Previous Diary Entries
2017
Jun 2017
2016
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Friday 9th June
Fri 9 Jun 15:37
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Thursday 8th June: Election Day
Thu 8 Jun 14:39
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Wednesday 7th June
Wed 7 Jun 14:36
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Tuesday 6th June
Tue 6 Jun 15:34
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Monday 5th June
Mon 5 Jun 14:03
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Sunday 4th June
Sun 4 Jun 12:14
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Saturday 3rd June
Sat 3 Jun 15:01
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Friday 2nd June
Fri 2 Jun 13:29
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Pictures from the Azores
Wed 31 May 19:29
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Passage to Horta
Fri 26 May 17:14 -
Friday 19th May: In Port
Fri 19 May 13:48
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Thursday 18th May
Thu 18 May 14:48
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Wednesday 17th of May
Wed 17 May 15:30
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Tuesday 16th May
Tue 16 May 16:30
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Monday 15th May
Mon 15 May 16:22
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Sunday 14th May
Sun 14 May 14:55
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Saturday 13th May
Sat 13 May 14:47
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Friday 12th of May
Fri 12 May 14:27
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Thursday 11th May
Thu 11 May 17:20
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Wednesday 10th May
Wed 10 May 19:26
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Tuesday 9th of May
Tue 9 May 17:22
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Monday 8th of May
Mon 8 May 18:31
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Sunday 7th of May
Sun 7 May 15:26
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Saturday 6th May - no longer in the tropics
Sat 6 May 16:59
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5th May
Fri 5 May 16:26
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Thursday 4th of May
Thu 4 May 16:27
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3rd of May 2017 - homeward bound
Wed 3 May 11:40
Dec 2016
2015
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Thursday 15th December
Thu 15 Dec 19:28
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Saturday 8th October
Sat 8 Oct 22:40
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Friday 7th October
Sat 8 Oct 22:33
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Thursday 6th October: back in soundings
Thu 6 Oct 17:08
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Wednesday 5th October
Wed 5 Oct 19:38
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Tuesday October 4th
Tue 4 Oct 20:24
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Monday 3rd October, off the mouth of the Amazon
Mon 3 Oct 21:14
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Sunday 2nd October
Sun 2 Oct 19:17
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Saturday 1st October
Sat 1 Oct 15:15
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Friday 30th September
Fri 30 Sep 15:33
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Thursday 30th sept: on passage towards French Guyana
Thu 29 Sep 12:08
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Sunday 25th September: Fernando de Noronha
Sun 25 Sep 14:34
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saturday 24th September
Sat 24 Sep 21:13
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Friday 23rd September
Fri 23 Sep 15:34
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Thursday 22nd September
Thu 22 Sep 15:08
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Wednesday 21st September
Wed 21 Sep 15:37
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Tuesday 20th September, off Salvador
Tue 20 Sep 15:16
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Monday 19th September, tacking North
Mon 19 Sep 15:29
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Sunday 18th September 2016
Sun 18 Sep 15:10
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Change of plan and bound N again
Sat 17 Sep 15:27
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Monday 11th April - Marina Bracuhy
Fri 15 Apr 13:21
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Sunday 10th April; - moving round Isla Grande
Sun 10 Apr 19:16
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Friday 8th of April: Sailing to Isla Grande
Sat 9 Apr 13:16
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Rio
Fri 8 Apr 01:48 -
Buzios and arrival in Rio
Sat 2 Apr 20:58
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Wednesday 23rd March - Arrived in Buzios & photos from Vitoria
Wed 23 Mar 22:13
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Monday 21st March: Leaving Vitoria
Mon 21 Mar 19:38 -
Sunday 13th March: Vitoria
Sun 13 Mar 19:13
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Saturday 12th March
Sat 12 Mar 18:40
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Friday 11th March: Off the Abrolhos
Fri 11 Mar 16:38
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Thursday March 10th: on passage south
Thu 10 Mar 18:12
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Photos from Itaparica
Tue 8 Mar 19:51 -
Photos of the river Paraguaçu
Mon 7 Mar 22:41 -
Salavador: some photos of boat fettling
Sun 6 Mar 18:55 -
Passage to Brazil: photos
Sun 6 Mar 18:14 -
Saturday 6th March: Up the river Paraguaçu
Sun 6 Mar 11:13
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Brazil: Week 1. Itaparica
Fri 4 Mar 22:43
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Saturday 27th February: All secure in Bahia Marina, Salvador
Sat 27 Feb 22:28
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Friday 26th February: Land Ho;
Fri 26 Feb 18:34
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Thursday 25th February
Thu 25 Feb 18:41
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Wednesday 24th February
Wed 24 Feb 20:10
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Tuesday 23rd February
Tue 23 Feb 19:44
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Sunday 21st February: maybe in the tades again
Sun 21 Feb 17:58
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Saturday 20th February
Sat 20 Feb 18:40
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Friday 19th February: Voyage part two.
Fri 19 Feb 18:49
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Thursday 18th February: Polywogs no longer!
Thu 18 Feb 16:53
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Wednesday 17th February
Wed 17 Feb 18:32
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Tuesday 16th February: No doldrums yet
Tue 16 Feb 17:07
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Monday 15th February
Mon 15 Feb 19:19
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Sunday 14th February
Sun 14 Feb 18:08
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Saturday 13th February: On passage
Sat 13 Feb 14:04
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Friday 12th February : on passage
Fri 12 Feb 16:10
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Thursday 11th February: leaving for Salvador in Brazil
Thu 11 Feb 13:49 -
Saturday 6th February: São Antão
Sat 6 Feb 18:15 -
Friday 5th February: trip around São Vincente
Fri 5 Feb 23:52 -
Tuesday 2nd - Thursday 4th February - boat maintenance and shopping
Thu 4 Feb 23:13 -
Monday, February 1st, 2016. First impressions of Mindelo
Tue 2 Feb 15:55
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31st January 2016: Arrival in Mindelo and passage pictures
Sun 31 Jan 18:20
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31st January 2016: Land Ho!
Sun 31 Jan 16:28
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30th January 2016
Sat 30 Jan 16:04
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29th January 2016: off Mauritania
Fri 29 Jan 15:36
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Thursday 28th January
Thu 28 Jan 15:06
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Wednesday 27th January: Passage to Cape Verde
Wed 27 Jan 15:41
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Photographs from La Palma
Tue 26 Jan 10:40
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Departure for the Cape Verdes
Tue 26 Jan 10:31 -
Tenerife
Sun 24 Jan 10:25 -
Walking on Gomera
Fri 22 Jan 21:05
Dec 2015
2014
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Saturday 12th December: San Miguel marina, Tenerife
Mon 14 Dec 10:34
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Tuesday 8th December: Porto de San Sebastian, Gomera
Tue 8 Dec 20:29
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Monday 7th December: Playa de Hermigua, Gomera
Mon 7 Dec 19:55
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Sunday 6th December: San Juan, Tenerife
Sun 6 Dec 19:45
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Saturday 5th December: anchored off Pasito Blanco
Sat 5 Dec 18:39
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More images of Madeira
Fri 4 Dec 22:44 -
Some imges of Madeira
Fri 4 Dec 21:24 -
Monday 30th November to Wednesday 2nd December: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Thu 3 Dec 15:54
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Sunday 29th November: on passage from Madeira to Canaries
Sun 29 Nov 16:19
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Thursday 19th November: Quinto do Lorde
Thu 19 Nov 19:26
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Monday morning, 16th November: Arrived in Porto Santo
Mon 16 Nov 13:13
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Sunday 15th November: 55 miles to Porto Santo
Sun 15 Nov 17:59
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Saturday 14th November: Progress towards Madeira
Sat 14 Nov 16:59
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Friday 13th November:
Fri 13 Nov 16:47
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Thursday 12th November: Heading for Madeira
Thu 12 Nov 17:54
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Wednesday 11th November: Sines
Wed 11 Nov 20:26
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Tuesday 10th November: Islas Berlengas abeam
Tue 10 Nov 16:38
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Monday 9th November: Off Portugal
Mon 9 Nov 13:22
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Sunday 8th November: past Finisterre and on course for the Canaries
Sun 8 Nov 20:16
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Sunday 8th November: tacking SW at midday
Sun 8 Nov 20:05 -
Saturday 7th November: Ria de Corme y Laxe
Sat 7 Nov 20:53
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Wednesday 4th November: A Coruña
Wed 4 Nov 21:03 -
Tuesday 3rd November: Arrived in La Coruña
Tue 3 Nov 18:23
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Monday 2nd November: Mid Biscay
Mon 2 Nov 15:18
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Sunday 1st November: N Biscay
Sun 1 Nov 15:05
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Saturday 31st October: Setting off at last
Sun 1 Nov 14:44
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Off south!
Sun 18 Oct 17:50
Oct 2014
2012
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Friday 24th to Sunday 26th October: voyage home
Sun 26 Oct 14:07
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Saturday 11th October: Howth YC, Dublin
Sat 11 Oct 13:05
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Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th October - Bangor, NI
Thu 9 Oct 20:51
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Tuesday 7th October - Ballyholme Bay, NI
Tue 7 Oct 21:16
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Monday 6th October - Sound of Jura
Mon 6 Oct 19:59
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Sunday 5th October - Pulladobhrain
Sun 5 Oct 20:50 -
Saturday 4th - Pulladobhrain
Sat 4 Oct 19:44
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Friday 3rd October - Isle Ornsay, Skye.
Fri 3 Oct 19:44
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Thursday 2nd October - Still on our mooring in Plockton
Thu 2 Oct 19:50
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Back on our mooring in Plockton
Sun 31 Aug 19:25
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Sunday 31st August. Crossing our outbound track
Sun 31 Aug 17:10
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August 29th - 30th Passage back to Scotland
Sat 30 Aug 13:32
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Wednesday 27th August, Torshavn
Wed 27 Aug 22:32
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Wednesday 27th August. Arriving in the Faeroes
Wed 27 Aug 11:00
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Tuesday August 26th - Passage making
Tue 26 Aug 12:19
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25th August - Starting passage from Seydisfjordur
Mon 25 Aug 16:29
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Monday 25th August - Passage to the East of Iceland
Mon 25 Aug 12:39
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Sunday 24th August. On passage
Sun 24 Aug 13:08
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Wednesday 20th - Friday 22nd August
Sat 23 Aug 12:33 -
Tuesday 19th of August; back to the Hornstrandir.
Tue 19 Aug 21:26
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Monday 18th August - back to Isfjordur
Mon 18 Aug 22:52
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Sunday 17th August - Walking on the Hornstrandir and Leirufjorðu r
Sun 17 Aug 15:48
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Saturday 16th August; off to the Hornstrandir
Sat 16 Aug 19:35
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Friday 15th August; Isafjorður
Sat 16 Aug 06:51 -
Thursday 14th August, Isafjorður
Thu 14 Aug 15:02
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Thursday 14th July, Suðavik
Thu 14 Aug 13:00
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Wednesday 13th August, Seyðisfjorður
Wed 13 Aug 22:16
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Tuesday 12th August, Suðureyri
Tue 12 Aug 23:45 -
Monday 11th August;moving on to Suðureyri;
Mon 11 Aug 23:14
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Sunday 10th August, exploring the Dyrafjordur Alps
Mon 11 Aug 12:00 -
Saturday 9th August, þingeyri
Sat 9 Aug 20:45 -
Friday 8th August, þingeyri
Sat 9 Aug 00:01
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Friday 8th August
Fri 8 Aug 14:15 -
Thursday 7th August, Talknafjordur
Thu 7 Aug 15:36
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Wednesday 6th August, afternoon
Wed 6 Aug 15:50
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Wednesday 6th August. Patreksfjordur
Wed 6 Aug 13:36
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Tuesday 5th August
Tue 5 Aug 21:02 -
Monday 4th August
Mon 4 Aug 21:24 -
Sunday 3rd August
Mon 4 Aug 21:16 -
Saturday 2nd August - return to Reykjavik
Sat 2 Aug 21:01
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Friday August 1st - Hvammsvik
Fri 1 Aug 22:17
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Friday 1st August: Hvammsvik
Fri 1 Aug 21:16
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Thursday 31st July - on to an anchorage
Thu 31 Jul 20:27 -
Wednesday 30th July 2014, Reykjavik
Wed 30 Jul 21:49
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Wednesday 30th July
Wed 30 Jul 11:00
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Monday 28th July
Mon 28 Jul 12:13 -
Sunday 27th July (Exploring Heimaey)
Sun 27 Jul 17:00 -
Saturday 26th July
Sat 26 Jul 12:26
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Friday 25th July 2014
Fri 25 Jul 13:05
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Thursday 24th July, 2014
Thu 24 Jul 13:07
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Wednesday 23rd July, over Bill Bailey's Bank
Wed 23 Jul 12:20
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Passing continental shelf edge
Tue 22 Jul 12:47
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Forecast looks good, so we're off
Mon 21 Jul 18:29
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2014: Off again, leaving Plockton towards Iceland
Mon 21 Jul 10:28
Oct 2012
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Back home after 5500 miles
Mon 22 Oct 04:45
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Troon
Mon 8 Oct 07:31
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Fort William to Jura
Sun 7 Oct 22:59
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Caledonian Canal
Mon 1 Oct 13:00
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Inverness
Sat 29 Sep 01:30
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Thursday 30th August Frohavet channel to Kristiansund
Thu 30 Aug 20:00
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Wednesday 29th August Rorvik to Frohavet channel
Wed 29 Aug 20:06
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Tuesday afternoon Rosvikvagen to Rorvik
Tue 28 Aug 20:00
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Tuesday 28th August Bronnoysund to Rosvikvagen
Tue 28 Aug 13:00
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Monday 27th August Rodoya to Bronnoysund North
Mon 27 Aug 17:00
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Heading South from Bodo Sunday 26th August
Sun 26 Aug 17:00
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Delivery trip from Tromsø - Bodø 11th - 13th August 2012
Tue 14 Aug 14:54
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Trip end and a few pictures
Mon 30 Jul 11:00 -
29th July: Tromso
Sun 29 Jul 17:00
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Sunday 29th July Tromso approaches
Sun 29 Jul 06:43
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Friday 27th July Further South
Fri 27 Jul 16:15
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Thursday 26th July continuing south to Norway
Thu 26 Jul 14:06
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wednesday 25th July: on our way south
Thu 26 Jul 04:53
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Tuesday 24th July - Longyearbjen and photodiary from our trip
Tue 24 Jul 14:06 -
Monday 23rd July: Tryghamna and Longyearbyen
Tue 24 Jul 13:20
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Sunday 22nd: Dynekilen
Tue 24 Jul 13:17
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Saturday 21st July: Swimming and Saturday night in the pub
Sun 22 Jul 18:07
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Re: Friday 20th July: fog, sun and walrus
Sat 21 Jul 01:31
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Thursday 19th July: pack ice in sight
Fri 20 Jul 11:09
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Wednesday 18th July: Danskoya
Wed 18 Jul 22:27
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Tuesday 17th July: Ny Alesund
Tue 17 Jul 12:56
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Monday 16th July, Eidembukta to London
Tue 17 Jul 01:11
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Sunday 15th July. Eidembukta to Eidembukta
Sun 15 Jul 18:35 -
Saturday 14th July Trygghamna to Eidembukta
Sun 15 Jul 18:28
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Friday 13th July Longyearbjen to Trygghamna
Sun 15 Jul 16:35
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Thursday 12th July Pyramiden to Longyearbjen
Fri 13 Jul 09:56 -
Wednesday 11th July - Skansbukta to Pyramiden via Nordenskjoldbreen (Glacier)
Fri 13 Jul 09:56
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Tuesday 10th July - Longyearbyen to Skansbukta
Fri 13 Jul 09:55
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Longyearbjen - Svalbard Monday 9th - Tuesday 10th July
Fri 13 Jul 09:52 -
Monday 9th evening: Arrived!
Tue 10 Jul 08:46
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Monday 9th July approaching Isfjorden Way point
Mon 9 Jul 12:13
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Sunday 8th July: Land Ho!
Sun 8 Jul 13:03 -
Saturday 7th July 73 North
Sat 7 Jul 12:24
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Friday 6th July, north of 70 degrees
Fri 6 Jul 12:12
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In the arctic
Thu 5 Jul 12:19
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Plodding north
Tue 3 Jul 12:33
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Off soundings in the Norwegian basin. Monday July 2nd
Mon 2 Jul 12:39
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Leaving Shetland Sunday 1st July
Sun 1 Jul 16:00
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Passing the Orkney Islands 30th June
Sat 30 Jun 12:05
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Near Cape Wrath
Fri 29 Jun 12:09
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Stornoway, Wednesday 27th June
Thu 28 Jun 10:17
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To Plockton Monday 25th June/Tuesday 26th June
Tue 26 Jun 20:25
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Sunday 24th June Crinan Canal and Cuan Sound
Mon 25 Jun 21:11 -
Saturday 23rd June Troon to Loch Fyne
Sun 24 Jun 19:46
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Queens' Jubilee Weekend June 5th
Mon 4 Jun 23:00
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Awelina
Mon 16 Apr 19:00