2013 I-to-I Recap
from Steve Campbell
Another
great I-to-I race! There is no other race like it. I was on my old
standby, Kona One, and an 8.2 non-cambered Kona sail. The wind
speed was not quite high enough for me to plane much of the time,
so I spent a lot of time with my centerboard down, going
upwind. There was one other Kona sailor, Steve Eagen, who I had an
early lead on. Then when I was going downwind, I chose to go
on the leeward side of three tanker ships that were anchored, and I lost
a lot of time. Steve Eagen continued on the windward side of the
tankers and that was the last I saw of him! He took
off. During the race, I saw a lot of little turtles and found many
waves to surf downwind on. I think I finished overall 8th place
and had a great time. The after party was great and the sponsors
are extremely generous. It is the only race that I know of that if
you just finish the course, you leave with all sorts of goodies just for
participating. So, thank you sponsors for all of the nice stuff.
Steve Campbell
