The Argo Gold Cup held at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, Hamilton Bermuda was the latest event on the World Match Racing Tour to use the Race-Trax Match Racing solution. All the action was streamed live to the internet where spectators who had downloaded the Race-Trax Race-Viewer software could watch the racing as it happened.

With the focus very much on developing and enhancing the spectator experience trackers were placed on the match fleet of IOD's, course marks and committee boat. The data from the racing is collected second by second as it happens and streamed via the internet to Race-Trax Race-Server. Spectators who have downloaded the Race-Viewer software then log onto Race-Server to follow the racing LIVE!. 

Each match in a flight can be tracked individually with mark roundings, distance and time to next mark and boat speed - all displayed side by side for each boat using the unique Dual Trax display. Also, uniquely the software allows penalties to be displayed ensuring that both spectators and officials are kept up to date with the action on the water as it happens! Viewers can switch between the matches simply by clicking the corresponding match flags at the top of the screen.

The screen shot shows Race-Viewer Dual Trax displaying the first match in the Quarter Finals, Walker vs Monnin on the start line. Monnin is 2.3m from the line traveling at  5.2 knots 3 seconds after the gun and there are no penalties.

There was such a large demand for the live data that initially not everyone who tried to log on was able to. The team at Race-Trax worked overnight to increase the number of connections and make sure that the Race files were available for download.

"What a problem to have" commented Mike Anderson-Brown Commercial Director Race-Trax "You prepare for these events and have expectations of what is needed but obviously the popularity of the World Tour and the attraction of The Agro Cold Cup together meant we needed to increase our server capacity far beyond our initial estimate. I am delighted that so many people wanted to follow the action live."