2011 Everglades Challenge Stragglers Start 

Thanks for not focusing more on our problems (in the Lightning)! Kind of embarrassing to try and hoist the sails, only to discover a bunch of stuff that needed to have been done first. That's why we were 20 minutes late. At least we weren't the last to get underway! DonKeyHoTey (Per)

@Boatflix, no problem! I'd been running on 2 hours of sleep a night all week, and still didn't have the boat ready on time (it's not like i had a whole year to prepare or anything... oh, wait a minute... I DID have a whole year. Never mind...). But I learned a lot for next year! BTW, I sail under the extremely clever Watertribe name of SailBirdMike. Great videos!

@KayakMike1963 I couldn't wait around for the final launches! Had an urgent kayak sailing mission of my own! I'll be back too, so maybe next time!

Oh, man.... we were still on the beach at the end of the video!! AAUGH!! Clarity did launch, and we had a 12 knot sail across Tampa Bay. We didn't finish, but we learned a lot and had a great time. We'll be back!

@videotosse yes, it is a race. Google watertribe everglades challenge. They are competing in several different classes, and are going a long way. The fastest ones finish in just under two days of continuous sailing, but some take as long as a week.

Jerry Kyker, I do not know. I suggest asking on the Watertribe forum.

Looks fun. Can you tell me the make / model of the sail boat that is in 1:07 and 1:27 of your video? Thanks for sharing.

Is this some sort of race? If so how can boats so much unlike oneanother be in the same race? The competitors don't seem to be in much of a hurry :-)

@perAspera53 You're just lucky that your problems were not particularly telegenic! Good move to have a rather boring problem when near my camera! ;)