... i just checked the forecast and it does look ok. if the wind is out of the east, you could probably run a very nice, easy race that would be visually nice for spectators.
I'd do a shallow water start via horn. All riders standing on the sand bar running from East to West. You could send your pontoon boat down to the start of Bill Baggs park, some where around the start of the swim marks. The boat could either be positioned just outside of the swim marks if the wind is East or farther out to sea if it is NE to make for a better reaching let. I'd do a two lap race with racers starting at Crandon and racing around the boat by Bill Baggs and back around a flag in the water at Crandon. Two laps would only be 10 miles and we wouldn't risk any open water like going around the light house. At 20 knots of speed the event would be over in very little time and the racers could be seen 2 times by all beach goers.
This would be easy to run and score with very little support. what do you think?
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