TUESDAY, MAY 10
Earlier this morning it looked like it might be a problem for the start because of very light air and pretty big surf. But the surf died down a little by the time they started.

Wind is very light out of the northeast. Most of the boats paddled out through the surf and now are sailing close-hauled along the beach.

We will be getting some reports along the way from Kirk Newkirk, who is also hugging the shore, driving close-hauled up U.S. 1.