For a water skier, these still conditions would be heaven. But for weary Eco-Challenge competitors, it was the beginning of another long day of paddling – another long day with soaking wet feet.

For 39-year-old Jeremy Truebridge of Hong Kong's Team Van Eck Global [go to Team Bio], it was another day – his third day – of post-dislocation racing.

Truebridge dislocated his left shoulder near the beginning of the jungle trek, requiring emergency medical attention. On the scene, after doctors were able to painfully slip his arm back into its socket, Truebridge begged to be allowed to continue with his teammates. Race officials convinced him to seek additional treatment, explaining that he could be risking permanent damage to his body.

After receiving medical clearance back at PC 14, Truebridge, a first-time Eco-Challenger, was transported ahead to PC 18, eager to rejoin his team for the remainder of the race. He sat down at the PC station and waited. And waited. For 24 hours he sat and waited for his teammates – including fiancée Barbara Stockman – to emerge from the jungle.

When they finally arrived, the team was whole again – if a little worse for the wear. And today, they continued on their quest to finish as a foursome, re-entering the Celebes Sea on their Perahu.

"That sail will be going up as soon as we get a shift of wind," said Truebridge, a native of New Zealand.

Truebridge seemed confident in his injured shoulder. "It's holding up fine," he said.

But his teammates were less optimistic. "Well, that's what he says at least," corrected fiancée Stockman, sitting in the front of the boat. "He was in the back of the boat during the Sampan canoe, so nobody actually saw him paddling."

In truth, Truebridge was one of the more healthy looking competitors at the PC. Thirty-three-year-old teammate Dave Hulme, for example, was severely hobbled by infected feet. But Truebridge does not seem to be the type who would announce that he is in pain, so it's hard to tell just how bad he's feeling.