John,
Gnaw no more. All the boats are in and accounted for. Seven actually finished. Olli Jason/Patrick Gilles (F18) pulled out at Ocean Reef, probably because Olli was pretty tired after being in the water for an hour after being separated from the boat and Patrick was pretty tired from righting the boat and not being able to keep it righted. A good samaritan on shore came out and rescued Olli and reunited the team and somehow got the boat to shore behind a house.

Kyle Kandt and Ed Furry (N20)pulled out at Port Largo after breaking their mast and limping along for a ways with something jury-rigged.

There was some tense time while the Coast Guard looked for Larry Ferber/Dale Larkin (N20, Cat in the Hat), because his Epirb was going off. Larry finished at the beach, and it turned out he didn't even have his Epirb with him, because he had inadvertently left it on the dock at the Caribbean Club. Apparently, somebody must have picked it up and thought it was something that plays music and started pushing buttons.

Anyway, I haven't posted anything until now because I have been busy listening to lectures from the Coast Guard and the Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />