Author Archives: Richard Hewson

The Clipper fleet enters into there second week of racing, sailing from Qingdao, China to San Francisco, USA as they compete in the Clipper 2011/12 Round the World Yacht Race. The crew on-board Gold Coast Australia have been experiencing many challenges as we sail across the infamous North Pacific Ocean. Of these challenges one ofContinue reading “Australian Sailing Lisa Blair 28 17_3_12”

LAT 39 32.8N LONG 179 51.0W DTF 2700 ETA 4th APR 12 WEATHER WIND158@25, SEA MOD 1M, SWELL E 3M, CLOUD O/C, BARO 1039 Gold Coast Australia continues to battle to windward under storm sails making surprisingly good speed as we sail towards San Francisco in race 9 of the Clipper Round the World YachtContinue reading “GOLD COAST QIN SAN 19/200600ZMAR12 SKED CROSS DATE LINE”

DUE TO COMPUTER AND COMMS ISSUES I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO POST A DAILY BLOG UNTIL SAN FRANSISCO UNLESS I MANAGE TO FIX IT. IN THE MEAN TIME STAY TUNED TO CLIPPER WEB SITE http://www.clipperroundtheworld.com RICHARD HEWSON

LAT 38 02.0N LONG 172 55.7E DTF 3230 ETA 6 April 2012 WIND 000@20kts, Sea Rough 2m, Swell 3m, Sky 4/8 Cl St, Baro 1033? Gold Coast Australia continues under trisail as conditions are still not suitable for a safe assent of the mast to try and re-mount the mainsail track. Earlier today we decidedContinue reading “GOLD COST QIN-SAN 180600ZMAR12 SKED”

LAT 38 12.2N LONG 168 46.1E DTF 3470nm ETA 4th April 12 WEATHER WIND 030@30kts, Sea Rough 3m, Swell NE 4m, Cloud 7/8 Cl,Cb, Baro 1018 The wind continues to blow hard maintaining an amazing sea scape surrounding the boat of throthing whitecaps, breaking waves and spray as we continue under storm trisail, storm jibContinue reading “GOLD COAST QIN-SAN 17060ZMAR12 SKED”

LAT 38 33.9N LONG 164 57.1E DTF 3630 ETA 4 Apr 11 WIND 024@33kts, Sea Rough 2m, Swell NE 4m, Cloud O/C, Cb, Baro 1015.0 Gold Coast Australia has already begun to feel the effects of an intense low pressure system building to our south east. While the predicted wind this afternoon was 17-25kts weContinue reading “GOLD COAST QIN-SAN 160600ZMAR12 SKED – TRISAIL UP, MAST TRACK RIPPED OFF”

LAT 39 09.5 LONG 161 58.7 DTR 3750 ETA 04 Apr 12 WEATHER WIND 010@12kts Sea Mod, Swell Variable 2m, Cloud 4/8 Cl, Baro 1019.0 Gold Coast Australia has had another good 24 hour run as the wind has begun to abate and we race towards the scoring gate. Yesterday evening the winds began toContinue reading “GOLD COAST QIN-SAN 1450600ZMAR12 SKED”

LAT 38 34.9N LONG 157 41.5E DTF 3940 ETA 4 Apr 12 Wind 295@28kts, Sea Moderate 1m, Swell W 4m, Cloud 4/8 Cb, Baro 1021.0 Gold Coast has had a brilliant 24 hour run of over 280nm, in one 6 hour period we averaged over 14kts, which for a Clipper 68 is about as fastContinue reading “GOLD COAST QIN-SAN 140600ZMAR12 SKED”

LAT 37 39.6N LONG 152 45.1E DTR 4256 WEATHER WIND 294@30kts, Sea Rough 2m, Swell E 10m, Cloud 7/8 Cl, Baro 1009.6 The last 12 hours Gold Coast Australia has had a blitzing run in extreeme conditions, averaging around 12 knots over ground as we surf down monstrous seas in high winds. One wave stoodContinue reading “GOLD COAST QIN-SAN 130600ZMAR12 SKED”

LAT 35 23.5N LONG 148 09.1E DTR 4222 WEATHER Wind 293@30 Sea Rough, Swell NW 3m, Cloud Cl, Baro 1005.0 Its been another full on 24 hours for Gold Coast Australia as we sail in some exhilarating winds in the North Pacific Ocean and have faced a multitude of small problems. As the winds startedContinue reading “GOLD COAST QIN-SAN 120600ZMER12 SKED”