Several people mentioned turtling. Biscayne Bay is quite shallow. I think the deepest is about 10 to 12 feet. Sailors told me after the race that their masts were just bouncing along the bottom. I have never seen a cat turtle in Biscayne Bay in 30 years of sailing here in Miami.

There was also a post asking why the sponsoring organization did not cancel the race in these condition. There were about 120 boat entered in the race. Most of the large mono hulls and big multihull boats did just fine. It was the beach cats that got hammered. The vast majority of beach cats never left the beach. I elected not to sail in these conditions. I was very glad I did not attempt this year's MKL Race. The forecast had been consistent for three days prior to the race, 20 to 30 knots out of the east.