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Date Subject Position
2010
Dec 2010
Wed 15 Dec 18:39 The final run in
Wed 15 Dec 06:08 Arrived and drinking beer
Wed 15 Dec 06:06 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 14:04.41N 60:57.02W
Wed 15 Dec 04:05 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 14:07.05N 60:57.43W
Wed 15 Dec 03:35 On guard
Wed 15 Dec 03:32 Skipper splodge and mack check the beer
Tue 14 Dec 22:06 Land Ho
Tue 14 Dec 13:50 The longest day
Tue 14 Dec 12:01 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 14:23.71N 59:27.07W
Mon 13 Dec 19:17 I see no ships
Mon 13 Dec 12:10 Star sights
Mon 13 Dec 10:54 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 14:16.80N 56:51.33W
Sun 12 Dec 21:35 Dull shift
Sun 12 Dec 21:33 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 14:09.34N 55:39.14W
Sun 12 Dec 14:38 The end of the wind
Sun 12 Dec 10:39 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 14:12.62N 54:47.63W
Sat 11 Dec 22:00 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 14:17.12N 53:12.03W
Sat 11 Dec 14:31 Mack's Love life again
Sat 11 Dec 14:28 Nothing to report
Sat 11 Dec 10:20 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 14:39.97N 51:45.09W
Fri 10 Dec 20:21 Going well
Fri 10 Dec 20:07 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 15:22.69N 50:10.52W
Fri 10 Dec 12:06 sail faff this morning
Fri 10 Dec 10:07 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 15:37.18N 49:03.02W
Thu 09 Dec 21:18 Mother watch
Thu 09 Dec 09:41 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 14:48.54N 46:08.84W
Wed 08 Dec 20:56 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 14:27.37N 44:38.54W
Wed 08 Dec 18:52 999 Party
Wed 08 Dec 10:22 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 14:28.10N 43:16.66W
Wed 08 Dec 10:20 Bouncing around
Tue 07 Dec 22:01 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 14:17.71N 41:44.35W
Tue 07 Dec 18:34 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 14:20.06N 41:17.86W
Tue 07 Dec 18:26 Mack's Love life
Tue 07 Dec 18:13 A change in the weather
Tue 07 Dec 09:46 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 14:20.61N 40:06.66W
Mon 06 Dec 20:25 Yacht Blues
Mon 06 Dec 10:43 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 13:53.27N 37:30.95W
Mon 06 Dec 10:39 This mornings sail change
Sun 05 Dec 21:03 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 13:27.60N 36:20.52W
Sun 05 Dec 17:53 Star Sight
Sun 05 Dec 12:49 Rubish
Sun 05 Dec 09:36 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 13:16.76N 35:19.76W
Sat 04 Dec 19:28 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 13:04.87N 34:03.13W
Sat 04 Dec 17:31 Sail plans
Sat 04 Dec 10:17 No sleep for the wicked
Sat 04 Dec 10:09 The sextant School exam
Sat 04 Dec 10:04 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 13:25.65N 33:27.30W
Sat 04 Dec 04:15 We are OK
Fri 03 Dec 21:24 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 13:51.82N 32:32.67W
Fri 03 Dec 12:55 Plan A
Fri 03 Dec 10:49 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 14:16.54N 31:28.34W
Fri 03 Dec 09:06 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 15:21.79N 31:17.87W
Thu 02 Dec 18:53 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 13:55.52N 29:54.32W
Thu 02 Dec 12:08 New crew member Fluffy
Thu 02 Dec 11:06 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 14:10.57N 29:23.80W
Wed 01 Dec 19:55 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 15:23.30N 28:10.63W
Wed 01 Dec 16:41 Sails up Sails down
Wed 01 Dec 11:46 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 16:06.20N 27:38.67W
Nov 2010
Tue 30 Nov 16:18 First Aid at Sea
Tue 30 Nov 12:09 My kind of fishing
Tue 30 Nov 11:13 sextant school fluke
Tue 30 Nov 11:04 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 16:55.31N 26:48.22W
Mon 29 Nov 17:52 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 18:17.92N 26:49.69W
Mon 29 Nov 13:44 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 18:47.30N 26:56.78W
Mon 29 Nov 12:35 The wrong weather
Sun 28 Nov 19:57 Skipper Splodge and mack off watch
Sun 28 Nov 19:47 We've overtaken another yacht
Sun 28 Nov 18:03 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 18:48.02N 25:30.52W
Sun 28 Nov 13:02 Sextant school
Sun 28 Nov 10:06 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 18:56.07N 24:32.32W
Sat 27 Nov 19:46 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 19:25.64N 22:54.67W
Sat 27 Nov 19:22 Back under sail
Sat 27 Nov 13:50 Re - Under engine.....
Sat 27 Nov 11:17 under Engine
Sat 27 Nov 08:53 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 19:46.48N 22:01.68W
Fri 26 Nov 22:26 Note for skipper Splodge....
Fri 26 Nov 19:04 Skipper Splodge and Mack
Fri 26 Nov 17:43 A snoring whale
Fri 26 Nov 10:13 Tom's first catch
Fri 26 Nov 09:53 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 19:55.98N 20:49.14W
Thu 25 Nov 21:09 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 20:15.72N 20:07.19W
Thu 25 Nov 15:33 This afternoon
Thu 25 Nov 13:04 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 20:39.27N 19:20.59W
Thu 25 Nov 08:15 Grinded to a halt
Wed 24 Nov 18:40 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 22:00.87N 18:02.25W
Wed 24 Nov 11:10 Cruising chute up, sunny but not windy
Wed 24 Nov 10:02 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 22:17.87N 17:29.64W
Tue 23 Nov 18:26 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 23:35.29N 17:13.30W
Tue 23 Nov 09:59 It's not just us
Tue 23 Nov 09:33 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 24:02.74N 16:32.17W
Tue 23 Nov 09:16 And then there was one
Mon 22 Nov 17:44 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 25:40.08N 15:58.17W
Mon 22 Nov 16:27 day 1, are we there yet........
Mon 22 Nov 08:14 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 26:10.04N 15:29.61W
Sun 21 Nov 21:06 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 27:20.31N 15:14.75W
Sun 21 Nov 14:16 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 28:03.47N 15:20.89W
Sun 21 Nov 14:12 We have started
Sun 21 Nov 10:04 Joe's secret stash of beer
Sun 21 Nov 08:12 Next stop St Lucia
Sat 20 Nov 17:48 Good luck Vulcan Spirit......
Sat 20 Nov 17:46 Jungle...
Sat 20 Nov 16:59 We are ready
Sat 20 Nov 11:44 Going south I think
Fri 19 Nov 15:52 Catching up on a bit of reading
Fri 19 Nov 15:47 Skipper Splodge and Mack
Thu 18 Nov 22:45 Just back from a pontoon party
Wed 17 Nov 22:33 The third world
Tue 16 Nov 22:57 Up the mast within 24 hours
Mon 15 Nov 17:23 Having a beer
Sun 14 Nov 16:55 The crew list
Sun 14 Nov 16:47 Trains, Planes, and Yachts, the next leg begins
Oct 2010
Wed 13 Oct 08:59 Yachts, planes, and trains
Tue 12 Oct 00:13 Back in the uk
Mon 11 Oct 14:02 All packed
Mon 11 Oct 13:37 A good view
Mon 11 Oct 12:28 Up the mast again
Sun 10 Oct 20:39 Re - arrived in Gran Canaria
Sun 10 Oct 11:58 On the emergency food
Sun 10 Oct 09:19 Arrived in Gran Canaria
Sat 09 Oct 12:23 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 28:07.71N 15:25.50W
Sat 09 Oct 07:28 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 28:23.31N 15:20.52W
Sat 09 Oct 06:56 In sight of land
Fri 08 Oct 17:05 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 29:29.00N 15:28.40W
Fri 08 Oct 08:16 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 30:18.47N 15:53.26W
Fri 08 Oct 08:07 Back on our side
Thu 07 Oct 18:30 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 31:44.28N 16:34.01W
Thu 07 Oct 10:30 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 32:38.95N 16:41.69W
Wed 06 Oct 20:26 A few updates
Wed 06 Oct 09:33 Wanted dead or Alive
Tue 05 Oct 22:03 Jungles has a day out
Tue 05 Oct 21:58 A day out
Tue 05 Oct 09:41 U turn
Mon 04 Oct 21:45 A short trip
Mon 04 Oct 21:33 The real culprit
Mon 04 Oct 18:22 Off to Downing Street....
Mon 04 Oct 18:16 Jungles is innocent.
Mon 04 Oct 18:04 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 32:44.40N 16:42.60W
Sun 03 Oct 21:13 The long arm of the law
Sun 03 Oct 16:43 The Plan now
Sun 03 Oct 16:37 Vulcan Spirit at Porto Santo saved by a wooded spatula
Sun 03 Oct 16:27 A message from Skipper Splodge, Mach and Jungle
Sun 03 Oct 16:11 What have we been up to in Porto Santo
Sun 03 Oct 16:08 Arrival 33:03.59N 16:19.50W
Fri 01 Oct 18:32 The boys take in the sights
Fri 01 Oct 18:28 Skipper Splodge, Mack and Jungles in trouble ?
Fri 01 Oct 07:42 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 33:01.71N 16:13.97W
Fri 01 Oct 07:26 Land Ahoy
Sep 2010
Thu 30 Sep 19:30 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 33:51.44N 15:54.13W
Thu 30 Sep 16:48 Rock and Roll
Thu 30 Sep 08:12 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 34:39.27N 15:20.44W
Wed 29 Sep 20:04 and up the mast before Dinner
Wed 29 Sep 12:09 Up the mast before breakfast
Wed 29 Sep 11:09 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 36:01.90N 13:44.88W
Tue 28 Sep 18:18 Swimming
Tue 28 Sep 18:10 Food update
Tue 28 Sep 18:06 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 37:17.96N 12:41.77W
Tue 28 Sep 08:35 Why is it raining
Tue 28 Sep 08:24 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 37:37.79N 12:29.07W
Mon 27 Sep 19:44 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 38:48.07N 12:33.18W
Mon 27 Sep 19:31 The Cake
Mon 27 Sep 14:42 carrot cake, hold the carrots
Mon 27 Sep 14:38 A much better day
Mon 27 Sep 08:33 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 39:43.48N 11:54.47W
Sun 26 Sep 20:55 A better way to travel....
Sun 26 Sep 20:52 Lands End
Sun 26 Sep 19:36 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 40:50.04N 11:19.54W
Sun 26 Sep 18:19 Surfing
Sun 26 Sep 17:21 The bread maker is alive
Sun 26 Sep 17:14 Shorts and T shirts
Sun 26 Sep 08:53 The shifts
Sun 26 Sep 07:59 The bread maker may be lost
Sun 26 Sep 07:43 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 42:08.13N 11:25.27W
Sat 25 Sep 20:12 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 43:18.07N 11:36.95W
Sat 25 Sep 20:08 Vegetables
Sat 25 Sep 12:59 Ian and Frans don't get any sleep due to a squeaky bed
Sat 25 Sep 07:30 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 44:28.20N 12:05.70W
Fri 24 Sep 18:20 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 45:22.55N 12:15.86W
Fri 24 Sep 17:24 An update from Wrinkles....
Fri 24 Sep 16:26 What have Splodge, Mack and jungle been up to
Fri 24 Sep 09:32 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 46:03.00N 11:36.24W
Fri 24 Sep 09:30 Re - Cucumber wipes...
Fri 24 Sep 08:09 First sun rise and beacon buttie
Fri 24 Sep 08:09 I smell like a cucumber
Thu 23 Sep 18:41 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 47:33.27N 10:54.78W
Thu 23 Sep 17:19 Re - life on the edge....
Thu 23 Sep 12:48 Living on the edge or in my case a shelf
Thu 23 Sep 12:48 Have made it further than last year
Thu 23 Sep 10:31 How we crossed the Atlantic with a nail file
Thu 23 Sep 10:11 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 48:30.98N 10:18.51W
Thu 23 Sep 06:08 Re - Percy Pigs
Wed 22 Sep 14:27 Sun out and sailing south
Wed 22 Sep 14:07 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 50:46.13N 9:46.19W
Wed 22 Sep 07:35 A day off "50:46.57N 08:44.94W" 50:46.57N 8:44.94W
Tue 21 Sep 11:11 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 51:53.05N 5:56.00W
Mon 20 Sep 19:08 SMS from 881631671035@msg.iridium.com 52:45.56N 4:25.21W
Mon 20 Sep 16:58 & away we go...
Mon 20 Sep 16:55 Setting sail....
Mon 20 Sep 13:58 The crew
Mon 20 Sep 13:02 A few final checks....
Sun 19 Sep 09:40 The new crew member
Sun 19 Sep 09:12 The blogs for the trip
Sun 19 Sep 09:06 The next trip
Jun 2010
Mon 07 Jun 08:36 The End 13 days, 23 hours, 30 minutes "52:53.19N 04:24.43W" 52:53.19N 4:24.43W
Mon 07 Jun 08:31 Skipper Splodge and Mack walk the plank
Mon 07 Jun 08:29 An early Start "52:48.60N 04:46.90W 52:48.60N 4:46.90W
Sat 05 Jun 13:11 Message for Skipper Splodge & Mack
Fri 04 Jun 19:21 Waiting for the tide ""53:16.65N 04:37.20W" 53:16.65N 4:37.20W
Fri 04 Jun 19:20 Position update "53:23.70N 04:57.80W 53:23.70N 4:57.80W
Fri 04 Jun 11:58 Postcard!
Fri 04 Jun 10:41 Decisions at Sea "53:39.74N 05:09.71W" 53:39.74N 5:09.71W
Fri 04 Jun 06:44 Bobing about in the Irish Sea "53:55.81N 05:16.84W" 53:55.81N 5:16.84W
Thu 03 Jun 20:13 Sun setting with Joe on watch "54:41.00N 05:15.36W" 54:41.00N 5:15.36W
Thu 03 Jun 19:25 Sea hero Skipper Splodge & friend Mack are heading home.......
Thu 03 Jun 16:38 Slow progress with head winds "54:53.46N 05:24.40W" 54:53.46N 5:24.40W
Thu 03 Jun 11:44 Joe on the helm "55:04.26N 05:55.70W" 55:04.26N 5:55.70W
Thu 03 Jun 11:40 We can see Scotland "55:14.40N 06:04.20W 55:14.40N 6:04.20W
Wed 02 Jun 19:03 Magic!
Wed 02 Jun 18:53 Cousin Splodge to the rescue.......
Wed 02 Jun 18:51 A day in Ballycastle
Wed 02 Jun 16:40 Looking at tommorows weather
Tue 01 Jun 18:42 FAO Wrinkles
Tue 01 Jun 18:38 A day in port
Tue 01 Jun 18:38 Skipper Splodge and Mack up to mischief
Tue 01 Jun 16:02 Skipper Splodge and Mack have a go at astro nav
Tue 01 Jun 16:00 Skipper Splodge and Mack supervise the log keeping
Tue 01 Jun 15:55 The Final Frontier "55:12.39N 06:14.34W" 55:12.39N 6:14.34W
May 2010
Mon 31 May 21:15 FAO - Skipper Splodge
Mon 31 May 15:31 The Engine problem "55:25.35N 08:09.03W 55:25.35N 8:09.03W
Mon 31 May 15:23 We can see land "55:24.90N 09:34.80W" 55:24.90N 9:34.80W
Mon 31 May 15:13 Engine on and working ok
Mon 31 May 15:13 Joe's suspicions "54:52.87N 10:41.95W" 54:52.87N 10:41.95W
Mon 31 May 15:13 So far today
Sun 30 May 21:21 No internet acccess
Sun 30 May 10:48 Heading east at last "54:35.25N 11:08.15W" 54:35.25N 11:08.15W
Sat 29 May 19:47 What a day "54:33.24N 12:20.46W" 54:33.24N 12:20.46W
Sat 29 May 08:36 We are through the front "54:09:46N 12:43:11W 54:09.46N 12:43.11W
Sat 29 May 08:19 Over flown by Irish Air Force "52:37.57N 12:54.87W" 52:37.57N 12:54.87W
Fri 28 May 14:56 test "52:38.25N 12:53.67W" 52:38.25N 12:53.67W
Fri 28 May 09:51 First Beacon Buttie "52:12:44N 13:06:08W" 52:12.44N 13:06.08W
Fri 28 May 08:53 No engine "52:09.74N 13:06.48W" 52:09.74N 13:06.48W
Thu 27 May 18:37 A good day on a beautiful day on a Bue Ocean "51:18.93N 13:19.74W" 51:18.93N 13:19.74W
Thu 27 May 12:16 Sunny and windy "50:59.21N 13:13.15W" 50:59.21N 13:13.15W
Thu 27 May 12:03 All ok at "50:59.25N 13:10.02W" 50:59.25N 13:10.02W
Wed 26 May 08:33 Passed the Fastnet rock at 0730 "51:21.65N 09:49.51W" 51:21.65N 9:49.51W
Tue 25 May 19:28 Washing up in a bucket
Tue 25 May 19:20 We are on our way "51:37.86N 08:26.69W" 51:37.86N 8:26.69W
Tue 25 May 13:30 The Morning in Crosshaven
Mon 24 May 20:28 Our arrival in Crosshaven
Mon 24 May 20:20 Skipper Splodge and Mack go and sample the Guinnes
Mon 24 May 15:12 Arrived in Crosshaven Cork "51:48.33N 08:18.22W" 51:48.33N 8:18.22W
Mon 24 May 07:19 So much for the Guiness last night "51:46.79N 07:35.24W" 51:46.79N 7:35.24W
Sun 23 May 15:32 The boys are sunbathing while off watch "52:02.31N 06:24.20W" 52:02.31N 6:24.20W
Sun 23 May 15:22 Back under engine "52:02.15N 06:23.30W" 52:02.15N 6:23.30W
Sun 23 May 11:59 What has happen so far "52:01.72 06:02.27W" 52:01.72N 6:02.27W
Sun 23 May 11:21 Position update "50:02.40N 06:00.48W" 52:02.40N 6:00.48W
Sat 22 May 15:01 Sails up "52:47.70N 04:20.10W" 52:47.70N 4:20.10W
Sat 22 May 14:55 Antony, Aron, and Moss Come to see us off
Sat 22 May 14:50 Getting ready for sea
Sat 22 May 07:17 A good day for Power Boats
Fri 21 May 20:51 Splodge and Mack settle in
Wed 19 May 16:20 The crew
Wed 19 May 13:54 Mack to join crew
Wed 19 May 13:53 Skipper Splodge
Wed 19 May 08:55 Preperations 4 days to go
Wed 12 May 07:16 Drying out
Wed 05 May 16:05 The Plan "52:53.19N 04:24.43W" 52:53.19N 4:24.43W