Previous Diary Entries
2015
Sep 2015
2014
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Homeward Bound 52 28.3N 01 46E
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The Scottish East Coast 55 52.5N 02 05W
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Around Inverness
Sun 6 Sep 20:16 -
The Caledonian Canal
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Position Update Caledonian Canal Corpach Sea Lock 56 50N 05 07W
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The Sound of Jura and Firth of Lorn with Hattie 56 04N 05 30W
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Scotland's West Coast with Hattie 56 03N 05 19W
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Wet, Wet, Wet and Cold, Cold, Cold 55 54.38N 05 13.82W
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Lochranza, Isle of Aran Position Update 55 42N 05 17W
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Lamlash Harbour, Isle of Aran Position Update 55 30N 05 04W
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Oops! N53 23 W06 04
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Irish Damp 51 29N 09 17W
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Arrival in Baltimore 51 28N 09 22W
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Plenty Shades of Grey 49 19N 13 19W
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Terceira toBaltimore 44 41N 20 15W
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Terceira 38 39N 27 13W
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Sao Jorge 38 40N 28 12W
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Horta and Pico 38 23N 28 15W
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Beautiful Flores - Our Azorean Landfall N39 23 W31 09
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A Sad Story N38 28 W 33 27
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Squalls, Swells and Sunshine N35 11 W39 18
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Comings and Goings 25 30N 55 07W
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Eastward Ho - Crossing the Atlantic Again! 21 35N 58 51W
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St Kitts and Nevis N17 16 W62 43
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Montserrat N 16 48 W 62 12
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St Pierre and Iles de Saints N15 52 W61 36
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Martinique and Treasure Bay N14 46 W60 53
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Drake, Cook, Chichester, Chris and Lorraine.
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Touring Trinidad
Mon 30 Mar 13:55 -
The Turtles of Ascension
Wed 25 Mar 01:25 -
Remembering Ascension Island
Mon 23 Mar 13:54 -
Arrival in the Caribbean N10 40 81 W61 37 90
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Nearly There N10 06 W58 40
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Orange Weed N07 15 29 W50 23 94
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Equator Day 00° 00' 34° 42'W
Mon 9 Mar 07:18 -
Chased By The Sun 01 28 74S 32 36 52W
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Well....on our way 3 19S 29 29W
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Ascension Island 07 55S 14 24 W
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Sights of St Helena
Tue 17 Feb 19:32 -
St Helena 15º 55'S 05º 34'W
Tue 17 Feb 17:04 -
Arrival at St Helena 15 55S 05 43W
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Crossing the Prime Meridian on the Skipper's Birthday S18 00 W0 33
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Crossing the South Atlantic to St Helena S19 29 E3 48
Dec 2014
2013
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Days around Cape Town
Wed 31 Dec 12:17 -
Table Mountain National Park
Wed 31 Dec 09:30 -
False Bay and Arrival at Simons Town 34 11 450S 18 26 382E
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Back to the Atlantic, 5th December 2014 34 53 954S 020 04 145E
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Canoeing and Coasting
Wed 3 Dec 18:20
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Forests and Fynbos
Sat 29 Nov 10:30 -
Passage to Knysna 34 02S 023 02E
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Position Update Only 34 18 500S 025 05 554E
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Position Update Only - Passing Port Elizabeth 34 05 301S 026 14 435E
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Position Update Only 31 06 431S 030 41 824E
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History Lesson in Zululand
Wed 19 Nov 09:35 -
Lions Galore
Mon 17 Nov 16:16 -
iSimangaliso Wetland Park, St Lucia
Tue 11 Nov 21:41 -
South African Road Hazards
Sun 9 Nov 08:26 -
eSikhawini Zulu Township
Sat 8 Nov 09:24
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Let the Shipwrecks of Others Be Your Seamarks 28 47 468S 032 04 955
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More Crazy Indian Ocean 28 45 912S 33 03 830E
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Rude Awakening 29 11 470S 036 34 340E
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Crazy Indian Ocean 29 16 537S 038 04 532E
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Gryphon ll Passes the Half Way Point 27 18 169S 44 17 570E
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Lost Time 27 07 104S 046 39 453E
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Wind and Moon 25 43 227S 049 28 285E
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Ploughing Slowly On 24 29 917S 051 15 460E
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Farewell to the Mascarene Islands 21 45 161S 54 08 028E
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UK → Mauritius → La Reunion 20 56 359S 55 16 996E
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Mauritius
Wed 3 Sep 18:21
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On The Move Again S20 09 556 E057 30 033
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Discovering Rodrigues
Mon 16 Jun 16:41 -
Rodrigues Information for Visiting Yachts S19 40 837 E063 25 223
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Updates and News from Other Boats
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Land Ahoy and Arrival in Rodrigues S19 40 841 E063 25 216
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Nearly There S19 34 211 E064 39 574
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Too Much Salt Water S18 55 794 E069 53 071
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What’s This, Have We Taken a Wrong Turn? S18 12 531 E073 52 08 4
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Trousers and Other Troubles S16 50.670 E078 33.604
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Gryphon II Passes Half Way Point to Rodriguez S16 28 438 E080 32 541
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All Change S15 58 017 E082 23 547
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The Rough and the Smooth S14 33 E 87 11
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Fish and Ships S14 04 87 E89 43 33
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Crossing the Indian Ocean to Rodriguez S13 22.735 E92 18.957
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Starting the Passage to Rodrigues, Southern Indian Ocean
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A Week in Cocos Keeling
Sun 18 May 23:42 -
Underwater in Cocos
Sun 18 May 23:40 -
Cocos (Keeling) Island S12 05 441 E096 52 947
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Fighting Gannets S09 23 48 E101 06 67
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Sailing to Cocos............At Last (Updated) S09 23 48 E101 06 67
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Images of Krakatau S06 06 067 E105 26 058
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Krakatau (updated) S06 06 067 E105 26 058
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Sailing Down the Bangka Strait Along the Coast of Sumatra (Updated) N02 16 E105 21
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China - Meetings and Fond Farewells
Sat 19 Apr 21:05 -
China Tour - Lijiang and Baisha, Yunnan Province
Fri 18 Apr 20:59 -
China Tour - Dali, Yunnan Province
Thu 17 Apr 08:35 -
China Tour - Kunming Yunnan Province
Tue 15 Apr 05:18 -
China - Kunshan and Zouzhang
Tue 15 Apr 05:04 -
Hong Kong - A Flying Visit
Tue 15 Apr 04:59
Nov 2013
2012
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The Final Leg into the Riau Archipelago N00 56.173 E104 26.267
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Crossing The Equator N00 00.000 E104 41.694
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Travelling to Batam and the Riau Islands, Belitung to Lingga S00 18.687 E104 59.407
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Travelling to Batam and the Riau Islands, A Stop at Pulau Belitung
Wed 20 Nov 14:30 -
Travelling to Batam and the Riau Islands S02 50 988 E108 17 523
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Scenes of Makassar
Fri 8 Nov 10:25 -
Tana Toraja, The rugged highlands of South Sulawesi
Thu 7 Nov 02:50
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Makassar S05 08 142 E119 23 661
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Bau Bau S05 27 129 E 122 36 439
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The Banggai Islands S01 52 643 E123 10 875
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More Togeans S00 24 462 E122 06 389
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Island Hopping in the Togeans S00 19 981 E121 56 809
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Togeans - Picture Perfect S00 14.251 E122 15.849
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Getting to the Togean Islands N00 37.558 E124 32.891
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North Coast of Sulawesi N01 09 24 E124 49 96
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Tolitoli N01 02 49 E120 44 86
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The Maratua Lagoon N02 14.814 E118 37.712
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Three Islands
Sun 15 Sep 03:19 -
Turquoise Waters Here We Come! NO2 17 384 E118 14 271
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Yippee, We Are In Indonesia
Mon 9 Sep 12:26 -
Into Indonesia N03 17 964 E117 34 386
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Tawau N04 14 950 E117 52 481
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Semporna Archipelago N04 14 710 E118 38 340
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Semporna N04 25.121 E118 37.115
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We Got Us a Convoy N04 35.727 E118 43.445
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Kinabatangan River N05 48 543 E118 20 257
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Sandakan N05 50 324 E118 07 497
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Storms, Shipwrecks and Close Shaves N05 50 324 E118 07 497
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The Sulu Sea N06 30 178 E117 54 678
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Kota Kinabalu, Capital City of Sabah N06 00 76 E116 03 32
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Pulau Tiga and Mud Volcanoes N05 43 62 E115 39 84
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Labuan N05 16 32 E115 14 83
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Cities in the Sea, Miri to Keraman N05 13 095 E115 08 732
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Engine Repairs in Miri Marina, Sarawak
Mon 8 Jul 03:01 -
Rain Forest World Music Festival, Santubong, Sarawak
Tue 2 Jul 06:18
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Miri Marina Position Update N04 22 90 E113 58 20
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Sarawak - Borneo N01 42 91 E110 19 39
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Terengganu N05 20 30 E103 07 90
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Pulau Bidong N05 36 57 E103 03 62
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Underwater in the islands of the South China Sea
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Arriving at Pulau Tioman N02 49 332 E104 09 509
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Pulau Babi Tengah to Pulau Seri Buat/Pulau Sembilang N02 41 99 E103 53 98
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PulauTingii to Pulau Babi Tengah via Babi Besar N02 28 74 E103 57 25
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Sibu Island to Tingii N02 16 88 E104 06 84
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Jacob's Bay to Pulau Sibu N02 12 86 E104 03 66
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Jacob's Bay N01 54 350 E104 07 741
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Position Update N01 26 693 E104 18 979
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Position Update N01 21 580 E104 17 031
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Position Update N01 19 633 E104 08 020
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Position Update: N01 23 75 E104 06 25
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Position Update: N01 28 E103 43
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Position Update: N01 27 80 E 103 16 01
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Position Update: N02 06 704 E102 20 291
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China 6 - Suzhou and Kunshan
Mon 22 Apr 13:35 -
China 5 - Arriving in Suzhou
Sun 21 Apr 08:16 -
China 4 - Shanghai
Sat 20 Apr 10:35 -
China 3 - Guilin
Wed 17 Apr 06:06 -
China 2 - Xi'an
Mon 15 Apr 12:25 -
China 1 - Beijing
Thu 11 Apr 15:27 -
Land Travel - Melaka
Wed 3 Apr 04:29
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Land Travel in The Cameron Highlands
Sat 30 Mar 03:32 -
Klang and Kuala Lumpur
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Position Update: N02 28 7 E101 50 4
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Down to Klang, Malaysia 03 00N 101 23 5E
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Malacca Strait N03 49 E100 47
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Shit Happens N08 11 E98 36
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A visitor for Chinese New Year N07 35 E99 10
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Boat Works
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Koh Racha Yai and Ao Chalong Check In N07 47 E98 21
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Koh Rok Nok N07 12 E99 03
Dec 2012
2011
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The Sound of Kuah N 6 19 E 99 51
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Water Maker Fun - Errr..............................................No!
Thu 13 Dec 13:42
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Surviving the Heat in Pangkor and Catching Up with Old Friends
Mon 26 Nov 02:20 -
Return to Asia
Wed 21 Nov 13:56
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UK 2012
Tue 9 Oct 16:59
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Farewell Thailand, back to Pangkor, Malaysia
Sun 15 Jan 06:30 -
Thai Christmas
Sun 15 Jan 05:24
Dec 2011
Nov 2011
2010
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Out and About at Pangkor Island
Tue 22 Nov 01:07 -
Work and Play at Pangkor Marina Island
Sun 20 Nov 01:07 -
From the rubbish of Klang to the peace of Pangkor N04 12 620 E100 32 997
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Klang and Port Klang N03 00 235 E101 23 307
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Admiral Marina Port Dickson and a tour of Kuala Lumpur N02 28.7 E101 50.4
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Arriving in Malaysia N 1 28 E 103 44
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Singapore N01 20.5 E103 38.20
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Crossing the Line N0 00 E 104 49
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Belitung S2 33 E 107 40
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People of the Forest
Thu 6 Oct 00:15 -
Kalimantan, Borneo S02 44 471 E111 43 935
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Karimunjawa Archipelago S05 52 433 E110 25 519
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A Day Trip In North Bali
Mon 3 Oct 10:00 -
North Bali - Lovina S08 09 595 E115 01 386
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Royal Bali Yacht Club, Serangan, South Bali S08 43 123 E115 14 473
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Lombok Island S08 21 728 E116 07 724
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Here Be Dragons S08 39 110 E119 42 805
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Labuan Bajo S08 30.952 E119 46.549
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Position Update S08 21.481 E119 59.739
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Position Update S08 14.561 E120 35.705
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Position Update S08 14.561 E120 35.705
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Maumere and Riung S08 36.742 E122 13.157
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Along the Coast of Flores S08 26 73 E122 24 53
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Larantuka S08 04 639 E122 50 731
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Indonesian Water World
Mon 15 Aug 10:00 -
Bats and Islands S 8 15 E 123 20
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Lembata
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Islands and Volcanoes S8 14 E123 19
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Hattie's Birthday S08 14 E123 19
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Visiting the Orphanage
Tue 2 Aug 22:20 -
Villages of West Timor
Mon 1 Aug 10:54 -
Kupang, West Timor S10 09 E123 34
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Fannie Bay 12 26 S 130 49 E
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Darwin
Sun 3 Jul 08:16
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Port Darwin Position Update 12 25S 130 47E
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Clarence Strait Position Update 12 06S 130 57E
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Van Diemen Gulf and on to Darwin 12 06S 131 15E
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Dundas Strait Position Update 11 08S 131 38E
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The Arafura Sea and Gulf of Carpentaria 10 54S 133 04E
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Torres Strait 10 35S 142 14E
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Cape York Position Update 10 44S 142 35E
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Rounding Queensland 10 35S 142 14 E
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Aboriginal Experience
Tue 7 Jun 19:21 -
Cooktown 15 27S 145 40E
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Culture (and Climate) Shock
Fri 3 Jun 09:20 -
Crossing The Coral Sea S16 53 E145 47
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Position Update S16 40 E146 14
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Position Update S16 23 E150 15
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Not Enough Time 15 31S 167 09E
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Baptism of Fire 16 35S 168 09E
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Vanuatu
Thu 19 May 13:15 -
Arrived in Vanuatu 17 44S 168 19E
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Fiji's Gone
Sat 14 May 05:27 -
Fiji - The Yasawa Islands
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Vanua Levu
Sat 7 May 16:53
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Fiji Arrival 16 46S 179 20E
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Happy Easter from the Coral Sea and the Tropic of Capricorn S21 46 E178 05
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Onwards to Fiji S25 19 E177 26
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Goodbye New Zealand, 19 April 2011 S33 29 E174 41
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Decision Time
Thu 21 Apr 08:21 -
Back to Opua S35 18 E174 07
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More Cruising with Visitors
Mon 11 Apr 11:01
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Cruising with Visitors
Tue 15 Mar 09:21 -
Exploring New Zealand 3 Abel Tasman to Auckland
Mon 14 Mar 00:12 -
Akaroa to the West Coast
Sun 13 Mar 23:15
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Auckland to Christchurch
Mon 28 Feb 01:28 -
New Zealand Update
Thu 24 Feb 09:41 -
Leaving the Tropics S35 19 E174 07
Nov 2010
Oct 2010
2009
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Whales!
Thu 28 Oct 04:19 -
Tonga S18 42 W 174 02
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Tonga Update S18 42 174 02 W
Thu 21 Oct 02:41 -
We Have Just Lost Thursday S18 39 W173 58
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Niue S18 37 W174 00
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Going to Niue
Mon 4 Oct 12:06 -
Tribute to Ma
Fri 1 Oct 13:58 -
Rarotonga
Fri 1 Oct 13:58 -
Leaving French Polynesia for the Cook Islands
Fri 1 Oct 08:15
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Position update for Rarotonga 21 13S 159 45W
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Maupihaa or Mopelia - Population 10 S16 50 W153 55
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Maupiti S16 27 W152 15
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Bora Bora S16 25 W152 14
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Tahaa
Wed 8 Sep 07:45 -
Raiatea and Tahaa S16 38 W151 26
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Huahine S16 43 W151 02
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French Polynesia - Islands of Plenty
Thu 19 Aug 08:36 -
Position Update Huahine S16 43 W151 02
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Moorea S17 29 W149 53
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The Society Islands - Tahiti S17 30 W148 30
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Position Update, Papeete, Tahiti S17 31 W149 32
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Anse Amyot, Toau S15 48 W146 09
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Rotoava, Fakarava S16 03 W 145 37
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Tearavero, Kauehi S 15 50 W 145 07
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Nuku Hiva Trip
Tue 20 Jul 08:33 -
Pictures of Daniel's Bay
Tue 20 Jul 02:03 -
The Tuamotus S15 50 W145 10
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The Last of the Marquesas, Nuku Hiva and Ua Pou S08 54 W140 10
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Fatu Hiva
Fri 18 Jun 01:56 -
Hiva Oa Day out
Fri 18 Jun 01:52 -
Hiva Oa
Fri 18 Jun 01:11 -
Photos Of Pacific Crossing
Fri 18 Jun 00:55 -
Fatu Hiva S10 27 W138 40
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Tahuata S9 54 W139 06
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Hiva Oa
Thu 10 Jun 18:49 -
Made It! S9 48 W 139 02
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Blood Bath! S 9 02 W 134 43
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Rolling Along S 6 55 W 122 58
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A Change of Nature S05 32 W114 40
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The Chaotic S5 35 W112 13
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There She Blows S3 19 W095 18
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Galapagos Tour
Tue 11 May 00:58 -
Christobal, Galapagos S 00 53 W 89 36
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Heading for the Panama Canal N9 22 W79 57
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San Blas N9 26 W78 51
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Leaving Cartagena and on to Islas de Rosario N10 10 W75 45
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Cartagena
Mon 1 Mar 20:52
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Pooped and Dieseled N10 24 W75 33
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Alphabet Sea N12 26 W71 49
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Uneplored Waters N13 16 W67 55
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St Lucia N13 50 W61 05
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Changing Plans
Sat 30 Jan 21:51 -
Petit Nevis and Bequia N13 00 W61 15
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Tobago Cays 12 38N 61 28W
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Union Island
Mon 18 Jan 00:12 -
The Grenadines N12 35 W61 22
Dec 2009
2008
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Prickly Bay and True Blue Bay Grenada N 12 00 W 61 45
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Egret and other Pics
Tue 8 Dec 22:54 -
Barbados Visit N13 16 W59 39
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Barbados N 13 06 W 58 50
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Changes 13 20N 55 57W
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After the Storm 13 32N 52 48W
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Gybe Oh 13 36N 51 30W
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Stormy Day 14 41N 46 39W
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An Unusual Visitor 14 55N 43 17W
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Half Way to Barbados 14 52N 42 12W
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Atlantic Ups and Downs 15 03N 40 32W
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Water Making 15 21N 38 00 W
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Star Gazing 15 34N 35 08W
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Crossing the Atlantic 15 40N 35 38W
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Starting the Crossing 16 25N 29 00W
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Cape Verdes 16 53N 25 00W
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Entering the Tropics 16.53.00N 25.00.00W
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Canary Island to the Cape Verdes 16.53.00N 25.00.00W
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La Palma to El Hierro, Canary Islands
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Lanzarote to La Palma N28 41 W17 46
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A Flying Visit Home from Marina Rubicon
Mon 5 Oct 07:45 -
Marina Rubicon N28 51 W13 49
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Graciosa to Lanzarote N28 57 W13 32
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Graciosa N29 13 W13 30
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Salvagem Grande N30 08 W15 52
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Ilhas Desertas N32 31 W 16 30
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Madeira N 32 38 W 16 54
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Porto Santo to Madeira N32 45 W16 42
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Porto Santo A33 04 N 16 20 W
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Fw: N 36 47 W 12 00
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2nd Night Watch En Route to the Madeiran Archipelago N36 04.704 W13 03.342
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Cascais to Lisbon and return
Sun 30 Aug 11:13 -
Nazre to Cascais N 38 41 W 9 24
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Figuera da Foz to Nazare N 39 35 W 9 04
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Povoa da Vazim to Figuera da Foz N40 08 W 8 55
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Viano de Castelo to Povoa do Vazim (and Porto). N41 22 W 8 46
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Bayona to Viano do Castelo, PORTUGAL! N 41 41 W 8 49
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Islas Cies to Vigo and Bayona N 42 08 W 08 50
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Combarro to Isla Cies N42 14 W8 54
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Ria de Pontevedra & Combarro N42 26 W8 42
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Muros to Ria de Pontevedra N42 26 W8 42
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Finisterre to Ria de Muros
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Muxia to Finisterre N42 56 W9 15
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Camarinas and Muxia 43 06N 9 13W
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Leaving Coruna for the Coast of Death 43 15N 8 58W
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Coruna 43 22N 8 24W
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El Ferrol 43 28N 8 15W
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Cedeira N 43 39 W 8 04
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Sta Marta de Ortiguera N 43 42 W 7 51
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Barquero N 43 45 W 7 41
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Vivero N 43 41 W 7 36
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Ribadeo Again
Sun 12 Jul 18:59 -
Ribadeo N43 23 W7 02
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Audierne
Sat 4 Jul 18:52 -
Audierne N48 00.5 W4 32
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Molene N48 24 W4 30.5
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LAbrewrac'h and LAberbenoit N48 34 W4 36
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Ploumanarc'h & Les Sept Isles 48 50N 3 29.5W
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Treguier N48 47 W3 13
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St Peter Port N 49 27 W2 32
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Herm N49 28 W2 27
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Sark N 49 25.5 W 2 21
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Alderney N49 40 W2 12
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N50 45.5 W001 32
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N50 47 W 001 24
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N50 47.5 E0 19.5
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N 51 18 E 0 55
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Leaving Suffolk - Southward to Cherbourg
Tue 19 May 21:14
Oct 2008
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Last Post Harwich N51 57 E1 17
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Newtown Creek N 50 43 W 1 25
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Studland Bay N 50 38 W 1 56
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Guernsey and Alderney
Fri 17 Oct 10:59 -
St Helier
Fri 3 Oct 17:39 -
St Malo N48 39 W2 01
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St Suliac N48 34 W1 59
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Isles Chausey 48 52N 1 49W
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Granville 48 50N 1 36 W
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Jersey 49 10 N 002 12 W
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Guernsey 49 27N 2 31W
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Alderney 49 43.0N 2 12.0W
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Postponement
Fri 5 Sep 09:48
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Lymington 50 45.5N 001 32W
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Dover
Tue 12 Aug 11:07 -
N51 07, 1 18 E
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London
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Lowestoft preparations
Wed 30 Jul 21:23 -
Southwold
Fri 25 Jul 20:30 -
Gryphon Preparations
Mon 7 Jul 20:26