Martin950

It wast the last day of racing, and our team aboard the Farr 30 Barking Mad had a comfortable, 9-point lead. The bad news was that there would be three races, giving our competition plenty of opportunities to pass us in the standings. It was time to change strategy: stay close to the second-place boat.

Race 1

McKee960

Wow, what a week! Light wind again today, like all week. We had a rough day yesterday, so first was pretty much out of the question, but there were six boats trailing very close behind us in the standings going into today.

Martin950

Day 4 of 2011 Key West Race Week broke with no wind and heavy fog pushing back the harbor start an hour. Good news for lots of teams that took advantage of the happy hour that started quite early the day before.
 
Forecast looked promising in the early afternoon, and out to the race course we went aboard the Farr 30 Barking Mad. I couldn't believe how thick the fog was. We finally found the starting line when the race committee broadcast its coordinates, adding, “Since we can see the pin end of the line, we're going to start the starting sequence on time."

© Nick Turney

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What a strange day. We started out with an hour postponement on shore due to very thick fog and a light, unstable breeze. After an hour under AP, we left the dock and sailed right into the fog bank that was our racing circle. Just trying to locate the race committee boat was a challenge, but the RC did a nice job of broadcasting the coordinates of its location over the VHF. They set up a course so that, when the fog finally lifted, we were ready to go.