Quest - The trades are back in town

The trades are back in town

Quest

Jack and Hannah Ormerod and Lucia, Delphine & Fin

Sun 24 Jan 2016 12:40

Position: 16:54.761N 38:49.053W

Hi everybody,

Yesterday, Jack downloaded the forecast and so we put our cruising chute away and waited for the return of the trade winds like we were all waiting for a bus. After scratching our heads, squabbling with each other and going to bed, the giant finally turned up in the middle of the night and started whistling again at us from behind. All is good on Quest; we get to practice our core muscles!

On Jack's sunrise watch, he discovered a white bosun bird above his head sitting on Quest's A frame. He reports that they're not so into long life rye bread. We can't even give the stuff away!

Things heard on Quest recently:
Lulu: 'She called me a ****!'
Delphine; 'She slapped me!'
Hannah: 'I'm not doing any more night watches till the Captain washes up.'
Jack: 'Do you think I enjoy sitting upstairs all the time?'
John: 'I wonder what the ladies are like in Guadeloupe?'

Love from Quest and her crew xx

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2016

Dec 2016

Sat 31 Dec 20:05
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Fri 30 Dec 21:07
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Thu 29 Dec 18:17
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- The Barbie-ing begins...
- Time to Let Go
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- Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans
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Mon 26 Dec 11:21
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Sun 25 Dec 12:32
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- Santa Delivers to Sailors Too?!
- Pissy Pants Gets her Evening Wee
Sat 24 Dec 20:18
- Should Xmas be Cancelled?
- Anyone Need a Laugh?
Fri 23 Dec 13:47
- Christopher Codrington, Were You a Very Bad Man?
Thu 22 Dec 15:23
- The Pilgrimage
Wed 21 Dec 16:52
- Bye Falmouth Harbour!
- Turtle Thoughts
- Life Through Another's Eyes
Tue 20 Dec 21:10
- Save the Best for Last
Mon 19 Dec 21:40
- Blog
Sat 17 Dec 22:24
- A New Shore Crew Adventure
- Thanks, Santa
- Cause I'm Free
Fri 16 Dec 21:57
- How Deep is Your Love?
- Sailing with the Griswalds...
- The Magician
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- Jolly Bells
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- And Where is Home?
- Sunday Lunch in the Caribbean? It's not possible...
Sun 11 Dec 14:11
- Inside the Love Shack...
Fri 9 Dec 20:43
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Thu 8 Dec 10:35
- Windy (again)
- Nelson's Fleet (again)
Wed 7 Dec 11:02
- To Antigua
Tue 6 Dec 22:44
- Questie Tween Age
Sat 3 Dec 15:08
- This Boat Was Made for Sailing
- Our last night in Grenada. Or is it?
- Who Got their Dog Back? Who, Who, Who, Who....
Fri 2 Dec 17:02
- St George's Lagoon
- The Fun
Thu 1 Dec 09:58
- Grey-nada

Nov 2016

Wed 30 Nov 10:03
- Sussex Sunshine
- Warner Bros Studios
Tue 29 Nov 08:01
- Harry Potter is the Best Hope We Have. Trust Him.
Mon 28 Nov 06:55
- Comin' Round the Mountain
Sun 27 Nov 19:29
- Head Bangers
- The Happiest Kid in London and her Crying Daddy
Sat 26 Nov 09:50
Fri 25 Nov 06:35
- Tornadoes and Storms to Sunshine
Sat 19 Nov 19:56
- Rest in Love with a Little Pinch of Mischief
Tue 15 Nov 20:31
- Wales Wales, Good for the Heart
Sun 13 Nov 16:39
- Landlubber Luxuries
- Fin's Vendetta
Sat 12 Nov 09:37
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Fri 11 Nov 08:34
- Back in Borth
- The Bull**** Brigade
Wed 9 Nov 22:06
- Good bye Grenada
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Mon 7 Nov 16:50
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Sat 5 Nov 11:25
- A Benign Bye-Bye
Fri 4 Nov 10:59
- An Honest But Don't Smile Too Much In Case You Don't Look Solid Kind of Place
Thu 3 Nov 16:03
- All the Reason You'll Ever Need to Visit Grenada Marine
- An Israeli Good-Bye
Tue 1 Nov 11:15
- Prickly Bay Halloween!
- Full Moon in Prickly

Oct 2016

Sat 29 Oct 11:35
- Is Something Watching?
Fri 28 Oct 19:15
- Luli's Back in Town
Sun 9 Oct 13:15
- Good morning Grenada
Sat 8 Oct 17:54
- Evil Genius Princess Delphine
Wed 5 Oct 22:58
- Back to the Colonial Future
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Sep 2016

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Sun 28 Aug 13:59
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Thu 25 Aug 21:49
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- Radio Net: Best of Grenada, Part Two
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Mon 8 Aug 16:16
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Sun 7 Aug 15:23
- Madame Monique
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Thu 4 Aug 16:02
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- Going Deeper
Sat 30 Jul 16:13
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Wed 27 Jul 21:12
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Tue 26 Jul 22:29
- The First Time in a Long Time
Mon 25 Jul 01:46
- The House-Sitting Hobos Score Again
Sun 24 Jul 13:29
- Our Grand Grand Anse Anchorage
Sat 23 Jul 20:03
- Delphine's Socks
Thu 21 Jul 11:05
- The Dance Camp Stick
Tue 19 Jul 20:06
- Is It Time To Move?
Sun 17 Jul 23:34
- Tall Trees and a Birthday
Tue 12 Jul 10:33
- Alexandra the Great
Sat 9 Jul 14:30
- Ben's Monkey
Wed 6 Jul 21:16
- Going Solar
Mon 4 Jul 13:19
- God's Wrath
Fri 1 Jul 20:55

Jun 2016

Wed 29 Jun 13:59
- It's the rainy season!
- The Magnificent Dhanu
Mon 27 Jun 22:08
Sun 26 Jun 14:18
Sat 25 Jun 02:35
- The Jungle Path
Wed 22 Jun 13:00
- What Do You Want?
Mon 20 Jun 00:47
- The Tween
Sun 19 Jun 21:55
- Ok, Harry: Jack's community
- The Dance Balcony

Apr 2016

Wed 27 Apr 12:45
Sat 16 Apr 16:55
- Boobies
Mon 11 Apr 00:08
- There Go the Others
Sun 10 Apr 23:59
- Ruby Redfort Goes Out On a Wire
Thu 7 Apr 01:42
- Luli's island
- Big Bully's Dream
Sat 2 Apr 21:35
- Stopped in the Saintes
- OMG MOB (or more precisely DOB)
Fri 1 Apr 00:07
- We finally caught the turtle!

Mar 2016

Thu 31 Mar 23:44
Fri 25 Mar 21:59
Thu 24 Mar 23:23
Tue 15 Mar 16:27
- For the benefit of Mr. Kite
Wed 9 Mar 21:50
Mon 7 Mar 11:02
- Things we've discovered on Quest this week
Sun 6 Mar 22:52
- To the mothers in all of us
Thu 3 Mar 23:05
Tue 1 Mar 04:13
- Video updates

Feb 2016

Mon 29 Feb 22:15
- Things we discovered on Quest this week
Sat 27 Feb 23:48
Wed 24 Feb 11:06
- That floozy stole my man (I should write a country song)..
Tue 23 Feb 18:54
Mon 22 Feb 15:08
Sun 21 Feb 23:23
- Laundry Quest
- The Caribbean scientist
Sat 20 Feb 23:37
Thu 18 Feb 18:15
- Lists
Wed 17 Feb 22:02
- Well, he got us here!
Mon 15 Feb 13:16
- Nelson's new fleet
Sun 14 Feb 17:06
- We see sea turtles and super yachts!
Sat 13 Feb 16:56
- Bitten by a barracuda
Fri 12 Feb 10:49
- What are you looking for?
Thu 11 Feb 00:57
- John's Top Ten
Mon 8 Feb 22:56
- Geek Heaven
Sat 6 Feb 23:42
- Guadeloupean gossip
Fri 5 Feb 11:37
- A stressful day :)
Thu 4 Feb 13:48
- Fin's tick-tock legs
Mon 1 Feb 21:57

Jan 2016

Sat 30 Jan 09:46
- Chief Dorado
Fri 29 Jan 10:26
- Staring at the horizon
Thu 28 Jan 12:13
- Where's Squally?
Wed 27 Jan 10:36
- The Queen of the Waves
Tue 26 Jan 11:35
- The sea really does think we're dirty, part two
- The sea really does think we're dirty!
Mon 25 Jan 09:39
- Day 7
Sun 24 Jan 12:40
- The trades are back in town
Sat 23 Jan 13:48
- The old blow down her nose trick
Fri 22 Jan 10:40
- Day 5 Hello!
Thu 21 Jan 13:44
- Second Hello from the Atlantic!
Wed 20 Jan 12:03
- First Atlantic crossing hello
Mon 18 Jan 09:38
Sun 17 Jan 21:11
Thu 14 Jan 10:32
- We have sailed 500 miles (dodododo)
Wed 13 Jan 09:16
- Our first days down to the Cape Verdes

2015

Sep 2015

Tue 22 Sep 06:19
- Delphine and her cruise ships
Sun 20 Sep 20:20
Sat 19 Sep 16:56
- Topical Cancer
Fri 18 Sep 10:05
- Funky cold Madeira
Thu 17 Sep 12:59
- Ellie's Point of View
- Busy Quest crew
Tue 15 Sep 21:05
- Lava love on the other side of the island
Mon 14 Sep 21:04
Fri 11 Sep 21:23
- Machico, Madeira
Thu 10 Sep 15:56
Wed 9 Sep 18:14
- Rainy days in Porto Santo..
- The many faces of boat school
Wed 2 Sep 20:31
Tue 1 Sep 14:01
- Almost there!

Aug 2015

Mon 31 Aug 19:46
- The long way round
Sat 29 Aug 10:48
- Madeira, here we come!!
- Fin's Twin!
Fri 28 Aug 21:54
Sun 23 Aug 18:29
- Fin's home!
Sat 22 Aug 17:53
Fri 21 Aug 09:17
- Bye Baiona, hello Ocean
Thu 20 Aug 16:12
Wed 19 Aug 16:28
Tue 18 Aug 08:24
- Good morning sleepyheads!
Mon 17 Aug 19:36
Sat 15 Aug 10:58
Thu 13 Aug 19:02
Tue 11 Aug 21:09

2014

Sep 2014

Sun 7 Sep 09:03
- New boat dog
Fri 5 Sep 18:50
Thu 4 Sep 05:45
- A Welsh sunrise
Mon 1 Sep 13:35
- Would St. Gildas have seen this?
- Chenals, shipping and sun fish

Aug 2014

Sun 31 Aug 09:01
- The end of our rest in Brest
Sat 30 Aug 17:43
Thu 28 Aug 19:07
- Brest is the Best!
Mon 25 Aug 05:33
Sun 24 Aug 12:34
- Quest in Brest!
Sat 23 Aug 19:07
- Go Quest, go
- Happy 7th Birthday Sam!
Thu 21 Aug 20:58
Tue 19 Aug 21:00
- Where's the poubelle?
- Flying on a goose wing
Sun 17 Aug 18:36
- This one's for the skipper's grandma
- New dinghy driver
Wed 13 Aug 19:26
- Windy day
- Ile d'Houat *3
Mon 11 Aug 19:33
- New friends
Sat 9 Aug 19:31
- Rab C Nesbit meets Claude!
Fri 8 Aug 16:16
- Hurricane Bertha
Wed 6 Aug 15:58
- Extra update
- Houat update (what?)
Mon 4 Aug 15:51
- Dolphins from Delphine
- Duck island
Sun 3 Aug 12:20
- Our trip to Vannes
- Delphine's new BFF

Jul 2014

Wed 30 Jul 10:05
- Quiberon
- A squash and a squeeze
Sun 27 Jul 19:51
- Our journey to Port Haliguen
Sat 26 Jul 19:15
Fri 25 Jul 12:57
- P.S.
- Our trip across the Sleeve
Wed 23 Jul 07:37
- Foggy morning
Tue 22 Jul 21:53
Mon 21 Jul 20:02
- The Isles of Swilly
- Boat dog
Sun 20 Jul 18:04
Sat 19 Jul 10:58