The 41st Regata del Sol al Sol is preparing to depart from the Saint Petersburg Yacht Club on Friday morning the 24th, at 1000hrs.  We will be racing from St. Pete Florida to Isla Mujere Mexico, a short 460 nautical miles to the southwest. It will take us about 4 days to get there.

Here is a link to the webpage for more information.

Race tracking page

http://www.mexicorace.com/

I’ll be crewing on the Elise II, which you read about in previous posts. I’ll supply more information in the coming days on who is aboard, and more importantly, how the race is going!

Through the miracle of the internet you will be able to follow the race as it progresses. Go to the link above, on the center of the Mexicorace page you will see a link for tracking the boats with iboat tracking. Just click on the link and enter our boats name, the Elise II.  *You can look at the iboat tracking page now, but not track us, as we are still in port. (you have to wait for the race to start)

We will leave on Friday morning and do our best to have a good showing on our speed run to Mexico. We took the boat out today in Tampa Bay and had a great shakedown cruise. We ran up all the sails, to include the spinnaker, just to make sure everything is in order. The Elise II was then moored at the St. Pete Yacht Club while final preparations are being made.

I’m anxious to get started, it will be a fun run-so stay tuned for the latest updates, and wish us luck!