The Cherokee Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America – Scouting America is hosting The Great Hiwassee Raft Race Saturday, August 24th, 2024. We are requesting your assistance with safety at the put-in, the public ramp near the train trestle, the takeout, the ramp at the Highway 411 bridge, and the 5.6-mile section of river between these locations.
Scouts will build rafts out of bamboo and inner tubes and race them down the dam-controlled Hiwassee River.
We are asking that Safety Boaters meet at the Boat Ramp near the train trestle bridge at 12:30 PM to check-in. Each raft will be assigned two safety boaters, one as point and the other as sweep. The scout made raft will float 3-8 scouts. The takeout will be the 411 bridge, so please start spacing the rafts appropriately on river left after the Gee Creek takeout. Scouts may get out and swim provided one scout remains on the raft and the other scouts must stay near the raft with nose and toes up facing downstream, upstream of their raft. The registration deadline is a week prior to the event, August 17th.
River: Hiwassee River, near Reliance, TN
Point of contact: Carl Schoonover training@tvccpaddler.com
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