July 23, 20:00 PST, A series of unfortunate events…

25 knots, we’re heaving to in big waves… We ran over a net, it wrapped around the keel at high speed, Wooosh……. In stopping the boat and trying to back down, the kite went in the water and wrapped around the keel. Now we are trying to get things figured out. With just two on the boat and night coming fast, safety is #1. No swimming under the boat to get rid of it. Can’t sail with the stuff on the keel or we may lose it and the boat would be upside down in a few seconds. That may be the end of our race. More later. We’ll be safe, checking on each other.