Sailing with 'Sophisticated Lady'

Hi Everyone

I know it's been a while since last update... I'll get some out to catch up soon from the trip down to Virginia from Toronto, it was quite a ride! Meantime, just wanted to send out a quick update that we are finally getting underway today and leaving the docks in Hampton destined for the Caribbean! The Rally has been great, but keeping us all very busy, in addition to all the usual boat preparation that is required for an offshore passage. 'Sophisticated Lady' is in great shape, and she's ready to go!

Something new this year is the addition of satellite tracking devices on all the Rally boats. This is a very cool feature for those of you that like to track our positions, you will actually be able to see a picture of our boat from space that is updated every 4 hours! The website is at www.Carib1500.com and at the top of the page there is a link to the boat positions. Follow that link and at the new page you will see a list of all the boats and their Rally classes. 'Sophisticated Lady' is in Class 2 so click on that link and it will take you to the live chart with all the boats positions in our class. Once there, if you look at the top right corner of the chart there is an option to switch to satellite view from chart view, click on that and then you'll be looking at the live picture. We are the burgundy arrow and if you grab the picture and center the arrow in the screen, then you can zoom right in and you will see a picture of 'Sophisticated Lady' taken from space that is updated every 4 hours... very cool! We have tried it already and we can literally see the boat docked in the slip at the marina!

Give it a try, let us know how it works for you, and we'll do our best to get some updates out soon... satphone willing!

This link should get you to the chart page, then you'll just have to select satellite view and zoom in... if not just follow the link described above.

http://www.carib1500.com/c1500/2007positionsR2.htm

Take care and we'll talk to you soon!