Volunteers still needed – Bushtukah Bring on the Bay Swim, July 16

After the past 2 years’ hiatus due to COVID, we are again planning a real, live Bring on the Bay Charity Swim for Saturday, July 16th. Nepean Sailing Club & Britannia Yacht Club are the swim hosts. We anticipate lots of swimmers plus the usual cast of almost 200 volunteers including two Ottawa Fire Rescue boats, 40+ kayaks, SUPs, canoes and 6 crash boats with 36 plus anchored boats/safety islands along the 3000m & 1500m routes across the Ottawa River & into BYC.

This year, we will inaugurate a new 1500m course starting at “Surfers Beach,” a part of Britannia Beach Park. Those swimmers will start @8:45am, swimming northwest and then circle around to join the 3000m course 600m from the finish, finishing at BYC with all the others.

The efforts start about 7:00 AM at NSC and you will be finished by 10:30 AM, so it’s an early but not all-day commitment!

If you plan to be here at NSC & if you’re interested, I’d appreciate your help in staging this event.

Our volunteer needs are:

• Anchored boats, one every 100m along the swim lines (full complement of 36). Contact – Parke Davis.
• Kayakers, SUPs & others (see this post) to shadow the swimmers (10 still needed of 40). Contact – Harold Piel, Paddler Captain.
• Volunteers for crash boats (full complement of 8). Contact – Ian Joyce.
• NSC Dock police (3 still needed of 7). Contact – David Neasmith.
• NSC Parking & traffic control (full complement of 5). Contact – Don Gribble.
• Crowd & swimmer info & organizers (4 needed of 8 at NSC & full complement of 5 at Britannia Park & full complement at BYC). Contact – Parke Davis & Britannia Park – Tony Wright.

For further info, just have a look at the Bring on the Bay Swim website.

See also, some fun YouTube drone video of BOTB 2018, showing 800 swimmers beginning the swim from the NSC west dinghy dock.

Submitted by Parke Davis.
Updated 2022-07-07.