Escape on CAPE

Date: 05 Oct 2011 09:29:00

Title: Blog update: tearing ourselves away from Pontoon R

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We finally managed to tear ourselves away from Pontoon R. It was either leave of our own free will or be kicked out ready for the arrival of the ARC boats. We rolled around in the anchorage in Las Palmas for a week before setting off to ride the wind acceleration zone south towards Maspalomas. Proper blog update to follow.

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Diary Entries

2013
- Mar 2013
  - Fri 01 Mar
    - Blog update: CAPE's award-winning Atlantic crossing article is published in Caribbean Compass
- Feb 2013
  - Wed 06 Feb
    - Blog update: Bryn in print
  - Tue 05 Feb
    - Position update: At anchor in St Martin (French side)
- Jan 2013
  - Mon 21 Jan
    - Blog update: Wo-hoooo! We're famous!
  - Fri 18 Jan
    - Position update: At anchor in Portsmouth, Dominica
  - Tue 15 Jan
    - Position update: Anchored in St Pierre, Martinique
  - Wed 09 Jan
    - Blog update: Caribbean catch-up part 2
    - Blog update: Caribbean catch-up part 1
  - Thu 03 Jan
    - Position update: Grand Anse d'Arlet, Martinique
  - Wed 02 Jan
    - Position update: Anse d'Arlet, Martinique
2012
- Dec 2012
  - Fri 21 Dec
    - Position update: St Anne's Bay, Martinique
  - Sun 16 Dec
    - Position update: back in Soufriere (by the Pitons)
  - Tue 11 Dec
    - Position update: at anchor in Rodney Bay, St Lucia
  - Tue 04 Dec
    - Position update: On a mooring buoy between the Pitons, St Lucia
- Nov 2012
  - Sat 03 Nov
    - Position update: anchored in Mount Hartman Bay, Grenada
- Oct 2012
  - Tue 30 Oct
    - Article in Caribbean Compass November 2012 - Trinidad and Tobago: to go or not?
    - Position update: Back at anchor in Store Bay, Tobago
  - Thu 25 Oct
    - Position update: At anchor in Chaguaramas
  - Fri 05 Oct
    - Position update: Back in Chag
- Sep 2012
  - Sat 01 Sep
    - Blog update: Just keep noodling, just keep noodling...
- Aug 2012
  - Thu 30 Aug
    - Position update: Back at anchor in Store Bay, Tobago
  - Tue 21 Aug
    - Blog update: Bryn gets his name in print
- Jul 2012
  - Thu 12 Jul
    - Blog update: A teen-eye view of Tobago by Bethany
- Jun 2012
  - Fri 22 Jun
    - Position update: Chaguaramas, Trinidad
  - Sat 16 Jun
    - Position update: Clarke Court Bay, Grenada
  - Tue 12 Jun
    - Position update: Tyrrel Bay, Carriacou
  - Sat 09 Jun
    - Position update: Chatham Bay, Union
  - Mon 04 Jun
    - Position update: Clifton, Union Island
  - Sat 02 Jun
    - Position update: Tobago Cays
  - Fri 01 Jun
    - Position update: Saltwhistle Bay, Mayreau
- May 2012
  - Sun 27 May
    - Position update: Bequia (St Vincent and the Grenadines)
- Apr 2012
  - Mon 16 Apr
    - Position update: At anchor in Store Bay
- Mar 2012
  - Sat 31 Mar
    - Our Atlantic Crossing: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
  - Sun 25 Mar
    - Position update - Safe arrival in Tobago
  - Sat 24 Mar
    - Position update
  - Thu 22 Mar
    - Position update
  - Wed 21 Mar
    - Position update
  - Tue 20 Mar
    - Position update
  - Mon 19 Mar
    - Position update
  - Sun 18 Mar
    - Position update
  - Fri 16 Mar
    - Position update
  - Thu 15 Mar
    - Position update
  - Wed 14 Mar
    - Position update
  - Tue 13 Mar
    - Position update
  - Mon 12 Mar
    - Position update
    - Position update
  - Sat 10 Mar
    - Position update
  - Fri 09 Mar
    - Position update
  - Thu 08 Mar
    - Position update
  - Wed 07 Mar
    - Position update
  - Tue 06 Mar
    - Position update
  - Mon 05 Mar
    - Position update
  - Sun 04 Mar
    - Position update
  - Fri 02 Mar
    - Position update
- Feb 2012
  - Tue 21 Feb
    - Blog update: Up the River Gambia
  - Mon 20 Feb
    - Blog update: Mind-blowing Gambia
  - Thu 16 Feb
    - Blog update: Dave's Gambian bit of the blog
- Jan 2012
  - Fri 27 Jan
    - Blog update: by Bryn
  - Mon 23 Jan
    - Blog update: Passage to Africa
  - Wed 11 Jan
    - At anchor at Lamin Lodge
  - Mon 09 Jan
    - Arrived at Banjul, at anchor!
    - Noon position
  - Sun 08 Jan
    - Noon position
  - Sat 07 Jan
    - Noon position
  - Fri 06 Jan
    - Noon position
  - Thu 05 Jan
    - Noon position
  - Wed 04 Jan
    - Noon position
  - Tue 03 Jan
    - Noon position
  - Mon 02 Jan
    - Noon position
  - Sun 01 Jan
    - Noon position
    - Position 09:55
2011
- Nov 2011
  - Tue 08 Nov
    - Position update: in the anchorage in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
  - Wed 02 Nov
    - Position update: Alongside in Marina Atlantico, Santa Cruz, Tenerife
- Oct 2011
- Aug 2011
  - Thu 18 Aug
    - Blog update: the Time Traveller returned
  - Mon 15 Aug
    - Position update: no we haven't moved, but our 'pin' had dropped off...
- Jun 2011
  - Mon 20 Jun
    - Blog update: Summer 2011 Plan B
- Apr 2011
  - Mon 11 Apr
    - Blog update: Carnaval and crochet
- Feb 2011
  - Wed 23 Feb
    - Blog update: Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
2010
- Dec 2010
  - Fri 31 Dec
    - Blog update: Portugal to the Canaries
  - Mon 13 Dec
    - Position update: Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
  - Fri 03 Dec
    - Position update: Marina Rubicon, Lanzarote
    - Position update: Arrived in The Canaries (La Graciosa)
  - Thu 02 Dec
    - Position update
  - Wed 01 Dec
    - Position update
- Nov 2010
  - Sat 27 Nov
    - Blog update: Rio Guadiana and Portimão
  - Wed 24 Nov
    - Position update: Agadir, Morocco
    - Position update
  - Tue 23 Nov
    - Position update
  - Sun 21 Nov
    - Position update
  - Wed 17 Nov
    - Position update: Mohammedia, Morocco
  - Wed 03 Nov
    - Position update: Ferrogudo/Portimao
  - Tue 02 Nov
    - Position update: Ayamonte
- Oct 2010
  - Tue 26 Oct
    - Blog update: Gibraltar to the Rio Guadiana
- Sep 2010
  - Fri 24 Sep
    - Alongside the pontoon at Acoutim, Portugal
  - Thu 23 Sep
    - At anchor in the Rio Guadiana at Ayamonte
  - Wed 22 Sep
    - At anchor in El Rompido
  - Tue 21 Sep
    - At anchor off the entrance to El Rompido
  - Mon 20 Sep
    - Chipiona Marina
  - Sat 18 Sep
    - In Rota Marina
  - Fri 17 Sep
    - At anchor in Puerto Sherry
  - Mon 13 Sep
    - At anchor in Sancti Petri
  - Sat 11 Sep
    - In Barbate marina
    - Abeam of Tarifa lighthouse
- Aug 2010
  - Fri 27 Aug
    - In Marina Bay, Gibraltar
  - Wed 25 Aug
    - At anchor in La Linea (next door to Gibraltar)
  - Tue 24 Aug
    - Almerimar and beyond (but going west this time)
  - Sat 21 Aug
    - Alongside the reception pontoon in Benalmadena
  - Fri 20 Aug
    - At anchor in La Herradura
  - Wed 18 Aug
    - At anchor in Adra
  - Sat 07 Aug
    - Safely installed in Almerimar Marina
  - Fri 06 Aug
    - Ibiza and Formentera
  - Thu 05 Aug
    - On passage to mainland Spain
  - Tue 03 Aug
    - At anchor in Cala Negret
- Jul 2010
  - Mon 26 Jul
    - Back at anchor in Cala Biniarris
  - Sat 24 Jul
    - At anchor in Espalmador
  - Thu 22 Jul
    - On a mooring buoy off Ensenada del Cabrito, Formentera
  - Tue 20 Jul
    - At anchor in San Antonio
  - Mon 19 Jul
    - At anchor in Cala Binirras
  - Sat 17 Jul
    - At anchor in Portinatx, Ibiza
  - Tue 13 Jul
    - At anchor in Santa Ponsa
  - Mon 12 Jul
    - At anchor in Cala de la Calobra
  - Sun 11 Jul
    - More Mallorca
    - Mallorca
  - Sat 10 Jul
    - Back in the water
- Jun 2010
  - Wed 30 Jun
    - On the hard in Alcudia
  - Thu 24 Jun
    - Arrived in Mallorca
    - Menorca
  - Wed 23 Jun
    - Moved to the left a bit
  - Wed 09 Jun
    - Arrived in Menorca
  - Sat 05 Jun
    - Malta to Sardinia
  - Fri 04 Jun
    - At anchor in Pula
- May 2010
  - Thu 27 May
    - Arrived in Cagliari, Sardinia
    - Still on passage
  - Tue 25 May
    - On passage
  - Sat 22 May
    - At anchor in Birzebugia
  - Wed 12 May
    - Goodbye Greece, hello Sicily, Malta and Gozo
- Apr 2010
  - Wed 21 Apr
    - Msida Marina (Malta)
  - Fri 16 Apr
    - Mgarr (Gozo)
  - Tue 13 Apr
    - Marzamemi
  - Sat 03 Apr
    - Syracusa (Sicily)
- Mar 2010
  - Tue 30 Mar
    - Argostoli
  - Mon 29 Mar
    - Poros
  - Thu 25 Mar
    - Arrived in Sami
    - Left Messolonghi
  - Wed 24 Mar
    - Ancient Olympia, Kalavryta and Plan U
  - Tue 16 Mar
    - Athens
  - Sun 07 Mar
    - Greek snow and a temple or two
- Jan 2010
  - Wed 27 Jan
    - Bumper Christmas and New Year blog
2009
- Dec 2009
  - Mon 14 Dec
    - Winter in Messolonghi
- Nov 2009
  - Fri 06 Nov
    - Cast your mind back to Cephalonia, late September...
- Sep 2009
  - Thu 24 Sep
    - Southern Ionian Regatta 2009
  - Wed 16 Sep
    - Ricocheting around the Ionian
- Aug 2009
  - Fri 21 Aug
    - Volcanoes and sea monsters
  - Tue 18 Aug
    - Messolonghi
  - Wed 12 Aug
    - 38:50.102N 020:42.714E
  - Sun 09 Aug
    - Roccella Ionica
    - 37 56N 016 04.5E
  - Sat 08 Aug
  - Fri 07 Aug
    - 38 38N 015 02E
  - Thu 06 Aug
    - Isola Vulcano
  - Tue 04 Aug
    - Porto di Levante
    - Isola Vulcano, Porto di Ponente
  - Mon 03 Aug
    - Isola Lipari, Spiaggia di Vinci
  - Sun 02 Aug
    - 38 01.214N 014 04.238E
  - Sat 01 Aug
    - 38 04.883N 013 32.401E
    - Courgettes, column tops and catacombs
- Jul 2009
  - Sun 26 Jul
    - Just when we thought we were safe to go back to sea
  - Wed 22 Jul
    - 38 07.450N 013 22.322E
  - Tue 21 Jul
    - 38 28.135N 013 14.195E
  - Sun 19 Jul
    - Isola Ustica
    - Filling in the gaps - engine repair antics in the sun
  - Sat 18 Jul
    - 38 42.422N 013 11.752E
    - 38 49.487N 012 43.839E
  - Fri 17 Jul
    - 38 49.00N 010 56.58E
  - Wed 15 Jul
    - 38 59.330N 009 00.931E
  - Sun 12 Jul
    - And back to Cagliari...again
    - Chia
  - Sat 11 Jul
    - Pula
  - Fri 03 Jul
    - News flash - Engine update
  - Thu 02 Jul
    - Stuck in Cagliari without an engine
- Jun 2009
  - Sat 13 Jun
  - Wed 10 Jun
    - Spanish towers and other stories
    - 39 56.26N 009 42.16E
  - Sun 07 Jun
    - 40 55.364N 009 30.362E
  - Fri 05 Jun
    - 41 23.344N 009 09.711E
  - Thu 04 Jun
    - 41 04.834N 009 32.191E
- May 2009
  - Sat 30 May
    - 40 36.73N 009 45.22E
    - 40 31.770N 009 50.370E
  - Fri 29 May
    - 39 55.376N 009 42.460E
  - Mon 25 May
    - 39 26.385N 009 38.425E
    - 39 10.291N 009 34.325E
  - Fri 22 May
    - 39 06.7N 009 31.3E
  - Tue 19 May
    - 39 07.59N 009 30.24E
  - Sun 10 May
    - Still here in Cagliari
- Apr 2009
  - Sun 12 Apr
    - Beth's birthday and other excuses to eat cake
- Mar 2009
  - Wed 18 Mar
    - Carnivale, warships and watercolours
- Feb 2009
  - Mon 23 Feb
    - Marmite bombs!!!
- Jan 2009
  - Thu 29 Jan
    - A bunch of shaggers and other collective nouns
  - Sun 11 Jan
    - Carols, wine and mulled socks
2008
- Dec 2008
  - Wed 10 Dec
    - Pizza, more pizza, and carrot cake
- Nov 2008
  - Fri 14 Nov
    - Vampire bats and ship's rats
- Oct 2008
  - Fri 17 Oct
    - Cagliari 1
  - Sat 11 Oct
    - Italy - eventually!
  - Sun 05 Oct
    - Mallorca - again!
- Sep 2008
  - Thu 18 Sep
    - You asked for it!
- Aug 2008
  - Thu 21 Aug
    - Menorca part 1: boat maintenance in exotic locations
  - Fri 15 Aug
    - Helena and Jennie Mallorca Tour 2008
- Jul 2008
  - Sat 19 Jul
    - Almerimar and beyond
- Jun 2008
  - Sun 29 Jun
    - Scratch and sniff in El Jebha
  - Wed 25 Jun
    - Morocco: Smir and Tetouan
  - Sun 15 Jun
    - Into the Med'
  - Wed 04 Jun
    - The ongoing saga of the water pump
- May 2008
  - Wed 28 May
    - Technical hitches no. 542 and 543
  - Thu 15 May
    - Ayamonte and onwards
  - Thu 08 May
    - Under the bridge and up the river
  - Mon 05 May
    - 37:12.620N 007:24.468W
- Apr 2008
  - Mon 21 Apr
    - Wet, wet, wet
  - Wed 09 Apr
    - Letting go of Portimão
  - Tue 01 Apr
    - Birthdays, castles, corks and storks
- Mar 2008
  - Sun 16 Mar
    - March 2008
- Feb 2008
  - Fri 29 Feb
    - Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes.
  - Thu 21 Feb
    - Yes - we are still alive!
- Jan 2008
  - Mon 14 Jan
    - Hello 2008!
2007
- Dec 2007
  - Fri 28 Dec
    - A tale of two dinners
  - Sat 22 Dec
    - The Great Storm
  - Wed 19 Dec
    - The CAPE Experience
  - Fri 14 Dec
    - Toilet humour and other oddities
- Nov 2007
  - Mon 26 Nov
    - The tuna has landed!
  - Fri 16 Nov
    - Surf dudes and haircuts
  - Thu 01 Nov
    - Parrots, vultures, fridges and ‘ phones
- Oct 2007
  - Thu 18 Oct
    - 37:07.199N 008:31.676W
  - Tue 16 Oct
    - Sandbanks and salt marshes
  - Sun 14 Oct
    - 37:04.631N 008:07.271W
    - All quiet on the Algarve
  - Thu 11 Oct
    - 36:59.958N 007:50.449W
  - Sat 06 Oct
    - 37:04.629N 008:07.269W
  - Fri 05 Oct
    - 37:07.193N 008:31.675W
  - Tue 02 Oct
    - At anchor in Portimão
- Sep 2007
  - Mon 24 Sep
    - Vasco de Gama and all that jazz
  - Tue 18 Sep
    - 37:01.381N 009:00.111W
  - Mon 17 Sep
    - Windless but no longer windlass-less
  - Wed 05 Sep
    - Windlass-less in Lisbon
  - Sat 01 Sep
- Aug 2007
  - Fri 31 Aug
    - Port wine and water parks
  - Tue 21 Aug
    - High-speed circumnavigation attempt reaches giddy speeds - 96 miles in 1 week
  - Wed 15 Aug
    - Heading south at high speed (81 miles in 4 days!)
  - Wed 08 Aug
    - Great Expectations
  - Mon 06 Aug
    - Cape Finisterre – our first ‘Gre at Cape’
- Jul 2007
  - Tue 31 Jul
    - Position update
  - Sat 28 Jul
    - Laxe to the Ria de Camariñas
  - Wed 18 Jul
    - Does anyone know the Spanish for "My prop has fallen off and my anchor is dragging"?
    - Better a bit late than never - more piccies from La Coru ña
  - Sun 08 Jul
    - Cape-rs in La Coruña
  - Mon 02 Jul
    - Goodbye Ireland -- Hello Spain!
- Jun 2007
  - Tue 12 Jun
    - The perils of periwinkles and BBQing your limpets
- May 2007
  - Fri 25 May
    - Horror scopes and mast envy
  - Wed 23 May
    - Pirates and passage plans
  - Sun 20 May
    - Woman with Lakeland baby bucket comes to the rescue
  - Sun 13 May
  - Mon 07 May
    - Neyland to Swansea
  - Tue 01 May
    - Hello from exotic Neyland!
- Apr 2007
  - Sun 08 Apr
    - March 2007