School Children get to experience life onboard a Mini Transat yacht

10:20 PM Sat 24 Sep 2011 GMT

' www.brainchild.org.au set for the Mini Transat 6.50' scott cavanough Click Here to view large photo

With less then a day to go before the start of the 18th Edition of the Mini Transat Scott Cavanough has had an extremely busy couple of days, squeezing in the last of the race preparations, while being part of the race village which is open to the public.

He has also been able to show the school children, who painted his drawing for his main sail and is part of a program called Label Blue where school children from France, Spain and Brazil get to be part of the race and follow a competitor. They get to make a painting which is stuck to the competitor's mainsail for the race. Scott was able to give the 30 school children a chance to take a look inside his yacht Brainchild.org.au and get to experience life inside the small ocean going vessel. The children had many questions about where he would sleep and what he would eat on his journey. They enjoyed their time inside the cramped quarters and having seen the boat they now understand much more about the race and the experience left then eager to follow Scott's journey.

With time ticking away Scott has done as much as he can to prepare for his biggest challenge yet. He has also been very lucky to gain the support of Toll Australia who is also responsible for returning the fleet back to France after their race. This is the second time Toll Logistics has returned the fleet back to France; they were also resonpsible for shipping the fleet of France's largest Atlantic race, the Route du Rhum, back to that country.

You can follow Scott's progress and keep up to date with all the news of the race at www.charentemaritime-bahia.transat650.net/en/

Scott is also aiming to raise $10,000 dollars for www.brainchild.org.au All the information can be found at the website.

by Scott Cavanough and Sail-World.com