The Recap -- the facts:

2008 i-to-i Course:

    Start, Vessel Exclusion buoy north end launch area and round ball on the water.
    Upwind - 9.7 miles, (straight line), to Hillsboro Channel Buoy, red & white 12' tall, PE, (Hillsboro Inlet), HI label on top section, .6 miles east of shore and south of lighthouse
    Downwind - Outside Port Everglades Buoy, red & white 12' tall, PE, (Port Everglades), label on top section, 1.5 miles east of jetty in channel center 11.0 miles straight line
    Finish - Same as start, 2.2 miles reaching.

Start time: 12:58:19 p.m.

Wind: iWindsurf.com Pompano windmeter for Saturday 12/13/08

2008 Wind

Courtesy www.iwindsurf.com

First finisher, Ron Kern 2:25:02 p.m., last finisher 3:52:21 p.m.

GPS log from Ron Kern: GPX Format Log (Right click link and "Save As" saving as "All Files" and making sure the extension is gpx)

Mapped GPS from Ron Kern's Garmin Foretrex 201:

Ron's 2008 GPS Track

Facts from Ron Kern's GPS log:

Total Racing Distance: 26.9 miles
Total Time: 1:26:20
Average Speed: 19 mph
Weather legs total: 13.2 miles / 16 mph average / 49:28 minutes
Downwind: 11.5 miles / 24 mph / 29:11 minutes
Reach to the Beach: 2.2 miles / 19 mph / 6:49 minutes

The stories:

Michael Vogt

Monica Arche

Don Wagner

Beth Winkler

James Douglass

Pete Ifju

Rick Martin

Mike Rayl

Danny Steyn

Ron Kern