The Recap:
The 2012 i to i, (Inlet to Inlet Distance
Race), race was run December 2, 2012.
2012 Competitors L-R: Zack Marks, Will Felder, Cody Steward, Gary Van
Dyke, Rick Iossi, William Anzueto, James Douglas, Ron Kern; not pictured
- Mike Vogt.
Several of the competitors who said they were showing up didn't
because of family issues, but even without them, we had 10 show up for
the race, just one less than last year. Again this year there was
interest from the upwind / downwind kitesurfing community to
participate and two guys showed up, one pretty serious on finishing the
race, the other not so. There were no mishaps launching in the
shore break, no break downs so that was awesome, and nobody that
retired needed a ride back which was excellent. Two windsurfers
and one kiteboarder did the 23.2 mile course and all three Kona sailors
completed the 14.1 mile Kona course, so 6 finished this year. How did our kite racers do? Zack
Marks led the kiteboarder charge and was ahead at the first mark but
the slightly lower angle to weather was too much extra distance to make
up at a slightly slower pace, but he did take the bragging rights to be
the first kiteboarder to ever finish the race with a fantastic first
attempt.
A party at Ron & Sue's followed the return of
all the competitors. Prizes were once again awesome with the sponsors Adventure
Sports, Neil
Pryde, JP, Sandy
Point Progressive Sports, Aerotech, Exocet, Liquid
Surf & Sail, offering
incredible prizes. Thanks also to iWindsurf.com for getting the
weather sensors up and running to report and forecast the wind
conditions.
& The Facts:
2012 i-to-i Course:
Start, Vessel Exclusion buoy at the north end of launch area and a freighter achored out to sea.
Beam Reach - Course bearing 138°, 2.1 mles to the outside Port Everglades Inlet buoy, red & white 12' tall, PE, (Port
Everglades), label on top section, 1.7 miles east of jetty in channel
center
Upwind-
Course bearing 2°, 11.1 miles from Outside Port Everglades Buoy, red
& white 12' tall, PE, (Port
Everglades), to the Hillsboro Channel Buoy, red & white 12'
tall, HI label on top section, .6 miles east of shore and
south of lighthouse.
Downwind
- Course bearing 191°, 9.7 miles to finish.
Finish - Same as start.
Total Distance: 23.2 miles
Start time: 11:32:07 a.m.
1st Finisher time: 12:42:27 p.m.
Wind: iWindsurf.com Dania windmeter for Saturday 12/02/12, (South of Port Everglades Inlet)
Courtesy www.iwindsurf.com
Wind: iWindsurf.com Pompano windmeter for Saturday 12/02/12, (South of Hillsboro Inlet)
Courtesy www.iwindsurf.com
GPS log from Ron Kern: Not available -- shutoff shortly after carrying rig to the launch :-(
The stories:
James Douglass
Will Felder
Ron Kern
Rick Iossi
Gary Van Dyke
Zack Marks
Steve Campbell
William Anzueto
Cody Steward