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Caramor - sailing around the world
Franco Ferrero / Kath Mcnulty
Mon 17 Jul 2017 03:56
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We are back in Valdivia after a three week trip to Oregon in the USA. Normal service on the blog will now be resumed.
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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
Back to Rosita's embrace
Walking in South Georgia
Gentoo penguins - the quiet ones
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
Tenerife to Gran Canaria
The Anaga Mountains
Tenerife - Joyce and Martin visiting
Oct 2014
Wed 29 Oct 18:51
Lanzarote - A whistle-stop tour
Mon 13 Oct 16:24
Isla Graciosa
Tue 7 Oct 13:14
Change of Plan
Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics
Rabat to the Canaries
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
Baiona (La Real)
Photos From Previous Entry
Meeting up with Dos Tintos
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
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