This was an interesting (and tough) race this year; big wind, no wind, big wind, AND a lot of current trying to get up to the Statue. About 5 hours for the first guys, and a lot of DNFs. Spin boats putting 25-30 minutes on the faster non-spins, and not covering; putting almost an HOUR on Hobie 16s and not covering... You could write a research paper on pros/cons of Portsmouth using this one race :-)

Portsmouth doesn't account for skill/local knowledge/luck in getting through the bridge and up the river... I'll admit I was short on all three :-(