JAMAICA boldly conservative

JAMAICA is playing a waiting game.

She has followed Liverpool - currently the furthestmost westerly clipper - to the west but not in such a bold way, as the race viewer above shows. She is clearly hoping to benefit from stronger offshore winds as the forecasted lighter winds closer to the coast limit those boats who have taken up a position there, whilst hedging her bets by not being too far removed from the pack should the tactic not pay off.

She is currently 74 miles off the lead, having sailed 74 miles in the last 12 hours - coincidentally exactly the same distance as leading boat Glasgow, so speed is clearly not an issue.

The question is simply if fortune will favour the brave.

This is going to be a very close race and as winds die it may be, just may be, that our conservatively bold move has paid off.