The
Recap:
The 2013 i
to i, (Inlet to Inlet Distance Race), race
was run December 8, 2013.
L-R:
Front Row: Peggy, Fernando Martinez, Ron Kern, Steve Eagn, Zack Marks; On wall: Mathias
Strohfeldt, Gorge Guy, Alex Morales, Gary Van Dyke, Mike Vogt, Philip
Muller, Kite Girl, Leif Given, Steve Campbell, Chloe Campbell, Linda
Campbell; Standing: Gonzalo
Crivello.
Again this year there was interest from the upwind / downwind kitesurfing
community to participate and three guys and one girl showed up, and all
three guys started and finished the race. There were no mishaps
launching in the shore break, no break downs so that was awesome, and
nobody retired. Five windsurfers and three kiteboarders did the 23.2
mile course, so 8 finished the whole race this year. How did our kite racers do? Leif Given led the kiteboarder charge and was so far ahead at
the first mark it looked over for everybody else. In the end though,
two windsurfers on formula gear finished close to two minutes ahead of the
top two kite boarders.
A party at Adventure
Sports Fort Lauderdale 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,Next
Sports, Fanatic,
North, offering
incredible prizes. Thanks also to iWindsurf.com for realtime wind
reporting and forecast of the wind conditions.
& The
Facts:
2013 i-to-i Course:
(Medium Course Also Shown)
Start - Two Vessel Exclusion buoys
in front of launch area.
Upwind - 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
Broad Reach - 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.
Close Reach - Course bearing 191°, 9.7 miles to finish.
Finish - Same as start.
Total Distance: 23.2 miles
Start time: 10:10 a.m.
1st Finisher time: 1 hour 21 minutes 16 seconds
Wind: iWindsurf.com
Dania windmeter for Sunday 12/08/13, (South of Port Everglades
Inlet)
Courtesy www.iwindsurf.com
Wind: iWindsurf.com
Pompano windmeter for Sunday 12/08/13, (South of Hillsboro Inlet)
Courtesy www.iwindsurf.com
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 eTrex Venture:
Facts from Ron Kern's GPS log:
Total Distance: 24.6 miles
Total Time on the water: 1:21:23 hours
Average Speed: 18 mph
Upwind Start
to Port Everglades Marker: 3.7 miles / 13 mph / 17:10 minutes
Broad Reach To
Hillsboro Marker: 11.2 miles / 22 mph average / 31:06 minutes
Close Reach to
Finish: 9.7 miles / 17 mph / 33:24 minutes
The
stories:
Ron Kern
Leif
Given
Zack Marks
Steve
Eagen
Steve Campbell
Mike
Vogt
Mathias Strohfeldt
Gonzalo
Crivello
Philip
Muller