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Sailing into calmer waters? - 19/07/2006
Reading the voyage log for yesterday makes interesting reading (50 knots from astern!) but it looks like the weather is gojng to moderate a bit as Gipsy Moth IV gets nearer to Brisbane.
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Plenty of wind! - 17/07/2006
Gipsy Moth IV is now offshore and making her way north from Sydney. As you can read in the first entry in the Voyage Log, they have already experienced winds gusting up to force 8.
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Official Meteorologist signs on again! - 14/07/2006
After a few weeks when the Moth has been enjoying some TLC in the skilled hands of our antipodean friends, we have not been tracking the weather for the voyage. But the second half of the second circumnavigation of Gipsy Moth IV is about to start, so it's time to look at some charts again!
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Still looking good ... - 05/05/2006
The weather forecast for the recovery of Gipsy Moth IV from the reef off Rangiroa remains favourable. Reports from the team on site confirm that the swell is around 1 metre in height.
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Will the weather hold? - 04/05/2006
The weather forecast remains favourable over the weekend for the Gipsy Moth IV recovery operation. Probably the most critical issue for the team is the sea state. With an easterly wind at a round 10 knots or less, the waves around the reef should be very slight.
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Weather for the recovery operation - 03/05/2006
Gipsy Moth IV is aground at the north west corner of the Rangiroa Atoll and it is very important that the weather stays quiet over the next few days whilst the recovery operation is completed.
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South Pacific sailing - 22/04/2006
Gipsy Moth IV is about to arrive in Manihi, en route to Tahiti. The wind so far for leg 11 has been quite light, but there are stronger winds shown further south on today's weather graphic.
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Not far now - 08/04/2006
Today's weather graphic shows Gipsy Moth IV about 200 miles from Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas, nearing the end of the longest leg of her second circumnavigation.
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Last thousand miles - 03/04/2006
Gipsy Moth IV and her crew are now into the last 1000 miles of the leg from Galapagos to Marquesas Islands - and there is no sign of an end to the south east trade winds that have pushed her westward for almost the entire voyage.
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The trade winds still hold - 30/03/2006
The weather onboard Gipsy Moth IV is summed-up by yestreday's entry in the Voyage Log: "The wind, minor variations apart, is pretty well constant, the sails need little attention.."
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Half way there - 27/03/2006
Gipsy Moth IV is about half way on the longest leg of the circumnavigation and she's still got the wind over the stern - and it looks like staying there.
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They've got wind! - 22/03/2006
According to the Voyage Log they are sailing at last with a wind from astern. Just to annoy them (if they could see today's forecast chart) there is now wind all the way between the Galapagos and Marquesas. This is the problem with the doldrums - the weather can drive you mad!
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Signs of wind at last - 20/03/2006
Gipsy Moth IV has travelled south west from the Galapagos Islands and according to the Skipper's Log they have at last found some wind.
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Heading west again - 17/03/2006
The new crew on Gipsy Moth IV are anticipating a windless start to leg 10, across the Pacific from the Galapagos Islands to Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas.
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Well on their way - 09/03/2006
Gipsy Moth IV is now well on her way to the Galapagos Islands, and judging from what's written in the latest Skipper's Log, they are moving out of the area of northerly winds into a region of more light and variable winds.
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Underway at last? - 06/03/2006
If Gipsy Moth IV is at last underway after her stay in Panama, she will be enjoying (?) a brisk wind from astern.
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Variable weather ahead - 27/02/2006
It's time for another look at the Pacific weather ahead for Gipsy Moth IV on the next leg of the circumnavigation, which will take them to the Galapagos Islands.
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