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We are leaving the U.K. !

Blackdog

Fri 21 Aug 2015 19:55

Lovely send off from Hythe marina with friends onboard to toast us with some bubbly, then all waving from the lock side as we passed through with Freebird blaring out on the speakers. A Lovely final sail down Southampton Water and at 21:30 we passed through the needles for the last time. First stop Roscoff. We are on our way !

Chris and Caroline

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2018

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Nov 2018

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Oct 2018

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Aug 2018

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Jun 2018

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May 2018

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Apr 2018

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Mar 2018

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Jan 2018

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2017

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Sat 8 Jul 16:59
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Mon 3 Jul 19:11
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Jun 2017

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Fri 23 Jun 18:12
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May 2017

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Sat 20 May 18:41
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Tue 16 May 17:35
Mon 15 May 10:32
Sun 14 May 09:55
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Fri 12 May 20:14
- Departure delayed 24 hours due to no wind !
Tue 9 May 20:05
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Mon 8 May 09:54
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Apr 2017

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Mar 2017

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Feb 2017

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Wed 8 Feb 21:24
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Tue 7 Feb 20:55
Sun 5 Feb 14:43
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Sat 4 Feb 13:40
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Jan 2017

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Mon 9 Jan 15:16
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Sun 1 Jan 16:01
- Back in St. Lucia

2016

Dec 2016

Sun 25 Dec 14:49
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Nov 2016

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Oct 2016

Fri 28 Oct 05:13
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Sep 2016

Sat 24 Sep 18:11
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Sat 17 Sep 15:19
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Aug 2016

Thu 4 Aug 15:03
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Tue 2 Aug 20:23
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Jul 2016

Sat 23 Jul 16:39
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Mon 18 Jul 19:23
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Thu 14 Jul 20:16
Tue 12 Jul 14:17
- Position report
Sun 10 Jul 14:16
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Sat 9 Jul 14:15
- Position report
- Finally left Bequia !
Tue 5 Jul 17:54
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Mon 4 Jul 20:14
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Sun 3 Jul 20:11
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Jun 2016

Fri 24 Jun 12:35
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Thu 23 Jun 22:14
- Polling day in the UK
Wed 22 Jun 20:06
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Sun 19 Jun 18:01
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Sat 18 Jun 12:52
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Thu 16 Jun 12:40
Tue 14 Jun 20:29
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Sat 11 Jun 14:09
- Arrived St. Vincent
Fri 10 Jun 11:58
- Quick visit to Marigot Bay
Thu 9 Jun 13:24
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Sun 5 Jun 21:36
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Fri 3 Jun 14:21
- Back in St. Lucia

May 2016

Thu 26 May 19:32
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Thu 19 May 20:25
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Tue 17 May 22:10
- Arrived in Martinique
Thu 12 May 02:47
- Les Saintes
Sun 8 May 16:33
- Anse La Barque
Tue 3 May 17:04
- Guadeloupe

Apr 2016

Sat 30 Apr 17:28
- Antigua Race Week and preparing to head south

Mar 2016

Wed 23 Mar 19:16
- Back in Antigua
Thu 10 Mar 19:01
- St. Kitts
Tue 8 Mar 06:00
- Virgin Gorda to St. Maarten
Sat 5 Mar 19:08
- Sue Atkins visit

Feb 2016

Tue 16 Feb 13:03
- Latest news from the Islands
Thu 11 Feb 14:54
- Virgin Gorda, B.V.I's. A long awaited update !
Sun 7 Feb 15:15
- Road Bay Anguilla
Wed 3 Feb 17:00
- Simpson Bay, St. Maarten
- Ile Fourchue

Jan 2016

Sat 30 Jan 19:00
- Gustavia. St.Barts
Fri 29 Jan 19:22
- Leaving Antigua
Sun 3 Jan 13:21
- Happy New Year from Antigua

2015

Dec 2015

Mon 21 Dec 18:30
- Hello from Antigua
Sat 19 Dec 18:15
- On our way to Antigua
Mon 14 Dec 13:24
- Position reports
Sun 13 Dec 19:51
- Getting used to the heat
Fri 11 Dec 11:51
- Greetings from St. Lucia !!
Tue 8 Dec 19:31
- 200 miles to go!
- Fw: Not far now !
Sat 5 Dec 20:30
- Where's the damn wind gone ?!
Fri 4 Dec 20:51
- Rolling, rolling, rolling...!
Thu 3 Dec 13:40
- Wish we hadn't sold our mid size spinnaker now...
Wed 2 Dec 11:17
- Over halfway and into the tropics !
Tue 1 Dec 01:20
- Skip cocks up the tactics

Nov 2015

Sun 29 Nov 13:52
- Day 7- I think
Sat 28 Nov 02:28
- Day 5- Wheelbarrows, dogs and landrovers
Thu 26 Nov 19:51
- Day 4, relatively quiet !
Wed 25 Nov 13:14
- Day 3: Moving along nicely
Tue 24 Nov 01:58
- An interesting first 24 hours !
Sat 21 Nov 13:40
- Departure day minus 1
Sun 15 Nov 09:08
- photo from Las Palmas
Fri 6 Nov 20:02
- Checked in !

Oct 2015

Sun 25 Oct 18:11
- Wet and wild trip
Fri 16 Oct 19:05
- Sun, sea,sangria..and a run in with the local security forces
Mon 12 Oct 11:18
- Slow slow, quick quick, slow
Sun 11 Oct 11:02
- Squalls, calms and sail changes
Wed 7 Oct 07:38
- Had a whale of a time !
Mon 5 Oct 19:29
- Departing Porto Santo

Sep 2015

Sat 26 Sep 11:15
- Land Ho !
Fri 25 Sep 11:03
- Slow but steady progress
Thu 24 Sep 10:51
- Half way !
Wed 23 Sep 10:58
- Lexioes to Madeira
Mon 21 Sep 16:59
- Getting ready for the trip to Madeira
Fri 18 Sep 19:59
- latest position
Wed 16 Sep 13:35
- Fireworks, Fiestas and Fog
Thu 10 Sep 14:39
- Position report
Tue 8 Sep 10:26
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Tue 1 Sep 15:24
- Latest position

Aug 2015

Mon 31 Aug 08:15
- L'aberwrach to La Coruna
Sun 30 Aug 09:15
- Arrived in La Coruna
Sat 29 Aug 05:58
- Latest update
Fri 28 Aug 07:28
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Wed 26 Aug 07:34
- Roscoff to L'Aberwrach
Tue 25 Aug 13:18
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- Roscoff to L'Aberwrach
Sun 23 Aug 20:22
Sat 22 Aug 12:00
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Fri 21 Aug 19:55
- We are leaving the U.K. !
Sat 8 Aug 08:00
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Jul 2015

Sun 26 Jul 15:35
- Americas Cup
Fri 17 Jul 16:04
- First blog of our 5 year adventure !