Team Seacats

The leg to Fernandina was feast or famine, wind-wise, blowing either zero or twenty knots. They’d be sailing along double trapped, teeth clenched and humming Wagner then…nothing. That, or else a wicked puff out of nowhere that would leave them trying to keep the boat pointy side up with all their might. Team Seacats were last in the starting sequence, along with Castrol 2 and Castrol 3. They got a lead over them as the finally got in sequence with the pattern of holes and puffs that were happening on the water and were able to catch up with the front of the pack. As they were battling Space Coast for position, they saw Tygart flip and later flipped over themselves, pulling the main out of the track. By the time they had dealt with that problem they had lost a lot of real estate on the front of the fleet. Both Castrol 1 and Seacats fell in some holes and Space Coast made up some ground to have a great finish today. Team Tybee absolutely walked away from the rest of the competitors today, finishing at least twenty minutes ahead of the fleet. Team Seacats hit the beach at 6pm. The order of finish for today was Tybee, Space Coast, Tygart, Castrol 1, Seacats, Castrol 3, Castrol 2, and Team Velocity. Team Velocity has just rolled up onto the beach safe and sound as of 7:20pm and Tad was released from the hospital around the time that Team Tybee was coming in. Team Velocity’s Ground Crew reports that, at this point, Tad plans to continue racing tomorrow.

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