12 boats surged through the surf at 10 am CDT to start the first leg of the second Great Texas Catamaran Race. Last year's winner, John Tomko of Sunsail II, lost the coin toss last night and had to start at the southernmost end of the line, but negated this disadvantage by setting his spinnaker while still in the surf, and rolled the entire fleet in a matter of seconds. Keep tuned to PiSailing.com for regular updates.
After two days and two-thirds of the course, Tommy Tyrone on his Nacra F18 has a narrow lead on everyone; he is joined by Mike Rohrer on Sailboat Shop Austin (Hobie 20), Steve Piche on PiSailing (Nacra I 20), John Tomko on Sunsail II (Nacra I 20), and Ian Billings/Robert Cummings on Sunsail I (Hobie 20) in the lead pack. Any of these five can take it quite feasibly at this point.