Tracking

So, I thought I'd jot down some notes during the Great Texas 300 Catamaran Race this year. I'm not 'in' the race per se, but half the adventure of the Great Texas is surviving the landlocked support crew that travels along with the race. Also, trying out some new technology. I can track my progress on www.blackberrytracker.com this year. Some of the boats will be tracking their progress live using an Epirb type device called SPOT. It's the same device used by Bear Grylls on Man vs. Wild tv show. You can track me by going to the BlackBerry Tracker website above, creating a free login, and searching for 'hotshot38'. Sorry, it's the best I can do for free.

Steve Piche, the race's founder, can be tracked here. Also, at the end of the race, Phillipe B. will combine all the tracks from each boats standard GPS and load it into his computer program so that the race can be replayed. It should be interesting to compare the progress of boats that stay near shore vs. those who choose the offshore path in realtime. We are still working out a way to tie in the photographs with the GPS tracking program so that you can see thumbnails of the boats relative to the position they were in at the time.