Team Vodafone Sailing are hoping to mark the 30th anniversary of the Coastal Classic by setting a race record.
The crew on board the big red trimaran are aiming for an ambitious time of six hours and 22 minutes, which they have calculated as the theoretical best time they could complete the 119-nautical-mile journey under the predicted weather conditions.
That would eclipse the race record of six hours, 43 minutes and 32 seconds set by Alfa Romeo in 2009.
But the first challenge for Team Vodafone has been making it to the startline. Following repair work the boat was still devoid of its rig late on Wednesday, with the weather not allowing them to step the mast before yesterday.
But even though they probably won't get to hoist sails until just before race start, skipper Simon Hull is confident they will be ready for the gun off Devonport Wharf at 10am today.