🚨💦 The Infamous Regatta Raft Race is BACK! 💦🚨
Think you’ve got the brains, the brawn, and the banter to take on Wicklow’s wildest water challenge? 🌊💪
💡 Are you creative? 🏄♂️ Love water sports? 🏆 Fiercely competitive but always up for a laugh?
Then it’s time to rally your crew, sketch your masterplan, and start building the ultimate raft for this year’s Regatta Raft Race! 🔨🛶
The madness kicks off in the harbour on August 2nd at 3PM — it’s one of the BIGGEST highlights of the Wicklow Regatta Festival and always guarantees plenty of thrills, spills, and laughs for participants and spectators alike! 🎉
Registration open now — register your raft here 👉 www.wicklowregatta.com and get plotting, building, and dreaming of raft race glory! 💥🏁
RULES:
Rafts must be constructed from unaltered 40 gallon steel or plastic drums
They should not consist of more than 8 drums
No covering or streamlining will be allowed on the submerged or underwater section of the raft
Paddles/Oars should be used for propulsion and can be supplemented by sails
No mechanical means of propulsion may be used.
Not more than 2 swimmers at any one time may push the raft
Swimmers (pushers) may not wear flippers
Raft Crew must not consist of more than 6 people. This number includes swimmers or pushers
All Competitors MUST wear life jackets
*Please register each participant separately