Hi everyone
Well, at last we got the over the start line last night at 6pm: what an amazing roller-coaster of a few days here at Shamrock Quay. Last minute dramas, last minute preparations, always taking that little bit longer than everyone anticipates!
Well, to follow the race please look at the following website: http://sevenstarrbi.cyca.com.au/ and you should be able to follow the yachts progress throughout the race. They are lying 3rd and 4th in class at the moment and about mid-fleet altogether. The positions are updated every hour so I know that I will be glued to the internet for 2 weeks. The yachts are being tracked by a new device which is being tested for next years Fastnet Race. So hopefully we should be able to get lots of information about where the yachts are in relations to the others.

Puma have called in this morning and all is well onboard. They think they haven’t taken enough Loo roll so we will have to see how this develops…..hmmmm……I have just spotted 36 loo rolls here is the office………..They have little wind at the moment which was forecasted but it seems there should be more gradient wind building this afternoon, as well as some sea breeze as it is a gorgeous day down here on the south coast. They are currently doing 5 knots of boat speed so please pray to the wind gods for more wind as this is when the reflex yachts come into their own.

As soon as Jaguar calls in I will send another update. Please let me know if you are unable to get the information from the website as I can always duplicate it here on the updates for you all.

All the best

Allie