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Dr Chris Bates
Sat 15 Feb 2020 06:50
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New batteries working well .New o/b running in . All well .Had a 10 day cruise to barrier island . Now back at Marsden Cove . Penny flies in on March 5 . Just need to get liferaft, o/B services and rig check.
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Cooked Breakfast
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(no subject)
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Good Weather
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Vanilla Planting and seaweed salad
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Speed sailing
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No Sun This Week
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As many problems as solutions
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rainy day
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Desert Islands and Water Snakes
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Anchorage number 6
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(no subject)
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Nivatuputapu
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Rugby
Rugby
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Samoa
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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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last Gays in French Polynesie
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Bora Bora
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Repairs
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anchoring/grounding and water
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Aground
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Learning Curve
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Back on Moorea
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travel by Bus
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Moorea
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A long Swell
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Tahiti-the sting in the tail
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Sting ion tail?
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Slumbering Giant
tuamoto
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After the Storm the Calm
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Rough Night and getting worse
Lightening
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(no subject)
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(no subject)
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Scurvy?
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(no subject)
Sun 28 Apr 00:26
(no subject)
Fri 26 Apr 03:25
Bit of a disappointment
Thu 25 Apr 02:31
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Can Opener at Last?
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This was the Day
Time for the engine?
Sat 20 Apr 16:11
closer
Fri 19 Apr 15:52
(no subject)
Another Voice
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Current
Pacific sunset
Wed 17 Apr 16:10
(no subject)
(no subject)
Tue 16 Apr 16:11
One medium Squid
(no subject)
Mon 15 Apr 16:12
Smell the Bougainvilla
gentle Day
Sun 14 Apr 15:18
(no subject)
First ship seen
Sat 13 Apr 15:13
Weather at Last
lighter winds
Fri 12 Apr 15:29
(no subject)
Gentle day
Thu 11 Apr 15:09
(no subject)
I´m not alone
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Powering up
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Low power
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(no subject)
Something Fishy ?
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(no subject)
Sat 6 Apr 23:20
(no subject)
Scurvy ?
Fri 5 Apr 22:33
(no subject)
(no subject)
Thu 4 Apr 23:12
Going West
At least we´re sailing
(no subject)
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Stuck in th ITCZ
Tue 2 Apr 23:46
Fickle wind
Stary Night
Mon 1 Apr 22:10
In the Blue
Other Than a Lover
Que sera sera
Mar 2013
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The Pacific is great
South Paccific
Sat 30 Mar 22:20
Sailing Is A Dieing Skill
Becalmed
Fri 29 Mar 22:14
go Slow
Good nights sleep
Thu 28 Mar 22:09
Natural Hazards
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Windy day
First day at sea
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I was just about to have swim
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Ready To Sail
Sun 24 Mar 22:38
Sunday
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No swim today
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Las Perlas-Isla Conadora
Wed 20 Mar 21:50
Ready to go but
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position
Flamenco
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Pacific
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Ready for off
Thu 14 Mar 22:43
Colon
Things are moving
Mon 11 Mar 23:13
Shelter Bay
Sat 9 Mar 18:02
Nearing Panama
Fri 8 Mar 19:58
Gale
Thu 7 Mar 22:03
A grey Day
Wed 6 Mar 21:21
wild day
Tue 5 Mar 20:02
Celtic Sea but sunny
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Good Progress
Sun 3 Mar 18:23
Carribean Sea
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Genset fixed
Wed 27 Feb 18:27
Turn for the better
Sat 23 Feb 15:20
crew complete
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Rodney Bay
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(no subject)
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St Piere
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The joys of Europe
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St Lucia
Thu 7 Feb 13:40
Bequia
Tue 5 Feb 22:56
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Mon 4 Feb 22:21
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Sun 3 Feb 23:40
Carriacou
grenada
Fri 1 Feb 16:59
circumnavigation begins
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Thu 31 Jan 20:03
Things are starting to work
Ready to sail
Tue 22 Jan 21:44
delays
Thu 17 Jan 22:50
Ups and Downs
Coral Cove Marina
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