Weather Report for the Weekend

Today
East winds 20 knots and gusty early...decreasing to 15 to 20 knots. Seas beyond the reef 4 to 7 feet...except higher in the Gulf Stream. Seas inside the reef 2 to 3 feet. Nearshore waters rough. Scattered showers.
Tonight
East to southeast winds 15 knots. Seas beyond the reef 4 to 6 feet. Seas inside the reef 2 to 3 feet. Nearshore waters a moderate chop. Isolated showers.
Sunday
East to southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas beyond the reef 3 to 5 feet. Seas inside the reef around 2 feet. Nearshore waters a light to moderate chop. Isolated showers.

This is the 25th year for this two-day, 110-mile race around Key Largo.
There are 20 boats in a mixed group of cats. I will try to put the competitor list in this thread if I can figure out how to do it. Most are launching from the Caribbean Club, but four from Gilbert's. Start is at 9 a.m. in Barnes Sound, at the north end of Jewfish Creek, as always.

Here is a repeat of the tracking link given by Craig Van Eaton. I'm not sure how many boats are using the GPS tracking devices.

It's a little messy, but here is the competitor list:

Eric Roberts/Bill Roberts -- SC 22
Randy Smyth -- Sizzor 21 (tri)
Skip Kaub/Jack Woehrle -- ARC 22
Bret Moss/Doug Russell -- Marstrom 20
Curt Johnson/Mark Lipkus -- Nacra 6.0
Leah White/Dave White -- Nacra 6.0
Craig Van Eaton/Eric Arbogast -- SC 20
Steve Lohmayer/Jay Sonnenklar -- Nacra 20
Chris Runge/Terry Greene -- Nacra 20
Larry Ferber/Jerry Wolfe -- Nacra 20
Mike Hill/Holly Hoffman -- Nacra 20
Todd Hart/Jeff LoSapio -- Nacra 20
Kenny Pierce/Evan Greene -- Nacra 20
Todd Riccardi/Brendon Scanlon -- F-18
Chris Titcomb/Tripp Burd -- F-18
Dave Ingram/Bob Ingram -- F-18
Karl Langefeld/Beth Bonifant -- F-18
Chris Stater/Hans Evers -- F-16
Arnis Zvirbulis/Charles DeMille -- Hobie 20
J. Steven Rotolante/Jeff Hammonds/Ian Phillips -- Hobie 21

Mad props to Beth for putting up with Karl for so long on a boat :P

She must really see somethin in that guy :P

Good luck competitors, wish I was there.

You're kidding right?

Beth is as tough a competitor as they come.

tback: stone-faced, dead-pan, cold-shouldered serious.


sheesh :P

(hint, emoticons)

The race started at 9:20, and two boats are out of the game right off the bat. Leah and Dave White are out with their Nacra 6.0. It was a close reach from the start to Card Sound Bridge, so Dave jumped out on the trapeze, and the little connector line broke, dropping him in the drink, and causing the boat to capsize. They righted okay, with help of a righting bag, but dropped out of the race.

Arnis Zvirbulis, Hobie 20, was seen back on the beach at Gilbert's. We don't know the reason.

Rick says wind at the start at 20-25 and, as I said, a close reach to Card Sound Bridge. He was on Mike Phillips' powerboat for the start, and they only followed the race as far as the bridge.

(Mike is not racing this year because his mast is broken.)

saw 'em....bustin' on you....and complimenting Beth.

Quit whinin'! When are you coming down here?

Me?

June.

Any news from the race course? Any boats in yet? Its been a sporty day, I'd expect the F18's to be doing well.

just updated the blog at adrenalinsailing.com with a quick report. Marleys Yellow first, Marleys Orange Second, Accelearted Chaos 3rd, Marstrom 20 4th, Team Adrenalin (us) 5th, Todd Hart 6th we were about 10-12 minutes behind leaders... Chaos was 5.5 min behind.

Here are today's preliminary results:

Rank Sail No Helm Crew USPN Elapsed Corrected Nett
1 647 Chris Titcomb Tripp Burd 62.4 4:02:50 6:29:09 1.0
2 892 Steve Lohmayer Jay Sonnenklar 59.3 3:57:32 6:40:34 2.0
3 Royal Orange Kenny Pierce Evan Greene 59.3 4:00:33 6:45:39 3.0
4 1025 Todd Riccardi Brendon Scanlon 62.4 4:17:30 6:52:40 4.0
5 672 David Ingram Bob Ingram 62.4 4:23:29 7:02:15 5.0
6 USA 1 Bret Moss Doug Russell 58.0 4:07:20 7:06:26 6.0
7 676 Karl Langefeld Beth Bonifant 62.4 4:29:52 7:12:29 7.0
8 42 Todd Hart Jeff LoSapio 59.3 4:16:55 7:13:15 8.0
9 Royal White Chris Runge Terry Greene 59.3 4:19:21 7:17:21 9.0
10 1005 Mike Hill Holly Hoffman 59.3 4:20:19 7:18:59 10.0
11 396 Curt Johnson Mark Lipkus 59.8 4:41:10 7:50:11 11.0
12 2224 Skip Kaub Jack Woehrle 57.0 4:35:44 8:03:45 12.0
13 709 Chris Stater Hans Evers 63.0 5:05:11 8:04:25 13.0
14 864 Larry Ferber Jerry Wolfe 59.3 4:55:10 8:17:45 14.0
15 014 Randy Smyth 59.5 5:03:41 8:30:24 15.0
16 069 J Steven Rotolante Jeff Hammonds 67.0 6:03:10 9:02:02 16.0
17 2032 Craig Van Eaton Eric Arbogast 61.8 5:57:33 9:38:34 17.0

Three boats are out: The two mentioned earlier in this thread, plus Eric and Bill Roberts on their SC 22. They broke a daggerboard on a coral head.

We were running good until we pitchpoled about 5 miles after Angelfish Creek in the ocean, righted the boat and continued. All of our battens came out except one which was half way in.

If it was upwind we would have had to pull out. It is a long way down from the top. I finally found my landing spot when the boat was just over center.

Randy Smyth was running his 15' trimaran without a jib due to problems came by to check on us. Team Jet Blast (Hobie 21 with three onboard) passed us and the wind dropped a little and we were able to pass back and take them to the finish.

Arnis Zvirbulis on a Hobie 20 somehow trashed two mainsails and broke a daggerboard, and I don't think he ever got farther than Angelfish Creek. The circumstances are still unclear. Apparently, he returned to Gilbert's soon after the start because his mainsail was coming apart. He replaced it with another mainsail, exchanged battens and set out again. I'm not sure how far he got before the second mainsail started coming apart, so he again returned to Gilbert's and called it a day. I don't know how the daggerboard broke.

He said he will be back next year, though, with a better sail.

The boats started on time at 9:00 a.m. off Anne's Beach.
Randy Smyth, singlehanding his little trimaran, capsized oceanside just before the Channel 5 bridge. Dave and Bob Ingram (F18) stopped and spent a while helping him right the boat.

Meanwhile, Skip Kaub and Jack Woehrle (SC 20) were sitting on a sandbar for a while (also oceanside of the Ch. 5 bridge). We don't know why, but they are on their way again.

Rank Sail No Helm Crew USPN Elapsed Corrected Nett
1 892 Steve Lohmayer Jay Sonnenklar 59.3 6:39:36 11:13:52 1.0
2 Royal Orange Kenny Pierce Evan Greene 59.3 6:40:51 11:15:58 2.0
3 647 Chris Titcomb Tripp Burd 62.4 7:03:31 11:18:43 3.0
4 USA 1 Bret Moss Doug Russell 58.0 6:48:45 11:44:44 4.0
5 672 David Ingram Bob Ingram 62.4 7:24:29 11:52:19 5.0
6 1025 Todd Riccardi Brendon Scanlon 62.4 7:26:37 11:55:44 6.0
7 1005 Mike Hill Holly Hoffman 59.3 7:09:52 12:04:54 7.0
8 42 Todd Hart Jeff LoSapio 59.3 7:12:20 12:09:04 8.0
9 676 Karl Langefeld Beth Bonifant 62.4 7:37:13 12:12:43 9.0
10 Royal White Chris Runge Terry Greene 59.3 7:16:58 12:16:52 10.0
11 396 Curt Johnson Mark Lipkus 59.8 7:39:25 12:48:15 11.0
12 709 Chris Stater Hans Evers 63.0 8:26:11 13:23:28 12.0
13 864 Larry Ferber Jerry Wolfe 59.3 8:01:32 13:32:02 13.0
14 014 Randy Smyth 59.5 8:33:35 14:23:10 14.0
15 2032 Craig Van Eaton Eric Arbogast 61.8 9:28:53 15:20:31 15.0

Hi Mary,

Thanks for the reports. What happened to Team Wave?