Well, I guess it was predictable. Beachcat sailors are notorious procrastinators about leaving the beach. When the sailors no longer had a deadline to meet of getting to the lift bridge by 8:30 for the opening, very few got to the starting line by the scheduled 9:00 a.m. start. They straggled under the new high bridge and up Jewfish Creek to Barnes Sound, and finally all 21 boats were assembled, and the start was at 9:30.

The wind was out of the northeast at about 20 knots at the start but now has died to about 16 knots. No boats in sight yet at Anne's Beach.

Air temp. was chilly at the start but is now quite pleasant. They should be having a fun spinnaker run to the first-day finish.