Team Seacats

Still nothing visible on the horizon. The last word we had was from Lisa of Space Coast, who heard from her husband, Mark, who was still 27 miles out as of 4pm. What I don’t know is if his team is near the front or back of the fleet. I do know that he’s had some other problems today: broken crossbar, tiller, and rudder (I’m just guessing starboard since he didn’t ask her to come bring a replacement). There was some scuttlebutt of another team breaking a rudder, but that’s completely unsubstantiated and may have been information that was being confused with that of Space Coast. Here on Ormond Beach at 5pm, the race officials and most of the Ground Crew have been commiserating in light showers that have faired off to a generally overcast sky with glimpses of sunlight. There were storms lingering earlier on the horizon. I was mildly worried about the concept of, “When lightening meets hyper competitive alpha males” until Captain Morgan convinced me that everyone would be okay. If anything, the storms quickly abated and took all the wind with them. The fleet should be meandering in eventually.