The remaining 10 boats have successfully left on the final leg to Tybee Island (about 100 miles). There was hardly any surf, and the boats all started close-hauled. Wind is out of the NNE at about 5 mph.

Team Morada is out of the race because of damage that forced them to beach prior to the finish yesterday.

They did not lose a transom. One of the straps broke that attaches the rear beam to the hulls. There are two straps on the starboard side and two straps on the port side. One of the bolts that attach the inboard strap on the starboard side broke. This caused the back end of the starboard hull to kind of fishtail, working the other strap to the point where it probably would have failed, as well.

We still do not know whether this damage happened coming in through the surf on Wednesday night or going out through the surf on Thursday morning....or what.

It is a very unusual kind of failure.