2025 Update (From Sept 2024)
UPDATE!!! Registration soon!
I wanted to take this opportunity to update you on what our plans for the 2025 Great Chesapeake Bay Swim are. We haven't forgotten about you, and realize that we were trying to open up registration for you in August. We hit a couple of snags with the venue and with the State Park but here is what we are planning AS WE KNOW IT RIGHT NOW
The Great Chesapeake Bay Swim will be held on Sunday, June 8th. The thing that has been hanging us up, for the 4.4 mile swimmers, is that we were told that we couldn't have a start time, later in the day. That meant that we were going to try and have to figure out how to launch everyone at SUNRISE (about 545 am) to get the ideal tides. This lead us down a rabbit hole of oh-so-many bad things.
FORTUNATELY our friends at Sandy Point State Park heard our pleas and understood that, with our new start method, that we don't take up the entire southern beach, and have conceded to letting us have a start around 1 or 1:30. We are still nailing down those times (and getting their permission in writing....)
What this does, with an afternoon start, is allows for us to hold the 1 mile swim earlier in the morning, so that the full team can watch over both events! We are just trying to nail down that time with the venue. Because the tides/currents aren't quite so rough over there, we can play with the times, and don't have to start based on a high/low current flow.
We expect to, based on our conversations with the Sandy Point State Park, open up registration for those that wish to join us in 2025 in the next week or so. Remember, all of your donations will roll over from the 2024 year, and those who qualified with a Golden Ticket and such, will be offered that opportunity again. All other 4.4 swimmers will be allowed to register (no lottery) for the $250 fee. This guaranteed entry WILL have a cut off date, though, so keep an eye out for that email. We will blast it on social media and post something on the main page (www.BaySwim.com) when we send out that information.
1 Milers - You will be able to register for $50 for the 2025 1 mile event. We are working on the logistics for those of you who want to bump up to the 4.4 mile swim (logistics meaning what the cost will be)
Thank you for your patience. We hope to get a final schedule together shortly and a registration link out to everyone shortly.
Once we have concluded the SPECIAL PRICING, then we will open up the lottery for those who didn't get a chance to register last year.
As always, any questions, reach out directly to us at info@bayswim.com
Have a great day!!! Talk to you soon!!
Jason Chance - Race Director
