Last week I announced that we would be streaming live video from the starts. I with-held more information so I could legitimately test the system before I put it to the ultimate trial on the beaches of Florida.

My Verizon Droid is running a program called "Ustream Broadcaster". It will stream low quality but LIVE video over its 3g connection to a server where you, the consuming masses can view it in real time. All videos will also be uploaded to our youtube channel upon successful broadcast. We'll link to that when the first videos are uploaded and available.

Every morning, we should begin the live broadcast at just before 9:55AM. Since I am pushing TVS 2 (Tad), my lovely wife has agreed to hold the camera and catch as much action as possible during the actual starts. When we go live, an update will be made to our twitter account @velocitysailing. A couple of disclaimers I have to make:

1) Even though I'm using Verizon, I cannot guarantee that I'll have adequate data coverage to provide this at every stop. I cannot guarantee that Ustream will be a good connection for you. In other words, the whole thing could fall apart on a technical level - but I'm giving it the college try. Any complaints will be refunded their money.

2) The work will be completely amateur. Please do not complain about a shaky camera or wind noise blowing into the microphone because there's likely nothing that I can do to fix it.

3) I'm doing this because, as far as I know, no other videography is taking place for the race and this event requires that someone capture the drama on the beach as it happens.

To view the live feed - you can click the LIVE FEED tab at the top of the main page @ http://www.velocitysailing.com - or click here.