Welcome to BIRC 2009! Today’s racing is going to start at 8:45am, with the final race to start at 4:20pm and over the course of the day there will be 32 races starting. Every race is nearly at full capacity so it promises to be a busy day!

Key features this year:

- Live race video. This is the view and audio from Race Control - you can see the video on this page

- Skierg 500m race. The new Concept2 Skierg is going to have its first race event at BIRC - a gruelling 500m ski-off for 8 people at a time

- Live Rowpro internet race against worldwide competitors

- Live blog reporting on the BIRC experience and some of the races.

If you’re not here, sit back relax and enjoy!