Night falls and things get busy at Race Central

Both Wy'East and Cool Change have reported that they are through Race Rocks, so we should see them in an hour or two.  Both cruise ships just left their docks causing us to lose sight of Peregrine as they were heading to the finish.

Peregrine emerged from behind the finished their race at 00:12:48.

Peregrine is at Race Rocks

We just received a radio call from Peregrine.  They are at Race Rocks.  We're not sure they heard our radio reply.  Apparently they didn't, because they then gave us a phone call.  They think that either Cool Change or Wy'East are shortly behind them.  They are moving well in winds in the 25 knot range.

More on Cool Change's mechanical issues

I just spoke with Cool Change.  They are still sailing and did not go into Neah Bay.  Their starter has gone out and they are unable to start their engine.  They plan to continue to race and expect to arrive at the finish around 3 am if the wind continues to hold.

The first day out was really rough!

It appears that the first day out on this race was tough on everyone. We lost Katzenjammer due to seasick crew. We just heard from Wy'East that Cool Change was going into Neah Bay with mechanical issues. Both California Girl and Wave Dancer had mechanical issues at the finish and couldn't go directly to customs. Frank told us that the waves were very confused and he wasn't surprised that folks were having both physical and mechanical issues.

Recent boats checking in with VTS

Several boats have checked in with VTS this afternoon:
L'Orca at 11:50
Ya Shure at 14:16
Peregrine at 14:22 and
Cool Change at 14:22
It looks like a late night for the finish line.  We will be posting through out the night as boats finish.  We will try to photograph anyone who finishes in daylight.

L'Orca is North of Gray's Harbor

L'Orca is currently north of Gray's Harbor, but still south of Destruction Island, carefully dodging crab pots, nets and fishing boats.

They report that the winds have calmed a bit to about 8 to 10 knots after getting 18-25 knots through the night.  Winds are now blowing out of the NW, after being northerly all night.

They last saw Peregrine and Cool Change at about 9 pm last night, when L'Orca tacked back to shore and they continued out to sea.