***
If you have an existing Welly Paddlers event number from the previous "Foxton Loop Race" or "The Motorway Classic" please let us know this Event number when you enter and we will check this off against our master list of numbers.
If you sell your craft the number peels off easily and is able to placed on your new craft.
There will be 3 x Event updates on the https://www.facebook.com/WellyPaddlers Facebook page on the Monday, Wednesday, Thursday within the 6 days leading up to the Event......these posts will show weather and tide details and any course changes, which may be dictated by the weather forecasting or hazards.
We will post the briefing notes by 3 pm the day before the Event.
Our Emergency contact number on the day is 027 4581 005.
Boat ramp Event Venue location
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