500 nm To go

As of 6:00 pm yesterday (Monday) the positions of the Division 2 boats are shown above. I've also included the lead boat Teremoto. From all accounts in the race web site blog entries it's been a wild and fun! ride. Some injuries, some equipment failures, all of the normal interesting things that go on for a race like this.

Looking ahead I ran the GRIB weather files for the next 3 to 5 days. Good news, bad news. Light winds forecast, everything in the 5-10 knots on Grib, which usually means it's going to be about 10-15. Either way that's a lot lighter than it's been, and it looks like it's going to stay that way all the way in. That will test everyone's patience becasue by now the miles will just seem to inch by and you really want them to fly bye. A very different mental challenge.

Also above are the current (current at 6:00 PM thursday winds from the closest weahter bouy as they approach. It's also in the postition report above. You can see the winds and wave heights they are heading into are way, way down from what they have seen so far. Bring out the sunscreeen, dry out the boat!