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I am so proud of Jake, I can hardly stand it!


Thanks Sunny! That was the only day we could run the spinnakers for the entire leg. With relation to the fleet, we were quick with the kite up. It was very physical but still a great year this year. Even though the finish at 2:30 am was grueling, the stories we have about a 2 hour gybing fight in the pitch black with Tygart and Castrol 2, the 12 or so lead changes in our group during that time, sailing by sound and feel without being able to see the water in front of you (and barely the competition), breaking from the three boats and catching a nice lift by the shore and not seeing another boat for 3 or more hours, moon comes out with 10 miles to go at 1:45am and we see Tygart less than 1/2 mile on our tail, the moon goes back under cloud cover and we were surprised by a brilliant move by Tygart to get outside of us and beat us by one wave to the finish line. What an incredible experience.


Jake Kohl