Previous Diary Entries
2024
2023
Feb 2023
2022
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Sailing again
Sat 18 Feb 04:39 -
Cyclone Gabriella
Sun 12 Feb 20:38 -
Cyclone Gabriella
Sat 11 Feb 06:37
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Another Tropical Storm
Tue 31 Jan 06:16 -
New Year Storm
Thu 5 Jan 00:57
Nov 2022
2021
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2022 a year of surprises
Thu 24 Nov 15:23
Dec 2021
2020
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Christmas in Wales
Thu 23 Dec 09:00
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August in Wales
Tue 31 Aug 08:47
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Visa and jabs
Sun 2 May 08:04
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Barrier Island
Tue 9 Mar 08:25 -
Earthquakes and Tsumanis
Sat 6 Mar 06:40
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Update February
Wed 24 Feb 06:22
Dec 2020
2019
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Bay of Islands
Thu 31 Dec 20:27 -
Christmas 2020
Wed 23 Dec 06:13
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Visa Extensions
Sat 15 Aug 21:36 -
Wintering in New Zealand, Visas
Tue 4 Aug 20:40
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Tornados
Sat 27 Jun 21:34 -
frostbite sailing . bay of islands
Fri 12 Jun 19:53
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lockdown level 2 NZ
Mon 25 May 07:42
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Lock Down
Mon 13 Apr 19:59
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Miniwhagamata
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Progress
Sat 15 Feb 06:50
Dec 2019
2018
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End of year 2019
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this week
Sat 21 Dec 19:23 -
Launch
Mon 16 Dec 07:27 -
Whangarei
Wed 11 Dec 06:43
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2019 season begins
Thu 28 Nov 05:27
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Barrier Island
Wed 30 Jan 19:08
Nov 2018
2017
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Passage to New Zealand
Fri 16 Nov 20:15
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Season closing
Tue 23 Oct 08:28
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Back in Noumea
Thu 27 Sep 03:04 -
Noumea . 80000 nm logged
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Ready to Sail
Thu 30 Aug 06:31 -
Vuda
Sun 26 Aug 07:23 -
Nanu I Thake
Sun 5 Aug 22:37 -
The Fijians call this place Heaven
Thu 2 Aug 07:44
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Nununa I Thake
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Suva and Beyond
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Weather improving
Sat 7 Jul 21:33
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Savusavu
Wed 27 Jun 21:26 -
Taveuni , Paradise
Sun 17 Jun 05:19 -
Our Weather Window
Thu 7 Jun 23:43
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Rakiraki
Thu 31 May 21:08 -
Very Hot In Vuda
Thu 24 May 21:52 -
Back on Satellite
Wed 23 May 06:41 -
Fast Passage
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Problems
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Passage to Fiji
Sat 12 May 01:50
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Ready to sail
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Stormy Weekend
Fri 27 Apr 21:50 -
Nearly Ready
Tue 24 Apr 05:45
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Genset at last
Sat 24 Mar 02:14 -
Ex cyclone Hola
Sun 11 Mar 04:53 -
Touring
Sat 3 Mar 05:39
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Wiatangi
Sat 10 Feb 23:43
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Birthday
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Great Barrier Island
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New Year
Fri 5 Jan 05:22
Dec 2017
2016
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Onboard
Sat 23 Dec 21:12 -
Return to New Zealand
Thu 7 Dec 16:28
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Winter arriving
Thu 18 May 00:59
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This Week
Sat 25 Mar 23:35 -
Heavy Rain
Thu 9 Mar 23:19 -
Great Barrier
Fri 3 Mar 23:41
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Repairs Complete
Sat 18 Feb 21:41 -
Opua
Wed 8 Feb 22:46 -
Careening
Sun 5 Feb 05:54
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Back in New Zealand
Fri 27 Jan 04:22 -
New Season
Fri 20 Jan 18:53
Nov 2016
2015
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Repairs
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Opua
Tue 15 Nov 22:05 -
Hard Cheese
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The sun shines again
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(no subject)
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(no subject)
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Mount Bates
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Twas During Happy Hour
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Patience
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Thats Life
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Prepaing to Sail
Sun 6 Nov 02:04
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Relaxing
Thu 27 Oct 22:57 -
Ilot Casy
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Windy and Gusty
Mon 17 Oct 03:38 -
Ile Ducos
Sat 15 Oct 07:01 -
Unexpected Visitors
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Thunder Storms
Mon 10 Oct 23:09 -
Noumea
Sat 8 Oct 05:38 -
Ile Uere
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Bay de la Somme
Sun 2 Oct 22:11
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Ile Casy
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Lifestyle Francais
Fri 23 Sep 00:57 -
Noumea
Thu 22 Sep 07:19 -
Approachind New aledonia
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Sunny Days
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Getting Better
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Leaving Fiji
Thu 15 Sep 00:31 -
Things Improve
Thu 8 Sep 04:18
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(no subject)
Mon 29 Aug 20:34 -
Holiday
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Repairs
Sun 7 Aug 05:49 -
Denarau
Fri 5 Aug 10:44
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Sevu Sevu
Wed 27 Jul 01:38 -
Vega Bay , Beqa
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Suva
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Levuka
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I want to ride my bicycle
Wed 13 Jul 06:22 -
Sea Mercy day2
Tue 12 Jul 06:25 -
Sea Mercy
Mon 11 Jul 06:19 -
Makagai
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Update
Sun 3 Jul 00:31
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Savu Savu update
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Savu Savu
Tue 7 Jun 06:20 -
Rockin an a Rollin
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Leaving for Fiji
Fri 3 Jun 01:50
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Bush Walking again
Fri 27 May 04:18 -
At Anchor
Wed 25 May 05:32 -
'Vaka Titu
Tue 24 May 05:44 -
Hunga Haven Bush Walk
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Kapa Island
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Nieafu
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The Butter is Meltting Now
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Weather Improves
Thu 5 May 23:47 -
Heavy rain
Tue 3 May 22:05 -
At Anchor Minerva Reef
Mon 2 May 23:25 -
Stormy untill the end
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A Rough Night Got Rougher
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The butter melts
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Half Way
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Blue Sea
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Ready to Leave New Zealand
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Weather window
Fri 15 Apr 09:38
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Penny arrives and brings the rain
Thu 17 Mar 22:32 -
Progress
Wed 2 Mar 03:53
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Down River
Fri 26 Feb 09:05 -
In New Zealand
Tue 16 Feb 20:35 -
(no subject)
Sun 14 Feb 08:08
Nov 2015
2014
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Wales
Mon 23 Nov 18:01 -
Suumer 2015
Mon 23 Nov 17:54
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OCC Lunch
Sun 12 Apr 06:40
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Update
Thu 12 Mar 21:09
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Bluff and all that
Wed 4 Feb 06:11
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Chance Meeting
Sun 18 Jan 18:59 -
South Island
Sun 18 Jan 08:23 -
New Year
Mon 5 Jan 19:15
Dec 2014
2013
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Christmas
Mon 29 Dec 08:56 -
The car saga
Tue 16 Dec 07:04 -
Cars and camping
Thu 11 Dec 20:37
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New Car
Sun 30 Nov 09:39 -
Inflation
Fri 21 Nov 23:53 -
Getting Shipshape
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Back in Kiwi land
Wed 12 Nov 05:20 -
The Wind has Stopped Blowing
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Still Beating
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Windwar Passage
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A Day of Two Halfs
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Moonshine
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Fine Sailing
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Record Speeds
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Set Sail for New Zealand Tomorrow
Sun 2 Nov 06:26
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Preparing to Sail South
Wed 29 Oct 10:26 -
Still on Holiday
Fri 24 Oct 11:14 -
Water-Gen
Wed 15 Oct 08:09 -
Vuda Marina
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Fiji Day
Fri 10 Oct 21:33 -
Every Cloud
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The Dentist
Fri 26 Sep 06:56 -
Suva Take Two
Wed 24 Sep 07:04 -
Suva
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Ovalau
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Makogai
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Weddind Aniversary
Sun 7 Sep 22:15 -
Savusavu 3
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First Day Of Spring
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Exploring
Thu 28 Aug 07:38 -
Back to Rabi
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back to work
Thu 21 Aug 10:46 -
Savusavu 2
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Viani
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A day apart
Tue 12 Aug 07:30 -
Rabi
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Christopher Bay
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Nasua Bay
Sat 9 Aug 05:50 -
Fawn Harbour
Fri 8 Aug 07:08 -
Celebration
Wed 6 Aug 06:47 -
Spot the deliberate mistake
Sat 2 Aug 07:17
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Savusevu , Fiji
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Ready to sail to Fiji
Thu 24 Jul 03:58 -
I neer thought I'd do this
Sat 19 Jul 06:31 -
(no subject)
Mon 14 Jul 05:51 -
Rainy Sunday
Sun 13 Jul 05:46 -
Waiting for the Trades
Fri 11 Jul 22:35 -
Glutteny
Mon 7 Jul 01:28 -
Still Celebrating
Sat 5 Jul 02:04 -
Photographer by Appointment
Wed 2 Jul 05:43
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Hail the King
Sat 28 Jun 06:26 -
(no subject)
Thu 19 Jun 22:45 -
Update
Thu 19 Jun 02:45 -
Winter Solstice
Wed 18 Jun 19:31 -
(no subject)
Sat 14 Jun 01:12 -
OValau Island
Wed 11 Jun 05:31 -
Birthday
Sun 8 Jun 02:20 -
(no subject)
Thu 5 Jun 06:44 -
Boat Maintenance in the Sun
Tue 3 Jun 04:04 -
Kapa
Mon 2 Jun 05:25 -
Wet Weekend
Sun 1 Jun 05:17
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More Trials and Tribulations
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Welcomed Back to Tonga
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Tropical Sailing at Last
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Alone in the blue
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(no subject)
Sun 18 May 21:52 -
White water oer the reef
Sun 18 May 00:48 -
Windy and Raining
Fri 16 May 21:54 -
Storms Coral Sharks at Minera Reef
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Fw: Time for a break
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Time for a break
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(no subject)
Tue 13 May 00:52 -
In the Trades
Mon 12 May 00:18 -
Saiing Fast
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Finally, Finally Ready to GO
Wed 7 May 21:56 -
Tropical Storm
Sun 4 May 23:31 -
Just waiting for the weather
Fri 2 May 06:44 -
Opua
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All is snug
Mon 28 Apr 06:53 -
A storm approaches
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All fixed
Wed 23 Apr 08:04 -
Cookin with gas
Tue 22 Apr 06:52 -
Radar back and working
Sat 19 Apr 07:08 -
At least it's raining
Wed 16 Apr 10:44 -
Progress
Tue 15 Apr 10:31 -
Back to Winter
Mon 14 Apr 06:17 -
One More Trumpet in the Sky
Sat 12 Apr 08:39 -
Radar problems
Fri 11 Apr 06:09 -
Prince William lands in the fog
Mon 7 Apr 05:11 -
Great Barrier Island
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Still sunny
Sat 29 Mar 20:04 -
Nearly ready
Fri 28 Mar 19:44 -
Progress
Wed 26 Mar 08:56 -
Trials and tribulatiojns
Tue 25 Mar 09:24 -
Afloat again
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Ready to Splash
Wed 19 Mar 08:22 -
St Patrick's Day
Mon 17 Mar 08:44 -
The eye of the storm
Fri 14 Mar 20:09 -
Out of the oven into the fryingpan
Fri 14 Mar 02:00 -
Welsh Spring
Sat 8 Mar 14:07
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Winter of Storms
Tue 18 Feb 18:16
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It's Like Being At Sea
Wed 1 Jan 10:18
Dec 2013
2002
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Christmas Day
Wed 25 Dec 13:17 -
Wales for Christmas
Sat 14 Dec 14:10
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Whangarei
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Tutukaka
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Bay of Islands
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First Week in New Zealand
Fri 22 Nov 04:29 -
Repairs
Sun 17 Nov 02:47 -
Settling Into Kiwi life
Thu 14 Nov 06:31 -
Opua
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Cooked Breakfast
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Hard going
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Hard to Wind
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Hove to
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Squalls
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Headwinds
Wed 6 Nov 20:25 -
Wind is Back
Tue 5 Nov 20:08 -
Buzzed
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The Other Side of the World 2
Mon 4 Nov 20:04 -
Minerva Reef
Sun 3 Nov 19:59 -
Short circuits
Fri 1 Nov 23:05 -
Re: Minerva Reef
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Minerva Reef
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Mama Faty Yacht Club
Sun 27 Oct 00:14 -
Tongatapu - Nuku ´alofa
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Solitude
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Uoleva Island
Sun 20 Oct 04:34 -
Lifuka
Fri 18 Oct 23:38 -
Ripped Sail
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Whalesong
Mon 14 Oct 06:38 -
Farewell Vava´u
Sat 12 Oct 01:31 -
That Genset Again
Fri 4 Oct 23:55
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(no subject)
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Good Weather
Thu 26 Sep 20:28 -
Vanilla Planting and seaweed salad
Wed 25 Sep 06:13 -
Speed sailing
Tue 24 Sep 01:43 -
Scraping the Coral
Thu 19 Sep 05:26 -
Eastern Isles
Mon 16 Sep 06:45 -
Sailing and whales
Fri 13 Sep 05:42 -
No Sun This Week
Sat 7 Sep 02:15 -
Wet and Windy
Sun 1 Sep 04:18
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As many problems as solutions
Tue 27 Aug 02:14 -
Luck holds
Sat 24 Aug 20:57 -
rainy day
Wed 21 Aug 08:34 -
Desert Islands and Water Snakes
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Anchorage number 6
Sat 17 Aug 04:33 -
(no subject)
Thu 15 Aug 05:37 -
Tonga
Wed 14 Aug 06:01 -
Vava´u . Northern Tonga
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Nivatuputapu
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Savaii
Mon 5 Aug 22:49 -
Tsunami warning and Savaii
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A month in Samoa
Thu 1 Aug 06:08
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Pictures
Sat 20 Jul 07:02 -
Pictures
Sat 20 Jul 07:02 -
Rugby
Sat 20 Jul 07:00 -
Rugby
Sat 20 Jul 07:00 -
Saluting the Flag
Thu 11 Jul 08:22 -
Apia , Samoa ; We thought it was sunday
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Samoa
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Still windy
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Ditto
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Rockin & Rollin
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A change in the Weather
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The Moder Nurse
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Doestic Bliss
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Fuses
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Ready to sail
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last Gays in French Polynesie
Thu 27 Jun 06:26 -
Outrigger canoes
Tue 25 Jun 02:34 -
Bora Bora
Sat 22 Jun 22:53 -
Repairs
Wed 19 Jun 04:51 -
anchoring/grounding and water
Sat 15 Jun 23:40 -
Tapuamu Bay , Tahaá
Fri 14 Jun 00:48 -
Raitoa
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Aground
Tue 4 Jun 02:48 -
Learning Curve
Sun 2 Jun 01:31
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The Anchorage You Dream Of
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Back on Moorea
Tue 28 May 04:15 -
travel by Bus
Wed 22 May 03:02 -
Cooks Bay
Sat 18 May 21:38 -
Moorea
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A long Swell
Tue 14 May 03:00 -
all things are french
Thu 9 May 02:24 -
Tahiti-the sting in the tail
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Sting ion tail?
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Slumbering Giant
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tuamoto
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After the Storm the Calm
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Rough Night and getting worse
Sat 4 May 20:21 -
Lightening
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(no subject)
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(no subject)
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Scurvy?
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(no subject)
Tue 30 Apr 02:46 -
(no subject)
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Bit of a disappointment
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The Flies
Thu 25 Apr 02:31 -
Where the Flies are
Wed 24 Apr 02:47 -
Atuona,Hiva Oa, French Polynesia
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Can Opener at Last?
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This was the Day
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Time for the engine?
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closer
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(no subject)
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Another Voice
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Current
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Pacific sunset
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(no subject)
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(no subject)
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One medium Squid
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(no subject)
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Smell the Bougainvilla
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gentle Day
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(no subject)
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First ship seen
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Weather at Last
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lighter winds
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(no subject)
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Gentle day
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(no subject)
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I´m not alone
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progressing
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Powering up
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Low power
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(no subject)
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Something Fishy ?
Mon 8 Apr 14:27 -
(no subject)
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(no subject)
Sat 6 Apr 23:20 -
Scurvy ?
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(no subject)
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(no subject)
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Going West
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At least we´re sailing
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(no subject)
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Stuck in th ITCZ
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Fickle wind
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Stary Night
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In the Blue
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Other Than a Lover
Mon 1 Apr 18:48 -
Que sera sera
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The Pacific is great
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South Paccific
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Sailing Is A Dieing Skill
Sat 30 Mar 22:20 -
Becalmed
Sat 30 Mar 13:44 -
go Slow
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Good nights sleep
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Natural Hazards
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Isla Malpelo
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Windy day
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First day at sea
Wed 27 Mar 13:12 -
I was just about to have swim
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Ready To Sail
Mon 25 Mar 15:42 -
Sunday
Sun 24 Mar 22:38 -
No swim today
Sat 23 Mar 18:51 -
Contadora
Fri 22 Mar 17:22 -
Las Perlas-Isla Conadora
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Ready to go but
Wed 20 Mar 21:50 -
position
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Flamenco
Tue 19 Mar 17:35 -
Pacific
Sun 17 Mar 20:34 -
In the middle of Panama
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Ready for off
Sat 16 Mar 03:11 -
Colon
Thu 14 Mar 22:43 -
Things are moving
Thu 14 Mar 00:00 -
Shelter Bay
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Nearing Panama
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Gale
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A grey Day
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wild day
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Celtic Sea but sunny
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Good Progress
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Carribean Sea
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Genset fixed
Thu 28 Feb 21:32 -
Turn for the better
Wed 27 Feb 18:27 -
crew complete
Sat 23 Feb 15:20 -
Rodney Bay
Fri 22 Feb 19:06 -
(no subject)
Thu 21 Feb 16:44 -
Fort De France
Wed 20 Feb 20:40 -
St Piere
Tue 19 Feb 19:46 -
The joys of Europe
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At Rodney Bay
Sun 17 Feb 18:24 -
The saga of the genset continues
Fri 15 Feb 12:04 -
St Lucia
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Bequia
Thu 7 Feb 13:40 -
Still hard on the wind
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Chatham Bay
Mon 4 Feb 22:21 -
Carriacou
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grenada
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circumnavigation begins
Fri 1 Feb 16:59
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Things are starting to work
Thu 31 Jan 20:03 -
Ready to sail
Thu 31 Jan 16:49 -
delays
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Ups and Downs
Thu 17 Jan 22:50 -
Coral Cove Marina
Thu 17 Jan 14:17 -
The story so far
Mon 7 Jan 16:02
Jan 2002
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Smokehouse Bay
Tue 1 Jan 00:12 -
Great Barrier Island