Just to clear all questions about race itself.
Currently Watertribe has three races.
Everglades Challenge – the current event, from Tampa Bay to Key largo, 300 miles, 3 checkpoints plus start and finish, one week long, no portages, entire trip can be made in a boat <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Ultra Marathon – short event, day and a half, running at same time, basically trip to first checkpoint of EC
Ultimate Florida – trip around entire state of Florida, 1200 miles, includes portages. (It was cancelled this year due to drop out of competitors at last moment)
In the past Watertribe run many other races, including Lake Michigan- Lake Huron challenge, Suwannee river challenge and such.

Everglades Challenge is a flagship event and runs every year in first week of March.

Now we can get back to Randy's boat