Yes, it is the dampness that brings them out.
This one was leading the pack for the first three miles. When I saw it was USA, I put a hex on it. On the way back it had dropped to second place. :)
They sailed three miles up the Ria and then back again heading for the open sea on the first 5,200 nm leg of the journey to Cape Town.
In May they will be in Baltimore and New York.