As the gun fires (far left) to start Divisions 1 and 2 Sunday, Alta Vita (right) circles back to start after running out of room at the pin end of the line. Grand Illusion (left) was almost over early. Pyewacket is in the center, to left of Pendragon 4 (red boat) and Beau Geste.

Philippe Kahn (center) and Pegasus 77 crew bid family and friends goodbye before Sunday's start..

Roy Disney (right) must be working on another film as Robbie Haines (left) and Dean Barker tune up Pyewacket for the start.

Pyewacket (foreground), with Robbie Haines at the helm and Dean Barker behind him, sail in close quarters with Pegasus 77 minutes after Sunday's start.

Dan Sinclair's Andrews 70, Renegade, from Vancouver, B.C., withdrew Monday with steering failure.

Karl Kwok's Transpac 52, Beau Geste, shown before Sunday's start, moved into first place in Division 2, boat for boat and on handicap time, and is second only to Pyewacket in the latter for the entire fleet. Gavin Brady is at far left.