The Race

The Insiders Challenge · Sep 29, 2026 · 7m

An Insiders Challenge Bonus Episode

Sherman set two flasks down on the jetty rail, one for tea, one that would stay unopened for the whole afternoon, and watched three boats pull away from the same short stretch of sand.

Bruiser had claimed the good end of the bench, the end with the sun, and was already unbothered by any of it.

“Three of them,” Sherman said, to nobody in particular, or possibly to the dog. “Same water. Same start. Watch what they do with it.”

The Start

Robyn went first, more or less by accident, because her boat had no engine to warm up and no sail to hoist. She simply…