The Texas Water Safari is The World\'s Toughest Boat Race.
Take care and God Bless..
Thank you for your interest in this unique Story and I hope you enjoy reading the book as much as I enjoyed writing it.
All of the stories are true, but I will admit that some of the minor details and the exact timing may be a little off because of the many years that have passed since that time.
Full names are only used when documented facts are mentioned and I tried very hard to write everything in a positive and funny way and only use first names or nicknames in order to protect the innocent from embarrassment.
The rules and the characters involved in the Race were a lot different back in the 1980\'s and 1990\'s and that is when most of the interesting stories happened to me.
The first two chapters are primarily focused on how this passion for paddling started for me and how that passion eventually turned into a long hiStory of Competing in The World\'s Toughest Boat Race.
The very unique and interesting stories that I have personally experienced during this Race motivated me to write this book.
My name is Bill Polecat Stafford and I have had the honor and privilege of Competing in this Race 31 times.
Racers must take all equipment needed with them, receiving only water, ice and food along the way.
The primary requirement is a Boat powered only by human muscle.
The first official Race was held in 1963 and the Safari will be celebrating the 60 th anniversary Race in 2023.
The Texas Water Safari is an annual canoe Race that starts in the college town of San Marcos and ends in the shrimping village of Seadrift on the Texas coastline.
There is no prize money for the winners; just Texas-size bragging rights for the finishers.
Competitors have four days and four hours to paddle from central Texas to the Gulf Coast.
The challenges include a 262 mile Race course down two Texas Rivers, whiteWater rapids, multiple portages, and the scorching south Texas summer time heat.
The Texas Water Safari is The World\'s Toughest Boat Race
