BARRY MOORE'S ROUND THE WORLD CLIPPER RACE - 

Raising Funds for Melanoma Patients Australia

Update from Chris Moore:

Hi everyone,

With Leg 1 of the 11-12 Clipper Round the World race done and dusted, it's a good time to reflect on the race so far from a 'Team BAMO' perspective.
As you may have heard, Barry's team has just won race 2 (Madeira to Rio), which is a fantastic effort on their behalf.
The computer on Gold Coast Australia  was out of action during the initial Southampton - Madeira sector, so they were 'incommunicado' for a  
while. We quickly learnt that communication between the yachts and the rest of the world is also hampered by the lack of time for the crew to engage in  
this kind of 'luxury' plus their focus and dedication to the competitive aspects of the race.

To quote BAMO himself in one of his initial emails "Things are not exactly conducive to sending long emails but maybe I can give you some  
snippets now again ...with a 20 knot wind blowing us along at about 10 knots, it (sending emails) is a bit like trying to type in a washing machine".

Back on dry land, many of us remained glued to the Race Viewer (on the Clipper website) and watched with excitement and pride as Gold Coast
Australia won both Race 1 and 2. The Clipper Facebook pages have provided many smiles as BAMO's 'chief
blogger' Jan Dennis and I have traded comments and jibes with the family of other crew members. We have done our best to show our support and  
maintain good sportsmanship at the same time (ie. not rub it in).

All the crew are elated but exhausted after their magnificent efforts. Barry says they are really looking forward to a beer, beer, beer, steak, dry
clothes and sleeeeeeep.

As far as our fundraising for Melanoma Patients Australia is concerned, we are doing really well, but have slowed down a lot since the race  
started. The total on the Everyday Hero site is currently $7,420.00. I know some of you are planning to make a donation for each completed leg, so hopefully
that total will climb again over the next few days.

Thanks again for all your fantastic support - if you're not already doing so, can I suggest you follow the race via the Clipper website -

www.clipperroundtheworld.com and via Barry's blog

http://roundtheworldrace.blogspot.com/ - it's incredibly exciting stuff!

Regards,

Chris & Jan