Texas Water Safari

TWS 2022 June 11-15, 2021

From the TWS website: “Legend has it that in 1962, Frank Brown and Bill “Big Willie” George decided to take their V-bottom boat, without a motor, from San Marcos to Corpus Christi. They accomplished their mission in about thirty days and decided that other people should have the opportunity to experience the same journey. So, in 1963 they set up the first Texas Water Safari.

Today the Safari is a long, tough, non-stop marathon canoe-racing adventure, traversing 260 miles of challenging rivers and bay. Many participants enter the race with no intention of winning, but with the goal of joining the elite group of finishers and earning the coveted Texas Water Safari finisher’s patch.” http://www.texaswatersafari.org/

Larry Rice, in July 2009 Canoe & Kayak Magazine: “They don’t call the Texas Water Safari The World’s Toughest Canoe Race’ for nothing. In addition to the length, the challenges include whitewater rapids, multiple portages, and the relentless, soul-sapping Texas heat. Competitors have four days and four hours to paddle from San Marcos, in the center of the state, to the shy little town of Seadrift on the Gulf Coast. There is no prize money for the winners; just Texas-size bragging rights for the finishers.”

Texas Water Safari Registration Deadline (online registration only).  Registration will open in January.

Entry Fee $175 (through April 1), $200 (through May 6), $250 (through May 20) per paddler. No entry fee for team captains. Must be registered by May 8 to hold prelim finish for starting position in TWS.

In the event of a postponement, the race will be held on June 25th. Check in will be Friday, June 24th.  Should a 2nd postponement be needed the race will be held on July 9th. Check in will be Friday, July 10th