Melbourne to Osaka Double Handed Race 25-4-13 1800 hours

Cadibarra crossed the finish line just before 2.40 pm today, but it was a slow and painful journey over the final 10 miles, which included being becalmed almost within sight of the finish line. A message from the crew at 12.15 said “Becalmed the last 4 hours, going nowhere, don’t wait up”.

Spirit of Downunder is next in line – 100 miles from the finish at the 6.00 pm sked – and very eager to get there! At 6.00 pm they hoped that “With a bit of luck this is our last sked”.

Gusto now has less than 400 miles to go, crew all well, and is about 140 miles ahead of Funnelweb who had an 8 knot northerly and thick fog! Funnelweb’s position on the tracker will be updated shortly.

Turbulence now with a 10 knot southerly and boat speed back to just over 5 knots is trailing Funnelweb by about 60 miles.

Kiss Goodbye to MS, after their sojourn in Saipan, still has over 1000 miles to go and is maintaining a position about 70 miles in front of Southern Cross. It will be next week before they see Osaka, but they should be there in plenty of time for the race presentations.