Virtual Regatta Around Australia Record still going ahead as planned

10:29 AM Tue 10 May 2011 GMT

Ian Thomson

Whilst the actual Around Australia World Record on Brindabella has been postponed, the virtual regatta version will go ahead with a start at 1000 EST on Wednesday 11th May. To sign up click here You can break a world record online, compete against your mates or create a syndicate for your boat and race other boats. The Save Our Seas Around Australia World Record Virtual Regatta is the first such event located in Australia and as such will take sailors around this great Southern Land. Beginning in Sydney Harbour, sailors will have to sail north around several headlands, enter the reef ...

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by Ian Thomson