JAMAICA narrows the gap

If Carlsberg made Clipper racing car parks, this would be the biggest ocean going yacht car park in the world!

We're half way through race 9 and the race has almost come to a grinding halt. Having covered on average 10 miles per hour at the start of the race, the fleet is now averaging a frustrating 3 mph as light winds and "trim, trim, trim" are the order of the day.

However, things are not all bad as JAMAICA has siezed the opportunity to move up the rankings and to reduce the overall lead. As reported yesterday, she overtook Durban to assume 8th place and now has started to rein in 7th placed Western Australia who this time yesterday was 29 miles ahead but today is only 19 miles away. Indeed yesterday we were 72 miles behind the leading boat, today that lead is down to 65 miles.

So there is still plenty of scope for JAMAICA to make more gains in the second half of the race. Watch this space for further updates and postings from the crew on board.