WaterTribe Challenger Log Book

WaterTribe Classes:
Class 1 - Expedition Kayaks and Canoes
Class 2 - Racing Kayaks and Canoes
Class 3 - Sailing Kayaks and Canoes
Class 4 - Small Sailboats - (2001-2008) monohulls, cats, tris
Class 4 - Monohull Sailboats - (As of 2009) monohulls
Class 5 - Multihull Sailboats - (As of 2009) cats, tris
Size Filter - All boats must launch from above the
high water mark without outside assistance.
This Challenge is an expediton style adventure race for small boats. The time limit is 8 days but the winners will do it in 3 to 4 days. The distance is 260 to 300 miles depending on your course.
Challenger Log
Captain: BlackSunClass 2, Single Male
Boat Description: Necky Looksha IV (I'm paddling in your boat accompanied by your spirit Michael).
Fort Desoto3/8/2003
CP1, 67 Miles
Grande Tours
3/9/2003 12:30:00 PM 
CP2, 174 Miles
Chokoloskee
3/12/2003 7:00:00 AMNo more damn condos, so glad to be in 10,000 islands. I love yoou Rene. Thanks for caring for the kitties so well. Love to you, Mom, Dad, and Fern. Love to any friends checking with the site. After two hours of paddling from our campsite to CP3 this a.m. ran into fog. Will leave here in an hour or so for Highland Beach if(?) the wind cooperates.
CP3, 273 Miles
Flamingo
3/13/2003 3:20:00 PMCamped last night on Highland Beach. Last 2 days memorable as we passed Rabbit Key past CP3, where we dropped out last year after encountering stiff SE winds. Today we traveled in water where we never traveled before.
Finish, 303 Miles
Key Largo
3/14/2003 2:08:00 PMWe arrived together (Turtle) except I was bullshitting with friends ashore instead of tending to business. The arrival tasted as sweet as dreamed or contemplated before this Everglades Challenge.