To say this year's LongPac has been a difficult race seems like a major understatement right now. Out of the 27 boats that started the race on Wednesday morning, only five boats are still in the race. These boats are Ragtime!, Darwind, Moonshadow, Taz!!, and Tortuga.

These boats are now retired from the race: Constellation, Joyride, Nancy, Ohana, Solar Wind, Tiger Beetle, Alchera, Archimedes, Crazy Rhythm, Culebra, Elise, Even Keel, Galaxsea, Gavilan, Grace, Humdinger, Mirage, Rainbow, Rosalita, Arcadia, Starbuck, and Xpression. I was able to talk with a few of these boats via sat phone and they each have their own reason for retiring. We will do a full write-up on each boat when they return so we get the most accurate information before posting.

It looks like Ragtime! has made the mark by this posting. Great work Bob, now bring her home!