OPEN TOURING: “Non - competitive” participant category for any canoe, kayak or guideboat. Paddlers are timed.
YOUTH: Paddlers up to and including 13 years of age. Tandem recreation or stock canoes.
C-2 JUNIOR: Paddlers up to and including 17 years of age or younger: Rec. or Stock canoes only.
C-2 FAMILY: Paddlers must be related. One paddler is 16 years of age or younger. Recreation or Stock boats only.
C-2 RECREATION: Maximum length - 17 feet, 6 inches. Weight - minimum of 55 pounds from the manufacturer, no adding weight. "If it looks like a racing boat, it belongs in the Amateur Racing Class."
C-2 STOCK: Included in this class are hulls similar to the Jensen 18. Minimal concave lines in the hull: no concavity in the hull from bow to stern; no concave lines in the gunwales; no concavity side to side below the 7” waterline; maximum tumblehome of 1 inch per side. Length: Maximum 18 feet 6 inches Weight: No requirement. Width: Minimum at 4- inch waterline is 15% of length. For example: An 18’6” length boat must be at least 33 3/8” wide. Minimum at 4- inch waterline is 14% of length 18" ahead and behind the widest point of the boat at the 4" waterline. Depth: Minimum depths from the manufacturer: Bow 17", Center 12 1/2" and stern 16". Chine: No hard line transitional "chine" in the hull of the boat. Chine must be at least the radius of a softball. 1) "One of kind boats are not permitted in the Stock Class." 2) The NYMCRA Stock Class is expandable. 3) The boats currently on the NYMCRA Stock Class list are: Wenonah: Jensen 17, Jensen 18, 18’ Sundowner, Minnesota II, Odyssey, Escape, and Escapade GRB Newman Designs: Traveler 17 – 5, Traveler 18 –6, Monarch Mad River Lamoille, Horizon., Bell Canoe Works Northstar, Northwind, and Northwoods., Savage River Works Susquehanna.
C-4 STOCK: 4 People in a canoe designed to accommodate them.
C-2 AMATEUR: All tandem canoes built for racing including boats like Wenonah’s Standard Class Racer, Competition Cruisers, and 3 X 27’s. If it looks like a racing canoe it is! Specs according to NYMCRA and USCA.
SOLO RECREATION: ANY CANOE OR SEA KAYAK of any material with a maximum length of 16’ 0” and a minimum width at the 4” waterline of 22”. Must use double bladed paddle.
C-1 STOCK: Maximum length - 17’ 0”, Tumblehome not to exceed 3.5” per side. No minimum weight. The current C-1 Stock list includes GRB Newman Designs Classic and Classic XL; Wenonah Advantage, Prism, Encounter and Solitude; Sawyer Summer Song,DY Special and Shock Wave; Savage River’s Otegan (modified) Bell’s Magic, and Mad River’s Independence.
C-1 AMATEUR: Maximum length 18’6”, No minimum weight. Specs according to NYMCRA and USCA.
TOURING KAYAK: Kayaks of any material with a maximum length of 20’ and a minimum width at the 4” waterline of 18”.
UNLIMITED KAYAK: Any kayak over 20’ in length and / or less than 18” in width at the 4” waterline.
WAR CANOE: Minimum of 6 paddlers in a wooden canoe built to meet the following specifications: Maximum length 28’, Minimum width at gunwhales and 6” waterline 39”, Minimum depth of 14”.
OPEN WAR CANOE: Minimum of 7 paddlers in a boat built to accommodate them - No restrictions!
GUIDEBOAT: We follow the Saranac Lake rules for classes. Call us for a copy of the guidelines.
Note :
AGE CLASSIFICATION: UNDER 50 YEARS OLD or OVER 50 YEARS OLD (Both people must be over 50 years old to qualify for the over-50 division) Age divisions will be established when there are 4 or more boats registered in each age group.
RACE OFFICIALS : The final arbiters in all boat classifications.
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