Virginia Key Race recap:

Time flies and from what I recall it’s 4^th year ‘Alex the Movie Star and Co’ had organized slalom

action at VK in the end of October. This year, unlike the past, solid winds showed up only

the last possible minute and saved the regatta with at least 7 races in each class on Sunday. When

NE winds pick up at Virginia Key it’s the best place on earth to race, flat on the inside, small white caps and rollers on the outside (where the outside buoys were set) and close enough to the shore for spectators to observe speed, crashes, pile ups, etc…

54 participants,  7 fleets… We had four world class slalom racers from Europe, Australia, Brazil and US,

kids from Puerto Rico, Aruba, Curacao, Dominican Republic and US, wow!

From our ‘causeway’ gang we had only small group: me, Ahmed, Stacey and Ludovico – all had great time.

FYI: for local formula hot shots, although this is a slalom race, there was an open class that allowed for any board/sail that was won by Ron Kern on formula board.