For Adults and Kids!

Start-End: A watercraft (a catapult boat or a ship) is going to transport the athletes from their position to pick them up at the Marina, at 500m. initially from the coast and at 2,5 km next for the consecutive starts to the two dolphin statue beach which will be the finish.
Route: swimming vertical straight motion towards the shore, ending at the beach next to the parking area at the port of Rethymnon. As in the above design,buoys are going to define the straight line to the finish line.

There will be water supply to hydrate swimmers at a distance of 5k when completing their first rotation in the sand.
There will be no time limit for athletes to finish (Cut Off).

Wetsuit will be allowed as long as the water temperature does not exceed 24.9 ° C. The decision will be announced the day before the race at the athletes Race Brief, whose attendance is mandatory.

For route details, see the maps, while more details of routes, terms and regulations will be given to the Race brief that will take place prior to the event and is mandatory.

Everyone participating the race will receive a rich Athletes kit from the registrations office. The opening hours of the Secretariat will be announced on the site 10 days before the event. A condition for obtaining the Athletes kit is the arrival of the participant himself at the secretariat to receive it.

For Last-minute registrations, athletes should be aware that the Athletes kit they receive may not contain full content, given the organizer's inability to anticipate last-minute registrations. There is no obligation of the organizer to deliver material after the race.

Athletes who register and do not participate at the race are not eligible to receive the Athletes kit after the race, as it is given to athletes who actually did the race.

Kids registration will be free until September 20, 2023. After this date the registration will have the cost indicated in the registration policy. The goal of the organization is the free registration of all children in time to anticipate and give them a complete participation package for the maximum experience and memory.

 A maritime assistance plan has been drawn up and is being implemented, as follows:

Help at sea

The Maritime Assistance Team is made up of Lifeguards graduates or license holders, whose certificates / licenses are in duplicate held by the Race Director.

The field team of each race is commanded (receives - executes orders and reports) by a leader who is also in the field and supervises. The leader gets on board and constantly moves around the field, overseeing and confirming the smoothness of the race and coordinating his team.

The team consists of human units representing one in every 25-35 swimmers. The number of swimmers per human aid unit at sea may be extended if the race is conducted in a triangular or polygonal arrangement and the control distance of each unit does not exceed 250 meters on either side of its base position.The assistance team at sea consists of 15 - 30 Lifeguards (depending on the final number of registrations) to ensure the supervision of up to 30-35 swimmers by each Lifeguard.

The team is required to have a contingency management plan in place, including oxygen supply and depressant application, while the ambulance is located at a point accessible by sea. The team must have a float or SUP or kayak or a special Jet Ski capable of carrying the incident.

The team should have checked the management plan at the race site and confirmed its integrity, completeness and applicability to these conditions (locations, weather conditions, other parameters, etc.).

At any time there is the possibility of verbal communication between the head of the human units by remote communication (cordless or mobile) with the Race Director and the Ambulance.

Outside the athlete's runway, inflatable boats are loaded with their operator, 2 - 5 from the sea assistance team per boat. These boats are at least 3 - 5 and run parallel to the athletic runway, sufficiently distant from them to avoid disturbing their course and to reach athletes without the need for them.These boats will not approach an athlete at a distance of less than 10 meters (and outside the athletes' imaginary movement corridor) under no circumstances, while in case of emergency, the human assistance unit on board will enter the water to swim to the person requesting assistance or the need for intervention is perceived, always in consultation with the internal emergency units. In one of the boats the Race Doctor boards.

Inside the athlete's imaginary aisle, there are human emergency units. These human units embark on an individual SUP, or Canoe, or Kayak, or Jet Ski special for incident transport. Indoor human units move in parallel to the imaginary runway of athletes, inside the imaginary line that joins the buoys that define the racing ground. The priority of intervention in any event is always the indoor human unit that is closest to the swimmers and can approach safely.

An incident management team is also on land, while at the same time there is an ambulance of the organization available on the beach, ready to leave by transferring an emergency to the on-call hospital, which is aware of the match and any need for incident management.