HAPPY NEW YEARS LAT 08 29.9S LONG 155 02.2E DTF 3700 ETA 14 JAN 2012 WEATHER LIGHT AND VARIABLE, CLOUD 2/8 CAOTIC, 1002.5 For the past day we have been sailing in near perfect sailing conditions with a perfect breeze from the north blowing us along at a good 6 kts in the right direction. [...]
Archive for December, 2011
GOLD COAST 310600ZDEC11 SKED AND BLOG – HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYBODY!
Posted: December 31, 2011 in Uncategorized0
LAT 10 41.1S LONG 154 41.6E DTF 3650nm ETA 0600 23 Jan 2012 WEATHER Wind 303@14ts Sea modearate, swell N1m Cloud 7/8 various, Baro 1003.1 Over the past 24hrs Gold Coast Australia has seen a myryd of conditions. Shortly sending my last blog the a large cloud bank developed to the north and as we [...]
Anybody who has been watching the race on the tracker would have noticed that at the 1200 sked we were placed in 9th position. This is due to the position of the waypoints used by the race officials so it is not surprising that now we are through the scoring gate we have a 30nm [...]
LAT 13 15.0S LONG 153 17.8E DTF 3580nm ETA 0600 28 Jan 2012 WEATHER Wind 000@13 Sea moderate NE 1m Swell Confused Cloud 6/8 developing, Low Cl, High St, High Ci, Baro 1019 falling SKIPPERS BLOG The wind at the moment is not playing the game for Gold Coast Australia, it seems like our friend [...]
GOLD COAST 270600ZDEC11 SKED AND SKIPPERS BLOG – LIGHT WINDS AND LAUGHTER
Posted: December 28, 2011 in UncategorizedLAT 15 24.3S LONG 154 39.5E DTF 3705nm ETA 0600Z 28 JAN 11 WIND 320@5.5kts, Sea Calm, Swell South 1m, Cloud 5/8 Stratus, Baro 1001.0 SKIPPERS BLOG The past day has been a mixture of perfect sailing conditions and frustrating oscillating light winds and extreme heat as we try to make miles to windward towards [...]
GOLD COAST 270600ZDEC11 SKED AND SKIPPERS BLOG – STOPPING THE LEAK
Posted: December 27, 2011 in UncategorizedLAT 16 58.6S LONG 154 20.3 DTF 3778 WIND 240@7KTS SEA CALM SWELL 180@1M BARO 1001.9 CL0UD 2/8 Mares Tails Gold Coast Australia has been experiencing fantastic sailing conditions as we head north in the Coral Sea towards PNG. The perfect conditions have allowed us to carry out some maintenance on the boat and rectify [...]
GOLD COAST AUSTRALIA 260001Z SKED AND SKIPPERS BOXING DAY SPECIAL BLOG
Posted: December 26, 2011 in UncategorizedLAT 20 48.8S LONG 153 03.5E DTF 4150 ETA 0600z 28 Jan 11 COG 000 SOG 12 SKIPPERS BLOG WIND 207@20kts Sea Moderate S 1m Swell S 3m Cloud 1/9 Baro 1003.3 rising As the rest of the Australian offshore fleet lines up for the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race and are expecting 25kts from [...]
Just a picture from Christmas.. yes we were wearing santa hats!
