UltraSwim 33.3 is a multi-day open-water adventure swimming race series held in Montenegro. For the 2023 edition, the organizer has chosen Insiders devices to improve safety management during the event, providing live location of all safety boats and swimmers.
Can you tell us more about your use of Insiders trackers?
The Insiders devices concept is quite new and very interesting, especially for swimming events where risk management is quite tricky, on the water it can be very complex.
The tracking system provides real-time data such as the precise location of our safety boats, where our swimmers are, their speed and the distance separating them from the kayaks and safety supports. No other swimming event uses this system at the moment, but I think it will soon become a standard and minimum safety requirement.
Are there any other advantages to using the Insiders solution?
Clearly, safety is a top priority, and we were more than satisfied with this tool dedicated to the organizer. But the live tracking solution offered by Insiders also opens up new perspectives in terms of communication. We were able to share the live tracking with our partners, as well as with the swimmers’ families and friends. Many people are keen to follow the race up close, and are now able to do so from the other side of the world, which is still not very common in open-water swimming.
And what about the logistics on event?
In the UltraSwim 33.3, towfloats are compulsory, so we were able to put the Insiders devices in the towfloats. We actually had live tracking of all of the assets, all of the kayaks, all of the boats, all of the swimmers, for all of the swims. This system proved to be very effective, particularly in terms of data quality.
MARK TURNER
ULTRASWIM 33.3 RACE DIRECTOR
→ Discover UltraSwim 33.3
UltraSwim 33.3 is a multi-day open-water adventure swimming race series held in Montenegro. For the 2023 edition, the organizer has chosen Insiders devices to improve safety management during the event, providing live location of all safety boats and swimmers.
Mark Turner, race director of the UltraSwim 33.3, tells us more about why they used the Insiders live tracking platform for the 2023 edition of the event.
Can you tell us more about your use of Insiders trackers?
The Insiders devices concept is quite new and very interesting, especially for swimming events where risk management is quite tricky, on the water it can be very complex.
The tracking system provides real-time data such as the precise location of our safety boats, where our swimmers are, their speed and the distance separating them from the kayaks and safety supports. No other swimming event uses this system at the moment, but I think it will soon become a standard and minimum safety requirement.
Are there any other advantages to using the Insiders solution?
Clearly, safety is a top priority, and we were more than satisfied with this tool dedicated to the organizer. But the live tracking solution offered by Insiders also opens up new perspectives in terms of communication. We were able to share the live tracking with our partners, as well as with the swimmers’ families and friends. Many people are keen to follow the race up close, and are now able to do so from the other side of the world, which is still not very common in open-water swimming.
And what about the logistics on event?
In the UltraSwim 33.3, towfloats are compulsory, so we were able to put the Insiders devices in the towfloats. We actually had live tracking of all of the assets, all of the kayaks, all of the boats, all of the swimmers, for all of the swims. This system proved to be very effective, particularly in terms of data quality.
Mark Turner
UltraSwim 33.3 race director
→ Discover UltraSwim 33.3