Caramor - sailing around the world - Final Preparations

Final Preparations

Caramor - sailing around the world

Franco Ferrero / Kath Mcnulty

Sat 21 Nov 2015 23:36

After a marathon shop on Friday afternoon, we had a relaxing evening having dinner with some Uruguayan friends. Saturday morning the local supermarket delivered the food we had bought to the boat. Four months' worth!

Four months' supply of food.

We dumped it all in the cockpit and then spent most of the day fitting it into the boat. Kath is the quartermaster and under her directions I bagged and labelled the supplies and she stowed it and made a note of what went where.

By late afternoon we had cracked it and retired exhausted to the ice cream parlour.

Caramor, is ready to go and we are just waiting for a favourable wind.

Franco

Blog Entries

2019

Dec 2019

Wed 4 Dec 13:13
- Caramor’s turtle mascot is also taking a break

Nov 2019

Wed 20 Nov 08:30
- THE END (for now...)
Fri 8 Nov 22:11
- Whangarei
Tue 5 Nov 09:59
- Arrival Marsden Cove
Mon 4 Nov 17:22
- Land ahoy!
Sun 3 Nov 18:55
- Motoring
Sat 2 Nov 18:40
- The call centre in the sky
Fri 1 Nov 18:47
- Flat cakes and other things

Oct 2019

Thu 31 Oct 18:46
- Not quite going backwards
Wed 30 Oct 19:23
- A bit bumpy
Tue 29 Oct 18:49
- Starry night
Mon 28 Oct 19:02
- Bumbling along in the Pacific
Thu 24 Oct 09:08
- Bye bye Suva
Sat 19 Oct 07:56
- Back aboard Caramor in Suva
Wed 9 Oct 11:52
- Back in Britain

Sep 2019

Sun 15 Sep 08:27
- Arrived in Suva
Fri 6 Sep 03:28
- Vanua Balavu

Aug 2019

Sun 25 Aug 02:29
- Matagi Island
- Sailing into yesterday
Tue 20 Aug 08:40
- Under water volcano eruption
Sun 18 Aug 10:00
- Viani Bay
Wed 14 Aug 10:39
- Away at last

Jul 2019

Mon 29 Jul 09:44
- The bus journey to Labasa
Sun 21 Jul 09:00
- Splash
Wed 17 Jul 07:42
- Arrived in Fiji
Tue 16 Jul 02:12
- A bit about Fiji
Mon 15 Jul 02:58
- Land ahoy!
Fri 12 Jul 00:12
- Easterlies
Wed 10 Jul 22:33
- So far so good
Sun 7 Jul 22:13
- Back to sea at last!

Jun 2019

Sun 16 Jun 09:13
- Changes afloat
Mon 10 Jun 10:23
- Metamorphosis

May 2019

Wed 15 May 21:45
- Dragging kids up the Kiwi way

Apr 2019

Sun 14 Apr 09:30
- Caramor still in Whangarei

Mar 2019

Sun 17 Mar 09:50
- Caramor in Whangarei

Jan 2019

Tue 1 Jan 10:46
- New Year’s Eve near Arthur’s Pass

2018

Dec 2018

Sat 29 Dec 10:13
- Bush Stream
Tue 25 Dec 08:59
- Wishing you a very merry Christmas!
Mon 24 Dec 23:48
- Five keas but no pear tree
Sun 23 Dec 08:58
- Otago Peninsula to Aoraki/Mount Cook
Fri 21 Dec 09:31
- By popular demand ... Jumbo!
Wed 19 Dec 10:13
- Penguins
Sun 16 Dec 08:45
- Touring ‘New Scotland’
Tue 11 Dec 20:34
- Meeting old friends in Wanaka
Mon 3 Dec 00:18
- More time on the Milford Road
Sat 1 Dec 06:52
- Milford Sound

Nov 2018

Thu 29 Nov 10:00
- Butter boxes to lakes
Tue 27 Nov 08:21
- Glacier country
Sun 25 Nov 10:07
- A whistle stop tour of the west coast (South Island NZ)
Wed 21 Nov 09:33
- A busy first month in New Zealand

Oct 2018

Tue 23 Oct 18:40
- Arrival in New Zealand
Mon 22 Oct 03:34
- The great cabbage patch
Sun 21 Oct 03:44
- Halfway around the world!
Thu 18 Oct 00:10
- Flying along
Tue 16 Oct 11:30
- Tongatapu (the last Tonga diary)
Mon 15 Oct 12:00
- Setting sail for New Zealand
Fri 12 Oct 09:50
- The last of the Ha’apai

Sep 2018

Thu 27 Sep 08:36
- Ha’apai and the whales
Sun 23 Sep 09:28
- Heading south to the Ha’apai group
Fri 21 Sep 07:30
- Grey days in Vava’u
Fri 14 Sep 06:55
- The Fakaletis Show
Thu 13 Sep 01:56
- The Tongan ‘kilt’
Wed 12 Sep 22:43
- Ene’io Botanical Gardens
Mon 10 Sep 10:26
- The Kingdom of Tonga where piggies taste better
Mon 3 Sep 19:04
- The day we lost forever

Aug 2018

Fri 31 Aug 22:01
- Go Niue!
Tue 21 Aug 07:30
- Photos from the crossing to Niue
Sun 19 Aug 01:45
- The Siren of Palmerston
Fri 17 Aug 22:35
- Missing the Cook Islands
Thu 16 Aug 04:00
- Becalmed in the (for once) Pacific Ocean
Fri 10 Aug 09:12
- Bora Bora
Mon 6 Aug 02:21
- Taha’a
Sat 4 Aug 09:03
- Huahine - to surf or not to surf

Jul 2018

Tue 31 Jul 07:48
- Tiki Village Theatre
Mon 30 Jul 04:08
- Moorea
Tue 24 Jul 20:05
- Tahiti
Sat 21 Jul 02:44
- Fakarava to Tahiti
Thu 19 Jul 23:14
- The night of the manta ray
- photos
Sun 8 Jul 19:08
- Old friends and new

Jun 2018

Sun 24 Jun 04:08
- Sharked out
Sat 23 Jun 20:27
- Five hundred sharks in the night
Wed 20 Jun 16:40
- Discovering a new world
Thu 7 Jun 08:17
- The bottle top beach
Mon 4 Jun 07:32
- Desert island myth debunked
Sat 2 Jun 05:44
- Picking up a mooring in South Fakarava
Fri 1 Jun 06:11
- The Dangerous Archipelago

May 2018

Tue 29 May 08:06
- Oa Pou
Thu 24 May 06:10
- The tattooed hitchhiker
Tue 22 May 01:50
- The William Yacht Club
Sun 20 May 00:49
- Paradise revisited
Wed 16 May 03:37
- Searching for the pahi
Tue 15 May 06:58
- Welcome to Vaitahu
Mon 14 May 06:31
- Aries is limping
Sun 13 May 06:59
- Fatu Hiva - in the eye of the beholder
Fri 11 May 05:47
- Photos from a walk on Fatu Hiva
Mon 7 May 19:45
- Paradise continued
Wed 2 May 23:46
- Marquesas first impressions

Apr 2018

Fri 27 Apr 21:15
- Arrived at Hiva Oa
Wed 25 Apr 00:52
- Extreme cooking — or the travails of an ocean going foodie
Tue 24 Apr 20:50
- Hell hath no fury like a boat spurned
Mon 23 Apr 17:02
- Chafe — “Aye, there’s the rub. ” *
Sun 22 Apr 16:28
- The hare and the racing tortoise
Fri 20 Apr 19:23
- Less than a thousand
Thu 19 Apr 23:34
- Treatise On sleep
Sun 15 Apr 19:01
- Ship ahoy!
- A semblance of serenity returns
Fri 13 Apr 22:43
- Chirpy visitors
Tue 10 Apr 21:50
- Normal service to resume shortly
Sat 7 Apr 17:17
- Night watches
Wed 4 Apr 22:19
- Tradewind sailing
Sun 1 Apr 17:44
- The Pacific

Mar 2018

Fri 30 Mar 23:11
- Franco shins up the mast
Wed 28 Mar 18:34
- Sailing life funnies
Tue 27 Mar 19:57
- Day 9
Sat 24 Mar 20:21
- Caramor dreams of white horses
Fri 23 Mar 12:52
- "There she blows!"
Wed 21 Mar 15:22
- North with the Humboldt
Mon 19 Mar 17:21
- Back on the Ocean Blue
Sat 17 Mar 01:49
- The fridge has been liberated!
Sun 4 Mar 20:15
- Groundhog Day

Jan 2018

Sun 21 Jan 16:32
- A hard week's work

2017

Dec 2017

Sat 23 Dec 00:36
- Xmas? Really!

Nov 2017

Sat 25 Nov 16:46
- Tilcara to San Francisco in Argentina
Sat 18 Nov 01:08
- "Cry Havoc ... "
Fri 17 Nov 23:59
- James, I presume?
- Salar de Uyuni photos
Thu 16 Nov 02:19
- Searching for James
Wed 15 Nov 03:33
- Uyuni Salt Flat
Mon 13 Nov 02:42
- Potosí
Sun 12 Nov 02:16
- The man on the bus
Sat 11 Nov 21:44
- Sucre - Capital of Bolivia
Fri 10 Nov 17:36
- (Not) Welcome to Bolivia
Mon 6 Nov 01:35
- Manco Cápac
Sat 4 Nov 00:28
- The other jungle experience

Oct 2017

Sat 28 Oct 16:04
- Manu National Park (part 2)
- Manu National Park (part 1)
Fri 27 Oct 17:15
- Getting to the jungle
Fri 20 Oct 14:35
- The Inca Avalanche
Thu 19 Oct 14:45
- The old lady in Ollantaytambo Square
Wed 18 Oct 13:50
- Something to prove
Sat 14 Oct 00:58
- Biking to Moray and Maras salt pans
Fri 13 Oct 22:12
- Pisaq - our favourite Inca site
Wed 11 Oct 20:13
- Football fever
Tue 10 Oct 02:17
- Ausangate, the mountain of the gods
Tue 3 Oct 03:17
- The walk to Machu Picchu

Sep 2017

Wed 27 Sep 01:26
- To Cusco!
Mon 25 Sep 20:29
- Our last week in Chucuito
Thu 21 Sep 18:36
- A week long party in Acora
Thu 14 Sep 03:39
- Lake Titicaca floating islands
Mon 11 Sep 17:52
- Week two by Lake Titicaca
Tue 5 Sep 02:13
- Pacollo
Fri 1 Sep 02:49
- A hard landing

Aug 2017

Mon 28 Aug 20:59
- Arrival in Chucuito, Lake Titicaca, Peru
Sat 26 Aug 02:17
- Arica - still in Chile
Fri 25 Aug 02:43
- Iquique, The Big North, Chile
Thu 24 Aug 00:41
- La Serena, The Little North, Chile
Sat 19 Aug 23:08
- Briefly back in Valdivia
Fri 18 Aug 13:53
- Volunteering in Argentina
Sat 5 Aug 13:59
- Time out to visit Benjamin

Jul 2017

Mon 17 Jul 03:56
- Back in Chile
Fri 14 Jul 21:24
- Sitka spruce of the Oregon coast
Tue 4 Jul 23:59
- The St Paul Rodeo
Mon 3 Jul 20:44
- Mount St. Helens

Jun 2017

Wed 28 Jun 22:58
- The disappearing lake
Sun 25 Jun 18:31
- A Giant Leap for Caramor’s Crew
Thu 22 Jun 18:49
- Valparaiso
Sun 18 Jun 19:02
- A crown in a week
Tue 13 Jun 16:11
- A hat in a night
Sat 10 Jun 17:58
- Gone Surfing

May 2017

Fri 19 May 14:30
- Benjamin
Sun 14 May 17:15
- Shiver me timbers!
Sat 13 May 16:19
- Escape from Malargüe!
Fri 12 May 03:08
- The day the President came to visit
Thu 11 May 02:57
- Malargüe, the two-clock good luck town
Tue 9 May 02:16
- A climber's best kept secret
Fri 5 May 21:55
- Malbec Country
Thu 4 May 01:22
- Mendoza – a woodland city
Tue 2 May 02:09
- Allergic to Chile

Apr 2017

Tue 25 Apr 02:22
- The Bariloche chocolate test
Mon 24 Apr 02:35
- The Welsh Connection
Sun 23 Apr 18:18
- Rock climbing at Cerro San Martín
Thu 20 Apr 16:45
- The Bus to Bariloche
Wed 19 Apr 19:59
- Where are all the people?
Wed 12 Apr 01:53
- Kath's mother Joyce visits Chile

Mar 2017

Fri 31 Mar 23:28
- The Night Zombies Attacked Valdivia
Tue 14 Mar 20:16
- Celebration time in Puerto Montt!
Sun 12 Mar 03:46
- From the Andes to the Sea - Part 2
Thu 9 Mar 19:06
- From the Andes to the Sea - a trek through the Esperanza Valley
Sat 4 Mar 04:29
- Valdivia, the adventure continues
Wed 1 Mar 02:43
- An excursion to Northern Patagonia

Feb 2017

Sat 25 Feb 00:33
- Heading South once again
Wed 22 Feb 17:34
- Conguillio and the monkey puzzles
Sun 19 Feb 15:18
- A bit of a waterfall theme
Fri 17 Feb 19:35
- The Wrong Villa Alegre
Thu 16 Feb 17:46
- River of the Cypresses National Park
Mon 13 Feb 18:16
- Cajon del Maipo and Santiago
Sat 11 Feb 20:40
- Hurrah, we've won a medal!
Tue 7 Feb 20:59
- The journey home (days 6-8)
Fri 3 Feb 01:31
- Crossing the border (Day 5)
Thu 2 Feb 02:26
- Valle de la Esperanza horse trek

Jan 2017

Fri 20 Jan 00:03
- A day of misunderstandings
Wed 18 Jan 01:53
- From Valdivia, with love
Fri 6 Jan 21:44
- Arrival in Valdivia (at long last!)
Wed 4 Jan 01:45
- Meeting Maria-Ayla and Fernando
Mon 2 Jan 01:28
- Bye bye Puerto Montt

2016

Dec 2016

Sun 25 Dec 19:25
- Tsunami cancelled
- Tsunami warning
Wed 14 Dec 17:48
- Cochamó Valley horse trekking - The River Manso
Sun 11 Dec 15:23
- Cochamó Valley horse trekking - The People of the Andes
Thu 8 Dec 20:34
- Cochamó Valley horse trekking - Crossing the Cord illera Grande
Mon 5 Dec 01:24
- Cochamó Valley horse trekking - Meet the team
Thu 1 Dec 13:58
- A Hard Week’s Work

Nov 2016

Mon 28 Nov 12:26
- Gritty town in the sunshine
Sun 13 Nov 17:28
- Day 91 Jet-lag in Puerto Montt
Sat 12 Nov 02:23
- Day 90 trumps it all
Fri 11 Nov 01:28
- Day 89 Soft Canalexit
Thu 10 Nov 00:43
- Day 88 A grey day
Wed 9 Nov 02:56
- Day 87 A giant leap for Caramor
Tue 8 Nov 01:31
- Day 86 The home stretch
Mon 7 Nov 00:13
- Day 85 Sunbathing!
Sun 6 Nov 01:58
- Day 84 A very wet day
Thu 3 Nov 02:22
- Puyuhaupi Lodge
Tue 1 Nov 01:38
- Day 79 Four seasons in one minute

Oct 2016

Mon 31 Oct 00:55
- Day 76 There and back again
Fri 28 Oct 02:08
- Day 75 Anyone for a crab sandwich?
Thu 27 Oct 02:57
- Day 74 Regatta in Seno Aysén
Wed 26 Oct 03:01
- Pueblo chico, infierno grande
Mon 24 Oct 02:15
- On the road to Chile Chico
Fri 21 Oct 20:14
- Day 67 Arrival in Puerto Chacabuco
Wed 19 Oct 02:07
- Day 66 Good tidings
Mon 17 Oct 23:49
- Heading north again
- Laguna San Rafael
Sun 16 Oct 01:03
- Day 63 First gate to Laguna San Rafael
Sat 15 Oct 02:02
- Day 62 Estero Elefantes
Fri 14 Oct 01:31
- Day 61 The return of the tern
Thu 13 Oct 00:52
- Times are hard
Wed 12 Oct 14:27
- No rhyme nor reason to it!
Mon 10 Oct 21:22
- Three rainy days in Blaenau rolled into one
- Malibu with ice and a slice of orange please
Sun 9 Oct 15:19
- Adrift in Bahia Anna Pink
Wed 5 Oct 23:42
- Day 53 The rain in Chile falls mainly …
- The lighthouse on the peninsula
Mon 3 Oct 00:29
- The bad smell of exclusivity

Sep 2016

Thu 29 Sep 00:35
- Day 46 Golfo Sin Penas
Tue 27 Sep 18:22
- Day 45 Ready for the Golfo de Penas
Fri 23 Sep 01:02
- Day 40 Dipping a toe in the gulf
Wed 21 Sep 01:00
- Day 38 Water water everywhere, but not in our tank!
Tue 20 Sep 00:03
- Rain!
Mon 19 Sep 02:39
- Tortel
Sat 17 Sep 00:51
- Day 34 Puerto Larenas to Caleta Noel
Fri 16 Sep 00:26
- Day 33 Not (yet) the Golfo de Penas
Tue 13 Sep 01:49
- Day 30 The Search for Caleta Caramor
Mon 12 Sep 02:02
- Day 29 Caleta Vittorío to Caleta Connor
Sun 11 Sep 01:57
- Day 28 The English Narrow
Sat 10 Sep 02:03
- A week in the Paradise of Eden
Tue 6 Sep 17:15
- Not quite deja vu
Mon 5 Sep 12:05
- Day 21 and 22 A very different meaning to the word 'coffee'
Sat 3 Sep 02:17
- Day 20 Welcome to Edén
Fri 2 Sep 02:43
- Day 19 One way ticket to Caleta Grau
Thu 1 Sep 01:09
- Day 18 “Sin Novedad”

Aug 2016

Wed 31 Aug 02:05
- Day 17 To Caleta Refugio where Franco goes swimming
Sun 28 Aug 01:55
- Day 14 Lack of moral fibre (but plenty of tree fibre)
Sat 27 Aug 01:40
- Day 13 From the ‘Womb’ to Caleta Neruda
Fri 26 Aug 01:20
- Day 12 Sunshine sailing in Canal Pitt
Wed 24 Aug 02:13
- Day 10 Chickens escape to Steamer Duck Lagoon
Tue 23 Aug 01:35
- Encounters with a kingfisher
Sat 20 Aug 03:02
- Day 6 Always a first time for everything
Fri 19 Aug 01:47
- Day 5 Caleta Moonlight Shadow to Caleta Damien
Wed 17 Aug 01:34
- Day 3 To Caleta Moonlight Shadow
Tue 16 Aug 02:47
- Day 2 Caleta Chandler to Caleta Punta José Goni (Canal Union)
Mon 15 Aug 03:29
- Day 1 Towards Puerto Mont
- Puerto Consuelo
Thu 11 Aug 16:36
- Adversity, a New Friend and a Happy Ending
Fri 5 Aug 02:29
- Breaking News - Argentina claims sovereignty over the Channel Islands
Mon 1 Aug 02:35
- Day 40 Arrival in Puerto Natales

Jul 2016

Sun 31 Jul 03:28
- Day 39 Five Shades of Grey
Sat 30 Jul 00:40
- Day 38 Bahia Balaena to Caleta Cascada
Thu 28 Jul 01:36
- Day 36 Bahia Balaena, Estero Las Montañas
Tue 26 Jul 01:43
- Day 34 Estero de las Montañas - a little detour
Sun 24 Jul 22:21
- Day 33 Bahia Mallet to Caleta Jaime
- Day 32 Evi has a bad hair day on the way to Bahia Mallet
Wed 20 Jul 01:06
- Day 28 Paso Shoal - Take Two
Sun 17 Jul 01:31
- Day 25 A Hard Day’s Work
Sat 16 Jul 00:48
- Day 24 North
Fri 15 Jul 00:47
- Day 23 ‘South’
Thu 14 Jul 00:18
- Day 22 Caleta Playa Parda to Puerto Angosto
Wed 13 Jul 02:58
- Day 21 Tortuous Pass and Western reaches of the Strait of Magellan
Tue 12 Jul 02:05
- Day 20 Flying over the Alps in a sailing boat
Mon 11 Jul 01:37
- Day 19 Please Mind the Gap
Sun 10 Jul 01:42
- Day 18 Perfect sailing in Canal Cockburn
Thu 7 Jul 22:18
- Day 16 Caleta Macias to Caleta Brecknock
- Day 15 Pozo Marit to Isla Macia
Tue 5 Jul 23:59
- Day 14 Emelita to Pozo Marit
Sat 2 Jul 21:56
- Day 11 Technical Tantrums
- Day 10 The Land of the Yaghan
Fri 1 Jul 00:06
- Weather cocktail on Isla Gordon (Days 8-9)

Jun 2016

Wed 29 Jun 02:00
- Day 7 Olla to Caleta Cinco Estrellas
Mon 27 Jun 21:42
- A few surprises in Caleta Olla (Days 4-6)
Fri 24 Jun 21:22
- Day 3 Puerto Borracho to Caleta Olla
- Day 2 Santa Rosa to Puerto Borracho
Thu 23 Jun 01:31
- Day 1 Williams to Caleta Santa Rosa
Wed 22 Jun 01:06
- Sailing up the Beagle Channel
Sun 5 Jun 21:54
- Countdown to the Canales
Thu 2 Jun 01:56
- Back to Williams

May 2016

Tue 24 May 01:10
- Pomp and Ceremony for Navy Week
Sun 22 May 14:55
- Time out
Mon 16 May 01:12
- The Wild Mothers of Williams
Thu 12 May 00:58
- Punta Arenas
Mon 2 May 15:26
- Pneumonia aboard

Apr 2016

Sat 30 Apr 15:18
- The King of Patagonia
Sat 23 Apr 21:45
- Early Snow
Tue 12 Apr 14:36
- Williams
Wed 6 Apr 18:48
- Arrival in Chile

Mar 2016

Tue 29 Mar 21:46
- Arrived in Chile
Mon 28 Mar 12:31
- Bye bye Stanley
Sat 26 Mar 01:47
- Saunders Island
Mon 14 Mar 19:40
- Still in Stanley

Feb 2016

Sun 28 Feb 12:48
- Return to Stanley
Wed 24 Feb 17:55
- Over Halfway
Fri 19 Feb 18:15
- Towards Stanley
Wed 17 Feb 00:45
Sat 13 Feb 00:53
- Blue Whale Harbour
Wed 10 Feb 23:46
- A Dirty Week-End in Husvik
Fri 5 Feb 21:05
- The mysterious life of elephant seals
Wed 3 Feb 01:01
- Grytviken Regatta

Jan 2016

Fri 29 Jan 00:02
- Penguined Out
Thu 28 Jan 00:24
- Macaroni Penguins
Mon 25 Jan 22:16
- A Surprise a Day, Keeps Complacency Away!
Thu 21 Jan 01:10
- A warm welcome in Grytviken
Wed 13 Jan 22:12
- Falkland Islands to South Georgia
Tue 12 Jan 19:02
- Arrived South Georgia
Fri 8 Jan 16:11
- Southern Ocean
Tue 5 Jan 15:59
- A wander through the hills of memory
- Winner of the 'name this bird' competition

2015

Dec 2015

Sun 27 Dec 16:42
- Goose Green and Bodie Creek
Sat 19 Dec 02:15
- East Falkland cruising
Fri 18 Dec 01:59
- Trendy Stanley in the Falkland Islands
Thu 10 Dec 02:22
- Passage to the Falklands
Sun 6 Dec 14:26
- Here in a Hooley

Nov 2015

Sun 29 Nov 18:07
- Hanging out with the Albatrosses
Wed 25 Nov 16:20
- Heading South
Sat 21 Nov 23:36
- Final Preparations
Wed 18 Nov 21:24
- Promotion at last!
Thu 12 Nov 02:19
- Afloat once again!
Sun 8 Nov 16:07
- Barbarian!
Wed 4 Nov 13:24
- Montevideo
Sun 1 Nov 03:04
- Rodeo

Oct 2015

Tue 20 Oct 02:41
- What is the difference between a propeller and a bucket?
Sat 10 Oct 13:21
- When sailors turn gauchos - Yvytu Itaty, a splendid experience!

Sep 2015

Sun 27 Sep 16:40
- Uruguay - the 'small' country in South America
Sun 13 Sep 01:39
- Arrival in Uruguay
Thu 10 Sep 21:18
- A windy passage from Brazil to Uruguay
Sun 6 Sep 20:59
- Ilhabela - last stop in Brazil

Aug 2015

Wed 26 Aug 12:04
- The strange inhabitants of Ilha Anchieta
Wed 19 Aug 23:57
- Mamangua is for sale!
Mon 17 Aug 03:01
- Paraty
Fri 14 Aug 22:41
- Searching for bugio, the howler monkey
Sun 9 Aug 20:39
- Ilha Grande - Sailing around Big Island
Sat 8 Aug 02:16
- More ... Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics
Sat 1 Aug 00:48
- Big Foot and Snow Crash - Mangaratiba

Jul 2015

Thu 30 Jul 00:43
- Ilha Grande (with lots of photos)
Sat 25 Jul 01:22
- On to Ilha Grande
Thu 23 Jul 11:19
- Rio de Janeiro
Wed 15 Jul 02:53
- Cabo Frio
Thu 9 Jul 02:24
- B for Buzios and Brigitte Bardot
Wed 1 Jul 19:22
- Vitória

Jun 2015

Sun 21 Jun 20:55
- Sailing to Victory and the Holy Spirit
Fri 19 Jun 18:24
- Santo André and the Pataxó Indigenous People
Fri 12 Jun 21:24
- Ilhéus, State of Bahia, Brazil
Tue 9 Jun 19:58
- Money may not grow on trees but chocolate does!
Sat 6 Jun 19:26
- High and (nearly) dry!
Fri 5 Jun 19:26
- Ihla do Campinho, Baia de Camamu
Wed 3 Jun 17:36
- Car-free Brazil

May 2015

Tue 26 May 18:33
- Itaparica in the winter
Fri 22 May 20:09
- Everything but the kitchen sink!
Mon 18 May 12:00
- Chapada Diamantina National Park
Thu 7 May 17:20
- Nepal Disaster
Sun 3 May 13:48
- Paddling in darkest Brazil
Fri 1 May 16:59
- Escaped from the treacle ...

Apr 2015

Tue 28 Apr 19:47
- Itororó waterfall, Matarandiba island, near Itaparica
Fri 24 Apr 19:07
- An Excursion up the River Paraguaçu
Sun 19 Apr 19:20
- Salvador de Bahia
Fri 3 Apr 20:14
- Arrival in Brazil

Mar 2015

Fri 27 Mar 20:11
- Day 20
Thu 26 Mar 19:53
- Tranquilo, Tranquilo
Wed 25 Mar 12:41
- Ambling along in the Retails
Sat 21 Mar 11:12
- Searching for the SE Trades
Wed 18 Mar 15:26
- Crossing the Equator
Tue 17 Mar 18:59
- Becalmed ...
Sat 14 Mar 14:15
- Dawdling along in the Doldrums
Fri 13 Mar 20:24
- Friday the Thirteenth
Wed 11 Mar 11:46
- It's a Big Ocean
Tue 10 Mar 13:54
- Baia dos Ferreiros, Brava and onwards
Thu 5 Mar 22:59
- How to send a parcel to Cape Verde
- An excursion to Santo Antão

Feb 2015

Fri 27 Feb 16:00
- Mindelo, São Vicente
Thu 19 Feb 12:53
- Tarrafal, São Nicolau
Wed 18 Feb 15:38
- Carnival!
Sun 15 Feb 20:03
- A breezy day round São Nicolau
Thu 12 Feb 11:34
- Crossing from Sal to São Nicolau
Wed 11 Feb 00:40
- Sal ('salt' in portuguese)
Sat 7 Feb 00:20
- Photos from the Crossing
- Dropped anchor in the Cape Verde
Wed 4 Feb 12:56
- Enter the Tropics
Mon 2 Feb 12:20
- Bowling along in the Trade Winds

Jan 2015

Thu 29 Jan 23:35
- Onwards towards the west coast of Ireland ... errr I mean El Hierro
Sun 25 Jan 20:58
- Back to La Gomera ... just!
Fri 23 Jan 09:58
- Of Weddings, Tables and Toilets
Thu 8 Jan 21:05
- Mountain biking 'Brompton style'
Tue 6 Jan 22:00
- Epiphany
Thu 1 Jan 20:48
- New Project
- El Teide - the highest peak in Spain

2014

Dec 2014

Sat 27 Dec 00:19
- Jean and Ross call by on Boxing Day
Thu 25 Dec 22:05
- Our first Christmas afloat
Wed 24 Dec 22:05
- La Palma
Mon 22 Dec 14:03
- Creatures Great and Small
Wed 10 Dec 11:43
- Fast passage to Tazacorte, La Palma
Tue 9 Dec 21:48
- La Gomera
Mon 1 Dec 20:10
- Gran Canaria
- Hell

Nov 2014

Fri 7 Nov 16:32

Oct 2014

Wed 29 Oct 18:51
- Lanzarote - A whistle-stop tour
Mon 13 Oct 16:24
- Isla Graciosa
Tue 7 Oct 13:14
Sun 5 Oct 13:13
- From the medina to the marina
- Meknes

Sep 2014

Wed 24 Sep 08:11
- The High Atlas (Part 2)
Mon 22 Sep 20:50
- Images from Rabat
Sat 20 Sep 10:57
- The High Atlas (Part 1)
Mon 8 Sep 15:58
- Rabat, Morocco
Fri 5 Sep 09:51
- Party, Party

Aug 2014

Wed 27 Aug 14:27
- Up the Guadalquivir river, all the way to Sevilla
Sat 23 Aug 20:00
- Lagos to the Quadalquivir river, Spain
Wed 20 Aug 09:48
- Fancy a Full English?
Mon 18 Aug 15:24
- Outrageous (Skipper's word) sail to Lagos, Algarve
Wed 13 Aug 15:23
- Not just a holiday, you know!
Sun 10 Aug 20:29
- Heading for Lisboa
Sat 2 Aug 11:19
- Aveiro and the Portuguese heartland

Jul 2014

Tue 29 Jul 11:15
- Our first proper sailing party!
Sat 26 Jul 16:14
- Porto do Leixoes 41:11.09N 8:42.34W
Tue 22 Jul 16:17
- Ribeira Ninho, Portugal
Tue 15 Jul 16:36
- Portugal plans
Mon 14 Jul 16:15
Sat 5 Jul 20:54
- Meeting up with Anxeles in Sanxenxo
Thu 3 Jul 21:37
- Ría de Muros

Jun 2014

Sat 28 Jun 10:37
- The End of the Earth
Fri 27 Jun 10:24
- The Death Coast
Wed 25 Jun 17:38
- Mutiny on Caramor
Sat 21 Jun 16:37
- Summer solstice in Ria de Barquero
Fri 20 Jun 17:21
- EPIRB arrival, lively Gijon and moving on
Sun 15 Jun 18:31
- Idyllic Biscay
Wed 11 Jun 06:24
- Cycling around the Crozon Peninsula
Sun 8 Jun 12:54
- Bonjour de Camaret, Brittany!
Tue 3 Jun 14:14
- Jumping humpbacks and crab claws for dinner

May 2014

Wed 28 May 15:24
- Castlehaven
Sat 24 May 11:30
- Off to the Emerald Isle
Wed 21 May 09:23
- Ready at last!
Mon 12 May 13:35
- Sunny day in Holyhead

Apr 2014

Fri 25 Apr 22:15
- Engine in - Engine out
Tue 15 Apr 20:53
- Open Day

Mar 2014

Mon 17 Mar 21:03
- Open Day

Feb 2014

Thu 13 Feb 11:09
- Winter Berth
- Winter Weather