I only recorded the second leg of the race on my GPS. The first leg was pretty slow going so there wasn’t a lot of action. I think I timed in around 1h 55m on the first leg and only 34m on the second leg, so obviously the winds had really picked up over lunch.

The winds on the return trip seemed to come in gusts, but for the most part was pretty strong the whole way. Just about everyone was flying hulls all the way to the finish. A few boats had some close calls with capsizing, but only Randy & Jason really got to practice their trapeze acrobatics before their boat went down.

I never heard what the official race results were, but if I find out I’ll update the post with the top boats.

Coty - 05 Sep 08 at 09:26:18

That speed chart isn’t quite accurate. For some reason there was an odd spike in time that threw the top speed off. My actual top speed was closer to 21mph.

Shaun M. - 05 Sep 08 at 11:29:23

Wow, one long screaming reach! That was really fast! What a great post, thanks Coty.