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24 Aug 2011

Gold Coast Australia has been sailing the second race for the Clipper 11-12 Round the World Yacht Race now for nine days through a variety of conditions and crossing some very tactical mile stones along the way.

24 Aug 2011

By the end of day two in the second race from Madeira to Rio de Janeiro in the Clipper 11-12 Round the World Yacht Race, I was exhausted.

23 Aug 2011

Day 8 of our first race down to Madeira ended with the birthday celebrations of crew member Patrick Cooper who was fortunate enough to be helming in idyllic sailing conditions surfing waves with regular speeds of 14 knots.

23 Aug 2011

When the gun went in Cowes at the start of the race, I started the Clipper 11-12 Round the World Yacht Race as the only professional amongst 15 amateurs on a stripped out 68-foot race boat.

18 Aug 2011

We were out walking this morning – as we do – aiming for the Post Office to check on mail.

09 Aug 2011

As the race start cannon sounded my heart skipped a beat as I realised, here we are, officially sailing in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.

09 Aug 2011

It was on a delivery towards Australia for the Sydney to Hobart Yacht race when we ran out of reading material and as usual, started to read a sailing magazine cover to cover again, this time I was reading the advertisements.

04 Aug 2011

We have had storm front after storm front here in Albany for the past week, with more set to come. By the end of this week we are told we can expect some nicer weather.

05 Jul 2011

It is cold and wet outside and all I can see from the misted up window on board my yacht Argos, are a few scattered lights on the marina.

06 Jun 2011

Well in less than one week we will be beginning our awesome adventure, we will be aboard our schooner and getting ready to sail her!