LAT 45 24.5 LONG 050 45.0 DTR 3133NM ETA 1200H 28 OCT 11 WIND 217@20KTS, CLOUD 8/8 CUMULOSTRATUS 100M SEA STATE 5 SWELL 250@3M SKIPPERS BLOG Life on Goldcoast Australia is a little less extreme now the winds have abated and we are heading north. Whilst conditions remain a chilly 7deg outside during the day [...]
Archive for February, 2012
LAT 20 27.7 LONG 25 32.3 DTR 2759 SKIPPERS BLOG Since breaking free of the doldrums yesterday Goldcoast Australia has had her spinnaker up and has been flying downwind on a east south easterly course on the great circle route to Capetown at speeds of between 10 and 20 knots. My home is at 42 [...]
9/10 LAT 40 02.7S LONG 27 29.0E DTR 4200 ETA 0600 28 Oct 11 SKIPPERS BLOG In the past few hours Goldocast Australia passed 40 degrees south and entered the southern ocean at about the same time the wind dropped 10kts. The last 24 hours we have seen extremely shifty conditions with wind direction varying [...]
WHILE IN QINGDAO I WILL BE UNDERGOING SOME WEBSITE MAINTENANCE PUTTTING UP OLD BLOGS, IT SHOULD BE SOME INTERESTING READING, BUT NORMAL SKEDS AND BLOGS WILL RESUME ON THE 4TH OF MARCH. CHEERS RICH
LAT 25 35S LONG 028 12W DTR 3200 SKIPPERS BLOG 04OO Thismorning I was called on deck to make some tactical decisions and throw in a gybe, I decided to break into my emergency “(IN CASE OF EMERGENCY BREAK GLASS)” coffee.,.. BAD MOVE Ive been feeling sick ever since with gastro, and even threw up [...]
LAT 29 02.0 LONG 018 52.0 DTR 3420 SKIPPERS BLOG. Goldcoast Australia has retained the lead over the past 12 hours dispite numerous halyard problems. Being the inventive Australians, we will not be beaten and have come up with many solutions for chafe prevention, and solutions on how to fix the problems with limited equipment [...]
LAT 28 14.0 LONG 3858.0 DTR 2980 Monday afternoon Goldcoast Australia hoisted their medium weight spinnaker that was expertly repaired by UK Santa Cruz Sails and made best speed for a small trough on the edge of the large high pressure system surrounding the fleet. Goldcoast Australia had high hopes that this would be the [...]
SPINNAKER WRAP IN SOUTHERN OCEAN – GOLD COAST 130600ZOCT11 SKED
Posted: February 23, 2012 in UncategorizedLAT 45 21.1S LONG 045 00.4E DTR 3380 ETA 1200I 28 Oct 11 Wind 279 @ 32kts gusting 40 Conditions Cloud 6/8 with occasional snow shower SKIPPERS BLOG The last 24 hours has been a mixture of the most beautiful fair weather sailing in the southern ocean and some of the most extreme sailing of [...]
LAT 44 02.17S LONG 140 55.87 DTF 2090 ETA 1800 24 WEATHER CLOUD 2/8 WIND 310@15 BARO 998.6 SKIPPERS BLOG A Good run for Goldcoast Australia. We are now almost most northerly boat and we are making best speed for the northern Tasmanian gate. Tomorrow we should see the rocks of Pedra Blanka sticking out [...]
LAT 44 02.17S LONG 140 55.87 DTF 2090 ETA 1800 24 WEATHER CLOUD 2/8 WIND 310@15 BARO 998.6 SKIPPERS BLOG A Good run for Goldcoast Australia. We are now almost most northerly boat and we are making best speed for the northern Tasmanian gate. Tomorrow we should see the rocks of Pedra Blanka sticking out [...]
