Leg 2 Start That was so much fun. The start was basically a…
Leg 2 Start
That was so much fun. The start was basically a circus, complete with clown car, when all the boats came into the third mark with 30+ knots of wind, then sailed into a hole and stopped right at the mark. First out of the clown car: SCA, yay! They moved from back to front by cutting back toward shore, sailing away from the next mark but toward the wind, catching it first and moving into the lead.
SCA dropped back a few positions as the boats rounded the final “departure” buoy and headed south, but then made a good call in another parking lot under the mountains and regained the lead as the sun was setting and the live coverage ended.
Can’t wait to see what happens next.
Timestamps of highlights after a cut.
- 9:52 – live coverage starts
- 14:00 – prestart
- 15:16 – start
- 39:00 – clown-car mark rounding
- 40:30 – SCA’s inshore pass
- 54:00 – final turning mark (departure buoy)
- 1:17:00 – SCA regains the lead
- 1:25:00 – helicopter shot (briefly interrupted by simulation) of Sophie Ciszek working the bow on SCA
- 1:27:30 – Alan Block (Mr. Clean of Sailing Anarchy) makes a final comment noting the history of fatalities in the race and wishing all the boats a safe journey
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