Before daybreak, Rio100 crossed the finish line and was greeted by the NHYC Hospitality Team at the docks in Cabo Marina. Shortly after Merloe finished with the rest of the ORR1 close behind. All day promises to be a busy day as boats are lined up to finish. Keep up to date on the Facebook page or the live Yellow Brick trackers.
The multihulls are moving fast! Phaedo has made up much of the distance it lost early in the race and is hunting ExtremeH20, while the Mighty Merloe (which started a full 23 hours later) is in pursuit. Early Sunday morning, with both Gunboats about 70 miles offshore, they both gybed toward the coast. ExtremeH20 came within just a few miles of the coast before gybing again south. Phaedo, gybing earlier and being more offshore now having more wind and making...
The ORR fleet continues to spread out as the faster ORR 1's enjoy speeds of 17+ knots and the ORR 3's are speeding along at 9-12 knots. There were several lead changes throughout the night in every fleet. Amazing that boats can be this close after sailing so many miles. Sunday morning had the bigger ORR 1's further out and getting into the low double-digits with Rio in the lead followed by Wizard, Invisible Hand and Bad Pak. The 70's in the...
Sunday morning started with all six PHRF boats going over 7 knots, with Between the Sheets, Second Wind and Miramar leading the pack (uncorrected). By nightfall, the leaders enjoyed enjoyed stronger winds and 8 - 9 knots of progress as they consolidated closer to the rhumb line. The wind held up throughout the night as Second Wind, sailing closer to shore, seemed to get more out of the wind and gain a little distance from the others. The wind seems...
Two of the three multihulls started on Saturday afternoon after the ORR boats in light winds. While Phaedo won the start, ExtremeH20 quickly passed to leeward and started building a lead, crossing and establishing about a 4 mile lead as they raced south. Near midnight, following the lead of the other fleets, they both headed outside in the building breeze with ExtremeH20 building their lead to about 8 miles. Early Sunday morning, ExtremeH20 gybed and headed back in moving at...
Three ORR classes started on Saturday between 1300 and 1400 hours, which included the Santa Cruz 50/52's and the "70's" sub-classes. About until about 10pm, the entire fleet stayed close together, inside the rhumb line, making the most out of the light winds, keep maneuvers to a minimum. By the time they reached San Diego, each of the ORR classes were grouped pretty close together. In the evening, as the wind increased, the boats started heading further off shore, still...
It's been about 43 hours since the PHRF started. The PHRF boats are still ahead of the ORR's and Multihulls at about 220 miles from the start, but it looks like the first of the ORR's, Rio 100, is going to over take them anytime now. It was slow going for most of the day on Saturday for the PHRF fleet, struggling to maintain speed in the light winds off San Diego and the Mexican border, with Between the Sheets still holding...
