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Previous Diary Entries

Date Subject Position
2010
Apr 2010
Fri 23 Apr 18:33 Now Is The Time To Say Goodbye
Tue 13 Apr 20:55 Final Preparations for Over-Wintering
Thu 08 Apr 02:31 Floods Cause Tragic Mudslides - Many Dead
Wed 07 Apr 01:28 The Downstairs Skipper Deserts Mina2 - Snoopy Dognapped
Mon 05 Apr 17:24 The Night(mare) of The Borrachudos 22:56.95S 44:23.77W
Sun 04 Apr 11:18 Rock and Roll on The Last Night of The Cruise
Sat 03 Apr 21:51 Easter Weekend and the Anchorages Get Clogged
Sat 03 Apr 04:00 Mina2 Finds Southern Winter Home
Mar 2010
Mon 29 Mar 00:32 Over-wintering Plans Scuppered by Silt and Bureaucracy
Sun 28 Mar 01:07 Paradise Re-Found - Phone Signal Lost 23:06.36S 44:12.15W
Fri 26 Mar 16:10 Photos from Brazil
Thu 25 Mar 16:07 Escape from The Marina From Hell 22:58.33S 43:02.85W
Mon 22 Mar 16:05 The Ilhas Cagarras and a Tour of Inland Rio
Sun 21 Mar 11:57 Rio Reveals Her Beauty in the Sunshine
Fri 19 Mar 11:08 A Wet Dream Come True 22:55.16S 43:10.19W
Mon 15 Mar 21:46 A Dream Come True - Mina2 Sails Into Rio de Janeiro 22:55.16S 43:10.19W
Sun 14 Mar 21:33 The Anchorage From Hell 22:59.92S 42:00.48W
Sat 13 Mar 21:28 Búzios - the St Tropez of Brazil 22:44.86S 41:53.02W
Thu 11 Mar 13:45 Escape from Caravelas 20:17.88S 40:17.20W
Thu 11 Mar 13:12 Still Storm-bound in Caravella 17:44.68S 39:15.40W
Sat 06 Mar 01:19 Storm-bound in Caravelas 17:44.68S 39:15.40W
Fri 05 Mar 22:56 Crew sickened by first passage on Mina2 17:57.89S 38:41.19W
Feb 2010
Thu 25 Feb 00:49 Tricky pilotage and idyllic anchorages
Wed 24 Feb 21:12 ...and some more photos
Wed 24 Feb 15:19 Some photos of Brazil 14:16.52S 38:59.58W
Sun 21 Feb 02:13 Sadness as The Real World Tracks Us Down 13:54.85S 38:59.39W
Fri 19 Feb 23:12 Brazil - The Journey South Begins 13:22.92S 38:55.61W
Sun 14 Feb 12:11 Skippers Reunited 13:01.29S 38:45.12W
Thu 11 Feb 01:18 Blogging the Log - Crews Darkest Secretes Revealed
Wed 03 Feb 23:11 Skipper returns to Mina2 - Worst Fears Confirmed
Tue 02 Feb 08:14 Tribute to Hugh Barker - Tim's father
Jan 2010
Sat 02 Jan 07:54 New Year Brazilian Style
2009
Dec 2009
Mon 28 Dec 23:17 Christmas on Mina2 without CapTim - brilliant!
Tue 22 Dec 14:02 We are OUTTA here! woohoo!!!!!
Tue 22 Dec 10:19 Skipper Abandons Crew - Goes Home For Christmas - Mina2 Goes Nowhere
Fri 18 Dec 12:38 Who's Been Reading This? Email Me Please
Tue 15 Dec 23:55 +++NEWSFLASH -MINA2 ARRIVES IN BRAZIL-WINS ALMOST EVERYTHING+++ 12:58.40S 38:30.90W
Tue 15 Dec 15:14 Day 13: The Final Day - And The Race is Back ON!! 12:46.00S 34:55.00W
Tue 15 Dec 12:32 Day 12: The Incredible Shooting Star Show 11:36.00S 34:55.00W
Mon 14 Dec 08:39 Day 11: Rallyists Abandon Non-Race - Mina2 Skipper Disgusted 9:52.00S 33:19.00W
Sat 12 Dec 13:38 Day 10: Starry Starry Night 8:05.00S 31:46.00W
Fri 11 Dec 16:40 Day 9: Cabin Fever Hits Mina2 5:47.20S 30:12.90W
Fri 11 Dec 13:21 Day 8: Position Report 3:06.60S 28:28.20W
Thu 10 Dec 15:06 Guest Blogspot by Peter "Golden Boy" Barker
Thu 10 Dec 12:48 +++NEWSFLASH - ROMANCE BLOSSOMS ON MINA2+++NEWSFLASH
Wed 09 Dec 18:42 Day 7: Mina2 Crosses The Line - Full Story 0:29.70S 27:23.00W
Wed 09 Dec 09:29 Mina2 Crosses The Equator 0:00.01S 27:13.00W
Tue 08 Dec 13:42 Day 6: The Point of No Return 1:29.70N 26:29.00W
Mon 07 Dec 13:20 Day 5: The Doldrums - Get Us Out of Here!! 3:05.40N 25:22.10W
Sun 06 Dec 16:10 Day 4: Killer Fish Caught - Panic Ensues 5:36.60N 25:01.80W
Sun 06 Dec 09:17 Day 3: Too Hot To Type more 8:14.00N 24:56.00W
Sun 06 Dec 00:16 Day 2: Peeping Tom Traumatises Crew 11:14.00N 24:52.00W
Fri 04 Dec 23:00 Day 1: Skipper Beaten up by Crew Member 14:10.00N 25:19.00W
Fri 04 Dec 12:00 .And They're Off!! 16:52.50N 25:06.40W
Fri 04 Dec 05:08 Preparations for the Transatlantic 16:53.14N 24:59.48W
Nov 2009
Sat 28 Nov 22:25 The Cape Verde Islands - Paradise Found 16:53.14N 24:59.48W
Sat 28 Nov 22:24 part 2 of Cape Verde photos
Mon 23 Nov 22:40 The Birds of Senegal
Sat 21 Nov 09:21 Arrival in Mindelo, Sao Vicente, Cape Verde Islands 16:53.09N 24:59.75W
Fri 20 Nov 12:33 +++NEWS FLASH+++ MINA2 SMASHES SPEED RECORD 15:18.99N 19:56.50W
Thu 19 Nov 13:20 A Lively Passage to Cape Verde 15:18.99N 19:56.50W
Wed 18 Nov 12:24 We Have Water! 14:39.93N 17:25.68W
Tue 17 Nov 17:06 The African Experience - a Nightmare 14:39.93N 17:25.68W
Mon 16 Nov 13:30 Rejoining the rally in Dakar 14:39.93N 17:25.68W
Fri 13 Nov 16:05 The Monkeys and Flamingos go missing 13:56.12N 16:45.59W
Thu 12 Nov 17:36 Re: All Alone in the Sine-Saloum 13:59.77N 16:41.80W
Wed 11 Nov 12:47 The Birds, and Fishing Communities of Senegal 14:00.78N 16:41.90W
Wed 11 Nov 12:44 Entering the Sine-Saloum Delta 13:56.08N 16:45.52W
Thu 05 Nov 15:41 Automatic Notification of Mina2 Blog Updates
Thu 05 Nov 12:34 Senegal – A Culture Shock 14:39.93N 17:25.68W
Wed 04 Nov 18:26 Arrived in Senegal 14:39.93N 17:25.68W
Mon 02 Nov 13:45 A Slap in the Face With a Wet Fish 16:22.13N 18:15.41W
Sun 01 Nov 12:36 Whales Off the Coast of Mauritania 19:19.04N 18:32.52W
Oct 2009
Sat 31 Oct 14:44 +++NEWS FLASH - MINA2 ABANDONS RACE+++ 22:00.84N 17:47.77W
Fri 30 Oct 10:33 A Different Kind of Rally 23:41.18N 15:55.85W
Tue 27 Oct 18:04 Welcome to Africa! 23:41.18N 15:55.85W
Mon 26 Oct 13:01 Happy Birthday Selina!!! 23:49.32N 16:03.75W
Sun 25 Oct 12:16 Frustrations and Excitements 25:01.87N 16:19.67W
Sat 24 Oct 13:44 .and Another Non-Race Starts 28:15.41N 16:15.45W
Fri 23 Oct 10:23 Preparing for the next leg to the Sahara 28:28.00N 16:14.57W
Tue 20 Oct 00:08 Nous sommes arrivé
Sun 18 Oct 12:04 This a Rally - NOT a Race
Sat 17 Oct 12:22 Time to Go 33:03.59N 16:19.33W
Thu 15 Oct 15:24 Mina2 joins the Rallye Des isles du Soleil. Formidable! 33:03.59N 16:19.33W
Mon 12 Oct 23:31 Quinta do Lorde Marina, Madeira 33:03.59N 16:19.33W
Mon 12 Oct 06:49 Land Ahoy! 33:03.59N 16:19.33W
Sun 11 Oct 12:25 In sight of Madeira 33:11.41N 15:40.19W
Sat 10 Oct 11:22 Halfway to Madeira! 34:49.00N 13:15.00W
Fri 09 Oct 11:28 Off at Last! 36:02.00N 10:38.00W
Sep 2009
Wed 23 Sep 09:37 The Mission 37:06.36N 8:40.25W
Wed 23 Sep 08:05 How It All Began 37:06.36N 8:40.25W