GOLD COAST 090600ZAUG11 SKED

LAT 33 16 00N
LONG 14 44.4W
DTR 58nm
ETA 9 AUG 1330

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Another fantastic 24 hours with sun shining on Goldcoast Australia. The
creware definably in the groove for trade winds sailing now, and I doubt
they will ever want to go upwind again.

Goldcoast has not been without her shair of problems however, and at 0200
this morning it was all hands on deck at action stations to standby to
drop the Heavy weight Spinaker after one of the loops connecting the Guy
to the sheet at the end of the spinaker pole chafed through sending the
spinaker flying out of control underneath the mainsail. The crew worked
very well to get the spinaker down, the re-wooled in preparation for
another hoist.

As soon as the chafed sheet was replaced, the spinaker was back up flying
again within 15 minutes, the Goldcoast back up to her now usual cruising
speed of 10 kts.

Over the past 24 hoursGoldcoast Australia we have been completing quite a
few jobs few jobs due for
Maderia such as victualling planning, cleaning, polishing and writing
lists for stores required and improvements that can be made to the boat in
Maderia to make living onboard as comfortable as possible for the long
trip to Rio.

The crew of Goldcoast are also very well rested, which will be very handy
in Madeira because there is still plenty of work to be done before we set
sail.

We will arrive in Maderia today just after mid day, and everybody is very
excited. BT