[quote=DamonLinkous][quote=mummp]
I remember it well. I picked you up that Saturday night and drove you back to FWYC, in Andy's wife's borrowed vehicle. Good times.[/quote]
Yes and thanks for coming to rescue us!
What a difference a year made. The 2007 race conditions were what finally convinced me to try going around the island. Looking at your track and how smooth it is shows the prevailing southerly winds that are hoped for. I think the whole fleet was in by dark that year with some boats finishing as early as 2pm.
In contrast, 2008 was light west winds which is why I didn't make it around.
Then in 2009 for my solo trip on the Hobie 18 (no spin) again with the west winds but at least the winds varied from light-medium to medium so progress could be made, but with a lot of tacking and jibing. Take a look at my track from 2009. (forgot I had this) It shows the trip out to the bouy after passing under the bridge at Destin Pass, they also had us honor a mark at the Fort Pickens Pass which was kind of hard to find since right about then was when the only strong winds of the trip came up and it was a wild sleigh ride through the pass. Look at all the short jibes in the narrows, this was in the dark and I was jibing every time the rudders kicked up from getting out of the super narrow channel.
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