Hi everyone,

We are current 240 miles from Bermuda with a strong south-south westerly enabling us to go upwind almost straight at bermuda. Everyone is working hard and sleeping well to get us to bermuda as fast as possible. If everything holds up the way it is now, we expect to get into bermuda somtime between sunset tuesday and very early wednesday morning.

Hope all is well back home,
The crew of Barra

24 Hours After The Start

To Friends and Family,
Hello from everyone on Barra. Everything is going great. We started the race yesterday with a moderate (12-16kt) south westerly breeze. After a couple of tacks to get out of Narraganset Bay we started on starboard tack, heading just low of a beat. Except for a brief tack in middle of the night, we've continued on starboard ever sense. Last night the sky was clear and the stars filled the sky until a bright moon arose. While the sky was nice the wind unfortunatley did come down quite a bit. This morning we were accompanied by a whale for about an hour. The wind is currently averaging around 8 kts and is still coming from around the southwest.
Position at 1345 EST: 39 degrees 12.6 N; 69 degrees 56.2 W
Cheers,
The crew of Barra

Race Start

Newport Bermuda Race

The day has finally come. Barra and crew are ready. They leave Jamestown, R. I this a.m. and head to Newport where they will join their class at the starting line. 215 boats make up the entire fleet! Log in to iboattrack.com to watch the action! GO BARRA and crew; Louis, Paul, Geoff, Tyler, Pete, Rob, Frank, Bobby, and Stuart! You have all worked so hard to make this day possible. Thank you, everyone, for making our dream become a reality with the start of the Newport Bermuda Race!

Newport