GOLD COAST 060600ZAUG11 SKED

Lat 43 10.8N
Long 009 16.8W
DTR Finish 726nm
ETA Finish 10 0001Z AUG 11

After a light morning, drifting helplessly watching the following yachts
catch
up and the leading yachts break away,
Goldcoast Australia finally got the wind they wanted, and it was all hands
on
deck to change sails and get the boat back
into the correct gear to catch the leading yachts. Over the past 6 hours,
Goldcoast Australia has halved the distance
between them and the leading yachts, and now once again, the game of cat
and
mouse between Finland, New York and Goldcoast
resumes – Goldcoast being the cat!

Goldcoast Australia is currently tacking around Cabo Villano and about to
round
Cape Finistere. The wind has the boats
beating upwind and is forecasted to increase over the next few hours and
back
around towards the east. Once around Cape
Finistere, Goldcoast will tack around and start making their way down the
Portugese coast towards Maderia. The wind is
expected to contine backing to the north and there will be some exciting
running conditions ahead for the crew.

After a day relaxing in the sun, with little to do because of the light
winds
but dry out, relax and catch up on some mutch
needed sleep, ther crew are now charged, moral is high, and friday night
at the
disco of the ocean is about to commence. Go
Goldcoast!! BT