The first four divisions (DoubleHanded 1 & 2 and PHRF 1 & 2) set off today between 10:20am - 10:50am in front of the St Francis Yacht Club. The weather forecast isn't ideal -- low winds at the start from the SW, dropping to almost nothing overnight. Because of the disrupted Northern Pacific High creating a big wind hole in the middle of the course, most will want to head south underneath it until the high consolidates, hopefully by the very end of the week. In order to start making progress south and because of the SW direction of the wind, most boats started off heading down along the coast, with several now breaking W to create some distance from the coast before the glass off at night (with wind and waves pushing them towards the shore).
We're up next, the second start of the day Weds at 11:40am. Almost there!