June 17, 3:50pm – Team Chums I today gave up a lot of time helping Nautigear on the water after
a rudder failure left them unable to manuver in this conditions well. I heard
the Steve Piche said that the conditions today were rougher then ones he had
on the Worrell. Team Chums I tried to assist them but was unable and stayed
with them. At one point they sailed on further and made sure they kept them
in site but then they pitchpoled. Team Chums returned to assist them and stayed
with them the rest of the leg. More reflections later.. Connie
June 17, 3:30pm All teams are in… Team Cubra Libra hit the beach first on
their Tiger, followed by TPR. Team Cubra Libra had a sizable lead on all the
others. Team San Diego was the last to come in with a torn spinnaker and other
boat problems after a violent pitchpole on the water. I herded up the Cats
for a group shot and I will report more after the awards banquet tonight.
On
a special note, we were all reminded today that all this racing is done on
a big part for the fun and friendships. Steve Piche lost track of his daughter
for way to long today and the guys formed a line in the water to search, the
rest of us ran the beach. This is a big beach, goes on for miles, and everybody
scattered to search. After about 15 min she was found quite a way down the
beach and all was well. I think it shook us all and once again we are just
are reminded that we are all one big family. Sail on… Connie