GOLD COAST 190600ZAUG11 SKED

19 AUGUST 2011

LAT 11 37.7N

LONG 025 43.4W

DTR 2310

COG 170

SOG 8kts

SKIPPERS BLOG

After a beautiful spinnaker during the morning Gold coast Australia finally

hit the doldrums. Half a day was spend with sails flogging with no wind

as Gold coast Australia sat becalmed and getting tossed around by the north

Atlantic and South Atlantic swells, as well as swells from the east and

west with the kite down and windseeker polled out.

Gold coast Australia made the best of the bad situation, with a bit of a

Friday afternoon party with a bit of help from the cockpit speakers,

accompanied by a swim for all those interested.

Finally, only moments ago, in the late afternoon, I sniffed a whisper of

breeze from the south west, and it was all hands on deck and a flurry of

action as the windseeker was swapped to the leeward side whilst crew

frantically hanked on the number 1 yankee headsail as there was no doubt

that the wind would only increase. 15 minutes later Gold coast Australia

was under full sail, and heading due south at eight knots seeking stronger

winds to take us to Rio.

Caption for the photo – Rich’s Angles – What doldrums??