I can’t figure out the swim starts. Does the current wave all jump off pier when gun fires? Or does everybody get in water 1st, tread water, then gun fires? Or is it off sand?
Your wave walks down a boat ramp into the water. Yes, then you tread water, then the gun fires.
Get in the water, tread, watch helplessly while your equipment shrinks into a what resembles a pencil eraser from the cold water, wait for the gun to sound then race.
You enter the water at a boat ramp in the harbor. When the gun goes off for the wave ahead of you, THEN your wave can enter the water. You have three minutes to acclimate to the water and get into position for the gun to go off for your wave.
How many buoys are there on the 0.6 miles to turn-around?