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TOUR INFORMATION 11 - 17 SUPTEMBER 2017 WELCOME TO FRIESLAND CONTENT 1. Introduction 04 2. General information 07 2.1 Addresses Start, Resting & Finish places 08 2.2 Parking 10 2.3 Board storage 11 2.4 Rest stop - waterproof backpack 11 2.5 Daily time schedule 12 2.6 Food & Drinks 15 2.7 Food truck menu 15 3. Accommodations 16 3.1 Sleeping on a historic Frysian Sailboat 17 4. Race & Tour information 18 4.1 Rules & regulations 20 We advise you to read all the rules. With extra attention for: C. Racing rules, J. Stamping (Ring the Bell!), K. Rest stop rules & L. Finish rules 4.2 Massage 27 4.3 Paddling recommendations 27 5. Award ceremonies 28 6. Prologue 29 7. Live tracking & media 30 8. Bridge to bridge support overvieuw 32 3 Aloha Athletes of the 9th annual SUP 11-City Tour! August 2017, Leeuwarden Athletes will experience the ultimate NON STOP challenge as they paddle 200 kilometers The week starts with the registration of (122 miles) in five days with weather the NON-Stop athletes on Sunday evening conditions varying from windless, beautiful the 10th of september at the City Beach and sunny to cold, rainy and stormy. Leeuwarden. After the skippers meeting at Besides it is the ultimate challenge, the SUP 7 pm in the beach cafe, the ‘NON-Stoppers’ 11-City Tour is also a unique experience. can sleep on board of the Sailing boat 200 national and international paddlers ‘Sudermar’ in the City Center. The start of will to get to know Friesland, the northern this marathon SUP tour is between 8 am province of The Netherlands, from the water. and 12 am, depending on the predicted Open fields with windmills, cows and sheep weather conditions. We expect the paddlers will present itself along the waterways, alter- to be back between 12 am and 5 pm the nated by eleven historical cities built from next day. Massage will be ready and waiting 1700 onwards. for them. Since 2009 participants paddle the original waterways, where the ice skaters started REGISTRATION conquering this historical tour on frozen Tuesday afternoon will be mainly registra- waters. tion and checking in on the boats, the goody bags will be ready for all the participating Founder Anne Marie Reichman had the athletes. Every morning the registration desk dream to make the 11 CityTour an interna- is open for the participants who only paddle tional event for every paddler, whether race, that particular day. tour or beginner. This has been realized in the past years, with 30 participating nation- PROLOGUE alities. The ISA world champion is joining us, Since 2013 we start the SUP11-City Tour with a beginners can start at our free clinics and a fun tour through the canals of Leeuwarden. paddlers with a little experience join us on Music will be played on boats and on shore the last day. at several places. There is no competitive element in this tour and is entirely for fun! This year will be the 4th time for the non- Everybody can join in on their own board or stop edition, athletes will paddle the SUP rental board. The tour will take a little over 11-City Tour non-stop in maximum 36 hours. an hour. Starting point is the City Beach or INTRODUCTION the place where the sleeping boats are and Sloten, Workum, Franeker and Dokkum docked. After the PROLOGUE there is an as finish/sleep/start places, we will finish ‘opening’ dinner. in de Prinsentuin in Leeuwarden. A food market will be waiting and for those who did THE 11 CITY TOUR the whole tour the so desired SUP11-City Wednesday morning the tour will start Tour cross. next to the old prison ‘De Blokhuispoort’, the daily schedule will start then: All the volunteers are working hard this eat, paddle, eat, paddle, eat and sleep week and some of them even all year round (and repeat 5 times). to make the tour the best event it can pos- For all the volunteers there is a similar sibly be! They form the SUP11 City Tour schedule with different activities instead of Ohana that is welcoming you as well! paddling they will be preparing breaksfast, sail the safety boat, build up the camp, pre- pare lunch, check the route, build the office, Mahalo, prepare dinner, etc. So for all who’s travel- ling with the tour, we all get a routine and get Ritske Merkus it right at the end of the tour. Aukje Postma Marije Elgersma After hitting Sneek, Stavoren, Arum, Alde José van Egmond Leie and 11-City Tile bridge as rest stops Kiki Merkies 5 GENERAL INFORMATION GENERAL INFORMATION 27 2.1 ADDRESSES START, RESTING & FINISH PLACES DAY 1 Start Rest stop Finish 43,3 km Leeuwarden Sneek Sloten City Beach, Steak restaurant, Jachthaven Lemsterpoort Address Sixmastraat 15 Westersingel 27 Jachthaven 7 Tour, Team Tour, Start & S 8:30 am F 2:00 – 5:00 pm Red Dragon, Big SUP finish times S 9:15 am Team Ladies Comp. F 2:00 – 5:00 pm S 9:15 am Divas, Ladies Comp. F 2:00 – 5:00 pm S 9:30 am Masters & Team Comp, Prone F 2:00 – 5:00 pm S 9:45 am Men Competition F 2:00 – 5:00 pm S 10:00 am Men Elite F 2:00 – 5:00 pm DAY 2 Start Rest stop Finish 45,5 km Sloten Stavoren Workum Jachthaven Lemsterpoort Address Stadsfenne 21 Súd 37 Jachthaven 7 Tour, Team Tour, Start & S 8:30 am F 2:00 – 5:00 pm Red Dragon, Big SUP finish times S 9:15 am Team Ladies Comp. F 2:00 – 5:00 pm S 9:15 am Divas, Ladies Comp. TIME TRAIL S 2:00 pm F 2:00 – 5:00 pm S 9:30 am Masters & Team Comp, Prone F 2:00 – 5:00 pm S 9:45 am Men Competition F 2:00 – 5:00 pm S 10:00 am Men Elite TIME TRAIL S 1:30 pm F 2:00 – 5:00 pm A FIRST! This year we will have time trails on day 2 and 5 for the divisions Diva’s, Ladies Competition en Men Elite. GENERAL INFORMATION DAY 3 Start Rest stop Finish 41,3 km Workum Arum Franeker De Tille Spaarbankstraat, Address Súd 37 (near an open field) Elfstedenbruggetje Tour, Team Tour, Start & S 8:30 am F 2:00 – 5:00 pm Red Dragon, Big SUP finish times S 9:15 am Team Ladies Comp. F 2:00 – 5:00 pm S 9:15 am Divas, Ladies Comp. F 2:00 – 5:00 pm S 9:30 am Masters & Team Comp, Prone F 2:00 – 5:00 pm S 9:45 am Men Competition F 2:00 – 5:00 pm S 10:00 am Men Elite F 2:00 – 5:00 pm DAY 4 Start Rest stop Finish 42,6 km Franeker Alde Leie Dokkum Spaarbankstraat, Leijester Hegedyk, Dokkumer EE, Address Elfstedenbruggetje sports field Wind Mill Zeldenrust Tour, Team Tour, Start & S 8:30 am F 2:00 – 5:00 pm Red Dragon, Big SUP finish times S 9:15 am Team Ladies Comp. F 2:00 – 5:00 pm S 9:15 am Divas, Ladies Comp. F 2:00 – 5:00 pm S 9:30 am Masters & Team Comp, Prone F 2:00 – 5:00 pm S 9:45 am Men Competition F 2:00 – 5:00 pm S 10:00 am Men Elite F 2:00 – 5:00 pm DAY 4 Start Rest stop Finish 42,6 km Dokkum Giekerk Leeuwarden Dokkumer EE, Canterlandse weg, Prinsentuin, Address Wind Mill Zeldenrust Tiles bridge Wissesdwinger 1 Tour, Team Tour, Start & S 8:30 am F 2:00 – 5:00 pm Red Dragon, Big SUP finish times S 9:15 am Team Ladies Comp. no rest stop F 2:00 – 5:00 pm S 9:15 am Divas, Ladies Comp. TIME TRAIL no rest stop F 2:00 – 5:00 pm S 9:30 am Masters & Team Comp, Prone no rest stop F 2:00 – 5:00 pm S 9:45 am Men Competition no rest stop F 2:00 – 5:00 pm S 10:00 am Men Elite TIME TRAIL no rest stop F 2:00 – 5:00 pm 9 ADDRESSES OF THE BOATS ADRESSES SUP VILLAGES Leeuwarden: 10-13 SUPtember Leeuwarden: 10-13 SUPtember Wirdumerdijk/ Nieuweweg in Leeuwarden Sixmastraat 1, Leeuwarden (All boats) Sloten: 13-14 SUPtember Sloten: 13-14 SUPtember Marina Lemsterpoort, Jachthaven 7, Big sailing boats De Runwei Sloten. Electric boats Jachthaven Lemsterpoort Workum: 14 - 15 SUPtember Workum: 14-15 SUPtember Súd 37, Workum Big sailing boats Kaeidyk Franeker: 15 -16 SUPtember Electric boats Súd Spaarbankstraat, Franeker. Franeker: 15-16 SUPtember Dokkum: 16 -17 SUPtember Big sailing boats Zuiderkade Van Kleffenstraat / Hoedemakersweg, Electric boats Noordergracht Dokkum. Dokkum: 16-17 SUPtember Leeuwarden: 17 SUPtember Big sailing boats De Helling Prinsentuin, Wissesdwinger 1, Electric boats Van Kleffenstraat Leeuwarden. Leeuwarden: 17-18 SUPtember Prinsentuin Wissesdwinger 1 (All boats) 2.2 PARKING Parking during registration day Parking is only possible in the free parking in Leeuwarden space on the other side of the bridge. Adress: Sixmastraat 15, Leeuwarden Adress: Dirk zeperweg, Leeuwarden (you have to pay at the machine) Please go to the registration office if you For loading the board there is a loading want to park here the whole week. zone. Otherwise you will get a fine. Adress: Noordersingel (4), Leeuwarden Parking during day 5 in leeuwarden Parking during other days: The situation has changed compared to pre- In all other cities you are able to park near vious years, all parking spaces in the area the SUP City.