SAFETY

• All participants must register and sign our liability waiver

• All participants must wear life vests while underway

• All drivers must abstain from alcohol use

• All drivers must wear safety lanyards when available.

• All drivers must attend the drivers' meeting

• All boats must pay strict adherence to state and county speed regulations including no‐wake zones posted outside of Delta marinas and commercial sectors.

• Every Vessel shall at all times proceed at a safe speed so that she can take proper and effective action to avoid collision and be stopped within a distance appropriate to the prevailing circumstances and conditions.

• All boats must be insured

• Big Cat Poker Run reserves the right to refuse entry to any boat or participant

• Any participant may be removed during the run if deemed a danger to oneself or others

• A speed limit of 5 mph is enforced under the Orwood Railroad Bridge.

• The Coast Guard requires that all participants in the run stay on the waters of the designated route and not take alternate routes to and from the stops.

• A speed limit of 45 mph is enforced south of the Orwood Railroad Bridge and the associated railway (From the Orwood Bridge to Discovery Bay)

• All boats must stay in a single file while in narrow channels south of the San Joaquin River

• If you are in need of a tow please call Vessel Assist, see below.

• Big Cat Poker Run monitors VHF channels 16 and 72

• Big Cat contact numbers are listed below

• If you have an emergency use VHF channel 16 or see the numbers below.

• Maps for the area are available at registration.

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Contact numbers

• Emergency‐ VHF Channel 16

• Coast Guard Rio Vista - 707 374 2655

• Contra Costa County Sheriff - 925 646 2441

• San Joaquin County Sheriff - 209 468 4421

• Vessel Assist - 800 367 8222 or 925 382 4422