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1 FINAL STANDINGS Run Date: 05/06/2012 (PDT) Page 1 =========================================================================== FINISH TIME ELPS TIME CORR TIME DIF 2 STDGS YACHT TYPE dd/hh:mm:ss hhh:mm:ss hhh:mm:ss SOC FIRST CL FL =========================================================================== RAGE WYLIE7 06/20:57:10 391:57:10 323:47: : BEAU GESTE FARR80 04/18:09:22 341:09:22 341:09: : Yachts listed: 2 05/06/ :03:56 Please note the CORRECTED time in days/hours/minutes/seconds is: Rage 13 days 11 hours 47 minutes 11 seconds Beau Geste 14 days 05 hours 09 minutes 22 seconds

2 05/06/12 Run Date: 05/06/2012 (PDT) Page 1 DST CORR STDGS AVE 24H 24H FIN TIME/ ID YACHT LAT LON 2GO TIME CL FL SOC DOC SOC ETA ** A BEAU GESTE FINISHED 341:09: /18:09:22 B RAGE :52: /20:02 ** Yachts listed: 2 05/06/ :00:33 From Position: S, W Wind: 12kts. Pressure: 29.77" Sky: few clouds Air temp.: 79F Sea Light east swell Last night at approx. 9:45pm PDT, Rage collided with a whale - double impact, bringing her to a halt. No injuries occurred and no damage found, we continued on our way. At 3:00am PDT this morning we passed Mataiva and headed toward Tahiti. We will be making our 100 mile report in a few hours.

3 05/05/12 Run Date: 05/05/2012 (PDT) Page 1 DST CORR STDGS AVE 24H 24H FIN TIME/ ID YACHT LAT LON 2GO TIME CL FL SOC DOC SOC ETA ** A BEAU GESTE FINISHED 341:09: /18:09:22 B RAGE :42: /21:52 ** Yachts listed: 2 05/05/ :29:33 Beau Geste finished the race Friday evening. Position: S, W Wind: 10 kts Pressure: 29.75" Sky: few clouds, air temp 81F Seas: light east swell Steady but light breeze all day. After nearly two days on a single spinnaker we are back to jib.

4 05/04/12 Run Date: 05/04/2012 (PDT) Page 1 DST CORR STDGS AVE 24H 24H FIN TIME/ ID YACHT LAT LON 2GO TIME CL FL SOC DOC SOC ETA ** A BEAU GESTE :17: /22:17 ** B RAGE :16: /00:26 ** Yachts listed: 2 05/04/ :38:14 Beau Geste Position Report 05/04/ ,38 S 148,47 Barr 1008 Swell calm with a easterly direction Finally got moving a little bit today and fingers crossed we are into the breeze again not much but enough to get us going!!! Position: S, W Wind: 11 kts. Pressure: 29.73" Air temp.: 79F Sky: few clouds Seas: calm Would be happy to send some wind to Beau Geste, except there is very little of it and we are using every last bit.

5 05/03/12 Run Date: 05/03/2012 (PDT) Page 1 DST CORR STDGS AVE 24H 24H FIN TIME/ ID YACHT LAT LON 2GO TIME CL FL SOC DOC SOC ETA ** A BEAU GESTE :33: /11:33 ** B RAGE :25: /02:35 ** Yachts listed: 2 05/03/ :16:32 R/C Note - the 0600 Yellowbrick tracking position for Rage was not available, Rage's position above is from their regular 0600 check-in and position report . Beau Geste Position Report /05/03/ ,07 S W Wind 2.0 knots Barr 1007 Seas flat All well on board but very disappointed in current conditions came for some trade wind sailing and we get becalmed for 3 days, Thatís sailing!! I am glad one of us are still enjoying some good sailing Position: S, W Wind: 10 kts., Pressure: Air temp.: 78F Sky: clear Seas: light east swell

6 05/02/12 Run Date: 05/02/2012 (PDT) Page 1 DST CORR STDGS AVE 24H 24H FIN TIME/ ID YACHT LAT LON 2GO TIME CL FL SOC DOC SOC ETA ** A BEAU GESTE :56: /18:56 ** B RAGE :48: /03:58 ** Yachts listed: 2 05/02/ :23:38 Beau Geste 0600 position report 01/02/ ,34 S 147,42 W knots Barr 1007 Swell light Position: S, W Wind: 8kts. Pressure: Air temp.: 77F Sky: clear Sea: calm Smooth sailing on the southern ocean under a waxing moon. This must be what cruising sailors dream of. Equator crossing was uneventful. On watch crew reported that the dashed line was clearly visible on the water as we crossed.

7 05/01/12 Run Date: 05/01/2012 (PDT) Page 1 DST CORR STDGS AVE 24H 24H FIN TIME/ ID YACHT LAT LON 2GO TIME CL FL SOC DOC SOC ETA ** A BEAU GESTE :43: /03:43 ** B RAGE :00: /03:10 ** Yachts listed: 2 05/01/ :52:34 Beau Geste Position 0600 report 05/01/ ,16S W 2.0 knots, Barr 1006,Swell 1 foot, Well the fun times have stopped no wind sails flapping!! So close but so far to the finish All is well Position: N, W Wind: 13 kts.,pressure: 29.68", Air temp.: 76F Sky: mostly clear overhead with a fringe of low clouds near the horizon Seas: nearly calm A day and night of firsts! Entered the ITCZ and saw the southern cross last night. Cross the equator later today and expect to be called before King Neptune to explain our presence. Hope that our sacrifice to him several days ago (some fine old single-malt) will have him in a good mood.

8 04/30/12 Run Date: 04/30/2012 (PDT) Page 1 DST CORR STDGS AVE 24H 24H FIN TIME/ ID YACHT LAT LON 2GO TIME CL FL SOC DOC SOC ETA ** A BEAU GESTE :50: /01:50 ** B RAGE :55: /14:05 ** Yachts listed: 2 04/30/ :46:25 Beau Geste Position report 04/30/2012 3,37 S 148,13W 9.7 knots,barr 1006, Swell confused 2-3 feet Looks like a light day of sailing ahead today, Had a nice ceremony for all pollywogs as well!!! All is well Good Morning, Position: N, W Wind: 20 kts, Pressure: inches,sky: clear,temp: 75F Seas: decreasing height swells

9 04/29/12 Run Date: 04/29/2012 (PDT) Page 1 DST CORR STDGS AVE 24H 24H FIN TIME/ ID YACHT LAT LON 2GO TIME CL FL SOC DOC SOC ETA ** A BEAU GESTE :50: /00:50 ** B RAGE :27: /09:37 ** Yachts listed: 2 04/29/ :16:06 Beau Geste 0600 position Report 04/29/2012 1,04N knots, Barr 1006, Swell 3-5 feet Had a great 72 hr of sailing but now as we approach the equator the breeze is dying and will still light for the next 2 days >. position n 12 16, w wind 27kts, pressure 29.84, air temp 73, sky overcast seas moderate confused

10 04/28/12 Run Date: 04/28/2012 (PDT) Page 1 DST CORR STDGS AVE 24H 24H ID YACHT LAT LON 2GO TIME CL FL SOC DOC SOC A BEAU GESTE :20: B RAGE :54: Yachts listed: 2 04/28/ :17:10 Beau Geste 0600 position Report 04/28/12 6,27 N 145,19 W knots Barr 1008 Sea / Confused 8-10 feet NE swell All is well, Starting to get a little bit sticky down below still maintaining good speeds but looks slow for the last few days!!! Position: N, W Wind 16 kts. Pressure: inches Sky: overcast Temperature: 68 Seas: swells from NE and W

11 04/27/12 Run Date: 04/27/2012 (PDT) Page 1 DST CORR STDGS AVE 24H 24H ID YACHT LAT LON 2GO TIME CL FL SOC DOC SOC A BEAU GESTE :02: B RAGE :13: Yachts listed: 2 04/27/ :38: position Report for Beau Geste 13,03 N 141, Knots, Swell NNE, Barr 1013 All is well, Little bit harder yesterday to have our happy hour doing 18knots but managed, Looks like we will maintain these speeds for the next 34 hours Position: N, W Wind: 19kts. temp.: 65F, Pressure: 30.12, Sky: overcast, Seas: N 6-8 ft.

12 04/26/12 Run Date: 04/26/2012 (PDT) Page 1 DST CORR STDGS AVE 24H 24H ID YACHT LAT LON 2GO TIME CL FL SOC DOC SOC A BEAU GESTE :02: B RAGE :53: Yachts listed: 2 04/26/ :34: position Report for Beau Geste 04/26/ , 09 N 138, 17 W Wind knots, Barr 1017, Swell from the North 4-7 feet All is well on board had a our first prober happy hour yesterday afternoon the cheese / dips and meet come out with some crackers and some chilled New Zealand white lets hope for another day of fine sailing today Position: N, W Wind: 12kts. Pressure: 3005 inches,sky condition: scattered clouds,sea condition: swell NW 4-6 ft. Good run yesterday/last night. Under spinnaker now. Counting the miles until the halfway party.

13 04/25/12 Run Date: 04/25/2012 (PDT) Page 1 DST CORR STDGS AVE 24H 24H ID YACHT LAT LON 2GO TIME CL FL SOC DOC SOC A BEAU GESTE :38: B RAGE :17: Yachts listed: 2 04/25/ :37:05 Position: N, W Wind: 13 kts. Pressure: inches Temperature: 59F Sky: overcast to broken Seas: relatively calm Good consistent wind for a while now,although not in the direction and speed forecast. Skies and cloud patterns starting to look tropical. Two different pods of porpoises playing with us yesterday. One looked to be at least 50 members. Beau Geste 0600 position report 04/25/12 22,34 N 135,11 W Wind 13knots Barr 1016 All is well starting to warm up today will be in shorts and a shirt breeze has started to lift so hopefully another 6-8 hours then a gybe then head towards Tahiti NW swell

14 Untitled LOS ANGELES TO TAHITI 04/24/12 Run Date: 04/24/2012 (PDT) Page 1 DST CORR STDGS AVE 24H 24H ID YACHT LAT LON 2GO TIME CL FL SOC DOC SOC A BEAU GESTE :25: B RAGE :47: Yachts listed: 2 04/24/ :18:55 Position 0600 HKG ,33 N 131,28 W Wind Direction 11.0Knts Westerly Swell Barr 1012 Squally night breeze from 11knots to 27 knots All is well on Board Position: N, W Wind: 20 kts. Sky: broken clouds Pressure: Sea: confused Looks like we finally found the real wind, on to Tahiti. Page 1

15 04/23/12 Run Date: 04/23/2012 (PDT) Page 1 ============= DST CORR STDGS AVE 24H 24H ID YACHT LAT LON 2GO TIME CL FL SOC DOC SOC ============= A BEAU GESTE :19: B RAGE :00: Yachts listed: 2 04/23/ :28: PDT N 30,18 W 127,56 2. Wind Direction 5.4 knots barr 1011 flat water with a NW Swell cold morning All well on board Regards Beau Geste Position: N, W Wind 10kts., temperature: 54F Sea: smooth Pressure: inches Sky overcast Very smooth ride during the night with a little light rain.

16 RAC 04/22/12 Run Date: 04/22/2012 (PDT) Page 1 ============================================================================== DST CORR STDGS AVE 24H 24H ID YACHT LAT LON 2GO TIME CL FL SOC DOC SOC A BEAU GESTE :47: B RAGE :21: Yachts listed: 2 04/22/ :27: PDT N 31,48, W 124, foot W to NW swell,fog, Wind is from Barr 1010 Mild night, But a very Dark night, All well on board we still have managed to stay in some breeze and keep moving along All well on board Good morning all, 0600 position is: N, W Wind 9 kts. temp. 53F Swells are 12 to 18 inches Pressure 29.83, fog Broke out of the fog into sunshine at 1720 PDT yesterday. It lasted until shortly after dark, then back into the fog. At least we saw the stars for a short while.

17 RACE 04/21/12 Run Date: 04/21/2012 (PDT) Page 1 DST CORR STDGS AVE 24H 24H ID YACHT LAT LON 2GO TIME CL FL SOC DOC SOC A BEAU GESTE :49: B RAGE :31: Yachts listed: 2 04/21/ :27: PDT 32,51N 120,15 W foot W to NW swell,fog, Wind is from 170@7.6 Knots Barr 1011 Cold night, with a lot of moisture, looking forward to some sun (but might be a little while before we get that!!!) All well on board Regards Beau Geste Position: N, W Wind 9kts. Sea: swell 2-3 ft. Sky: fog/overcast, air temp: 49F Pressure: inches

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