About to !eave the Boat Haven for the Maritime Centre. The silliness begins. I’m told the press will be there and we’ll be part of the freak show. I’ve been apprehensive about this race for months now – horror stories about storms and massive tides and sea monsters – I grew up with enough of that stuff to know better but I think apprehension is a healthy emotion and we’ll get it done. Might be the final post for a bit – may have WiFi at the Maritime Centre , and should have when we get to Victoria. The weather forecast looks reasonable, but then it did last year as well. We’ll see.