Skipper Simon Bradley looking forward to Race 9

Following the arrival of the last 2 clippers - Durban and Western Australia - into Santa Cruz, the race committee has confirmed that the race will restart tomorrow, Thursday 24 April at 1300 hours local time (2000 GMT). The next race is the longest of all the races remaining in the Clipper 07-08 series and will test the teams with strong downwind conditions to begin with followed by light and fickle winds as the fleet approaches Panama.

Having received the confirmation, skipper of JAMAICA clipper Simon Bradley (a.k.a. Clint Eastwood) sent this exclusive message to jamaicaclipper.com :

"All is going well here in Santa Cruz, the yacht is in good condition (apart from a few deck leaks!) and the crew are in good spirits (mostly rum!).

The 'new' crew are all here and we'll all be at the prize giving tonight.

Hope everything is ok with you and we're all looking forward to our arrival in Jamaica even though the stopover is being cut short.

Best regards,

Simon."

Simon and his team will be sending us regular exclusive articles about their journey down to Panama so log onto jamaicaclipper.com for daily updates of their progress.

Good luck Simon and your team and have a safe and enjoyable voyage.