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AND THE WINNER IS: Leivur Vitalis, Faroe Islands Leivur's time (96:12:22) came within 24min 39sec of the final time (96:37:01) THE COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED PRIZE LIST
THE RULES 1: All entries must be made on the expedition website with donations being made on justgiving.com. 2: Predicted times must be made in hours/mins/seconds e.g. 81hours - 51minutes - 21seconds 3: Entries can be made up until 24hrs after leaving North Rhona. This date is entirely dependant on the weather so please follow the web updates. 4: In the case of a tie, the entry made on the earliest date, and earliest time on that date, will be declared the WINNER. 5: 100% of the contributions will go towards the R.N.L.I. 6: There is no limit on the number of entries per person. 7: The clock will stop the moment we set foot on the Faroes. The clock will be stopped by the expedition paddlers and will be verified by SPOT satellite GPS messenger. Should we fail to make it to the Faroes the clock will stop the moment we request assistance from the emergency services. Again this will be verified by SPOT satellite GPS messenger. Should we call off the crossing attempt and return to safety under their own steam the time will be taken at the point of 'turn around' and confirmed by SPOT GPS. 8. Only the TIME SPENT IN THE BOATS will count. The clock will not run while the expedition team are on land at Butt of Lewis and North Rhona. 8. The winner will be announced on the website within 7 days of arrival on the Faroes. 9. We encourage all entrants to make the recommended minimum donation for each entry they make. 10. The prize will be presented at the 2009’ Storm Gathering’ Sea Kayak Symposium in Cornwall, UK. TERMS and CONDITIONS The competition is open to all nationalities. If the winner is unable to receive the prize at the Storm Gathering they will be responsible for the organisation and cost of delivery . Celtic Tiderace 2 does not accept any responsibility for late or lost entries due to the internet, proof of sending is not proof of receipt. A free entry couponcan be obtained by sending an SAE to: Regoinal Events Manager/Scotland There is no cash alternative to prizes, and no alternative prizes can be offered. No responsibility can be taken for entries that our delayed, damaged, mislaid or wrongly delivered. The competition winer will be notified by post on headed RNLI note paper and the results published on the expedition website www.paddlefaroes.com. Winners are requested to agree to the publication of their names and photos. The editors decision is final and no correspondence can be entered into. Entry implies acceptance of these rules. ASSISTANCE WITH YOUR ESTIMATION 1: The total distance is 410 kilometres. 2: The average speed for a fully laden kayak in normal conditions is 6 km per hour (this includes five minutes of rest each hour). 3: The journey will be split into three legs 1) Stornoway to Butt of Lewis 52 km 2) Butt of Lewis to North Rhona 72 km 3) North Rhona to Faroe Isles 276 km 4: We are planning the following: Legs 1 and 2: will be paddled in one session with no more than five minutes rest per hour. Leg 3: we will take 5 hours rest every twenty four and five minutes rest for each hour of paddling. 5: We intend to take a slight detour to the west to take advantage of the gulf stream and to avoid being sucked in to the Norwegian sea. This is likely to add 40-50 kilometres to the length of leg 3. Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} |
Thursday, 09 September 2010
WIN OVER £5,000 OF THE BEST
SEA KAYAKING GEAR and TRAINING
For those of you who require a little temptation before opening your wallet WE HAVE IT. All of the companies that have generously supplied equipment for the expedition have also kindly donated essential items to a prize fund that is on offer to whoever gets closest to predicting the time it will take to paddle from Stornoway to The Faroe Isles. A total distance of 410 kilometres.
Even if everyone makes the minimum £2 donation with each predicted time we hope to raise a significant amount for the training of future volunteers. We are right behind the RNLi’s current philosophy: ‘Train one to Save many’. If you can help us get £1 for each of the 200,000 strokes we think we’ll take we will exceed all expectations.
