Thanks to the hosts!

Our thanks to Rod Macaya and his greeting crew.  These guys greeted every race boat and even had to help by towing a few of them after the finish.  The champagne, chocolate chip cookies and hot towels (especially the hot towels) were highly appreciated by everyone.

Orizaba wins its Class and Overall Honors

Orizaba sailed a great race and repeated her 1998 performance as she wins first in Class A and the Overall trophy.  Our first to finish Boat was Rage, finishing the course in 1 day, 13 hours, 19 minutes and 6 seconds. Our last boat to complete the race, and the winner of the Old Salt trophy is Passepartout, who finished Sunday morning at 3:20:20.

Class A
1st Orizaba
2nd Rage

Class B
1st Wave Dancer
2nd Passepartout

Class C
1st California Girl
2nd L'Orca
3rd Peregrine

Class D
1st Wy'East
2nd Cool Change

Cruising Class
1st Ya Shure

As soon as we can get the scoring program to properly calculate the elapsed and corrected times, we will post them, but we are probably not going to be able to post them today.

The last boat has finished

Our last boat finished this morning at 3:29:20.  Congratulations to Passepartout for making it through the race and finishing!

Final results will be announced at RVYC and then posted here.

Aja drops out

Aja just called, they are near Neah Bay and have dropped out of the race.  They will be motoring to Victoria so they can join the post race party.

We've had a run of finishes

Our latest finishes:

Ya Shure finished at 1:12:48
Cool Change finished at 2:02:13
Wy'East finished at 2:20:00
Passepartout is closing in on the finish line, too.

Good news from Cool Change, after their finish, they were able to start their motor, so they have gone to the customs dock under their own power.

Aja turned the corner at midnight

The last boat has now sailed into the Straits and is heading for the finish.  Aja was the last vessel to check in with Seattle Traffic and did so at about midnight.

Night falls and things get busy at Race Central

Both Wy'East and Cool Change have reported that they are through Race Rocks, so we should see them in an hour or two.  Both cruise ships just left their docks causing us to lose sight of Peregrine as they were heading to the finish.

Peregrine emerged from behind the finished their race at 00:12:48.

Peregrine is at Race Rocks

We just received a radio call from Peregrine.  They are at Race Rocks.  We're not sure they heard our radio reply.  Apparently they didn't, because they then gave us a phone call.  They think that either Cool Change or Wy'East are shortly behind them.  They are moving well in winds in the 25 knot range.

L'Orca at Race Rocks

L'Orca has passed Race Rocks and is doing 9 1/2 knots heading for the finish

Peregrine update

Peregrine called and left us a message - at 5:15 pm, they were off Sambrio point and are hoping to arrive at the finish between 10 pm and midnight.

More on Cool Change's mechanical issues

I just spoke with Cool Change.  They are still sailing and did not go into Neah Bay.  Their starter has gone out and they are unable to start their engine.  They plan to continue to race and expect to arrive at the finish around 3 am if the wind continues to hold.

Ya Shure off motor and back to sailing

Ya Shure, our only cruising class boat this year called to let us know that they were finally crossing 124 and were south of Sheringham point. They said that they had to motor about 7 hours, but were back sailing in about 10 knots of wind.

The first day out was really rough!

It appears that the first day out on this race was tough on everyone. We lost Katzenjammer due to seasick crew. We just heard from Wy'East that Cool Change was going into Neah Bay with mechanical issues. Both California Girl and Wave Dancer had mechanical issues at the finish and couldn't go directly to customs. Frank told us that the waves were very confused and he wasn't surprised that folks were having both physical and mechanical issues.

Wave Dancer finishes

Wave Dancer finished this afternoon in brilliant sunshine and great wind.  Her finish time was 15:00:56.  They were a bit anxious to finish and the chute started to come down just before they crossed the line.