Great Chesapeake Bay 4.4 Mile Swim & 1 Mile Bay Challenge

Sun June 9, 2024 Stevensville Libby's Coastal Kitchen, MD 21666 US

Events

Great Chesapeake 4.4 Mile Bay Swim

$350 9:30AM EDT - 3:30PM EDT Registration Opens September 30, 2023 at 12:00pm EDT

Open to ages 13 - 99.

Great Chesapeake 1 Mile Bay Challenge

$75 8:30AM EDT - 10:30AM EDT Registration Opens November 16, 2023 at 12:00pm EST

Place

Libby's Coastal Kitchen (Formerly Hemingways)
357 Pier One Road-
Stevensville Libby's Coastal Kitchen, MD US 21666

Description

We are excited to announce the return of the Great Chesapeake Bay Swim for 2024!!!! You will find one site this year (www.BaySwim.com) with all of your information, and an easy new address for any questions (info@bayswim.com)

Race Day is June 9th, 2024, with an 9:30am start time for the 4.4 Mile Swim. We are currently planning on having the 1 Mile Swim begin at 8:30am, so that we can have an awards ceremony earlier for them. This is subject to final approval.

Don't forget, our newly designed site (www.BaySwim.com) and our email of info@bayswim.com are your sources for all of your up to date information!!!

CURRENT WATER TEMPERATURE READINGS https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=44063

Don't forget to follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/greatchesapeakebayswim !!

Race Contact Info

If you have any questions about this race, click the button below.

RJA Perseverance Award

The second annual Perseverance Award, sponsored by the Robert J. Astheimer Memorial Foundation, will be presented at this year's GCBS.

The Award will recognize one or more individuals who have overcome a physical, mental or emotional challenge to enable a personal achievement and/or to make significant contributions to family, community, or country.

The award is open to swimmers and their family members, GCBS organizers and supporters. Nominations of no more than 2 pages should be sent to the Foundation Director, JoAnn Milliken, at joann.milliken@gmail.com, by April 30, 2023. Nominations will be reviewed by the Foundation's Board of Directors. The Perseverance Award comes with an honorarium of $1000. For more information about Bob Astheimer and the foundation, please visit https://rjafoundation.com

Race Day Splits

Thank you to our friends over at Crossing Currents Aquatics for putting together this amazing infographic

Pay attention to the 100 yard times. These will help you to judge where to seed yourself for the swim start this year!

Geek out on distances

For the 1 Mile swim....

All buoys remain on your RIGHT hand side. Clockwise swim

Leg 1 of the swim -750 yards

Leg 2 of the swim - 440 yards

Leg 3 of the swim - 580 yards

4.4 Mile Swim (approximate locations of Mile locations)

From the Beach to the Bridge - @430 yards

Right after the curve in the bridge - 1 Mile Mark

After the first set of overhead rails on Eastbound Bridge - Mile 2

Right around the Start of the second set of overhead rails on Eastbound Bridge

Right after you cross from under the Bridge (Almost Done!!!) - Mile 4

The last stretch is ROUGHLY 700 yards to the finish, and you will find it gets shallow as you get near closer to the end.

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