17 Nov 2011

Gold Coast Australia won the start out of Geraldton and led the fleet down the Western Australian coast towards Cape Leeuwin in some fantastic and adrenalin fuelled sailing.

15 Nov 2011

The bread is rising on the top of the stove, it will be our first loaf made on board. The cabin is already filling with the wonderful aroma!

08 Nov 2011

When we first arrived in Albany it was simply the town where our yacht was moored. Nothing more and nothing less.

04 Nov 2011

Old Rabaul town, was once a jewel in a colonial crown, before it was bombed to hell in a war, then rebuilt to match it’s former glory – only to be flattened again by it’s own resident volcano.

26 Oct 2011

Dolphins accompanied us as we left the picturesque Two People's Bay early this morning on the second day of our sail to the East Coast.

25 Oct 2011

At breakfast this morning the subject was the direction of the wind - my how things have changed from our former lives!

25 Oct 2011

Gold Coast Australia was left almost becalmed off Cape of Good Hope after the start of the fourth race in the Clipper 11-12 Round the World Yacht Race.

19 Oct 2011

This week we found ourselves featured in the local Albany Advertiser newspaper.

18 Oct 2011

Week two of Race 4 in the Clipper 11-12 Round the World Yacht Race sailing from Cape Town to Geraldton in Western Australia dawned for the crew on board Gold Coast Australia with the grey landscape of the Southern Ocean.

17 Oct 2011

As the moon rose over Mount Clarence , the setting sun was casting golden, red and pink shadows over Princess Royal Harbour.