With sunset, we thought it too risky to leave all our nifty speed enhancing ropes in place. The cockpit sole was a tangle of spaghetti. Instead, we would just have to rely on our experience for navigating at night. I cleaned up the mess to reduce the chance of sleepy confusion. By this point, our average speed, which had started out around 4 knots, was dropping toward 2, but we were still toward the front of the fleet!