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Club Marine Brisbane to Keppel - Social Networking

5:58 AM Fri 23 Jul 2010 GMT

'Black Jack (Peter Harburg) and Evolution Racing (Ray Roberts) just after the start of the 2009 Club Marine Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race - 2010 Club Marine Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race' Suellen Hurling &copy Click Here to view large photo

Our world has dramatically changed to Generation Now. You can send an email at 3am and get a reply, use smart phones to access wireless networks everywhere you go and view intimate details on those around you on social networking sites. Yacht Racing is not immune to these changes, and some Organising Authorities have embraced the new technology to immerse 'virtual spectators' into races without ever leaving the shore. For the inaugural Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race in 2007 the race organisers Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron had competitors send sms messages which were then transfered to the race website. ...

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