Talk about a mixed bag! We were 300 yards from the line with 5 minutes to the start, and 400 yards from it at the start. Back eddy hell around the south end Vashon saw more backwards progress. Then a 10 mile 6 or 7 knot (over ground) run down Colvos passage. Followed by a really ugly mark rounding at the north end. Followed by a nice close reach to a shortened finish at Pt. Robinson. Nevermind that we were overtaken on the reach by a Cal 40 who owed us time, at least we were moving! We finished 15th out of 32 boats, but almost half of the boats that started didn't finish. So either we were tougher or dumber (or slower) than the majority of the fleet, depending on whether you look at the boats behind us or above us.
Schmid has some beautiful photos of the race at
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=4482e4r.2o6c2w37&x=0&y=577ow&localeid=en_US
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