year's Marion to Bermuda cruising race following the boats' departure from Buzzard's Bay on Friday.

And the first boat to cross the line isn't expected until at least early tomorrow morning.

Four Bermuda craft are in the fleet -- Paul Hubbard's Tonka which led Class B shortly after Friday's start, Derek Ratteray in Alida , Colin Couper's Vivace and Buddy Rego's Tsunami .

Skippers were told at Thursday's pre-race meeting to expect light winds for the first two days.

Meanwhile, that lack of wind continues to plague sailors on the second leg of the Bermuda One-Two race back to Newport, Rhode Island.

With a northeasterly breeze of just two knots, the 28-boat fleet weren't going anywhere fast.

"They didn't make 50 miles yesterday,'' said Jeff Spranger, chairman of the 635-mile round-trip race.

The event began on June 6 from Narragansett Bay, and the first boat, Alan Brutger's Mountain Sky Magic completed the first leg to Bermuda in just over 86 hours.

The return leg, from St. George's, started last Thursday at noon, and Mountain Sky Magic is the likely leader. But that couldn't be confirmed because he's out of VHF radio range.

Of the skippers who reported on Saturday night, Ted Singsen of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, sailing the 36-foot sloop Starkeeper , was ahead of the fleet, sailing closest to the direct line to Rhode Island.

Spranger said he expected Mountain Sky Magic to arrive in Newport sometime tonight but, he added: "It's a real crap shoot. There are a lot of boats having problems going anywhere.'' Sailing the Freedom 32 Cat Sloop, Panacea , Newport sailor Peter McCrea reported that "he was just sitting there,'' said Spranger.