After a tear was observed in our mainsail leach yesterday evening the spinnaker was taken down and replaced by a Yankee 1, followed by the mainsail being bought to the deck and replaced by a trisail leaving us ploding along at a mear 6kts. Teams were sent to work fixing the tear which was just [...]
Archive for January 8, 2012
GOLD COAST UP AND RUNNING AGAIN – LOTS OF CATCHING UP TO DO
Posted: January 8, 2012 in Uncategorized0
A typical scene in the ITCZ – chaotic clouds
LAT 07 18.0N LONG 144 25.7E DTF 2555 ETA 0600 25 JAN 2012 COG 270 SOG 10 WEATHER Wind 066@20kts, Sea Moderate 0.5m, Swell 000@2m, 060@1.5m, Cloud 4/8, Baro 1004.7 Gold Coast continues sailing in fantastic sailing conditions north of the fleet towards the next waypoint at the eastern edge of the Celebes Sea accross [...]
