Leg 7 about to begin

It is 11:30 on Saturday 24th May. Leg 7, which starts with a race from Port Antonio to New York, will commence at 2pm today local time (8pm UK time). We have completed all of the last minute jobs and are waiting for the departure in formation from the Errol Flynn Marine at 12 o'clock.

Simon Bradley, skipper of JAMAICA, is lead skipper for this race as the rest of the fleet lines up in formation behind JAMAICA and a Coastguard clipper.

It's at this stage that I am delighted to be handing over the web site baton to Jon Gibbard who has kindly (and no doubt reluctantly) agreed to post details of the forthcoming race. I hope to be able to send posts to Jon on a daily basis to let you know how life REALLY is on board the good ship JAMAICA but that will depend on how busy we are ....... and the dreaded mal de mer!

For me it has been a long time coming but it will be a pleasure and a privilege to join such a happy crew.

So fare you all well; we hope you enjoy our voyage just as much as we will, and see you in Cork for a big JAMAICA party before arriving back in Liverpool on 5th July.

In the meantime :

GO JAMAICA !

Photo added by Jon...sorry Nick!

Nick Jacobs