JAMAICA maintains her lead

This morning's 06:00 posting confirmed JAMAICA has maintained her 20 mile lead over Glasgow with both teams matching each other's speed over water.

With another week's sailing ahead of the fleet they are currently experiencing very high seas as they pass Taiwan to their port (left) side. The weather files show the wind strengthening to 30 to 35 knots and coming more northerly over the next 24 hours, and then not abating until the early hours of Monday. This will mean a very uncomfortable weekend of tacking into the wind and a bumpy ride ahead.

For team JAMAICA if they can continue to keep their nose ahead and maintain the position they have enjoyed for more than a week it will be a very happy arrival in Qingdao; a podium (dare we imagine a 1st place?) finish would be just what the hardest working team in the Clipper 07/08 race deserves.

Go JAMAICA !