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Test your aquatic fortitude and try not to sink. Participants will be challenged with a tower jump, treading and swimming element for points. Commands combine total points for the Captain's Cup. The individual with the most points wins a grand prize. Registration opens June 1, may be cancelled if less than 3 commands have participants.
Tags for Tats: Earn extra points towards the Pig & Rooster Swim and Tread Challenge by showing us your maritime tattoos! Command teams who share photos of their maritime tattoos to Facebook.com/EverettFFR or to Instagram tagging @Navylifepnw, will get a head start with extra points.
Command teams who register at the Pool Office (The Commons, Bldg. 1950) between June 1-10 will also get bonus points.
Details:
Wednesday, June 19
11 am-12:30 pm
Tsunami Pool, FREE.
Open to Commands only.
Register by June 14 on my myFFR or by calling the Pool Desk at (425) 304-3388
Participants Must Complete:
Tower Jump
Points Earned for Style and Splash up to 10pts
DIVES/FLIPS will be 0 pts and possible disqualification.
Tread Event
2-minute minimum
Additional points for additional minutes up to 10 minutes
No Hands multiplying factor
Swim Event
100-yard minimum
Additional points for additional laps up to 20 minutes
Exit without using the floor
Rules
- Two Commands must sign up by June 14 for the event to go.
- Every Participant must be affiliated with a command.
- Commands may field more than one team.
- Participants cannot be on more than one team.
The story behind the Pig & Rooster:
The superstition behind this tattoo has to do with the wooden cages where roosters and pigs were kept in on ships. When ships wrecked, the lightweight wooden frames became personal flotation devices, giving them a surprising survival rate. A sailor hoping for good luck would get a rooster tattoo on top of the right foot and a pig tattoo on top of the left.
