Melbourne to Osaka Double Handed Yacht Race 2013. Thursday 25th. The first three boats are now berthed at Hokko Yacht Club and Cadibarra is in Osaka Bay with less than 20 miles to go. At the 6.00 am sked they had a 10 knot north westerly and were busy dodging the heavy traffic.

Spirit of Downunder now has less than 160 miles to go – strong northerlies were forecast last night but now they can expect the wind to go west at about 20 knots.

Gusto is inside 500 miles from the finish and reports “all well”, Turbulence, in a 15 knot south easterly has 9 knots of boat speed and advised “fit as fiddles”.

Funnelweb reported by satphone this morning having had reception problems for the last 2 days – they are about 70 miles behind Gusto and the tracker will be updated with that position soon. Ivan reports they are both fine with no problems (other than communication!)

Kiss Goodbye to MS is 125 miles north west of Saipan enroute to Osaka, 70 miles ahead of Southern Cross.