This race does not allow support crews; instead, the race organization will stage gear for racers at specific locations along the course. To keep things within reason, we're establishing guidelines for the gear we transport as follows: Gear can be in a plastic bin or a duffel bag The race isn't responsible for damage during transit, so protect your fragile items in a hard container or case; these will be stacked into trucks and driven on back roads, so take precautions to secure any breakable items A strict 35 pound (15.8 kilogram) limit applies The race isn't responsible for damage during transit, so protect your fragile items in a hard container or case; these will be stacked into trucks and driven on bumpy back roads, so take precautions to secure any breakable items Only one container (bin or duffel) per racer; but you can have smaller containers inside the larger one, so long as the item is completely enclosed and contents are not spilling out! The race isn't responsible for damage during transit, so protect your fragile items in a hard container or case; these will be stacked into trucks and driven on bumpy back roads, so take precautions to secure any breakable items The duffel or bin must be clearly labeled with your team number (Untamed New England will furnish you with this number). The race isn't responsible for damage during transit, so protect your fragile items in a hard container or case; these will be stacked into trucks and driven on bumpy back roads, so take precautions to secure any breakable items If using a bin, make sure it has a lid; the lid must latch or seal with zip ties (provided by the racer -- you should place 10 extra zip ties inside the bin to reseal the bin). If using a duffel, make sure it zips closed and has handles or straps for easy carrying. The race isn't responsible for damage during transit, so protect your fragile items in a hard container or case; these will be stacked into trucks and driven on bumpy back roads, so take precautions to secure any breakable items In addition to our one item (bin/duffel) per racer guideline, we are also allowing one additional item (bin/duffel) per team just for paddling gear. This item will only be available before/after paddling legs and is a logical place to store paddle shoes, dry tops, and other paddling specific gear you may have. You may store anything in here, but it makes sense to us that it would be for gear you want on paddling legs. The paddle gear bin has a weight allowance of 40 pounds (18 kilograms). In case you missed it: The race isn't responsible for damage during transit, so protect your fragile items in a hard container or case; these will be stacked into trucks and driven on bumpy back roads, so take precautions to secure any breakable items

We will have manual scales at the race check-in to weigh your equipment before loading it into our trucks. Limits will be strictly enforced. New for 2010, we are establishing the following rule pertaining to gear weigh-in: Teams who have their gear bins at or under the weight limits for all their bins will earn a 15 minute head-start to the race. Teams who present gear bins over the limits to our race staff, attempting to load them onto trucks that exceed the limits, will not get this 15-minute head start. The manual scale will be available at the front desk of the host hotel; starting Weds morning Aug 11th, teams can test their gear bin weight as much as they like before race check-in. A "race plan" will be provided to teams (and available online for teams not yet at the race site) on Weds morning Aug 11th. This plan will explain the order of race disciplines, estimated duration for legs, availability schedule for your gear bins, etc. This race plan will not have your official race maps nor spell out specific checkpoint locations (you will get that at race check-in the morning of Aug 12th), but it will assist you in packing your equipment before you arrive at the gear check-in on Thursday morning. Our goal is to save you as much time Thursday morning so you can arrive prepared and ready to hand in gear bins at your earliest convenience.