My fiancé's luck is unbelieveable. Not only does she happen to be in town for the event, but her uncle is flying one of the camera helicopters and has a seat on it to watch the race from

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OK, just checked in. What did I miss, how did Oracle 5 (Coutts/Bundy) get so far out front???

Mike

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! Now they're spraying champagne for winning ONE &^%$*&&()*&ing RACE???!!!!!

I think I may have just popped a major blood vessel...

Mike

Going through post-race review now. Spithill and Artemis were OCS, Bundy shot out and let from the first mark to the finish. Spithill managed to foul their chute somewhere during the race (did not want to furl/unfurl), finished 5th.

Mike

Bundy was giving an impressive sailing lesson there, especially considering the talent in that fleet...

5 minute warning is up for Race 2.

watching on YouTube - some of the spectator comments are funny...

Oracle 5 stopped after the start???

They are saying they did a penalty, W/L before start. But, for the first few minutes the commentators had no clue. I thought they were bragging about all the access to the technonology that they have in the booth (feeds from RO, umps, etc.)?

Mike

Korea had a great start and lead at the first gate. Artemis coming on strong...

This is INSANE!!!

Artemis wins Race 2, and Korea passes TNZ just before the last mark to take 2nd. Spithill 4th, Coutts/Bundy 8th...

Mike

Inside 5 minutes to Race 3...

Spithill OCS!!!

...AND a penalty after being protested by TNZ...

Wow, Spithill up to 3rd with 1.5 legs to go...

WOW. Energy wins. Spithill smoked past GreenCom near the end to take 2nd. Artemis 4th, TNZ 5th, Coutts/Bundy 6th.

Hobie was represented yesterday! We had a group from the factory, Ron and Deb Lane plus Jeff and Hobie Jr. aboard.

Fun to have the boys sailing past our boat for a big hello. A lot of these guys have done Hobie and F18 racing over the years.

We had an 80 foot motor yacht positioned right near the start line. Was a line of 3 large ones and then the huge (150'?) sailboat right there. Great day! Cats ripping it up and choppers buzzing all around. We had a choppy video feed, but who needs video when you are this close? I do wish we had better video though. They must have caught some good action! The salon had huge windows and a big screen TV. Viewing from on deck was spectacular!