Swimmers checklist

Swimmers checklist

If you have any question, please contact us:

• Via email at antibesmaxiplouf@bigpond.com

• Or on +61 414 438 193

Before you get to Antibes, make sure you have:

• Sent your signed entry form & waiver and your medical certificate to Maxi Plouf (antibesmaxiplouf@bigpond.com or jean-luc.boulanger@bigpond.com)

• Made the payments for your entry fee, support paddlers and accommodation at CREPS as relevant

• Sent your arrival & departure details specifying whether you'd like to be picked-up at Nice airport and/or from the hotel to get back to the airport (payment for transfers to be made directly to your driver: 55 EUR each way - 2020 prices)

• Received your driver's details if you requested transfer from or to the airport

• Prepared your own risk management plan for the swim

• Optional - Downloaded the Find My Friends app on your iPhone so that we can track you during the swim, and found a small waterproof container (e.g. Tupperware with snap lock lid) to fit your iPhone and be put on your support kayak during the swim

The day before the swim - 6 June 2020:

• Optional - Swim session from 10am at Plage des Ondes, the 10km & 20km mark on the Swim course

• Compulsory - Briefing from 11am at Plage des Ondes, the 10km & 20km mark on the Swim course

• Optional - Activate your Find My Friends app so that the Race Director's number +61 419 551 694 can track you during the swim

• Familiarise yourself with the swim course

The day of the swim - 7 June 2020:

• Take with you to the swim start:

  • Bathers, goggles, and swim cap of the colour you have been allocated (see Participants): you can use the silicone swim cap we will give you when you get to Antibes, or your own cap as long as it is of the same colour

  • Optional - Wetsuit if you choose to wear one: you are free to do what you feel is best for you given that the expected water temperature is about 19C or 66F

  • Sunscreen, anti chafe

  • Hydration & nutrition products you will use until swim start at 7am (7:15am for the relay team)

  • Hydration & nutrition products you will give the paddler at the swim start - Put your swim number on the bottles if possible (NB We will also have a texter at the swim start)

  • Towel for you to use before the start and/or at the finish

  • Optional - Spare goggles and anti chafe you can give the paddler at the swim start

  • Optional - Your iPhone in a small waterproof container (e.g. Tupperware with snap lock lid) to be put on your kayak for us to track you during the swim

  • Optional - Hydration & nutrition products to be taken to Les Ondes and for you to use at the 10km and 20km mark: there will be a feed station in the water at Les Ondes - Put your swim number on the bottles if possible (NB We will also have a texter at the swim start)

  • A bag to pack your belongings (thongs, shorts, T-shirt, towel for you to use at the finish, ...) - We will keep the bag for you during the swim and you will get it back at the finish

• Make sure you arrive at La Gravette (swim start) at 6am or earlier  

• During the swim:

  • Stay on the course at all times, close to your kayak

  • It is compulsory that you give way to all vessels coming in or out of dedicated channels

  • Enjoy the day: you have done the training, it is a spectacular course, make the most of it!