After a day off yesterday for most of the team, it is back at work this afternoon getting ready for the start of the fleet racing Act 7 tomorrow (Friday). Another beautiful clear, warm day with breeze in the low 20s. (CB says a front will pass through in the morning bringing lighter 8-15 knot breezes by race time tomorrow.)

Meanwhile the base is a beehive of activity....


Data whiz Martin Dack (AUS) and sailor (traveller) Paul "Flipper" Westlake
(AUS) climbing down the scaffolding tower (the route to and from inside the
yacht when in the cradle on shore) after double-checking that all onboard
digital systems are go for tomorrow's racing.


Sailor (midbow) Phil "Blood" Jameson (NZL) on a rigging mission.


Trevor "Rev" Berry (NZL) machining a not so top-secret part.


Low tech clothes-line does the trick for drying high-tech Henri
Lloyd sailing gear.


Lugging sails from the tender to the sail-loft tent for yet another
once-over. Pit assist Rodney Daniel (AUS), tender driver Chris
Robertson (NZL) and bowman Brad "Cob" Webb (NZL).


Team doctor Kiko Espi Escriva (ESP) performing maintenance on
Ian Vickers (NZL), who had a bit of shin scrape this morning. Kiko
says Ian will no doubt survive and thrive.


Sailmaker Dave "Little Dave" Little (NZL) doing minor repairs to a
mainsail.


Media maven Jane "Bubbles" Eagleson (USA) lining up design team
coordinator (and part-time navigator) Ian "Fresh" Burns (AUS) for
a TV interview.


Shore team's Aaron Hunter (NZL) getting ready to hose down the
hull and appendages.


Carbonologist Ian Vickers (NZL), back in action none the worse
for wear, wet-sanding the keel.


Lunch line in the back of the base...


...and the sail loft doubles as our mess hall.


Even the bikes, our main mode of transport here this week,
need the odd adjustment. Bowman Brad pimps his ride.


The locals get into the maintenance act. Malmoe is a nice,
clean town, and they have done a good job keeping the venue
spruced up as well.