Rick is on site. I just called and got an interim report from him. He is out with Chip Short on Chip's powerboat, and both of them are getting pictures, which will be posted on this site later.

Right now, as I write, they are on the second-to-last leg of the first race. The course is windward-leeward-windward-leeward-windward and leeward finish. Here were the positions as of the second time around the weather mark:

1st, Glenn Ashby, Australia
2nd, Sjoerd Hoekstra, Netherlands
3rd, Scotty Anderson, Australia
4th, Donald Beike, Germany
5th, Lars Guck, USA
6th, Murray Philpott, New Zealand
7th, Mitch Booth, Netherlands
8th, Mike Drummond, New Zealand
9th, Eugenio Calabria, Italy
10th, unidentified black boat
11th, Chad Atkins, USA

At that point Randy Smyth, on the Richard Roake design, was back in about 25th place.

There will be two races today.

There are 98 boats participating.

Rick and Chip are sitting at the finish line right now and will have an update, after the boats finish.

Rick will have a full report this evening, along with pictures.

Whoops, forgot to tell you: The wind is about 12 mph out of the northeast (slightly offshore) and there is a low chop.