Previous Diary Entries
2025
Apr 2025
2024
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Cassini blog#156 Back on Cassini for the 2025 cruise back to UK
Mon 21 Apr 13:52
Oct 2024
Sep 2024
2023
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Cassini blog#154 Marseille
Sun 29 Sep 11:19 -
Cassini blog# 153 San Antoni (Ibiza), Torredembarra (Spanish mainland) and the journey to Marseille
Wed 25 Sep 07:52
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Cassini Blog #152 - Ibiza - without the discos 38:56.306N, 001:13.994W
Mon 16 Sep 13:29
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Casssini blog#151 Cartagena to Migjorn Bay, Formentera 38:40.992N, 001:27.308E
Tue 10 Sep 16:31
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Cassini blog#150 Leaving Azohia and arriving Cartagena and the hazards of docking 50ft yacht
Wed 4 Sep 17:27
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Cassini blog#149 La Azohia... ashore
Sun 1 Sep 18:40
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Cassini blog#148 La Azohia
Thu 29 Aug 15:44 -
Cassini blog#147 Monday in Aguadulce
Mon 26 Aug 15:01 -
Cassini blog# 146 Aguadulce
Sat 24 Aug 16:57
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Cassini blog# 145 Almerimar
Thu 22 Aug 12:15 -
Cassini blog#144 36:41.864N 002:47.509W
Tue 20 Aug 15:21
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Cassini blog#143 Grenada part two: Alhambra
Mon 19 Aug 15:41 -
Cassini blog#142 Grenada part one: The City
Mon 19 Aug 09:07 -
Cassini blog#141 Frigliana
Mon 19 Aug 09:02 -
Cassini blog#140 Motril
Thu 15 Aug 15:24 -
Cassini blog#139 Long but windless weekend in Southern Spain
Mon 12 Aug 12:22 -
Cassini blog#138 Thursday at anchor off Fuengirola
Thu 8 Aug 14:05
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Cassini Blog# 137 Alcaidesa to Estapona 36:30.079N, 004:50.789W
Tue 6 Aug 15:46
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Cassini Blog#136 A trip down memory lane (or tunnel)
Sun 4 Aug 18:34
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Cassini blog #135 Back onboard Cassini again...
Fri 2 Aug 13:58
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Cassini blog #134 The end of 10 months cruising - phase 1 of the sailing odyssey on Cassini complete
Sat 8 Jun 09:00
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Cassini blog#133 Back in the EU
Sat 1 Jun 13:23
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Cassini Blog #132 - Cassini seeking some relationship advi ce..38:21.0N 018:0.0W
Tue 28 May 11:08
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Cassini blog #131 Birthday boy's blog
Thu 23 May 18:58 -
Cassini blog #130 Land Ahoy…. The Azores
Mon 20 May 12:20
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Cassini blog #129 - Short essay on the English tribe and their unique habits
Thu 16 May 21:13 -
Cassini blog #128 - Update from Pauline.
Wed 15 May 19:22 -
Cassini blog # 127 - Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Sun 12 May 21:13 -
Cassini blog #126 - If Carlsberg did Mornings
Sat 11 May 23:22 -
Cassini Blog # 125 - Friday 10th June - Halfway to Azores
Fri 10 May 20:55 -
Cassini Blog #124 - Weather and routing - Position: 28:12.81N 053:04.31W
Tue 7 May 16:37
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Cassini Blog #124 - Weather and routing
Tue 7 May 16:36 -
Cassini Blog # 123 - A weekend of '2 Loaves and 2 Fishes'
Mon 6 May 00:09 -
Cassini Blog #122 - Friday Fish
Fri 3 May 15:22
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Cassini blog# 121 Grinders log...
Mon 29 Apr 12:10 -
Cassini blog# 120 Opening salvo from Liz!
Sun 28 Apr 10:53 -
Cassini blog# 119 Frenchies onboard
Fri 26 Apr 18:11 -
Cassini blog#118 Crew changes...
Sat 20 Apr 15:37 -
Cassini blog #117 back in Antigua
Sat 20 Apr 15:33
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Cassini blog #116 "well that was an interesting 24 hours"
Sat 13 Apr 15:41 -
Cassini blog #115 Iles des Saintes and the spare part!
Wed 10 Apr 19:41 -
Cassini blog#114 Bye Bye Dominica
Sun 7 Apr 19:30
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Cassini blog #113 Friday... jobs day and the last evening in Dominica
Sun 7 Apr 19:29 -
Cassini blog# 112 Easter
Thu 4 Apr 20:36 -
Cassini blog# 111 Counting the cost
Thu 4 Apr 20:27
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Cassini blog #110 make and mend
Sun 31 Mar 16:13 -
Cassini blog#109 Doctor, Doctor...
Fri 29 Mar 18:29 -
Cassini blog #108 A day of 'moments' in Dominica
Thu 28 Mar 20:59 -
Cassini blog#107 Indian River trip in Portsmouth Dominica
Tue 26 Mar 15:14 -
Cassini blog #106 Weekend in Portsmouth Domica
Tue 26 Mar 14:57 -
Cassini blog#105 You could not make it up!
Sat 23 Mar 20:26
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Cassini blog#104 problems solved and on our way again
Fri 22 Mar 18:25
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Cassini blog #103 Well, it’s been a busy week in 'engineering'!
Wed 20 Mar 21:16
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Cassini blog#102 It never does run smooth
Tue 19 Mar 00:39
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Cassini blog #101 Back to the Caribbean from the UK
Sat 16 Mar 13:19 -
Cassini blog #100 Membership of the Tot Club of Antigua and Barbuda
Fri 8 Mar 14:24
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Cassini blog #99 …..and then there were 2….
Thu 29 Feb 23:02 -
Cassini blog #98 St Martin, Saba and back to Antigua
Sat 24 Feb 21:39
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Cassini blog# 97 Anegada and St Martin
Mon 19 Feb 18:02
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Cassini blog #96 Anegada
Wed 14 Feb 00:26 -
Cassini blog #95 The Baths
Wed 14 Feb 00:19 -
Cassini Blog #94 Thunderstorms, wind and finally some sailing
Sun 11 Feb 14:30 -
Cassini blog #93 Peter and Salt Islands and Road town
Mon 5 Feb 16:03
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Cassini blog #92 BVIs, Norman Island, Road town and Peter Island
Wed 31 Jan 23:39
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Cassini blog #91 BVI cruising, Sopers to Norman Islands
Sun 28 Jan 21:57
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Cassini blog #90 The start of the BVI cruise
Wed 24 Jan 15:41
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Cassini blog#89 ‘Statius’ to St Maarten
Thu 18 Jan 23:50
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Cassini blog #88 Clearing the yacht and its crew into and out of the Islands… a little longer than usual, but that’s bureaucracy for you
Thu 18 Jan 17:40 -
Cassini Blog #87 Windy and we’re flooding!
Tue 16 Jan 15:18
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Cassini blog#86 Broadsword, this is Danny Boy
Sat 13 Jan 21:41
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Cassini blog#85 Tour of Nevis
Sat 13 Jan 19:58 -
Cassini blog #84... Guest blog #2 from Colin and Jules
Fri 12 Jan 21:21 -
Blog#83 Nevis
Thu 11 Jan 22:16 -
Blog #82 Nevis (and St Kitts)
Thu 11 Jan 00:47
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Blog#81 Competent crew...
Mon 8 Jan 02:12 -
Blog#80 Guest blog :-) in Jolly Harbour
Fri 5 Jan 23:26
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Blog #79 Carlisle Bay, Antigua
Thu 4 Jan 20:38 -
Blog #78 Willoughby Bay Antigua
Thu 4 Jan 20:27 -
Blog #77 New Year's Eve in Antigua
Mon 1 Jan 17:43
Dec 2023
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Blog#76 Seeing more of Antigua while we sort boat out
Sun 31 Dec 12:04 -
Blog#75 Technical glitches...
Sun 31 Dec 11:57 -
Blog #74 Boxing day... a crime has been committed
Wed 27 Dec 12:15 -
Blog #73 Christmas in Antigua
Wed 27 Dec 11:24 -
Blog #72 The Tot club induction
Wed 27 Dec 11:16 -
Blog #71 Deshais to Antigua
Wed 27 Dec 11:12
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Blog#70 Death in paradise....
Thu 21 Dec 00:12
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Cassini Blog #69 - Oh What a Night!
Mon 18 Dec 19:52 -
Blog #68 Sailing to Dominica (Part 2)
Sun 17 Dec 12:57 -
Blog #67 Martinique to Dominica
Sat 16 Dec 19:53
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Cassini blog#66 Sally and Catherine are back...
Thu 14 Dec 15:27
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Cassini blog #65 The journey that never should have been
Wed 13 Dec 20:27
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Cassini Blog #64 Catching up on the end of ARC+ 2023
Wed 13 Dec 20:17
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Cassini blog #63 - The Finish Line Approaches
Sat 2 Dec 22:43
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Cassini Blog #62 - A note from the novice
Tue 28 Nov 17:56 -
Cassini Blog#61 - Running down the rhum line to the rum
Mon 27 Nov 20:53 -
Cassini - Blog#60 - 26th November
Sun 26 Nov 20:41 -
Cassini Blog #59 - Mildred
Fri 24 Nov 20:42 -
Blog #58 -A Note from Mrs Payne
Thu 23 Nov 19:31 -
Cassini Blog #57 - Tuesday 21 November
Wed 22 Nov 11:00 -
Cassini Blog #56 - Monday 20 November
Mon 20 Nov 18:37 -
Blog#55 Sunday 19th November
Sun 19 Nov 20:11 -
Blog #55 - Leg 2
Sat 18 Nov 17:47 -
Blog#53 Ready for the off...
Thu 16 Nov 19:47 -
Blog #52 from Sally and Catherine in the UK
Thu 16 Nov 19:12 -
Blog #51 860 miles and leg 1 of ARC+ 2023 complete...
Tue 14 Nov 10:19 -
Blog#50 Las Palmas to Cape Verde
Thu 9 Nov 14:25
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Blog #49 We're ready....
Sat 4 Nov 19:18
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Blog#48 The Rally ramps up
Mon 30 Oct 13:23 -
Blog#47 Time off in Tenerife
Sun 22 Oct 17:58 -
Blog#46 Time to be tourists and a few boat jobs ….
Thu 19 Oct 12:28 -
Blog#45 And now my thoughts... Catherine
Mon 16 Oct 09:44 -
Blog# 44 Lessons from the first 2500 miles
Mon 16 Oct 09:30 -
Blog#43 I MADE IT TO THE CANARIES... Sally
Sun 15 Oct 14:41 -
Blog#42 Made it and here early - Nigel
Sun 15 Oct 14:31 -
Blog #41 Arrived in Gran Canaria... phase 1 of the Big trip complete....
Sat 14 Oct 17:26
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Blog #40 - Halfway to the Canaries
Thu 12 Oct 14:10 -
Blog#39 Day trip and more changes to plan...
Tue 10 Oct 08:39 -
Blog #38 Porto Santo
Sun 8 Oct 09:54 -
Blog #37 Porto Santos
Fri 6 Oct 20:16
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Blog #36 Madeira via Porto Santo
Wed 4 Oct 16:28 -
Blog #35 Preparing for four days at sea
Sun 1 Oct 19:30
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Blog #34 Dilemma
Sat 30 Sep 11:54 -
Blog #33 Day 40
Sat 30 Sep 11:41 -
Blog #32 Sea life we like, some not so much!
Thu 28 Sep 13:08 -
Blog #31 Any plan is a basis for change
Wed 27 Sep 17:31
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Blog# 30. Spotting for pots and somewhere tenable to stay
Sun 24 Sep 15:14
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Blog #29 Povoa de Varzim
Fri 22 Sep 19:22 -
Blog #28 In Portugal
Thu 21 Sep 19:28
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Blog #27 A day in Baiona
Wed 20 Sep 19:15 -
Blog #26 Perhaps a stop to forget... and, the Admiral's coffee cup
Mon 18 Sep 19:32
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Blog #25 Sunday morning at anchor in Muxia
Sun 17 Sep 18:31 -
Blog #24 Insuring the dream
Sat 16 Sep 19:06
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Blog #23 Good news
Fri 15 Sep 18:56 -
Blog #22 Cruising on a yacht is just fixing it in exotic places
Thu 14 Sep 19:49 -
Blog #22 Good follows bad...
Wed 13 Sep 19:29 -
Blog #21 A plan is a basis for change
Tue 12 Sep 20:16 -
Blog #20 catching up on last couple of days
Mon 11 Sep 18:44 -
Blog #19 Santiago de Compostela day trip
Sat 9 Sep 20:29 -
Blog #18 Passage to Coruna
Fri 8 Sep 13:34
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Blog #17 Highs and Lows
Thu 7 Sep 10:39
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Blog #16 2 days in Gijon
Tue 5 Sep 19:53 -
Blog #15 Biscay crossing - the view from the cockpit
Tue 5 Sep 13:58 -
Blog #14 Oh what a night!
Tue 5 Sep 13:30
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Blog #13 Market day in La Rochelle
Fri 1 Sep 14:40
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Blog #12 planning our trip South
Thu 31 Aug 19:00 -
Blog #11 La Rochelle
Wed 30 Aug 20:38
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Blog #10 Powering our life afloat...
Tue 29 Aug 15:23
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Blog #9 Cameret to Belle Ile
Mon 28 Aug 17:00
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Blog #8 Camaret
Sat 26 Aug 18:34
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Blog #7 A day ashore in Roscoff
Fri 25 Aug 16:23 -
Blog #6 Sardines 48:43.54N 003:58.6W
Thu 24 Aug 19:38
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Blog #5 First night at sea...
Wed 23 Aug 15:20 -
Blog #4 Leaving the UK
Wed 23 Aug 11:59
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Blessings on Cassini #3
Thu 17 Aug 07:07 -
Cassini preparation #2
Thu 17 Aug 06:26
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Cassini introduction. blog post #1
Mon 14 Aug 09:05