2011 Everglades Challenge Stragglers Start

One boat was off the beach while the starting horn was still sounding, but these competitors did not seem to be in too much of a hurry to depart.

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• 2011
• everglades
• challenge
• ultra
• marathon
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• sailboat
• race

[videotosse]

Is this some sort of race? If so how can boats so much unlike oneanother be in the same race?

The competitors don't seem to be in much of a hurry :-)

[Boatflix]

@videotosse yes, it is a race. Google watertribe everglades challenge. They are competing in several different classes, and are going a long way. The fastest ones finish in just under two days of continuous sailing, but some take as long as a week.

[perAspera53]

Thanks for not focusing more on our problems (in the Lightning)! Kind of embarrassing to try and hoist the sails, only to discover a bunch of stuff that needed to have been done first. That's why we were 20 minutes late. At least we weren't the last to get underway! DonKeyHoTey (Per)

[Boatflix]

@perAspera53 You're just lucky that your problems were not particularly telegenic! Good move to have a rather boring problem when near my camera! ;)

[KayakMike1963]

Oh, man.... we were still on the beach at the end of the video!! AAUGH!! Clarity did launch, and we had a 12 knot sail across Tampa Bay. We didn't finish, but we learned a lot and had a great time. We'll be back!

[Boatflix]

@KayakMike1963 I couldn't wait around for the final launches! Had an urgent kayak sailing mission of my own! I'll be back too, so maybe next time!

[KayakMike1963]

@Boatflix, no problem! I'd been running on 2 hours of sleep a night all week, and still didn't have the boat ready on time (it's not like i had a whole year to prepare or anything... oh, wait a minute... I DID have a whole year. Never mind...). But I learned a lot for next year! BTW, I sail under the extremely clever Watertribe name of SailBirdMike. Great videos!