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Caramor - sailing around the world

Franco Ferrero / Kath Mcnulty

Sun 22 May 2016 14:55

It feels totally weird. It took us two years to get to Puerto Williams, buy only two days to fly back to the UK. From Heathrow I went by train to Hathersage in the Peak District. My daughter Lisa had arranged to meet friends from her time at university there so I joined her and her partner Walter for the weekend. I was already feeling better and two days of climbing and sun bathing in warm sunshine was just what the doctor ordered.

Sunday night I trained down to Haslemere in Surrey to spend time with my other daughter Anna and her husband Yannick. I was concerned that Kath might be bored on her own in Williams but if you have read her blog entries you will no doubt agree that I needn't have worried!

While at Anna's I chased up parcels that were due and went to London and Guildford shopping for various items we needed. Nearly everything was for Caramor. Boats are very demanding.

I also visited a chiropractor and had a sports massage to help my back. On the second night in Haslemere I had my first uninterrupted night's sleep, where I wasn't woken up by a painful coughing fit, in weeks. The next day I felt rejuvenated. It's only now that I feel healthy again that I realise just how ill I had been.

On Friday, Lisa, Anna, Yannick and I flew to Jersey. Saturday lunchtime we got together with relatives and sprung a surprise 80th birthday party on my mother. It was a great success. She had no idea I was coming. She was surprised, and she didn't keel over with the shock. Phew!

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