6:30am - course is charted, charging boat batteries and a beautiful day. We have a little wind in the harbor but need only about another 8kts to be able to sail!! There are 9 groups go boats - 1-9 and they start in reverse order at 6 minute intervals. The warning horn will be at 8am, so we should be started in the fourth group to start at about 8:24am. We are not yet sure of the finish, or whether any will finish with the low wind. There are two options, a finish line by returning to the start, or a shorter course.
At appropriate times we will try to update the blog.
11:52am - We are heading west along the south side of Martha's vineyard. All is well. Spinnaker has been up since 9am. We expect that as we turn north to sail up the west side of MV, that the current will turn to be following us - we hope.
Our mantra is - sail fast and don't make mistakes. We have passed a couple of boats,we saw a boat turn back so I guess that means we are not last! Winds are 10-15kts. Its a good day
We finished - 7:44.28pm. We will right about the day tomorrow on our way home. Great race, and we did well. Several boats dropped out, we didn't. There was an hour of no wind. But then it cam back.
Great day
11:52am - We are heading west along the south side of Martha's vineyard. All is well. Spinnaker has been up since 9am. We expect that as we turn north to sail up the west side of MV, that the current will turn to be following us - we hope.
Our mantra is - sail fast and don't make mistakes. We have passed a couple of boats,we saw a boat turn back so I guess that means we are not last! Winds are 10-15kts. Its a good day
We finished - 7:44.28pm. We will right about the day tomorrow on our way home. Great race, and we did well. Several boats dropped out, we didn't. There was an hour of no wind. But then it cam back.
Great day
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