Tuesday, April 17, 2007

You Thought Sailing Moved Slowly.

Alright, fine, you just can't get all up on the America's Cup.  I don't really blame you after the second day of round robin 1 was canceled today.  Light wind will stop even the best designed boats. 

So no sailing, how about a more natural race?  11 leatherback sea turtles have been equipped with tracking backpacks for their 500 mile migration from Costa Rica to the Galapagos.  We're smack in the middle of day two (those turtles should have thought about having to share media coverage with the LVC when they scheduled this thing) and there are already some pretty clear contenders.  Stephanie Colburtle sprinted out to an early lead, but has since dropped back to third place, perhaps smartly drafting and biding her time.  All the turtles have corporate sponsors, but somehow I don't think that means their hotel rooms and meals are taken car of.  Check it out, big turtles are cool.

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