Talking About Adventure In Small Boats
Paddlemaker
Member
I want to initiatate a discussion about the derby for doubles. It is posted now that even though doubles have to pay 2 separte entry fees, if they enter the derby only one person gets the fee waiver if that team wins.
Why not set the derby up as individuals - so in my case, Savannah Dan would be an entry and I would be an entry.
I will be making some changes to the derby before the next one starts.
MicroTom
Key Master
There was another post about derby points for boat building. My opinion is that is a sepearate area and shouldn't be included in the derby. I appreciate the derby for what it currently represents which is a focus on physical training and on the water preperation. IMO, a boat should be competed at least 6 months prior so you do go and train.
There won't be any derby points for boat building. The first primary purpose of the derby is to get challengers to use and learn SPOTs idiosyncrasies and how to correctly operate their SPOT. The second primary purpose is to help people get in shape for the challenge.
Side benefits are learning how to pack efficiently and have fun. The derby also helps focus on the goals of the challenge and it's all fun too.
If someone is building a boat specifically for the challenge, I strongly recommend that they enter the derby and keep using a boat they already have. Very often a boat is not finished on schedule. You can never have too many boats so always have a backup.
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