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Previous Diary Entries

Date Subject Position
2012
Jun 2012
Tue 26 Jun 09:13 The Final Leg 50:53.41N 1:23.27W
Sat 16 Jun 12:56 Approaching Falmouth 49:02.94N 6:32.00W
Fri 15 Jun 11:14 (Another) Storm....but a big one this time! 48:52.28N 9:52.77W
Wed 13 Jun 15:40 Life in the slow lane 45:13.33N 15:22.02W
Sun 10 Jun 13:01 The start of the penultimate leg.....Farewell Pico et al 42:31.61N 24:51.75W
Tue 05 Jun 16:10 In the Azores 38:31.88N 28:37.52W
May 2012
Mon 28 May 11:58 Racing the weather! 38:43.57N 34:38.09W
Sat 26 May 14:15 555 miles to go - nearly there! 38:14.61N 40:27.88W
Thu 24 May 06:32 Half way at last! 38:26.33N 46:37.48W
Mon 21 May 12:11 Every cloud has a silver lining? 36:52.08N 52:02.33W
Sat 19 May 14:45 Heading North 36:02.51N 57:25.96W
Sun 13 May 11:04 Bermuda....eventually 32:22.73N 64:40.26W
Thu 10 May 06:54 203 to Bermuda 28:59.82N 64:37.59W
Thu 10 May 06:42 203 to Bermuda 28:59.82N 64:37.59W
Wed 09 May 13:28 66 Hours motoring! 27:14.55N 64:50.15W
Tue 08 May 09:29 No wind.... 24:39.06N 64:56.10W
Sun 06 May 09:37 Farewell to the Caribbean 19:53.86N 65:22.94W
Fri 04 May 09:18 Final Preparations 18:23.91N 64:38.14W
Wed 02 May 10:47 A great week.
Apr 2012
Fri 13 Apr 11:54 Joe, Clair and Susan sign off 18:26.77N 64:31.92W
Thu 12 Apr 14:19 Joe and the Conch 18:22.44N 64:31.95W
Thu 12 Apr 09:18 A night with Willy T 18:19.08N 64:37.02W
Wed 11 Apr 11:57 Arriving in the BVI 18:27.01N 64:26.17W
Wed 11 Apr 08:08 No raw paws pricked here! 18:15.80N 63:10.67W
Tue 10 Apr 21:19 Who is ze responsible person? 18:12.09N 63:05.70W
Sun 08 Apr 13:07 Duty Free Shopping 18:01.99N 63:05.79W
Fri 06 Apr 09:53 Ile Fourchue 17:57.37N 62:54.25W
Fri 06 Apr 09:31 From the Netherlands back to France! 17:54.33N 62:51.45W
Fri 06 Apr 09:14 St Eustatius 17:28.80N 62:59.32W
Sun 01 Apr 16:13 St Kitts 17:17.58N 62:43.46W
Mar 2012
Sat 31 Mar 17:22 Nobody's a stranger on Nevis 17:08.96N 62:37.83W
Thu 29 Mar 18:29 Checking out 17:38.64N 61:51.30W
Thu 29 Mar 17:58 Barbuda 17:33.25N 61:46.18W
Wed 28 Mar 18:50 Crew change in Antigua 17:04.19N 61:40.27W
Tue 20 Mar 11:51 A change of blogger........ 17:01.30N 61:46.57W
Sat 10 Mar 13:16 "Out" (Definitely not "Over and out!") Fri 9/Sat 10 17:00.00N 61:47.00W
Fri 09 Mar 04:34 Positive Man! Thurs Mar 8
Fri 09 Mar 04:01 Where is everyone? 16:48.40N 62:12.80W
Wed 07 Mar 00:10 The weight of history Tue Mar 6 pm 16:18.30N 61:48.50W
Wed 07 Mar 00:10 I'll meet you at midnight Tue Mar 6 am 16:05.30N 61:46.30W
Tue 06 Mar 00:10 From Our Own Correspondent Mon Mar 5
Mon 05 Mar 10:54 Incident reported live from Iles Des Saintes
Sun 04 Mar 01:41 Parrots of the Caribbean, Fri Mar 2 pt 2
Sun 04 Mar 01:39 Parrots of the Caribbean Fri Mar 2 pt 1
Sun 04 Mar 00:24 Entente Cordial -- Sat 3 15:52.00N 61:35.10W
Fri 02 Mar 13:25 Welcome to Paradise. Thurs Mar 1 15:34.00N 61:28.50W
Fri 02 Mar 13:22 Road to Hell Wed 29 Feb 14:44.50N 61:10.70W
Feb 2012
Tue 28 Feb 20:54 Turning North 14:28.17N 60:52.16W
Sun 26 Feb 13:57 Rodney Bay for the last time! 14:04.47N 60:56.93W
Sun 26 Feb 13:54 Canouan
Thu 16 Feb 16:20 Mayreau and more dinghy issues! 12:35.81N 61:24.90W
Sun 12 Feb 11:48 Rodney Bay and the fridge 13:00.66N 61:14.44W
Sun 05 Feb 12:12 Mustique 13:51.00N 61:03.76W
Fri 03 Feb 10:58 Two Frenchies and the Tobago Cays
Jan 2012
Tue 31 Jan 19:11 The Bequia Music festival
Wed 25 Jan 19:37 Union Island 12:35.80N 61:24.91W
Wed 25 Jan 19:36 Return to Carriacou 11:59.81N 61:45.69W
Wed 25 Jan 16:28 To Grenada 12:02.79N 61:44.84W
Thu 19 Jan 14:04 Mikaela's birthday 12:27.38N 61:29.32W
Thu 19 Jan 13:30 Overnight in Bequia 13:00.54N 61:14.70W
Wed 18 Jan 14:06 Leg 5 13:49.50N 61:03.80W
Tue 03 Jan 18:42 Helen and Dusty's visit
2011
Dec 2011
Tue 27 Dec 15:11 Christmas Day 14:04.46N 60:56.99W
Fri 23 Dec 18:58 Martinique for repairs 14:28.19N 60:51.96W
Tue 20 Dec 22:28 WINNER OF THE ARCH MAREZ TROPHY 13:51.39N 61:04.02W
Sun 11 Dec 21:51 WE HAVE ARRIVED in The Caribbean 14:04.46N 60:56.99W
Fri 09 Dec 18:36 Nearly there..... 14:20.96N 58:57.46W
Wed 07 Dec 22:55 No wind 15:42.89N 54:31.44W
Sat 03 Dec 19:28 Music 16:11.64N 44:23.48W
Thu 01 Dec 15:48 Over half way and a (minor) disaster! 17:20.87N 39:32.31W
Nov 2011
Wed 30 Nov 11:11 (Very nearly) Half way there 18:15.02N 36:26.41W
Sun 27 Nov 11:07 Not one - but two! 20:11.92N 29:01.27W
Fri 25 Nov 15:26 Day 6 21:55.88N 25:16.59W
Fri 25 Nov 15:11 Rolling to The Cape Verde Islands 23:11.63N 22:51.40W
Fri 25 Nov 15:11 Leaving Gran Canaria and the start of the ARC 25:38.57N 19:06.54W
Sat 19 Nov 15:42 Final preparations in Las Palmas
Sat 12 Nov 14:28 Tree planting and Salsa
Wed 09 Nov 12:01 Preparation for the ARC in Las Palmas
Oct 2011
Sun 16 Oct 12:58 Las Palmas We made it! 28:07.36N 15:25.40W
Thu 13 Oct 16:18 (Minor) Disaster 28:01.23N 16:36.71W
Tue 11 Oct 16:01 El Puertita 28:06.74N 16:46.20W
Mon 10 Oct 15:21 Cantera 28:02.06N 17:16.52W
Sun 09 Oct 14:49 Gomera 28:05.00N 17:06.50W
Sat 08 Oct 19:23 Holding out for a Hierro!! 27:47.09N 17:54.07W
Wed 05 Oct 15:37 La Palma 28:40.74N 17:45.99W
Tue 04 Oct 14:37 The Birds! 30:38.16N 17:20.20W
Mon 03 Oct 14:28 Funchal 32:38.74N 16:54.59W
Sat 01 Oct 16:50 Leg 3...........And then there were 3!
Sep 2011
Sun 11 Sep 16:40 Madeira - End of leg 2 32:44.48N 16:42.73W
Fri 09 Sep 14:05 A beautiful place! 33:03.69N 16:18.95W
Thu 08 Sep 09:17 A difficult night! 34:02.86N 14:38.99W
Wed 07 Sep 13:16 Half way! Updated 35:36.71N 13:52.45W
Tue 06 Sep 13:20 Rolling to Madeira 2 37:23.07N 12:07.89W
Mon 05 Sep 09:08 Peniche 39:21.13N 9:22.61W
Fri 02 Sep 13:25 Povoa de Varzim 41:22.28N 8:45.94W
Aug 2011
Mon 29 Aug 17:34 Susan signs off - for now!
Sat 27 Aug 21:51 Back to Baiona
Mon 22 Aug 17:34 Baiona 42:07.31N 8:50.75W
Fri 19 Aug 15:16 Combarro 42:25.72N 8:42.14W
Thu 18 Aug 10:15 Sanxenxo (pronounced Sanshensho) 42:23.77N 8:48.22W
Tue 16 Aug 16:28 What a night! 42:27.55N 8:54.69W
Mon 15 Aug 20:40 Vilagarcia de Arousa 42:36.03N 8:46.15W
Sat 13 Aug 14:15 A Pobra do Caraminal 42:36.29N 8:56.09W
Sat 13 Aug 13:40 Position 42:27.30N 9:01.03W
Sat 13 Aug 13:38 Position 42:34.50N 9:12.40W
Thu 11 Aug 10:42 Portosin 42:45.82N 8:56.77W
Tue 09 Aug 15:27 Muros 42:46.80N 9:03.50W
Fri 05 Aug 15:59 Camarinas 43:07.59N 9:10.93W
Tue 02 Aug 15:31 La Coruna
Jul 2011
Fri 29 Jul 17:19 Hola from Spain! 43:22.06N 8:23.73W
Thu 28 Jul 15:38 From Dolphins to Whales 45:35.44N 7:38.42W
Mon 25 Jul 16:08 Dolphins! 50:09.41N 5:03.82W
Fri 22 Jul 19:38 As promised the photos of the last few weeks.....
Fri 22 Jul 19:38 The first day 50:27.52N 3:31.76W
Thu 21 Jul 10:38 Today's the day
Jun 2011
Sun 12 Jun 12:03 Training and Preparation
May 2011
Mon 23 May 19:19 May Shakedown May 9th - 16th
Wed 18 May 17:25 Chiscos's next great adventure 50:53.69N 1:23.45W
2005
Jun 2005
Sun 19 Jun 19:23 19th June...We made it
Wed 15 Jun 13:55 15th June 250 miles to go....
Sun 12 Jun 19:17 12 June - Mr de Beaufort was an optimist...
Sat 11 Jun 15:25 11 June - a busy day at sea
Wed 08 Jun 14:56 8 juin - message du milieu de l'Atlantique
Mon 06 Jun 12:42 5th June. Horta
Sun 05 Jun 10:55 3rd June San Miguel Azores
Wed 01 Jun 12:42 1 June 2005
May 2005
Fri 27 May 19:33 May 27th Calheta - Funchal
Wed 25 May 15:55 25th May Chiscos Sails again!
Tue 17 May 10:29 Have some Madeira Ma' Dear.. 17th May
Sun 15 May 21:59 Still on Track....15 May 2005
Fri 13 May 19:19 Portugal to Madeira
Thu 12 May 10:12 12 May 2005
Wed 11 May 17:42 The pictures you all missed...
Wed 11 May 17:30 A change of plan.....
Mon 09 May 19:36 Monday 9th May
Sun 08 May 21:56 Bayona or Bust
Sat 07 May 15:41 7th May...Nearly there!
Fri 06 May 12:38 Fw: 6th May Biscay Day 3
Thu 05 May 12:49 Wednesday 5th May
Wed 04 May 10:06 Wednesay 4th May
Wed 04 May 09:55 Wed 4th May
Apr 2005
Thu 28 Apr 09:11 (no subject)