The southerly is easing but there is no sign of a sea breeze with low cloud cover and cooler conditions, so we should see a spectacular downwind start - the first in about four years - with the fleet's spinnakers set.
Many of the teams are colourful and easily recognisable this year with the Haphazard team in their usual orange and green, Wildfire dressed appropriately in red, the visitflindersisland.com team visible in bright orange and Team Whistler in their white and black "Two Countries Six Peaks" kit. The boats are now on the water getting ready to race and the crowd on the wharf is building.