A vote was taken among all the skippers still ashore — those who had paid for slip rentals the last week — and it was decided to go ahead with the start of the double-handed leg of the 2009 Bermuda One-Two, despite a lone forecast for 50-knot winds. (Read More…)

The start of the return leg is now three hours away. We have stowed the dinghy on the foredeck, tied down the jerry can on the port deck, hauled up the boarding ladder, and are about to sit down to breakfast. (Read More…)