Sent to I-to-I email group 10:30
a.m., 12/01/17:
Tomorrow is the race, Saturday 12/2 leaving
from Vista Park in Fort Lauderdale. Hope
you are ready to go some or all of the
distance and celebrate afterwards. The
15th annual I-to-I is on!
Here’s what I am looking at and why Saturday 9 a.m. start / 8:15 a.m.
Skippers Meeting per NOR.
NOAA Marine Forecast as of 9:38 a.m.
12/1/17
SATURDAY East northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Period 5 seconds. Intracoastal waters a moderate chop. Isolated showers in the morning. SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY East southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet with occasional seas to 5 feet. Intracoastal waters a moderate chop.
From iWindsurf:
Weather Underground, Windy.com ... all a
lining up pretty similarly.
Complete event information is on the event
website: http://i-to-i.org/
Click on the link for the 2017
Notice of Race for more details.
Our watersports friends have once again
outdone themselves and we have awesome prizes
for windsurfers and kitesurfers. For
those who are not familiar with the format of
the race, we do things a little
differently. The prizes go in a pile and
all participants draw in turn in their finish
order until we run out. Everybody is a
winner at the I-to-I. Thanks to:
If you are in, on the fence or not
coming, it would be nice to know. If
you are in or on the fence, make sure I have
your cell number to keep in touch.
Out of town guests welcome at my house
tonight to facilitate the 9 a.m.
start. Saturday night too, if you stay
and are having too much fun!
Any further updates will come by email
and on the event website:
See you at Vista Park!
Safety. The race
is run in open ocean offshore. It is
imperative to be able to call for help if
you break down. PHONES are mandatory to
carry so you can contact 911 if you have an
emergency. There is no entry fee to
the race. Use the money you would have
spent for an entry fee on a waterproof cell
phone case and better yet buy it from one of
our sponsors below. As this is a bit
of distance to cover and the possibility of
breakdown, fatigue, or injury exists,
combined with potential offshore winds,
(even if the forecast is onshore, like last
year’s race), it is strongly encouraged that
you carry a cell phone for emergency use.
Any charged phone, even without an activated
phone plan will be able to call 911 for
help, but still needs to go in a cellphone
bag so you can use it on the water.
There are a variety of secure waterproof
bags for carrying cell phones that allow
their use in the water without damage to the
phone from seawater entry. Please don't take
chances with your safety! Procure a case
for your phone and bring it with to the race
as there will not be chase boats
or anyone but yourself looking after
you. With that said, the coast is
pretty friendly up and back, and with the
exception of most of Fort Lauderdale public
beach and a small stretch of Pompano public
beach, anywhere along the beach is a landing
spot for a rest or adjustment if needed.
Above: Drypak, Dicapac, EpicGear, Aquapak
bags above along with an old flip phone that
isn’t activated and the smartphone I use
daily and take sailing when I go. It’s
nice to be able to actually make a
non-emergency call sometimes so taking my
regular phone in a the EpicGear bag is what
I do daily without a problem for my phone.
Ron
Ron
Kern
US
Windsurfing SE
Region Director
1548 N.E. 18 Ave.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304-1318
(954) 565-4154 Home -- (954) 815-6031 Cell/Text
ron@ronkern.com
1548 N.E. 18 Ave.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304-1318
(954) 565-4154 Home -- (954) 815-6031 Cell/Text
ron@ronkern.com