The Solent Amphibious Challenge is a day-long multi-discipline adventure race over land and sea, held every year in the

Solent The Solent ( ) is a strait between the Isle of Wight and Great Britain. It is about long and varies in width between , although the Hurst Spit which projects into the Solent narrows the sea crossing between Hurst Castle and Colwell Bay ...

. The aim of the race is to test the competitor's leadership and navigation and seamanship in a physically demanding combined challenge. The Solent Amphibious Challenge is believed to be the first sea-land style adventure race of its kind, and the race is only open to teams from the

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. The teams consist of five personnel; a

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qualified team leader who must know well the

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an
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two crew members (one competent crew-qualified), a runner and a support cyclist.Solent Amphibious Challenge: Press Release
SAC 2012

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The one-day multi-event race over land and sea is held in June of every year under the authority of Commodore

HMS Collingwood Three ships and one shore establishment of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Collingwood'', after Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood: * , an 80-gun second-rate ship of the line, converted to screw propulsion in 1861, an ...

and involves a maximum of 6 five-person teams. Created by Commander Duncan Forer of the

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, an active adventurer and sailor, the first race was run on 27 June 2012. It is the only adventure race worldwide that has been granted an official partnership by the

. The race starts with all yachts crossing the start line at Gillkicker Point with all members on board at 9 a.m. (BST). Boats then sail west to Yarmouth Marina where the designated runner and support cyclist will land and begin a run along a prescribed route of approximately 25 miles from west to east to

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Harbour at the other end of the island. The runner is entirely supported by a cyclist and the runner must not swap with the cyclist. The remaining sailing team then sail as quickly as possible to Bembridge, where they will rendezvous with the running team who will both then re-board the yacht. If the runner fails to reach Bembridge by 7 p.m. then the whole team are retired from the race (due to the tidal window). The boat and whole team then sail to meet the finish line at Gillkicker, which is the same as the earlier start line.

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Word Press SAC Race format as per 2012Royal Navy Event CalendarStrudyna Solent Amphibious Challenge Trophy Unveiled June 21 2012
2012 in British sport Adventure racing Multisports in the United Kingdom Sailing in England

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