The days are starting to all look a like now for sure. Not only because we have settled into a nice routine but because, honestly, every day is a carbon copy of the day before. We leave the fish farm and it is blowing about 10 TWS from the Northwest ( we are guessing as the instruments still aren't working ) and during the pre start the breeze builds to a steady 15!
Today we have a slightly confused start line and with some current behind us, we have 2 general recalls, did I mention the starts are very competitive! Unfortunately our first start was the best but as others got to see what some did getting right to the shore right after the start, it was getting more difficult after each re start to get our lane.
Well we did ok and as was the usual scenerio, after 5 - 10 minutes the fleet spreads out and we get to see where everyone stands. We look pretty good, but there is a big transition zone just ahead. Boats that look terrible to start with get flushed around the corner, others that looked great are stopped and the middle, well it wasn't much better.
We were unlucky here as we ended up with only 1 boat behind us after the restart, others that were just 100 yards ahead or less got away by like a mile, never to be seen again. But we dig in and remind ourselves that there are still 20 miles to go, there must be some passing lanes ahead and to stick with it.
Well the breeze builds to the high 20's and we make some nice gains, but today was just not our day. BUT today we were escorted by schools of dolphins and even a near by sighting of a hump back whale. It was spectacular to see the dolphins playing in our bow wave, litteraly so close we could almost grab them........but back to racing:(
As mentioned today was not a good day for team Cinco. We just couldn't get out of our way. Soon it became apparent that we were running out of time to finish the leg. After all that work today to get scored DNF would be awful. So we pushed and pushed and managed to squeeze in with less than 5 remaining in the time limit. This gets us 9th for the day with 4 boats scoring a DNF.
This stop in Telegraph turns out to be one of my favorites. Nice docks, we have a great cabin right on the wharf and Darcy has made us a roasted chicked dinner.
A tough day on the water is still better than most anything else!
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