Somehow in all the confusion that was Friday night's (and early morning's) finishes, we managed to miss posting Shamrock's really excellent finish. Not only did she finish, but she did so with her gooseneck track broken. At some point while off the Washington coast, her track started pulling off the mast. The crew just lashed it to the mast and kept on going.
Rendezvous
Around the time we were communicating with Sol Pacifico and waiting for her to finish, I received a couple of texts from the racers on Rendezvous.
6:05 pm "Update from Rendezvous.: made 10 miles today 18 miles from finish. Currently -1 knots towads finish. Will come in by 10 am sail or otherwise."
6:22 pm "Had a roundtable: decided to put in the iron wind. ETA 9:30"
All the racers are now in at the dock.
Tomorrow morning, we will have the redress hearing for the boats who stopped to help L'Orca and then enjoy the hospitality of Royal Victoria Yacht Club... this year, the BBQ is likely to be indoor, since the rain is projected to continue. Our thanks to Andy McCann, who graciously offered to allow us to use Rya as the site for the hearing... not many boats in this fleet, and Rya will hold 15+ folks for a meeting.
6:05 pm "Update from Rendezvous.: made 10 miles today 18 miles from finish. Currently -1 knots towads finish. Will come in by 10 am sail or otherwise."
6:22 pm "Had a roundtable: decided to put in the iron wind. ETA 9:30"
All the racers are now in at the dock.
Tomorrow morning, we will have the redress hearing for the boats who stopped to help L'Orca and then enjoy the hospitality of Royal Victoria Yacht Club... this year, the BBQ is likely to be indoor, since the rain is projected to continue. Our thanks to Andy McCann, who graciously offered to allow us to use Rya as the site for the hearing... not many boats in this fleet, and Rya will hold 15+ folks for a meeting.
Our final finisher
Here is our final finisher Sol Pacifico. A couple of hours earlier, we got a call from them. They were debating whether to continue racing or just stop and motor in. The wind was pretty much non-existent and there was little promise of more. They decided to stick it out and were rewarded with just enough wind to ghost across the line. They finished at about 7 pm and managed to miss the really nasty rain storm that arrived at about 7:45 pm or so. We think they even managed to get to the dock and get tied up before the rains really hit.
Rage video
Rage's wild ride in the offshore
Rya finishes
In extremely light air, Rya drifted over the finish line this afternoon just before 3 pm.
Redress Hearing
A number of our racing boats stood by to remain available to assist L'Orca after she was hit by the whale. We have received requests for redress from Thirsty, Cool Change and Kokopelli (boats from C and D fleets). We expect that Sol Pacifico will also file for redress when she finishes.
We have set a redress hearing for tomorrow morning at 7:30 am (the only time before the awards ceremony that we could get judges to handle the hearing). At this point, the hearing location is to be determined.
Any boat that believes it should be involved in the hearing may give a written request to the RC by handing the request to someone on Total Eclipse. Gregg Bryden on Total Eclipse will have information on the hearing location as soon as we get it set.
We have set a redress hearing for tomorrow morning at 7:30 am (the only time before the awards ceremony that we could get judges to handle the hearing). At this point, the hearing location is to be determined.
Any boat that believes it should be involved in the hearing may give a written request to the RC by handing the request to someone on Total Eclipse. Gregg Bryden on Total Eclipse will have information on the hearing location as soon as we get it set.
Thirsty finishes
More early morning news
Just spoke with Sol Pacifico; they are drifting around near Race Rocks, but not quite there.
Shamrock was stopped for a while but is moving again in very light air.
We think we see Thirsty further out.
Shamrock was stopped for a while but is moving again in very light air.
We think we see Thirsty further out.
Cool Change shows off their Offshore tradition
Cool Change shared their annual Offshore ritual tattoos with us, so we thought we'd share them with you. They seem to use a somewhat unorthodox application method.
Kokopelli has finished
Kokopelli just drifted across the finish line in very light air.
Race Rocks Report
We recently heard from Alan Bergen on Thirsty. They have passed through Race Rocks. Winds are at about 8 knots.
Another finish
Cool Change has finished the race.
Busy, busy night!
Two more boats have finished. Bum's Rush and Siren finished shortly after 1 am.
Seattle VTS tells us they heard from Rya about 15 minutes ago south of Sheringham Point. We also heard from Shamrock who was just passing Race Rocks.
Seattle VTS tells us they heard from Rya about 15 minutes ago south of Sheringham Point. We also heard from Shamrock who was just passing Race Rocks.
And still more boats finishing
Passepartout and Kaizen finished within just a few minutes of each other.
More finishes
Peregrine has now finished. We see more lights behind the breakwater, so we are expecting more racers to finish soon.
More on L'Orca
Here's a link to the Coast Guard interview with Ryan Barnes. It also shows the extensive damage to the boat.
Two cruise ships are leaving the Ogden Point docks
And three or four racers are trying to come in! Keeps everyone wide awake at the midnight hour. Watching Peregrine and Wy'East along with another boat or two (not sure which ones - we are just seeing masthead lights at this point).
Siren
Just got a call from Siren. She has passed Race Rocks and is doing about 5 knots towards the finish. They say winds are dropping and seas are calm.
California Girl has finished
California Girl finished at about 10:49 tonight.
More boats checking in
We've been getting lots of calls from boats. Kaizen and Peregrine have now checked in from Race Rocks. The winds must have picked up out there because Peregrine is estimating that they will finish in about an hour.