Oops! A classic example of line sag here as the gun will go in under 5 seconds. (left to right) Uncle Al (3854) with Peter Ayres (1191) right to leeward of him, Peter Rahn (5631) with Keith Haill (grey boat) almost hidden from view behind Peter, Hazel Hewitt (4107) partially obscuring Ryan Mahaffey, Randy Park (3613) with his Sunday crew, Joanne Kumpf, and Fred Black (7379) getting a nice start at the pin on a pretty square line.

Ivan and Chris look to be in great shape just seconds after the gun, although they'll need to flatten Akvavit to keep getting the most out of her! Less fortunate are Peter Ayres (1191), Roger Shepherd (7700) and Heider Funck (6) who are getting wind leftovers from both Uncle Al (3854) and Peter Rahn (5631). Just visible to leeward of Roger (7700) are: Ryan (7380), Stefan (16) and Hazel (4107).

Less than a minute into the race. Already some boats (Heider [6], Dwight Aplevich [4606] and John deBoer [7351]) have found it prudent to tack, but will they be able to cross Reg Bunt (7227) who started late and is movingly slowly but is on starboard! Off 7227's bow, Ivan is moving well and looks to be in greatr shape. Other visible starboard tackers are, from left to right: Fred, Randy, Hazel, Keith, Stefan and Roger.