Another night finish!

Photo from after the start in Jupiter... Taken by Walter Cooper Photography (waltercooperphoto.com)
Sorry for the late post... we got in, went for dinner and passed out. I woke up and have a slight boost of energy... just enough to write this.t Leg 4, Cocoa Beach to Daytona Beach started off with a light and tight spinnaker reach off the beach. The breeze was just too light for several teams to power through the surf. It took a few attempts from many teams, including us to punch through. Once through it was a short spinnaker reach then a close hauled beat up to the first Cape Canaveral restriction buoy. Several teams were confused by a second set of buoys further in and failed to honor the ones mentioned in the Sailing Instructions. We had done our homework and sailed to the further set... those teams will likely be suffering a strict penalty. After rounding the buoy it was a great spinnaker reach for another 30 minutes to an hour until the wind started to die. Despite boat speeds 10-11mph of Between the dying wind, large waves, and wind angle, we were struggling to make just a couple of miles per hour towards Daytona which was straight downwind. It was looking like at the time that we might not make it in until past midnight again. Luckily we finally started making some progress and sailed the last 40-50 miles at 10-13 mph. We sailed into the surfline, timing the breaking waves perfectly this time and coming to a stop around 8:10.
We had a great dinner at Ruby Tuesdays h here Frank Moore of Team Seacats bought us and Team Moose-Burd a round of beers. Thanks Frank!
Tomorrow's forecast is for Southeast 10-15.. it'd be nice if it was actually at the higher end of that this time for more than 30 minutes!