Where have you been?

During the Queen Mary Regatta the racing was actually quite close. As an open water event I assumed we would be near our competition for about twenty minutes and then wouldn't see another boat until we reached the finish line. We were only alone, however, for a short period of the race. At the beginning several of the boats in our group (ours included) crisscrossed at quite close quarters. Everyone was trying to find the best wind so there was quite a bit of jockeying for position. As you can see from this photo the boats were indeed quite close.


As the race played out everyone found their lines and the boats separated. We were never really alone as there were boats pretty evenly spaces along the course. The fasters boats from behind eventually caught up to us as we caught up with the slower boats in front of us. Here is a photo of one of the faster boats pulling off into the distance.