Awesome! Wouldn't miss it!
And I know someone who has a board for every kind of weather condition...

In.
Was just talking about this today with Warwick..

magillamelb said..
That's if you make the cut...

It's a charity paddle. How is there a cut? And what is the criteria?

magillamelb said..
I'll PM you...

do tell.....

or PM

You need to know which way around the paddle goes..

I want to be on the USS Enterprise again!

Organisers are getting ready for an even bigger Mad Paddle - 3rd time lucky we get to leave from the other side of the bay. As you can imagine there is a lot of work that goes behind making this happen. We are very lucky to have Sandringham Hospital and the Sandringham Yacht club helping with the setting up of the fundraising, and organising the bbq and silent auctions. We have lots of support boats to escort us from the start to finish, we have on boats medical staff (a precaution that is needed but hopefully never used). We organise a bus to get you to the start of the paddle. It's an early start as we aim to arrive back at Sandy yacht club by lunchtime.

We will be running, with the help of our POD organisers, some distant paddles, down winders etc just to make sure you feel comfortable on the water. If you have only paddled in flat water now is the time to push yourself. It will be a challenge, depending on the weather we won't know where it will start from, how long it will be, whether you will be partnered with someone else or doing it yourself - that's all up to the weather gods. We have raised approximately $60,000 for the Sandringham hospital from the last two events. To register, please go:

www.gofundraise.com.au/

Well, that's me registered!
Bring it!

HI guys,

i'd love to do the journey with you but i only have a wave paddle board.

Heard the race is done in teams of 2; is there a possibility to team up with someone and share the board? Maybe there is also a possibility to hire a board for the event?

That'd be a good challenge :)

Thanks.

I've heard there's plenty of spaces for many more paddlers.. Remember it's for a good cause..

Hope some more people jump on board so the big SkyBus and many support boats get used to the max..

Out. Busted ankle...

magillamelb said...
Out. Busted ankle...

Bummer...

btw.. Miss this and it will be two years before the next one..


The biennial Mad Paddle is back for 2016!
Stand up paddle boarders will join forces with SUP Vic and the Sandringham Yacht Club to raise much needed funds for Sandringham Hospital.
The Mad Paddle will see 100 paddlers set out on Port Phillip Bay for a 30km+ downwinder ending at Sandringham Yacht Club. This is the third time the Mad Paddle has been held in support of Sandringham Hospital.
The 2016 Mad Paddle fundraising target is $30,000 which will go towards the building of a new Day Procedure Centre at Sandringham Hospital. In the last two years Sandringham Hospital has seen a 50% increase in same day surgical procedures with more than 4,100 patients now having surgery each year. This significant increase has stretched our current spaces to the limit.
If you love to paddle and love a challenge register now as numbers are limited.
The 2016 Mad Paddle will culminate with a community barbeque at the Sandringham Yacht Club. Help us to build a better community hospital by joining the paddle, supporting a paddler or come down to Sandringham Yacht Club on 20 March 2016 and take part in the fundraising activities.
Sandringham Hospital needs our help to raise funds, with your support, we can help improve care for everyone in our community. Donations over $2 are tax deductible.


For further information about the Mad Paddle please contact the event organisers on 0411 406 927 or

cantSUPenough said..

akesy said..
HI guys,

i'd love to do the journey with you but i only have a wave paddle board.

Heard the race is done in teams of 2; is there a possibility to team up with someone and share the board? Maybe there is also a possibility to hire a board for the event?

That'd be a good challenge :)

Thanks.

This is a very good point. It would make sense for most pairs to share one board. I have a 14' x 26" and unless we are going dead downwind I might be swimming a lot. But if I paired with some who owns a wider board we would have fewer boards to transport and I would swim less (and I would not have to come up the day before to load my board on the trailer - I live down Mornington Peninsula).

Wait till we get closer before working out what board's best.. We might get Autumn glass..