Separated by a few lanes and the turn markers invisible to anybody on the beach, Ship Bottom Beach Patrol’s Alex Reck and Harvey Cedars’ Jack Maketa rowed into the foggy abyss about 100 yards into the final race on July 9.
Reck, SBBP’s Ironman competitor during the past few Island Championship tournaments, emerged from the low-lying fog bank about 90 seconds later, churning for home. Maketa was nowhere to be found.
“I saw the flags about 100 yards to the markers, but I didn’t realize how foggy it was until I was on the way in,” said…
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