AWOL

We haven't had an update from the boys since yesterday morning but for any of you who may be concerned they were still alive and in progress at 6:50am this morning after what looks like a 2.5 hour nap! At the last checkpoint they were coming 51 out of 101 teams, though over a dozen teams have already dropped out. Hopefully will have news from them when they cross the finish line sometime tomorrow...


Sykes is quoted pre-race in the San Marcos Daily Record:

One crew that doesn’t have near that experience is the unlimited five-man British crew, who hadn’t seen much of the River past Palmetto State Park before the start of the race. In fact much of the race will be full of surprises for the British.“It might take us more than a year to finish,” crew member William Sykes said. The British raised 30,000 dollars for charity by doing the race and will compete in a boat that won the TWS in 1998, part of Bugge’s fleet. As for the Brits’ token attempt to convince Bugge to ride with them, it was short lived. “He took one look at us and said no way,” Sykes said.