Diary Entries

2013
- May 2013
  - Thu 23 May
    - News flash
    - Sicily
  - Tue 21 May
    - Greece to Sicily
  - Mon 20 May
    - on passage to Sicily
  - Sat 18 May
    - On passage to Sicily
  - Fri 17 May
    - Poros, Corinth Canal to Cephalonia
  - Thu 16 May
    - Sami, Cephalonia
  - Tue 14 May
    - Nisis Trizonia
  - Mon 13 May
    - Gulf of Corinth
  - Fri 10 May
    - Aegean and Poros
  - Tue 07 May
    - Poros
  - Sun 05 May
    - Nisos Serifos
  - Sat 04 May
    - Astipalaia
  - Fri 03 May
    - Nisos Tilos
    - Turkey to Greece
- Apr 2013
  - Mon 29 Apr
    - Marmaris Yacht Marina, Patara & Teak decks
  - Sun 21 Apr
    - The Decks
  - Wed 17 Apr
    - Repairs and Recaulking
  - Sat 13 Apr
    - Splashdown
  - Wed 10 Apr
    - Splashdown!
  - Sun 07 Apr
    - Marita arrives---photos
    - Frustration!
  - Fri 05 Apr
    - Marita on board Thorco Svendborg arrives Marmaris
    - Marita's arrival!
  - Thu 04 Apr
    - Marmaris
  - Wed 03 Apr
    - Marita on board Thorco Svendborg
- Mar 2013
  - Sat 30 Mar
    - Marita on board Thorco Svendborg--Red Sea
    - Ephesus & Pamukkale
  - Thu 28 Mar
    - Marita on board Thorco Svendborg--Somalia
  - Wed 27 Mar
  - Mon 25 Mar
    - Istanbul & Troy
  - Fri 22 Mar
    - Marita on board Thorco Svendborg---Sri Lanka
  - Thu 21 Mar
    - Singapore and Dubai
  - Sun 17 Mar
    - Lift off
  - Mon 11 Mar
    - Similan Islands
  - Tue 05 Mar
    - Lucy's visit and farewell to Camelot
  - Mon 04 Mar
    - Yacht Haven - Preparations for shipping
  - Fri 01 Mar
    - (no subject)
- Feb 2013
  - Tue 26 Feb
    - Panwa Bali
  - Sun 24 Feb
    - Phi Phi Don
  - Sat 23 Feb
    - Chinese New Year, Phuket---before, during and after
  - Thu 21 Feb
    - Clean up completed
  - Tue 19 Feb
    - Clean up
  - Fri 15 Feb
    - Chinese New Year
  - Tue 12 Feb
    - Au Chalong and Ko Racha Yai
  - Thu 07 Feb
    - Patong, Phuket
  - Sat 02 Feb
    - Patong Beach
- Jan 2013
  - Sun 27 Jan
    - Kata Beach, Phuket
  - Sat 26 Jan
    - Nai Harn, Phuket
  - Thu 24 Jan
    - Phang Nga Bay and Koh Racha Yai
  - Mon 21 Jan
    - Ko Racha Yai
  - Thu 17 Jan
    - Yacht Haven Again
    - Koh Hong to Koh Phanak
  - Tue 15 Jan
    - Koh Hong
  - Sat 12 Jan
    - Northwards
  - Tue 08 Jan
    - Ton Sai Bay, Phi Phi Don again!
  - Sun 06 Jan
    - Railay Bay, Ao Nang
  - Sat 05 Jan
    - Christmas 2012 to Krabi
  - Fri 04 Jan
    - Krabi
  - Wed 02 Jan
    - Ko Dam Khwan
  - Tue 01 Jan
    - New Years Day
2012
- Dec 2012
  - Mon 31 Dec
    - Happy New Year
  - Sun 30 Dec
    - Departure
  - Fri 28 Dec
    - Hat Kan Tiang, Koh Lanta
  - Tue 25 Dec
    - Happy Christmas
  - Sat 22 Dec
    - Yacht Haven Marina, Phuket
  - Fri 21 Dec
    - Ao Labu Bay
  - Tue 18 Dec
    - Back at Phi Phi Don
  - Sun 16 Dec
    - Ao Chalong
  - Sat 15 Dec
    - Phi Phi Don
  - Fri 14 Dec
    - On Passage to Phuket Island
  - Thu 13 Dec
    - on passage to Phuket via islands
  - Tue 11 Dec
    - Bay of Bengal
  - Mon 10 Dec
    - Singapore to Penang
  - Sat 08 Dec
    - Penang
  - Fri 07 Dec
    - oh so hot!
  - Thu 06 Dec
    - Dickensian river
  - Wed 05 Dec
    - Port Klang
    - day sail to Port Klang
  - Sun 02 Dec
    - Admiral Marina, Port Dickson
  - Sat 01 Dec
    - Malacca Straits
- Nov 2012
  - Mon 26 Nov
    - Refueling
  - Wed 21 Nov
    - Bali to Nongsa to Singapore
  - Mon 19 Nov
    - Marina at Keppel Bay, Singapore
  - Fri 16 Nov
    - Bali to Nongsa Point, Indonesia (opposite Singapore)
  - Thu 15 Nov
    - Nongsa Point Marina
  - Wed 14 Nov
    - Northern hemisphere here we come
  - Tue 13 Nov
    - (no subject)
  - Mon 12 Nov
    - position report
  - Sun 11 Nov
    - No wind, little fuel......
  - Sat 10 Nov
    - the stitches are out!
  - Fri 09 Nov
    - Things that go bump in the night!
  - Thu 08 Nov
    - Java Sea
  - Wed 07 Nov
    - Departed Bali
  - Sat 03 Nov
    - We have returned to the boat
- Oct 2012
  - Tue 30 Oct
    - Singapore by air
  - Wed 24 Oct
    - Pam Syrett
  - Mon 22 Oct
    - Bali
  - Fri 19 Oct
    - Bali Marina
    - Lombok and the Gili Islands
  - Tue 16 Oct
    - Gili Aer
    - Kupang & Komodo
  - Sun 14 Oct
    - New arrival and Lombok
  - Sat 13 Oct
    - Teluk Kombal, Lombok
  - Fri 12 Oct
    - Position report
  - Thu 11 Oct
    - Bee attack
  - Wed 10 Oct
    - Dragon spotting
  - Tue 09 Oct
    - in search of the Dragon
  - Mon 08 Oct
    - position report
  - Sun 07 Oct
    - Indonesia clearance and search for the dragon
  - Fri 05 Oct
    - Kupang
  - Thu 04 Oct
    - position report
  - Wed 03 Oct
    - Timor Sea
  - Tue 02 Oct
    - Darwin to Kupang
- Sep 2012
  - Sun 30 Sep
    - Darwin
  - Sat 29 Sep
    - Cooktown to Darwin
  - Thu 27 Sep
    - (no subject)
  - Tue 25 Sep
    - Cairns & Port Douglas
  - Mon 24 Sep
    - Mussel tretament
    - Darwin
  - Sat 22 Sep
    - Approaching Darwin
  - Fri 21 Sep
    - position report
  - Thu 20 Sep
    - on passage to Darwinn
  - Wed 19 Sep
    - Gove
  - Tue 18 Sep
    - Gulf of Carpentaria
  - Mon 17 Sep
    - position report
  - Sun 16 Sep
    - Escape from Escape River
  - Sat 15 Sep
    - Escape River
  - Thu 13 Sep
    - on passage to Darwin via Cape York and Gove
  - Wed 12 Sep
    - Lizard Island
  - Mon 10 Sep
    - Lizard Island
    - Cooktown
  - Sat 08 Sep
    - Low Islests
  - Fri 07 Sep
    - Port Douglas
  - Wed 05 Sep
    - Birthday in Cairns (Helen)
- Aug 2012
  - Fri 31 Aug
    - Marlin Marina, Cairns
  - Wed 29 Aug
  - Tue 28 Aug
    - Dunk Island, Family Islands
  - Mon 27 Aug
    - Pioneer Bay, Orpheus Island, Palm Isles
  - Sat 25 Aug
    - Magnetic Island
  - Thu 23 Aug
    - Townsville Area
  - Fri 17 Aug
    - Port Vila to Australia
  - Thu 16 Aug
    - Australia
  - Wed 15 Aug
    - inside the Great Barrier Reef
  - Mon 13 Aug
    - position report
  - Sat 11 Aug
    - position report---getting nearer!
  - Fri 10 Aug
    - position report
  - Thu 09 Aug
    - position report
    - position report
  - Tue 07 Aug
    - position report
    - on passage bound for Australia
  - Sun 05 Aug
    - Mount Yasur---Volcano
  - Fri 03 Aug
    - George and Harriet
    - Musket Cove, Fiji & Port Vila, Efate, Vanuatu
- Jul 2012
  - Tue 31 Jul
    - Port Vila, Vanuatu
  - Mon 30 Jul
    - position report
  - Sat 28 Jul
    - position report
  - Fri 27 Jul
    - position report
    - Farewell Fiji
  - Mon 23 Jul
    - Yasawa Islands and Musket Cove
  - Thu 19 Jul
    - Yalombi Bay, Waya Island, Yasawa Group
  - Tue 17 Jul
    - Vuda Point Marina, Fiji
  - Sat 14 Jul
    - Repair and cleaning
  - Fri 13 Jul
    - Fiji photos
  - Thu 12 Jul
    - Rarotonga and Tonga---photos
  - Tue 10 Jul
    - Vuda Point Marina
  - Mon 09 Jul
    - Saweni Bay, Viti Levu, Fiji
  - Sun 08 Jul
    - Vitogo Bay, Viti Levu, Fiji
  - Sat 07 Jul
    - Viti Levu, Fiji
  - Fri 06 Jul
    - Fiji
  - Thu 05 Jul
    - Savu Savu, Fiji
  - Tue 03 Jul
    - position report
  - Mon 02 Jul
    - position report
  - Sun 01 Jul
    - position report
- Jun 2012
  - Sat 30 Jun
    - on passage to Fiji
  - Thu 28 Jun
    - Tonga excitement
  - Tue 26 Jun
    - (no subject)
  - Sun 24 Jun
    - Tonga
  - Sat 23 Jun
    - position report
  - Fri 22 Jun
    - tomorrow never happens!
  - Thu 21 Jun
    - position report
  - Wed 20 Jun
    - position report
  - Tue 19 Jun
    - position report
  - Mon 18 Jun
    - position report
  - Sun 17 Jun
    - on passage to Tonga
  - Thu 14 Jun
    - Rarotonga
  - Sun 10 Jun
    - Rarotonga
  - Fri 08 Jun
    - position report
    - on passage to Rarotonga
  - Tue 05 Jun
    - The Queen's Diamond Jubilee
    - Bora Bora
  - Fri 01 Jun
    - Hotel Meridien, Bora Bora
- May 2012
  - Wed 30 May
    - Tahaa & Bora Bora
  - Mon 28 May
    - Bora Bora
  - Sat 26 May
    - Weather!
  - Fri 25 May
    - Nearly a Circumnavigation of Tahaa
  - Thu 24 May
    - Baie Apu
  - Wed 23 May
    - Huahine photographs
  - Tue 22 May
    - Raiatea
  - Sun 20 May
    - Port de Fare, Huahine
  - Fri 18 May
    - Moorea--Norwegian day
  - Wed 16 May
    - Tahiti to Moorea
  - Mon 14 May
    - Tahiti
  - Fri 11 May
    - Rangiroa and the Blue Lagoon
  - Thu 10 May
    - Papeete, Tahiti
  - Wed 09 May
    - position report
  - Mon 07 May
    - Rangiroa
  - Sat 05 May
    - Pearl Farm & Rangiroa
  - Thu 03 May
    - Rangiroa
  - Tue 01 May
    - Manihi
- Apr 2012
  - Sun 29 Apr
    - Marquesas to Tuomotu Islands
  - Sat 28 Apr
    - Manihi Pearl Beach Resort
  - Fri 27 Apr
    - Manihi, Tuomotu Islands
  - Thu 26 Apr
    - position report
  - Wed 25 Apr
    - Towards the Tuamotu
  - Tue 24 Apr
    - position report
  - Mon 23 Apr
    - on passage to Tuomotu Islands
  - Sun 22 Apr
    - Ua Pou, Marquesas
  - Thu 19 Apr
    - Pacific crossing
    - Nuku Hiva
  - Mon 16 Apr
    - Galapagos photos
    - Hive Oa, Marquesas
  - Sun 15 Apr
    - 130 miles to go--becalmed
  - Sat 14 Apr
    - position report
  - Fri 13 Apr
    - position report
    - position report
  - Thu 12 Apr
    - Galapagos cruise
  - Wed 11 Apr
    - 3 weeks today on passage
  - Tue 10 Apr
    - position report
  - Mon 09 Apr
    - position report
  - Sun 08 Apr
    - position report
  - Sat 07 Apr
    - Happy Easter Everyone
  - Fri 06 Apr
    - position report
  - Thu 05 Apr
    - position report
  - Wed 04 Apr
    - position report
  - Tue 03 Apr
    - Halfway to the Marquesas
  - Mon 02 Apr
    - position report
  - Sun 01 Apr
    - Position Report
- Mar 2012
  - Fri 30 Mar
    - position report
    - position report
  - Thu 29 Mar
    - position report
  - Wed 28 Mar
    - One week on...
  - Tue 27 Mar
    - position report
  - Mon 26 Mar
    - position report
  - Sun 25 Mar
    - Position Report
  - Fri 23 Mar
    - Position Report
  - Thu 22 Mar
    - position report
  - Tue 20 Mar
    - Galapagos to Marquesas
  - Wed 14 Mar
    - Island Cruise
  - Mon 12 Mar
    - Las Perlas & Galapagos
  - Sun 11 Mar
    - New Position
  - Sat 10 Mar
    - Puerto Ayora, Archipelago de Colon (Galapagos)
  - Thu 08 Mar
    - Position Report
  - Wed 07 Mar
    - Position Report
  - Tue 06 Mar
    - position report
  - Mon 05 Mar
    - Position Report
    - Position Report
  - Sat 03 Mar
    - position report
  - Fri 02 Mar
    - On passage to Galapagos
    - A New Grandson
- Feb 2012
  - Wed 29 Feb
    - Escape to Las Perlas
  - Sat 25 Feb
    - Canal, Panama City etc.
  - Thu 23 Feb
    - Panama Canal transit
  - Wed 22 Feb
    - The Panama Canal
  - Tue 21 Feb
    - transit update
  - Sun 19 Feb
    - Shelter Bay & Panama Canal transit times
  - Tue 14 Feb
    - San Blas
  - Mon 13 Feb
    - Position Report
  - Sun 12 Feb
    - position report
  - Fri 10 Feb
    - position report
  - Thu 09 Feb
    - Cayos Chichime, San Blas
  - Wed 08 Feb
    - 09:33.407N 78:56.969W
  - Tue 07 Feb
    - position report
  - Mon 06 Feb
    - Position Report
  - Sun 05 Feb
    - Position Report
  - Sat 04 Feb
    - position report
    - Position Report
  - Wed 01 Feb
    - Bonaire
- Jan 2012
  - Sun 29 Jan
    - Bonaire
  - Thu 26 Jan
    - Arrived Bonaire
  - Wed 25 Jan
    - Position Report
  - Tue 24 Jan
    - position report
  - Mon 23 Jan
    - Position Report
  - Sun 22 Jan
  - Sat 21 Jan
    - position report
  - Wed 18 Jan
    - Escaped to Bequia!
  - Fri 13 Jan
    - Petit Anse d'Arlet & St Lucia
  - Mon 09 Jan
    - St Lucia
  - Sat 07 Jan
    - Petit Anse d'Arlet, Martinique
  - Fri 06 Jan
    - photographs
  - Wed 04 Jan
    - Martinique
  - Sun 01 Jan
    - Happy New Year from Les Saintes
2011
- Dec 2011
  - Fri 30 Dec
    - position report
  - Wed 28 Dec
    - position report
  - Tue 27 Dec
    - more photos
    - Christmas 2011at Nelson's Dockyard
  - Sat 24 Dec
    - Happy Christmas
  - Mon 19 Dec
    - Nelson's Dockyard
  - Sat 17 Dec
    - Carlisle Bay
  - Fri 16 Dec
    - Atlantic crossing
  - Wed 14 Dec
    - Position report
    - Falmouth to Falmouth
  - Tue 13 Dec
    - position report
  - Sun 11 Dec
    - position report
    - position report
  - Sat 10 Dec
    - position report
  - Fri 09 Dec
    - position report
  - Wed 07 Dec
    - position report
  - Tue 06 Dec
    - position report
  - Mon 05 Dec
    - Halfway!
  - Sun 04 Dec
    - position report
  - Sat 03 Dec
    - position report
  - Fri 02 Dec
    - position report
    - position report
- Nov 2011
  - Wed 30 Nov
    - position report @1800
  - Tue 29 Nov
    - position report 1800
  - Mon 28 Nov
    - position report at 1800
  - Sat 26 Nov
    - (no subject)
  - Wed 23 Nov
    - Mindelo
  - Sun 20 Nov
    - Mindelo
  - Thu 17 Nov
    - The passage to Mindelo
    - Arrived Cape Verde
  - Tue 15 Nov
    - Position Report
  - Mon 14 Nov
    - Position Report
    - Position Report
  - Sat 12 Nov
    - position report
  - Fri 11 Nov
    - position report
  - Thu 10 Nov
    - position report 1800
  - Wed 09 Nov
    - provisioning
  - Sun 06 Nov
    - Still in San Sebastian
  - Thu 03 Nov
    - San Sebastian & La Gomera--photographs
- Oct 2011
  - Mon 31 Oct
    - Round the Island
  - Thu 27 Oct
    - San Sebastian, La Gomera
  - Wed 26 Oct
    - Santa Cruz and La Laguna---- photographs
    - San Sebastian, La Gomera
  - Mon 24 Oct
    - Marina San Miguel (Puerto Amarilla)
  - Thu 20 Oct
    - La Laguna, Tenerife
    - Gran Canaria photographs
  - Sun 16 Oct
    - Santa Cruz, Tenerife
  - Sat 15 Oct
    - Gran Canaria
  - Wed 12 Oct
    - Puerto de Mogan, Gran Canaria
  - Tue 11 Oct
    - (no subject)
    - Gran Tarajal
  - Sat 08 Oct
    - Gran Tarajal, Fuerteventura.
  - Fri 07 Oct
    - Puerto de Castillo, Fuerteventura
  - Wed 05 Oct
    - Lanzarote
  - Mon 03 Oct
    - Marina Rubicon
  - Sat 01 Oct
    - photographs
- Sep 2011
  - Thu 29 Sep
    - Isla Graciosa
  - Tue 27 Sep
    - Isla Graciosa
  - Mon 26 Sep
    - Arrival in Isla Graciosa
  - Sun 25 Sep
    - (no subject)
  - Sat 24 Sep
    - Madeira to Canary Islands
  - Fri 23 Sep
    - Quinta do Lorde, Madeira
  - Wed 21 Sep
    - Funchal and the Levadas
  - Sun 18 Sep
    - The Fishing boat festival
  - Fri 16 Sep
    - Madeira
  - Wed 14 Sep
    - Porto Santo
  - Tue 13 Sep
    - (no subject)
  - Mon 12 Sep
    - (no subject)
  - Sun 11 Sep
    - (no subject)
  - Sat 10 Sep
    - on passage
  - Thu 08 Sep
    - Ferragudo again
  - Tue 06 Sep
    - Birthday Surprises!
- Aug 2011
  - Tue 30 Aug
    - The Tribe gathers....
  - Sat 27 Aug
    - Barbecue mayhem in Ferragudo
  - Sat 20 Aug
    - At anchor - Portimao
  - Thu 18 Aug
    - Lagos again!
  - Mon 15 Aug
    - Portimao
  - Sat 13 Aug
    - Escaped from the boatyard!
  - Thu 11 Aug
    - Day2 in the yard
  - Tue 09 Aug
    - Lagos
  - Sun 07 Aug
    - Lagos
  - Sat 06 Aug
    - Clobbered!
  - Thu 04 Aug
    - Lagos
  - Tue 02 Aug
    - Cape St Vincent and Sagres
- Jul 2011
  - Sun 31 Jul
    - Sines (pronounced cinch)
  - Fri 29 Jul
    - Lisbon
  - Tue 26 Jul
    - Lisbon
  - Mon 25 Jul
    - Cascais
  - Sat 23 Jul
    - Peniche
  - Wed 20 Jul
    - Nazare
  - Tue 19 Jul
    - Nazare
  - Sun 17 Jul
    - Nazarre
  - Fri 15 Jul
    - Nazarre
  - Thu 14 Jul
    - Figueira da Foz
  - Wed 13 Jul
    - Oporto
  - Tue 12 Jul
    - Leixoes (pronounced layshoinsh)
  - Sat 09 Jul
    - Viana do Castelo
  - Tue 05 Jul
    - Bayona
  - Mon 04 Jul
    - Vigo
  - Sun 03 Jul
    - photos
  - Sat 02 Jul
    - Combarro
- Jun 2011
  - Thu 30 Jun
    - Vilagarcia and Pontevedra
  - Mon 27 Jun
    - Vilagarcia
  - Sat 25 Jun
    - The sun at last
  - Wed 22 Jun
    - Ria de Arosa
  - Tue 21 Jun
    - Moros (again!)
  - Mon 20 Jun
    - Portosin
  - Thu 16 Jun
    - At anchor in Muros
  - Mon 13 Jun
    - Fray Bentos revisited
  - Sat 11 Jun
    - La Camarinas
  - Thu 09 Jun
    - Corme
  - Wed 08 Jun
    - Photos
  - Tue 07 Jun
    - (no subject)
  - Sun 05 Jun
    - Arrival at La Coruna
  - Sat 04 Jun
    - Bowling along in the sunshine
  - Fri 03 Jun
    - Position Report
  - Thu 02 Jun
    - first day at sea
  - Wed 01 Jun
    - Departure Day
- May 2011
  - Mon 30 May
    - Test Photo
  - Wed 25 May
    - 50:09.91N 05:04.58W
  - Wed 11 May
    - test4
    - test
    - (no subject)
- Mar 2011
  - Fri 25 Mar
    - (no subject)
    - (no subject)