Registration form

Apologies to any/all who have had trouble with the link to the form.

Please use this link for registration forms! Thank you for your patience.

Jarett

It's SO ON!

We're cooking with gas now!
Our first registered racer is signed up, we have TWO BUSSES to make sure the logistics of you, your boat and your car are smooth as glass and we're getting great traction on social media.
All we need now is you! Sign up today for this fun event. We'll bring some more fresh photos from the route - and perhaps some video - as soon as tomorrow.
Remember to write Jarett if you have questions or just fill out the registration form and send it in today!

More good news on the Kayak Run

Jack Frick of Yankton has agreed to let racers park in his lot. It's just east of the Yankton Visitors' Center off Fourth Street (SD Highway 50). So now we have even more places to park vehicles for you: You can use his lot, the one at the Visitors' Center or the City of Yankton's to the west of the center.

Many thanks to all parties for helping us with this!

We hope you'll join us on Aug. 17!

More details on the route!

You can click this link to go to a new set of images that explain the event in more details. Feel free to share with your paddling friends today!

We hope to see you on the water at Yankton Riverboat Days 2013!

Here's a Google Maps Track 

My friend Brian and I ran the route (we stopped at Riverside Park) on Saturday. Check out the run with details from Google Maps!

You can sign up today! We'd love to have you in our event.

We're on Facebook now!

Come "like" us on Facebook or just register today!

Welcome to the inaugural Yankton Riverboat Days Kayak Run!

On Aug. 17, you can add a short kayak race to your Yankton Riverboat Days festivities! The Riverboat Days Kayak Run is a "fun-run" style six-mile kayak race on the Missouri River. It starts at 2 p.m. at the boat ramp at Toe Road. Paddlers then race - at their own pace - to Paddlewheel Point. The route takes them right past Riverside Park, giving all who take part a unique view of Yankton's biggest celebration of the summer!

Racers will register near the boat ramp at Toe Road, just south of the entrance to Chief White Crane State Recreation Area. There they'll sign an insurance waiver and be welcomed to the event. No one can race without completing a waiver. Registration will open at 12:30 p.m. and the race will begin at 2 p.m.

Registration is $25 and all paddlers are welcomed. The fee covers insurance and t-shirts. If enough people sign up, a part of the event fees will be used to honor those who finish first or who race with the best costumes. Registration will close on Aug. 10.

Vehicles will shuttle racers from the river's edge to the parking area at Paddlewheel Point, just west of the Yankton Visitor's Center. Staff will shuttle kayaks from the water to the parking area, too.

Sign up today by filling out this registration form. Mail it with payment to
   
     Riverboat Days Kayak Run
     210 W. Third St.
     Yankton, SD 57078.

Email event organizer Jarett Bies with any questions, or call him at 605-941-4940.

We'll add more details, including rules and updates on who's signed up, very soon.

The Yankton Riverboat Days Kayak Run is all about safety, fun and adding some time on the river to Riverboat Days! We hope you'll join us Aug. 17, 2013!