Oh, by the way; Pirates-we screwed you over :-) As long as one boat finishes within the time limits, there is NO limit for any other finishing boats. I had to go look that up this morning. Lesson learned: don't listen to those losers already under tow and thirsty for the beer on shore.
Big time bummer. After technically not finishing the day before (getting plucked out of the Bay by a mono counts as assistance I'm sure) I really wanted to finish on Sunday.
Which only confirms my point of view that when you're that close there's no point to giving up.