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The adventures of Skipper Splodge and mack
Ian Cheek
Tue 30 Nov 2010 11:04
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Jul 2014
Thu 31 Jul 12:45
Last leg
Porth Dinllaen
Wed 30 Jul 09:15
Ramsey sound
Jack Sound
On our way home
Tue 29 Jul 17:26
Pre loading
While in port
Up the mast again
Milford Haven
Turning point
Sun 27 Jul 17:29
Rounding Tuskar Rock
Sat 26 Jul 16:49
Holyhead
Skipper Splodge and Mack
Rations
Fri 25 Jul 19:48
Setting Sail
Tue 22 Jul 09:05
Watching the weather for the next adventure
Tue 1 Jul 05:26
Breakfast at menai bridge
Jun 2014
Mon 30 Jun 21:41
Caernarfon bar
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Sun 29 Jun 18:03
All crew back to normal
Position
On our way home
Sat 28 Jun 23:12
The evening in Kinsale
Pre Loading
Supplies
Up the mast
Arrived in Kinsale
Heading north
Fri 27 Jun 17:29
Guinness for Breakfast
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Thu 26 Jun 18:29
More Sailing Less Poo
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There be Whales
Wed 25 Jun 16:18
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sailing
We have had a little sail
Under dail
Engine still on
IT problems
Tue 24 Jun 12:01
Point Lynas
Day 2
Mon 23 Jun 22:35
The pub was a mistake
The Yacht
Checking the supplies
Bags Packed
Thu 19 Jun 21:10
The Weather on Monday
The next adventure
2010
Dec 2010
Wed 15 Dec 18:39
The final run in
Arrived and drinking beer
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On guard
Skipper splodge and mack check the beer
Tue 14 Dec 22:06
Land Ho
The longest day
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Mon 13 Dec 19:17
I see no ships
Star sights
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Sun 12 Dec 21:35
Dull shift
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The end of the wind
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Sat 11 Dec 22:00
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Mack's Love life again
Nothing to report
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Fri 10 Dec 20:21
Going well
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sail faff this morning
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Thu 9 Dec 21:18
Mother watch
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Wed 8 Dec 20:56
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999 Party
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Bouncing around
Tue 7 Dec 22:01
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Mack's Love life
A change in the weather
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Mon 6 Dec 20:25
Yacht Blues
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This mornings sail change
Sun 5 Dec 21:03
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Star Sight
Rubish
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Sat 4 Dec 19:28
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Sail plans
No sleep for the wicked
The sextant School exam
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We are OK
Fri 3 Dec 21:24
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Plan A
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Thu 2 Dec 18:53
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New crew member Fluffy
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Wed 1 Dec 19:55
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Sails up Sails down
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Nov 2010
Tue 30 Nov 16:18
First Aid at Sea
My kind of fishing
sextant school fluke
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Mon 29 Nov 17:52
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The wrong weather
Sun 28 Nov 19:57
Skipper Splodge and mack off watch
We've overtaken another yacht
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Sextant school
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Sat 27 Nov 19:46
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Back under sail
Re - Under engine.....
under Engine
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Fri 26 Nov 22:26
Note for skipper Splodge....
Skipper Splodge and Mack
A snoring whale
Tom's first catch
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Thu 25 Nov 21:09
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This afternoon
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Grinded to a halt
Wed 24 Nov 18:40
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Cruising chute up, sunny but not windy
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Tue 23 Nov 18:26
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It's not just us
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And then there was one
Mon 22 Nov 17:44
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day 1, are we there yet........
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Sun 21 Nov 21:06
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We have started
Joe's secret stash of beer
Next stop St Lucia
Sat 20 Nov 17:48
Good luck Vulcan Spirit......
Jungle...
We are ready
Going south I think
Fri 19 Nov 15:52
Catching up on a bit of reading
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
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
A good view
Up the mast again
Sun 10 Oct 20:39
Re - arrived in Gran Canaria
On the emergency food
Arrived in Gran Canaria
Sat 9 Oct 12:23
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In sight of land
Fri 8 Oct 17:05
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Back on our side
Thu 7 Oct 18:30
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Wed 6 Oct 20:26
A few updates
Wanted dead or Alive
Tue 5 Oct 22:03
Jungles has a day out
A day out
U turn
Mon 4 Oct 21:45
A short trip
The real culprit
Off to Downing Street....
Jungles is innocent.
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Sun 3 Oct 21:13
The long arm of the law
The Plan now
Vulcan Spirit at Porto Santo saved by a wooded spatula
A message from Skipper Splodge, Mach and Jungle
What have we been up to in Porto Santo
Arrival
Fri 1 Oct 18:32
The boys take in the sights
Skipper Splodge, Mack and Jungles in trouble ?
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Land Ahoy
Sep 2010
Thu 30 Sep 19:30
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Rock and Roll
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Wed 29 Sep 20:04
and up the mast before Dinner
Up the mast before breakfast
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Tue 28 Sep 18:18
Swimming
Food update
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Why is it raining
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Mon 27 Sep 19:44
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The Cake
carrot cake, hold the carrots
A much better day
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Sun 26 Sep 20:55
A better way to travel....
Lands End
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Surfing
The bread maker is alive
Shorts and T shirts
The shifts
The bread maker may be lost
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Sat 25 Sep 20:12
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Vegetables
Ian and Frans don't get any sleep due to a squeaky bed
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Fri 24 Sep 18:20
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An update from Wrinkles....
What have Splodge, Mack and jungle been up to
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Re - Cucumber wipes...
First sun rise and beacon buttie
I smell like a cucumber
Thu 23 Sep 18:41
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Re - life on the edge....
Living on the edge or in my case a shelf
Have made it further than last year
How we crossed the Atlantic with a nail file
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Re - Percy Pigs
Wed 22 Sep 14:27
Sun out and sailing south
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A day off "50:46.57N 08:44.94W"
Tue 21 Sep 11:11
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Mon 20 Sep 19:08
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& away we go...
Setting sail....
The crew
A few final checks....
Sun 19 Sep 09:40
The new crew member
The blogs for the trip
The next trip
Jun 2010
Mon 7 Jun 08:36
The End 13 days, 23 hours, 30 minutes "52:53.19N 04:24.43W"
Skipper Splodge and Mack walk the plank
An early Start "52:48.60N 04:46.90W
Sat 5 Jun 13:11
Message for Skipper Splodge & Mack
Fri 4 Jun 19:21
Waiting for the tide ""53:16.65N 04:37.20W"
Position update "53:23.70N 04:57.80W
Postcard!
Decisions at Sea "53:39.74N 05:09.71W"
Bobing about in the Irish Sea "53:55.81N 05:16.84W"
Thu 3 Jun 20:13
Sun setting with Joe on watch "54:41.00N 05:15.36W"
Sea hero Skipper Splodge & friend Mack are heading home.......
Slow progress with head winds "54:53.46N 05:24.40W"
Joe on the helm "55:04.26N 05:55.70W"
We can see Scotland "55:14.40N 06:04.20W
Wed 2 Jun 19:03
Magic!
Cousin Splodge to the rescue.......
A day in Ballycastle
Looking at tommorows weather
Tue 1 Jun 18:42
FAO Wrinkles
A day in port
Skipper Splodge and Mack up to mischief
Skipper Splodge and Mack have a go at astro nav
Skipper Splodge and Mack supervise the log keeping
The Final Frontier "55:12.39N 06:14.34W"
May 2010
Mon 31 May 21:15
FAO - Skipper Splodge
The Engine problem "55:25.35N 08:09.03W
We can see land "55:24.90N 09:34.80W"
Engine on and working ok
Joe's suspicions "54:52.87N 10:41.95W"
So far today
Sun 30 May 21:21
No internet acccess
Heading east at last "54:35.25N 11:08.15W"
Sat 29 May 19:47
What a day "54:33.24N 12:20.46W"
We are through the front "54:09:46N 12:43:11W
Over flown by Irish Air Force "52:37.57N 12:54.87W"
Fri 28 May 14:56
test "52:38.25N 12:53.67W"
First Beacon Buttie "52:12:44N 13:06:08W"
No engine "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"
Sunny and windy "50:59.21N 13:13.15W"
All ok at "50:59.25N 13:10.02W"
Wed 26 May 08:33
Passed the Fastnet rock at 0730 "51:21.65N 09:49.51W"
Tue 25 May 19:28
Washing up in a bucket
We are on our way "51:37.86N 08:26.69W"
The Morning in Crosshaven
Mon 24 May 20:28
Our arrival in Crosshaven
Skipper Splodge and Mack go and sample the Guinnes
Arrived in Crosshaven Cork "51:48.33N 08:18.22W"
So much for the Guiness last night "51:46.79N 07:35.24W"
Sun 23 May 15:32
The boys are sunbathing while off watch "52:02.31N 06:24.20W"
Back under engine "52:02.15N 06:23.30W"
What has happen so far "52:01.72 06:02.27W"
Position update "50:02.40N 06:00.48W"
Sat 22 May 15:01
Sails up "52:47.70N 04:20.10W"
Antony, Aron, and Moss Come to see us off
Getting ready for sea
A good day for Power Boats
Fri 21 May 20:51
Splodge and Mack settle in
Wed 19 May 16:20
The crew
Mack to join crew
Skipper Splodge
Preperations 4 days to go
Wed 12 May 07:16
Drying out
Wed 5 May 16:05
The Plan "52:53.19N 04:24.43W"