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	Rules?						12-28-05
The following info is provided for your consideration:
1. You will need an escort boat, and a support person on board to give you aid and information during the swim. Boats cost about $450 - $500.
2. Rules are simple: swim from shore to shore, start on land with no body of water behind, and end on land with no body of water beyond, no swim aids other than goggles, no flotation device or propulsive assistance.
3. This means you cannot touch the boat or anything attached to the boat during the swim. You cannot start on a jetty or end on a jetty. We usually take aid in a bag thrown overboard, we'll eat and drink something on our own, then throw the bag back onto the boat.
4. For certification, provide a written document that certifies the items in #2 above, signed by a 3rd party on the boat (usually the support person), indicate the date, start time and end time, the start location and the end location, boat name and skipper name.
5. There is no organized crossing, you're generally on you own. For the last 3 years, Ian Emberson has been having a solo division as part of his Maui Channel Relays, held on Saturday of Labor Day Weekend, from Lanai island to Maui island. This is the Auau Channel, and this will qualify as a channel crossing if you swim the solo division and you abide by the rules of item #2 above.
6. As you get closer to the date and are sure you'll be making the crossing, email Carl Kawauchi
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