These downtimes are at each portage and are required for each racer. Racers will not be allowed back on the water until the completion of each time period. The total time will be subtracted at the end of the race.

• Weiss (mile 9): no mandatory downtime. Takeout and put-in at Weiss will be monitored, but racers aren't required to stop.
• Neely Henry (mile 87): 45 minutes
• Logan Martin (mile 135): 45 minutes
• Lay (mile 184): 30 minutes
• Mitchell (mile 198): 30 minutes
• Jordan (mile 222): 30 minutes
• Robert F. Henry (mile 310): 30 minutes
• Millers Ferry (mile 417): 30 minutes
• Claiborne (mile 485): 45 minutes

Total combined downtime: 4 hours 45 minutes.

At every portage

• A racer entering the water before being given permission by a race official will be disqualified.
• A boat must accompany the racers from takeout to put-in, but it does not have to be the same boat at those two access points.

Checkpoints at Coosa River Adventures in Wetumpka and in Mobile Bay do not have mandatory downtime.