Wind SW 18kts Seas 4-6ft
Mahina Kai - Day 1 – Marion to Bermuda – Settle
In
The day of the race is partly spent recovering
from the crew
dinner/party the night before, partly making final preparations
for the race,
and come 12:00: the start! The
race committee
is always helpful with specific directions for race completion
(see IG photo). We
appreciate all their hard work to setup
and manage the race.
There are multiple size classes at the start,
so it takes
about an hour to get all boats across the line and into the race. Friday was a lively sailing
day in Buzzards
Bay, and there was plenty of opportunity for strategizing how to
best set-up to
exit the bay.
We are lucky to have Cathyann as a pastry chef
on our shore
crew. She supplies each
Mahina Kai race
crew with the “cookie of the day”.
Day 1
cookie is cute lemon sailboats, and the package contained the
message “Settle
in”. These were preceded
by a dinner of
pulled pork sandwiches & cole slaw.
Once the excitement and drama of the start is
over, settling
in is exactly what we do, preparing the next four days. It is said that MBR is
three-races in one…
the Buzzards Bay leg, crossing the Gulfstream current, and the
Bermuda
approach. A storm moving
north Thursday
night gave us good wind with clear skies for the start. The Gulfstream crossing will
include its own
weather mysteries, but we anticipate the final leg with some
trepidation. Not because
of heavy weather, but because of
a forecast for quiet winds. The
meteorologist
told us to “bring a deck of cards”.
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