Escape on CAPE - Blog update: tearing ourselves away from Pontoon R

Blog update: tearing ourselves away from Pontoon R

Escape on CAPE

David, Sarah and Bryn Smith

Wed 5 Oct 2011 08:29

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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2016

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2015

Oct 2015

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- New blog from Beth: Aid relief in Dominica

Apr 2015

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- Celebrating 8 years since leaving Aberystwyth!

Mar 2015

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2014

Dec 2014

Sun 28 Dec 16:57
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Nov 2014

Fri 28 Nov 23:20
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Aug 2014

Fri 15 Aug 02:00
- Position update: back in Trinidad
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Jul 2014

Wed 9 Jul 16:26
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Jun 2014

Wed 11 Jun 13:24
- Position update: At anchor in Mount Hartman Bay, Grenada
Tue 3 Jun 13:21
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May 2014

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Apr 2014

Thu 24 Apr 12:13
- Blog update: 7 years ago today we left Aberystwyth...

Mar 2014

Tue 25 Mar 18:17
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- 6stringbryn.com blog update: A friend's visit
Tue 11 Mar 18:16
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Feb 2014

Mon 24 Feb 18:28
- 6stringbryn.com blog update: Asa Wright and the Caroni Swamp
Wed 19 Feb 18:14
- Flutingtootingbethany.com blog update: Grenada Billfish Tournament
Wed 12 Feb 18:11
- Flutingtootingbethany.com blog update: Liming in Trinidad
Thu 6 Feb 18:26
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Jan 2014

Wed 22 Jan 18:24
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Tue 21 Jan 13:59
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2013

Dec 2013

Wed 25 Dec 14:06
- Merry Christmas from all on CAPE!
Fri 13 Dec 19:03
- Position update: Back in Trinidad

Nov 2013

Fri 22 Nov 07:00
- Position update: Grenada (Prickly Bay)
Mon 4 Nov 17:31
- Blog update: Shubh Diwali!

Sep 2013

Mon 23 Sep 16:35
- Blog update: The Military Museum in Chaguaramas by Bethany
Sun 15 Sep 18:31
- Blog update: Caribbean Winter 2013 part 2

Aug 2013

Mon 19 Aug 22:02
- Blog update: Caribbean Winter 2013 part 1

Jun 2013

Fri 21 Jun 07:08
- Position update: At Coral Cove Marina, Trinidad
Tue 11 Jun 19:53
- Position update: Mount Hartman Bay, Grenada
Mon 10 Jun 11:45
- Blog update: Urgently required
Sun 9 Jun 11:37
- Position update: Tyrrel Bay, Carriacou
- Position update: Hillsborough, Carriacou
Sat 8 Jun 11:29
- Position update: Bequia (St Vincent and the Grenadines)
Mon 3 Jun 20:30
- Position update: Portsmouth, Dominica

Apr 2013

Wed 24 Apr 11:00
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Mar 2013

Fri 1 Mar 16:48
- Blog update: CAPE's award-winning Atlantic crossing article is published in Caribbean Compass

Feb 2013

Wed 6 Feb 21:02
- Blog update: Bryn in print
Tue 5 Feb 19:15
- Position update: At anchor in St Martin (French side)

Jan 2013

Mon 21 Jan 13:51
- Blog update: Wo-hoooo! We're famous!
Fri 18 Jan 14:54
- Position update: At anchor in Portsmouth, Dominica
Tue 15 Jan 12:00
- Position update: Anchored in St Pierre, Martinique
Wed 9 Jan 17:16
- Blog update: Caribbean catch-up part 2
- Blog update: Caribbean catch-up part 1
Thu 3 Jan 14:49
- Position update: Grand Anse d'Arlet, Martinique
Wed 2 Jan 14:47
- Position update: Anse d'Arlet, Martinique

2012

Dec 2012

Fri 21 Dec 16:07
- Position update: St Anne's Bay, Martinique
Sun 16 Dec 15:30
- Position update: back in Soufriere (by the Pitons)
Tue 11 Dec 21:03
- Position update: at anchor in Rodney Bay, St Lucia
Tue 4 Dec 12:00
- Position update: On a mooring buoy between the Pitons, St Lucia

Nov 2012

Sat 3 Nov 10:59
- Position update: anchored in Mount Hartman Bay, Grenada

Oct 2012

Tue 30 Oct 17:26
- Article in Caribbean Compass Nov 2012: Trinidad & Tobago
- Position update: Back at anchor in Store Bay, Tobago
Thu 25 Oct 21:47
- Position update: At anchor in Chaguaramas
Fri 5 Oct 17:15
- Position update: Back in Chag

Sep 2012

Sat 1 Sep 17:21
- Blog update: Just keep noodling, just keep noodling...

Aug 2012

Thu 30 Aug 09:30
- Position update: Back at anchor in Store Bay, Tobago
Tue 21 Aug 17:35
- Blog update: Bryn gets his name in print

Jul 2012

Thu 12 Jul 16:17
- Blog update: A teen-eye view of Tobago by Bethany

Jun 2012

Fri 22 Jun 11:00
- Position update: Chaguaramas, Trinidad
Sat 16 Jun 15:00
- Position update: Clarke Court Bay, Grenada
Tue 12 Jun 15:55
- Position update: Tyrrel Bay, Carriacou
Sat 9 Jun 09:55
- Position update: Chatham Bay, Union
Mon 4 Jun 12:00
- Position update: Clifton, Union Island
Sat 2 Jun 11:25
- Position update: Tobago Cays
Fri 1 Jun 15:30
- Position update: Saltwhistle Bay, Mayreau

May 2012

Sun 27 May 06:30
- Position update: Bequia (St Vincent and the Grenadines)

Apr 2012

Mon 16 Apr 14:38
- Position update: At anchor in Store Bay

Mar 2012

Sat 31 Mar 16:10
- Our Atlantic Crossing: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Sun 25 Mar 15:20
- Position update - Safe arrival in Tobago
Sat 24 Mar 18:46
- Position update
Thu 22 Mar 16:43
- Position update
Wed 21 Mar 20:02
- Position update
Tue 20 Mar 22:33
- Position update
Mon 19 Mar 21:30
- Position update
Sun 18 Mar 19:48
- Position update
Fri 16 Mar 21:02
- Position update
Thu 15 Mar 20:04
- Position update
Wed 14 Mar 15:42
- Position update
Tue 13 Mar 19:39
- Position update
Mon 12 Mar 20:27
- Position update
- Position update
Sat 10 Mar 15:31
- Position update
Fri 9 Mar 14:24
- Position update
Thu 8 Mar 18:40
- Position update
Wed 7 Mar 14:49
- Position update
Tue 6 Mar 16:21
- Position update
Mon 5 Mar 14:26
- Position update
Sun 4 Mar 17:16
- Position update
Fri 2 Mar 14:28
- Position update

Feb 2012

Tue 21 Feb 03:59
- Blog update: Up the River Gambia
Mon 20 Feb 21:50
- Blog update: Mind-blowing Gambia
Thu 16 Feb 19:30
- Blog update: Dave's Gambian bit of the blog

Jan 2012

Fri 27 Jan 10:33
- Blog update: by Bryn
Mon 23 Jan 16:39
- Blog update: Passage to Africa
Wed 11 Jan 12:10
- At anchor at Lamin Lodge
Mon 9 Jan 18:08
- Arrived at Banjul, at anchor!
- Noon position
Sun 8 Jan 12:00
- Noon position
Sat 7 Jan 12:00
- Noon position
Fri 6 Jan 12:13
- Noon position
Thu 5 Jan 12:00
- Noon position
Wed 4 Jan 12:00
- Noon position
Tue 3 Jan 12:00
- Noon position
Mon 2 Jan 12:00
- Noon position
Sun 1 Jan 12:00
- Noon position
- Position 09:55

2011

Nov 2011

Tue 8 Nov 17:27
- Position update: in the anchorage in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
Wed 2 Nov 21:35
- Position update: Alongside in Marina Atlantico, Santa Cruz, Tenerife

Oct 2011

Mon 31 Oct 19:01
- Position update: at anchor off Playa de las Tejitas, Tenerife
Sat 29 Oct 09:48
- Position update: at anchor in Valle de Gran Rey, Gomera
Wed 5 Oct 17:29

Aug 2011

Thu 18 Aug 14:46
- Blog update: the Time Traveller returned
Mon 15 Aug 21:12
- Position update: no we haven't moved, but our 'pin' had dropped off...

Jun 2011

Mon 20 Jun 19:21
- Blog update: Summer 2011 Plan B

Apr 2011

Mon 11 Apr 13:08
- Blog update: Carnaval and crochet

Feb 2011

Wed 23 Feb 22:05
- Blog update: Las Palmas, Gran Canaria

2010

Dec 2010

Fri 31 Dec 10:12
- Blog update: Portugal to the Canaries
Mon 13 Dec 12:32
- Position update: Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
Fri 3 Dec 15:55
- Position update: Marina Rubicon, Lanzarote
- Position update: Arrived in The Canaries (La Graciosa)
Thu 2 Dec 00:04
- Position update
Wed 1 Dec 23:59
- Position update

Nov 2010

Sat 27 Nov 00:20
- Blog update: Rio Guadiana and Portimão
Wed 24 Nov 14:08
- Position update: Agadir, Morocco
- Position update
Tue 23 Nov 00:02
- Position update
Sun 21 Nov 23:55
- Position update
Wed 17 Nov 15:30
- Position update: Mohammedia, Morocco
Wed 3 Nov 16:43
- Position update: Ferrogudo/Portimao
Tue 2 Nov 16:37
- Position update: Ayamonte

Oct 2010

Tue 26 Oct 12:04
- Blog update: Gibraltar to the Rio Guadiana

Sep 2010

Fri 24 Sep 14:29
- Alongside the pontoon at Acoutim, Portugal
Thu 23 Sep 15:43
- At anchor in the Rio Guadiana at Ayamonte
Wed 22 Sep 13:42
- At anchor in El Rompido
Tue 21 Sep 17:10
- At anchor off the entrance to El Rompido
Mon 20 Sep 20:51
- Chipiona Marina
Sat 18 Sep 10:28
- In Rota Marina
Fri 17 Sep 17:00
- At anchor in Puerto Sherry
Mon 13 Sep 17:00
- At anchor in Sancti Petri
Sat 11 Sep 13:30
- In Barbate marina
- Abeam of Tarifa lighthouse

Aug 2010

Fri 27 Aug 10:00
- In Marina Bay, Gibraltar
Wed 25 Aug 15:21
- At anchor in La Linea (next door to Gibraltar)
Tue 24 Aug 11:15
- Almerimar and beyond (but going west this time)
Sat 21 Aug 17:30
- Alongside the reception pontoon in Benalmadena
Fri 20 Aug 10:00
- At anchor in La Herradura
Wed 18 Aug 16:37
- At anchor in Adra
Sat 7 Aug 10:30
- Safely installed in Almerimar Marina
Fri 6 Aug 09:02
- Ibiza and Formentera
Thu 5 Aug 15:27
- On passage to mainland Spain
Tue 3 Aug 13:30
- At anchor in Cala Negret

Jul 2010

Mon 26 Jul 17:37
- Back at anchor in Cala Biniarris
Sat 24 Jul 10:40
- At anchor in Espalmador
Thu 22 Jul 14:30
- On a mooring buoy off Ensenada del Cabrito, Formentera
Tue 20 Jul 14:31
- At anchor in San Antonio
Mon 19 Jul 10:00
- At anchor in Cala Binirras
Sat 17 Jul 18:00
- At anchor in Portinatx, Ibiza
Tue 13 Jul 15:30
- At anchor in Santa Ponsa
Mon 12 Jul 15:30
- At anchor in Cala de la Calobra
Sun 11 Jul 21:00
- More Mallorca
- Mallorca
Sat 10 Jul 11:30
- Back in the water

Jun 2010

Wed 30 Jun 16:00
- On the hard in Alcudia
Thu 24 Jun 16:03
- Arrived in Mallorca
- Menorca
Wed 23 Jun 14:45
- Moved to the left a bit
Wed 9 Jun 12:55
- Arrived in Menorca
Sat 5 Jun 14:45
- Malta to Sardinia
Fri 4 Jun 17:11
- At anchor in Pula

May 2010

Thu 27 May 20:30
- Arrived in Cagliari, Sardinia
- Still on passage
Tue 25 May 10:05
- On passage
Sat 22 May 14:45
- At anchor in Birzebugia
Wed 12 May 15:21
- Goodbye Greece, hello Sicily, Malta and Gozo

Apr 2010

Wed 21 Apr 13:45
- Msida Marina (Malta)
Fri 16 Apr 21:52
- Mgarr (Gozo)
Tue 13 Apr 15:00
- Marzamemi
Sat 3 Apr 13:15
- Syracusa (Sicily)

Mar 2010

Tue 30 Mar 12:25
- Argostoli
Mon 29 Mar 10:32
- Poros
Thu 25 Mar 18:00
- Arrived in Sami
- Left Messolonghi
Wed 24 Mar 16:10
- Ancient Olympia, Kalavryta and Plan U
Tue 16 Mar 20:56
- Athens
Sun 7 Mar 16:17
- Greek snow and a temple or two

Jan 2010

Wed 27 Jan 11:59
- Bumper Christmas and New Year blog

2009

Dec 2009

Mon 14 Dec 09:05
- Winter in Messolonghi

Nov 2009

Fri 6 Nov 23:18
- Cast your mind back to Cephalonia, late September...

Sep 2009

Thu 24 Sep 11:46
- Southern Ionian Regatta 2009
Wed 16 Sep 08:06
- Ricocheting around the Ionian

Aug 2009

Fri 21 Aug 13:52
- Volcanoes and sea monsters
Tue 18 Aug 12:45
- Messolonghi
Wed 12 Aug 14:35
- 38:50.102N 020:42.714E
Sun 9 Aug 18:26
- 37 56N 016 04.5E
- Roccella Ionica
Sat 8 Aug 17:33
Fri 7 Aug 23:03
- Stromboli
- 38 38N 015 02E
Thu 6 Aug 11:40
- Isola Vulcano
Tue 4 Aug 17:50
- Porto di Levante
- Isola Vulcano, Porto di Ponente
Mon 3 Aug 19:00
- Isola Lipari, Spiaggia di Vinci
Sun 2 Aug 19:33
- 38 01.214N 014 04.238E
Sat 1 Aug 16:00
- 38 04.883N 013 32.401E
- Courgettes, column tops and catacombs

Jul 2009

Sun 26 Jul 16:15
- Just when we thought we were safe to go back to sea
Wed 22 Jul 10:22
- 38 07.450N 013 22.322E
Tue 21 Jul 14:00
- 38 28.135N 013 14.195E
Sun 19 Jul 19:43
- Isola Ustica
- Filling in the gaps - engine repair antics in the sun
Sat 18 Jul 11:00
- 38 42.422N 013 11.752E
- 38 49.487N 012 43.839E
Fri 17 Jul 12:55
- 38 49.00N 010 56.58E
Wed 15 Jul 13:15
- 38 59.330N 009 00.931E
Sun 12 Jul 20:00
- And back to Cagliari...again
- Chia
Sat 11 Jul 17:00
- Pula
Fri 3 Jul 07:15
- News flash - Engine update
Thu 2 Jul 07:10
- Stuck in Cagliari without an engine

Jun 2009

Sat 13 Jun 19:06
Wed 10 Jun 18:28
- Spanish towers and other stories
- 39 56.26N 009 42.16E
Sun 7 Jun 21:16
- 40 55.364N 009 30.362E
Fri 5 Jun 15:00
- 41 23.344N 009 09.711E
Thu 4 Jun 14:18
- 41 04.834N 009 32.191E

May 2009

Sat 30 May 19:58
- 40 36.73N 009 45.22E
- 40 31.770N 009 50.370E
Fri 29 May 09:14
- 39 55.376N 009 42.460E
Mon 25 May 21:08
- 39 26.385N 009 38.425E
- 39 10.291N 009 34.325E
Fri 22 May 11:33
- 39 06.7N 009 31.3E
Tue 19 May 17:16
- 39 07.59N 009 30.24E
Sun 10 May 16:37
- Still here in Cagliari

Apr 2009

Sun 12 Apr 13:38
- Beth's birthday and other excuses to eat cake

Mar 2009

Wed 18 Mar 15:26
- Carnivale, warships and watercolours

Feb 2009

Mon 23 Feb 22:36
- Marmite bombs!!!

Jan 2009

Thu 29 Jan 12:45
- A bunch of shaggers and other collective nouns
Sun 11 Jan 18:53
- Carols, wine and mulled socks

2008

Dec 2008

Wed 10 Dec 22:38
- Pizza, more pizza, and carrot cake

Nov 2008

Fri 14 Nov 13:32
- Vampire bats and ship's rats

Oct 2008

Thu 16 Oct 23:05
- Cagliari 1
Sat 11 Oct 12:08
- Italy - eventually!
Sun 5 Oct 13:04
- Mallorca - again!

Sep 2008

Thu 18 Sep 00:12
- You asked for it!

Aug 2008

Thu 21 Aug 06:01
- Menorca part 1: boat maintenance in exotic locations
Fri 15 Aug 21:45
- Helena and Jennie Mallorca Tour 2008

Jul 2008

Sat 19 Jul 07:56
- Almerimar and beyond

Jun 2008

Sun 29 Jun 11:41
- Scratch and sniff in El Jebha
Tue 24 Jun 23:35
- Morocco: Smir and Tetouan
Sun 15 Jun 19:01
- Into the Med'
Wed 4 Jun 09:49
- The ongoing saga of the water pump

May 2008

Tue 27 May 23:55
- Technical hitches no. 542 and 543
Thu 15 May 21:44
- Ayamonte and onwards
Thu 8 May 22:34
- Under the bridge and up the river
Mon 5 May 14:45
- 37:12.620N 007:24.468W

Apr 2008

Mon 21 Apr 00:00
- Wet, wet, wet
Wed 9 Apr 22:53
- Letting go of Portimão
Tue 1 Apr 01:17
- Birthdays, castles, corks and storks

Mar 2008

Sun 16 Mar 22:40
- March 2008

Feb 2008

Fri 29 Feb 23:26
- Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes.
Thu 21 Feb 21:51
- Yes - we are still alive!

Jan 2008

Mon 14 Jan 22:54
- Hello 2008!

2007

Dec 2007

Fri 28 Dec 22:12
- A tale of two dinners
Sat 22 Dec 01:08
- The Great Storm
Wed 19 Dec 17:45
- The CAPE Experience
Fri 14 Dec 17:38
- Toilet humour and other oddities

Nov 2007

Mon 26 Nov 16:28
- The tuna has landed!
Fri 16 Nov 17:16
- Surf dudes and haircuts
Thu 1 Nov 01:06
- Parrots, vultures, fridges and ‘ phones

Oct 2007

Thu 18 Oct 19:35
- 37:07.199N 008:31.676W
Tue 16 Oct 00:18
- Sandbanks and salt marshes
Sun 14 Oct 20:43
- 37:04.631N 008:07.271W
- All quiet on the Algarve
Thu 11 Oct 19:05
- 36:59.958N 007:50.449W
Sat 6 Oct 08:52
- 37:04.629N 008:07.269W
Fri 5 Oct 12:08
- 37:07.193N 008:31.675W
Tue 2 Oct 08:41
- At anchor in Portimão

Sep 2007

Mon 24 Sep 16:10
- Vasco de Gama and all that jazz
Tue 18 Sep 16:11
- 37:01.381N 009:00.111W
Mon 17 Sep 15:07
- Windless but no longer windlass-less
Wed 5 Sep 15:17
- Windlass-less in Lisbon
Sat 1 Sep 16:27

Aug 2007

Fri 31 Aug 10:24
- Port wine and water parks
Tue 21 Aug 10:07
- High-speed circumnavigation attempt reaches giddy speeds - 96 miles in 1 week
Wed 15 Aug 10:57
- Heading south at high speed (81 miles in 4 days!)
Tue 7 Aug 23:10
- Great Expectations
Mon 6 Aug 00:14
- Cape Finisterre – our first ‘Gre at Cape’

Jul 2007

Tue 31 Jul 22:44
- Position update
Sat 28 Jul 09:40
- Laxe to the Ria de Camariñas
Wed 18 Jul 17:52
- 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 8 Jul 19:09
- Cape-rs in La Coruña
Mon 2 Jul 16:51
- Goodbye Ireland -- Hello Spain!

Jun 2007

Tue 12 Jun 12:05
- The perils of periwinkles and BBQing your limpets

May 2007

Fri 25 May 22:30
- Horror scopes and mast envy
Tue 22 May 23:24
- Pirates and passage plans
Sun 20 May 15:09
- Woman with Lakeland baby bucket comes to the rescue
Sun 13 May 20:11
- Stuck in soggy Swansea
- Babes on the bow
Sat 12 May 23:23
- Photos from Neyland
Mon 7 May 10:10
- Neyland to Swansea

Apr 2007

Mon 30 Apr 23:47
- Hello from exotic Neyland!
Sun 8 Apr 18:38
- March 2007