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Gertha4

Simon Ridley

Tue 21 Jun 2011 11:02

The wind is here and we are ready, a battle ship will be shooting at us for the start, hope the wind does not die today.

Blog Entries

2018

Jun 2018

Tue 5 Jun 08:57
- biscay day 2
Mon 4 Jun 10:31
- biscay
Sat 2 Jun 06:27
- Plymouth

2017

Jul 2017

Thu 13 Jul 11:26
- Lagos
Mon 10 Jul 05:47
- nana gibralter

2015

Jul 2015

Mon 20 Jul 05:09
- Tallinn
Wed 15 Jul 05:54
- gotska
Mon 13 Jul 09:14
- Visby
Sun 5 Jul 06:59
- rostock

Jun 2015

Mon 29 Jun 09:11
- north german bite

2014

Jun 2014

Sun 15 Jun 17:19
- falmouth
Wed 11 Jun 15:15
- Surprise Visit
Tue 10 Jun 08:04
- Grey Skies
Mon 9 Jun 13:54
- Slow News Day
Sun 8 Jun 19:02
- The Desolate Turtle and Other Stories from the End of the Rainbow
Sat 7 Jun 10:36
- back at sea
Tue 3 Jun 11:54
- Gone Posh

May 2014

Tue 27 May 14:56
- Floating Engines, Knots and Eating Butter
Mon 26 May 19:17
- This Particular Day
Sun 25 May 09:47
- Shift Change
Sat 24 May 15:45
- Salty Cogs
Fri 23 May 18:46
- Orange Turtles
- Simon's Lay Day and the Search for Cheeki Rafiki
Wed 21 May 20:55
- cheeki rafiki search
- Spam and Tights (Spamdex Tights)?
Tue 20 May 21:15
Mon 19 May 07:00
- surfing usa
Sat 17 May 19:47
- We're All Flotsam
Fri 16 May 20:06
- Skipper Becoming Dog
Thu 15 May 17:47
- only one bird
Wed 14 May 11:26
- Goodbye Bermuda
Fri 9 May 17:03
- scones
Thu 8 May 17:04
- bouncy
Wed 7 May 16:47
- Fishy Night!
Mon 5 May 14:50
- a sunny day
Sun 4 May 14:17
- sun up bimini up asym up
Fri 2 May 02:15
- Tortola

Apr 2014

Tue 29 Apr 17:42
- Carib
Thu 24 Apr 22:41
- Antigua

2013

Dec 2013

Thu 5 Dec 14:30
- The Final Countdown
Mon 2 Dec 19:03
- Creeping towards a Rum Punch

Nov 2013

Sat 30 Nov 12:53
- gertha kissed a whale
Fri 29 Nov 07:40
- little wind
Tue 26 Nov 15:26
- (no subject)
Sat 23 Nov 21:17
- warm
Fri 22 Nov 10:16
- porely comms
Thu 21 Nov 14:02
- its warm here
Sat 16 Nov 15:58
- (no subject)
Thu 14 Nov 14:15
- fresh bread, broken cooker latch and wrap on duo
Wed 13 Nov 14:46
- no aliens
Tue 12 Nov 17:33
- sunnny
Mon 11 Nov 09:06
- sun and wind
Fri 8 Nov 09:39
- 4 crew on board
Wed 6 Nov 12:25
- Las Palmas

Sep 2013

Fri 20 Sep 01:53
- bride groom
Thu 19 Sep 03:15
- full mooon
Tue 17 Sep 19:27
- fair saling
- no wind and a few ships
Mon 16 Sep 02:18
- lots of ships
Sat 14 Sep 20:42
- Gertha heads south
Wed 4 Sep 07:20

2012

Jul 2012

Tue 3 Jul 10:22
- Almerimar

Jun 2012

Sat 30 Jun 18:07
- Gibralter
Wed 27 Jun 14:05
- Lagos
Sat 23 Jun 14:43
- Oeiras
Sun 17 Jun 08:57
- no wind
Sat 16 Jun 17:21
- Bayona
Tue 12 Jun 10:54
- Approaching Spain
Mon 11 Jun 11:55
- Mid Biscay
Fri 8 Jun 11:50
- Cameret
Sun 3 Jun 08:49
- Post Start!
Sat 2 Jun 15:18
- Pre start

May 2012

Wed 23 May 10:15
- saturday is start day

2011

Jun 2011

Thu 30 Jun 11:29
- falmouth
Tue 28 Jun 18:01
- AZAB return Day 7
Mon 27 Jun 19:10
- AZAB return Day 6
Sun 26 Jun 19:07
- AZAB return Day 5
Sat 25 Jun 17:35
- AZAB return Day 4
Fri 24 Jun 19:16
- AZAB return Day 3
Thu 23 Jun 12:34
- AZAB return Day 2
Wed 22 Jun 13:34
- AZAB return Day 1
Tue 21 Jun 11:02
- depart
Sat 18 Jun 13:01
- an update on performance so far
Thu 16 Jun 21:26
- AZAB Day ?
Mon 13 Jun 10:47
- AZAB Day 9
Sun 12 Jun 12:44
- AZAB Day 8
Sat 11 Jun 16:52
- dancing the two step
Fri 10 Jun 11:40
- AZAB Day 6
Thu 9 Jun 13:46
- AZAB Day 5
Wed 8 Jun 14:21
- AZAB Day 4
Tue 7 Jun 09:58
- AZAB Day 3
Mon 6 Jun 09:18
- AZAB day 2
Sun 5 Jun 12:12
- AZAB Day 1
Fri 3 Jun 16:51
- Pre departure

May 2011

Tue 31 May 17:56
- Falmouth
Thu 26 May 17:58
- weymouth
Sat 21 May 12:26
- Chichester pre flight for AZAB

2010

Aug 2010

Thu 5 Aug 17:42
- nykoping

Jun 2010

Mon 28 Jun 17:10
- gotland runt
Sat 26 Jun 13:46
- Midsummer
- Nykoping
Fri 18 Jun 19:09
- The canal begins
Wed 16 Jun 08:36
Wed 9 Jun 13:13
- Are we nearly there yet?
Tue 8 Jun 10:46
- time space contiuum

2009

Jul 2009

Wed 29 Jul 20:30
- Oban
Mon 20 Jul 19:38
- dunstafnage castle
Thu 16 Jul 16:25
- Talisker
Mon 13 Jul 08:15
- Tobermoray
Sat 11 Jul 07:41
- 56:25N 05:29W

Jun 2009

Sat 6 Jun 14:54
- oban
Wed 3 Jun 19:16
- Gerta makes TV
Tue 2 Jun 10:48
- Loch Locky

May 2009

Sun 31 May 08:07
- caladonian canal
Sun 24 May 11:56
- 57:29.73N 04:14.14W

Apr 2009

Wed 8 Apr 14:30
- Gerthas on the road again

Mar 2009

Mon 23 Mar 22:31
- Flushing

2008

Nov 2008

Mon 10 Nov 21:22
- Winter 2008

Jul 2008

Wed 16 Jul 18:04
- Home
Mon 14 Jul 19:28
- 50:47.47N 00:19.52E
Sun 13 Jul 18:45
- Victory for Gertha
Tue 8 Jul 21:36
- Dartmouth
Mon 7 Jul 11:37
- a few figures
Sat 5 Jul 17:56
- phew
Fri 4 Jul 21:13
- wet and windy
Thu 3 Jul 20:37
- Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Wed 2 Jul 21:08
- Office is reopen
Tue 1 Jul 22:26
- 46.07.98n 16.42.63w

Jun 2008

Mon 30 Jun 20:07
- 44:55.91N 20:08.73W
- weather
Sun 29 Jun 18:07
- Surrounded
Sat 28 Jun 18:48
- Supertramping our way across the ocean !!
Fri 27 Jun 19:15
- breaking news
Thu 26 Jun 19:38
- 39:08.15N 28:00.74W
Tue 24 Jun 13:38
- ships log star date 24062008
Mon 23 Jun 18:59
- horta
Sun 22 Jun 20:17
- Getting there
Sat 21 Jun 20:58
- Questionable Mentally horizontal ?
Fri 20 Jun 19:57
- 37;11.23N 36;39.02W
Thu 19 Jun 20:28
- 35:48.55N 39:26.56W
Wed 18 Jun 20:54
- Karma Chameleon
Tue 17 Jun 21:17
- A state of suspicion
Mon 16 Jun 21:47
- 33:25.69N 48:12.61W
Sun 15 Jun 21:40
- suicide fish
Sat 14 Jun 21:26
- 2am wake up
Fri 13 Jun 21:23
- Hook a Duck
- Fw: light wind
Thu 12 Jun 13:53
- comms
Wed 11 Jun 21:20
- 28:38.23N 57:58.11W
Tue 10 Jun 21:52
- Mince Mince and not a recipe in sight!!!
Mon 9 Jun 22:02
- Up down, on off shake it all about
Sun 8 Jun 21:29
- 24:32.46N 61:27.25W
Sat 7 Jun 23:25
- got wind?
Fri 6 Jun 22:23
- 6th June 2008
Thu 5 Jun 22:50
- 18:44.4N 64:27.4W
Tue 3 Jun 23:14
- In the shit
- 18:27.20N 64:26.90W
Mon 2 Jun 13:14
- 18:30.0N 64.22.0W
Sun 1 Jun 22:27
- anything i can dream up!

May 2008

Sat 31 May 22:45
- 17:39.9N 62:45.3W
Fri 30 May 23:22
- 17:04.55N 61:53.55W
Thu 29 May 23:04
- first sail
- mystery bus on tour
Mon 5 May 22:54
- hot falmouth
Thu 1 May 22:34
- jolly Harbour

Apr 2008

Tue 29 Apr 22:43
- race 3
Mon 28 Apr 23:13
- Race 2
Sun 27 Apr 21:05
- Ist race
Fri 25 Apr 13:57
- Antigua race week

Feb 2008

Sat 2 Feb 22:21
- Antigua

Jan 2008

Mon 28 Jan 23:28
- St Barts.
Sat 26 Jan 00:19
- Norman island
Wed 23 Jan 00:52
- americans
Sat 19 Jan 01:02
- virgin gorda
Wed 16 Jan 05:19
- Antigua
Sat 12 Jan 02:15
- isles des saintes
Wed 9 Jan 22:51
- johnny & kierra part 11
Mon 7 Jan 12:33
- dominica
Thu 3 Jan 00:33
- martin i que
Tue 1 Jan 14:13

2007

Dec 2007

Tue 25 Dec 22:18
- bequia
- crimbo
Sat 22 Dec 14:11
- victory
Sat 15 Dec 04:00
- 14:04.518N 60:56.947W
Tue 11 Dec 18:14
- 15:1.7N 57:09.38W
Mon 10 Dec 19:08
- a small chrisis
Sun 9 Dec 19:16
- Sun again
Sat 8 Dec 21:43
- miden
- 17:55.19N 48:28.28W
Tue 4 Dec 11:52
- Half way on Day 10 - ARC 2007
Mon 3 Dec 11:41
- ARC 2007 Day 8 update
- 21:12N 34:27W

Nov 2007

Fri 30 Nov 11:30
- Wot no fish ?
Wed 28 Nov 19:48
- Greetings from somewhere in the Atlantic ocean
Tue 27 Nov 11:45
- No fish
Mon 26 Nov 12:44
- Lumpy sea
Sat 24 Nov 17:43
- Gertha's bottom and Andrea the fish
- 21 hours to go
Wed 21 Nov 18:45
- English no good
Tue 20 Nov 17:12
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Sun 18 Nov 19:55
- Gran Can

Sep 2007

Thu 6 Sep 19:09
- Lanzerote
Tue 4 Sep 15:01
- Day 3 along the morocon coast
Mon 3 Sep 14:23
- Its hot out here.
Sun 2 Sep 12:52
- Day 2 portugal - canaries
- Next Leg portugal to Canaries

Aug 2007

Sun 26 Aug 15:17
- lagos

Jun 2007

Fri 29 Jun 21:49
- Final update from Rally Portugal
Sun 24 Jun 19:18
- Nearly there
Fri 22 Jun 16:13
- A 1st
Tue 19 Jun 09:52
- 39:21.09N 09:22.63W
Sun 17 Jun 11:17
- weather
Wed 13 Jun 17:16
- 41:22.29N 08:45.889W
Mon 11 Jun 12:10
- 42:07.37N 08:50.79W
Thu 7 Jun 12:19
- 42:24.94N 09:10.11W
Tue 5 Jun 19:19
- 46:10.60N 08:17.22W
- 47:00.32N 08:11.09W
Mon 4 Jun 11:27
- 48:55.05N 05:55.68W
Fri 1 Jun 11:17
- Photo

May 2007

Thu 31 May 21:19
- N 50 21.88 W04 09.98
Fri 25 May 21:39
- Start

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