Boats close reaching. A bit of a rough ride, but at least we are getting away clean and fast. Lots of water on deck, everyone seems pretty cheerful. We all send our love and gratitude to those who made this hare-brained enterprise possible. Conditions are very unpleasant, with large lumpy seas and 25-30 knots of wind.
Most boats are beam reaching and taking a lot of water aboard.
Not life threatening, but rather miserable. Ed also fixed a forward bulkhead that was splintering. He has closed the cut with butterfly bandages. Several boats have had close encounters with shipping, but no close calls. Mike Reppy aboard Nai'a has a leak from the daggerboard case that he could not fix at sea.