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Weather and air quality note:  We will be watching weather and air quality forecasts closely.  We will provide updates on this site and via email.  Depending on wind direction, smoke from wildfires in Quebec may affect the DC area.  If the air quality is code red, we will need to cancel racing to protect the health of athletes and volunteers. 

Coaches and Coxswains meeting at 7:00 AM near the Information Tent

Heat Schedule:     FINAL HEAT SHEETPlease advise the dockmaster of any hull sharing or hot seating required with less than 45 minutes between heats.     

OVERVIEW: Capital Sprints will include masters, novice, juniors and inclusion/adaptive events.  This year, we are offering both 2x and 1X open gender events.  We will have food trucks, medals, and loads of fun seeing old friends and making new ones!  The race will be held at the Anacostia Community Boathouse at 1900 M Street SE, Washington, DC.

We have an on-site parking area for up to nine trailers, offiste parking, with a free shuttle, for rowers and spectators, and shoreline viewing of the last 250m of the race course.

Registration opens June 3 at noon and closes July 3 at 11:59 PM.  Late entry, at an additional cost, closes July 5 at 11:59 PM.

RACE CATEGORIES: All races will be 1000 meters.  We will run five lanes, tide permitting, and have open, masters, novice, juniors, inclusion, and adaptive events.  

NOTE on Inclusion Events:  Inclusion 2x and 4x events must be composed of 50% para rowers.  The remainder of the rowers may be of any gender.  While rowers are generally required to represent only one club at a regatta, a rower who is an inclusion partner may represent the club of the adaptive athlete(s) in the race in which he/she/they are an inclusion partner. 

Course map may be found HERE

REQUESTS FROMT THE ORGANIZERS: 

1) Please bring your own bow numbers if at all possible;

2) To cut down on plastic waste, please bring reusable water bottles.  We have potable water on site.

3) Have fun and be kind to our volunteers.

SCHEDULING ACCOMMODATIONS
If you are aware of hull sharing or hot seating that may require sceduling accommodations, please let us know about it in THIS spreadsheet.  We will do our best to meet requests but cannot guarantee all requests can be accommodated;  

SAFETY

Regatta Safety Plan can be found HERE

PARKING

Trailer Parking: Due to the anticipated size of our regatta, teams with trailers must schedule an arrival time and request any special accommodation by contacting  Gretchen at [email protected] with a cc to [email protected]  Overnight parking will be available for trailers arriving Friday evening. We will try to accommodate every request and ensure that there is adequate space for you, but please note that actual placement is on a first come, first serve basis.  We have space for a maximum of nine trailers.

Car Toppers

Very limited parking for scullers who are car-topping will be available on a first-come basis at ACBA.  Once those spaces are full, we ask that you unload your boat at the regatta site and then return to park at Maritime Plaza.  We apologize for this inconvenience and the extra time it will take.

Parking for Rowers and Spectators

Parking for rowers and spectators will be at Maritime Plaza Upper Parking Lot at 1201 M Street SE DC, which is approximately 0.5 mile from the boathouse and race course.  Upon entering M Street, Regatta volunteers will help direct you to the appropriate location.  A free shuttle will offer pick up and drop off service for rowers and spectators between the parking lot and the boathouse.  Rowers and spectators may be dropped off closer to the boathouse at the designated drop off location but please do not park in designated no parking areas on the raodside.  We need to ensure space for access of emergency vehicles, handicapped parking, and shuttle drop-off and turnaround.. 

REQUIRED: Parking pass must be displayed on all parked vehicles at Maritime Plaza.  Link to the pass can be found HERE

Handicapped Parking

Several parking spaces for handicapped participants are availabe at ACBA.  

NOTE:  Vehicles parking at non-designated areas along M Street SE, DC will be towed or ticketed by the DC Metropolitan Police.

Special thanks to our sponsors!  Allegro, Forward Risk and VESPOLI Boats