Wind SW 12kts Seas 2-4ft
Mahina Kai – Day 6 Marion to Bermuda – Land Ho
The final task related to the race is to
finish. Bermuda is a
figure-8 laying sideways with
Hamilton Harbour and the Great Sound to the west, and St. Georges
Harbour to
the east. The entire
western and
northern coastline is protected by over 300 square miles of coral
reef which
makes the race finish and approach into Hamilton Harbour
especially complex.
Many boats are converging on the finish now,
and are popping
up on our charts as they get closer.
As
we approach, we have a half-dozen navigation aids that we need to
pass to the
right on the way to the finish line.
After the finish off St. Georges, we turn out to sea, loop
around to the
West and enter the channel. Since
this
is a night finish, we will anchor at St. Georges, and sail to
Hamilton in the
morning. It will take a
couple hours for
us to navigate the channel through the reefs to the Western end of
Bermuda and
the Great Sound to Hamilton.
This year, the America’s Cup is being held in
Bermuda, and
the boats are racing in the Great Sound, which we will need to
pass through on
the way to our port at the Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club. Additionally, this year,
there will be large
J-boat racing in the ocean along the south side of the island. The J-boats are 100’ racers,
and they will
look quite spectacular racing in sight of the pink-sand beaches of
Bermuda’s
southern shore.
Once we arrive at the
RHADC, and
give the boat a bath, I look forward to the RHADC fish stew served
with
Goslings rum and sherry peppers.
On the menu today
breakfast
burritos, sandwiches, tacos for dinner. Cookie of the day: Suns!
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