Pathfinder is the boat sailing away from the mark after rounding it (port tack). You can see the mark about mid ship on the Coast Guard cutter.

We have one more race to go and if we pull off a win in that one Skipper Ernie will have completed his third Oakland Yacht Club series with straight guns. That's fifteen races in a row without a loss. Not bad for 85 years old and on the slowest rated boat of the class. What is even mope impressive in my mind is that all of the wins have been first boat to cross the line.........ed