Notes from Legacy

2 pm call. Legacy is dueling it out with Rya. Says they can hit them if they threw a bagel. Passpartout and Riva were in sight, as well as a couple of other unidentified boats. It was Mummbo Jummbo that Legacy pulled out of the sand (hasn't Arden won the Sandbox award before - why was he trying to get it again?)

All of these boats were about 20 miles south of Grays Harbor.

Rage moving right along at 2:30 pm

2:30 pm Rage is just off Willapa Bay with winds at 8-10 knots. Says they are moving right along, but not at a breakneck speed.

Wy'East makes an early attempt at the Sandbox Award

Wy'East was a bit late to the start after spending 30+ minutes in the sand before making it out to Buoy 2. RC has heard that a few others also spent some time in the sandbox, but managed to get off earlier than Wy'East. Legacy pulled one as yet unidentified boat from the sand.

The race started on time with 16 boats, including late entry Passepartout.

Welcome Oregon Offshore Fans

Welcome Offshore Fans -

This is the finish line's attempt to make info about the Oregon Offshore available to friends and family who are not out on the race course. We expect to have internet access at Ogden Point, so we will experiment with this Blog as a way to give folks info about the race as it happens.

We will try to post information about boat check-ins as we get them. We will also post any stories about the race and the boats that we get.

Please remember that under the Racing Rules, you are not allowed to give any of this information to the boats that are out racing, since this would be considered "outside assistance", which is not allowed and which could cause a boat to be disqualified.

Sue