I'm not sure what happened to my day 1 report - I didn't see it just now when I checked the site.

Day 2 was a tough one - 100 miles reaching in confused choppy seas, some of the most challenging conditions we've sailed in. We flipped shortly after the start and battled our way back all day to get into 2nd place, only to have Team sailboat shop squeak in a couple of seconds ahead when they took a much more aggressive line in through the surf.

The Matagorda surf proved to have teeth - One team on an Infusion (Jim Rehage skippering) flipped on the way in and tore off a rudder and wrecked the spinnaker pole.

Out on the course a number of teams experienced breakdowns. Team Yost dismasted and Team Dallas rendered assistance and was reported as towing them back to Port A. Tim Boudreaux and Jill had a main sail failure and beached on one of the uninhabited barrier islands, making recovery tricky. Steve Piche had a rudder pin come out and bend (missing ring ding) which then cracked the gudgeon, so they finished on one rudder. Aaron and Burlein (Team Quicksilver) had their leeward rudder shear off which cost them second place on this leg (they got 4th, Burlein got swept off the boat in the surf).

All this on top of Tommy Tyrone and Todd bending the mast on their infusion yesterday.

Tomorrows forecast is for less wind (10-15) so we hope the surf will lay down some - it looked pretty stout this afternoon.

Chris