Sunrise in Cabo, and the finish line is up and we are just waiting for the boats to finish. At about 10 PM last night it seemed as though we could see finishers as early as this morning, with the multi hulls doing about 20 knots according to the trackers. However, now looks like the wind has died down again and it's back to slower sailing. From the perspective of this armchair quarterback, it looks as if Mighty Merloe was going to...
It's Tuesday morning and the sun is shining in Cabo as the Spring Break crowd start to stir and head to the pools for the 2 for 1 drink specials starting at 11am. Meanwhile, just over 400 nm up the coast, the remaining 6 boats racing to Cabo are enjoying slightly better wind than yesterday. The front pack consisting of Zephyrus, Phaedo3, Grand Illusion, Mighty Merloe and Houla are relatively close together with Horizon bringing up the rear. Wind forecasts...
Today the race course was plagued with another day of extremely light winds. Despite the fact that the RC extended the finish deadline to 1700 on Sunday, we saw the retirement of an additional seven boats since the 0700 check-in. Remaining in the race are Brack Duker's SC 70, Holua skippered and navigated by Peter Isler, facing off against rival, Ed McDowell's SC 70 Grand Illusion skippered by James McDowell and navigated by Patrick O'Brien. Grand Illusion last won...
Peter Isler aboard Houla filed this onboard report on March 12th at 1500 with Scuttlebutt: Greetings from the Santa Cruz 70 Holua! It’s been a light, slow, foggy race so far. We’ve only done 100nm since the start (the race ticks in at over 800 nm) and are 25 hours into the race. The scratch boat in the fleet – Rio100 has already pulled the plug and turned around – motoring past us this morning. With a full moon –...
This might go down as the slowest Newport to Cabo Race in the history books! The monohulls have been racing for just under 48 hours and so far 10 boats have retired citing lack of wind. The race committee has once again extended the finish time limit to Sunday at 1700. However, it seems all boats spirits remain high and position reports have been entertaining. These were some of our favorites: - Several boats have requested virgin sacrifice to appease the...
The Multi-Hull's started their race to Cabo at 1300 as scheduled today. They start about 100 nautical miles behind the leaders. They are expected to pass the leaders and be the first competitors to reach Cabo. Meanwhile Rio (Bakewell-White 100') and Condor (Andrews) decide to retire stating "lack of wind" as their reason. That leaves Zephyrus, Grand Illusion, Pyewacket and Medicine Man leading the pack to Cabo in a relatively neck-to-neck race this early on. View Live Tracking on the Yellow Brick...
The following letter was presented to the participants of the NHYC Newport to Cabo International Yacht Race from Victor Carbajal, the Director of the Department of Economic Development, Tourism, Rural Development and Fishing.
