T minus 2 days to the first gun - but what time is it anyway?

Why is the alarm buzzing at 2:45AM?  While our bodies and blackberry buzzer still thinks it's the dark of night somewhere in America, the sun is up and truck backup "beeps" are already filling the air in downtown Glasgow.

Full Scottish breakfast here we come!

It's fun to be in a place that gets excited about sailing on a main street basis.  In fact, we went to the front of the customs/immigration line when the officials spied Ian wearing his Team USA jacket, and people on the street have asked about the Nationals.  Pretty cool.

Folks like Ellen MacArthur, Ben Ainsle and Team GBR sure have made sailing a front page story here.  Just this week the smashing of the West-East Transatlantic record by the Giant Trimaran Bank Populaire (with Cammas and the Groupama monster just behind) and the start of the Fastnet Race are big news!  Effective PR splashes about sailing can work, a lesson for sailors from the US...

Back to Largs.  Our is team is a bit scattered lodging-wise the first 2 days as hotels near the venue are scarce.  Looking forward to clearing measurement today, time on the water for the sailors and a team dinner tonight - haggis anyone?