Diary Entries

2013
- May 2013
  - Sat 11 May
    - The Antidote to Mina2Blog Withdrawal Symptoms
- Apr 2013
  - Thu 18 Apr
    - Launch of Mina2 website
  - Fri 12 Apr
    - +++ PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT +++
- Feb 2013
  - Thu 14 Feb
  - Mon 11 Feb
    - Mina2 Teleported Onto a Different Planet
  - Sat 02 Feb
    - Mina2 Imprisoned in Commercial Harbour - Blog Resorts To Plagiarism
- Jan 2013
2012
- Dec 2012
  - Mon 24 Dec
  - Sun 23 Dec
    - Rocket Launch At The End Of The Amazonian Cruise
  - Sat 22 Dec
    - Compulsory Evacuation From Devil ’s Island
  - Tue 18 Dec
    - Final Passage To Devil’s Island and a Visit From King Neptune
  - Sat 15 Dec
    - Belated Report on Fernando do Noronha
  - Fri 14 Dec
    - Ilha Dos Lencois
    - Ilha Dos Lencois
  - Thu 13 Dec
    - A Most Welcome Mutiny
  - Sat 08 Dec
    - The Iron Skipper Shows Signs of Weakness
  - Thu 06 Dec
    - The Ancient Mariner
  - Tue 04 Dec
    - Approaching Fernando de Noronha
  - Sat 01 Dec
    - What A Difference A Day Makes
- Nov 2012
  - Fri 30 Nov
    - Crew Mutiny As Cruise Plans Are Shattered
  - Sun 25 Nov
    - Enjoying a Shitty Time In Salvador
  - Mon 19 Nov
    - Hell in Paradise
  - Sun 18 Nov
    - Wind and Barnacles Cause Further Delays
  - Thu 15 Nov
    - Abject And Unreserved Apology
    - Making Progress But Could Do Better 4/10
  - Tue 13 Nov
    - Off - At Last
  - Sat 10 Nov
    - Mina2 Amazonian Cruise 2012
  - Sun 04 Nov
    - Link to Peter's Antarctic videos
- Sep 2012
  - Sun 30 Sep
    - Mina2 Honours Her Heroes at Glittering Awards Ceremony
- Apr 2012
  - Mon 16 Apr
    - Safe Arrival
  - Sun 15 Apr
    - The Passage From Heaven To The Passage From Hell
  - Sat 14 Apr
    - Super-Hero Lawrence Saves The Day
  - Fri 13 Apr
    - Tom’s Crew Report
    - Skipper Stands Accused of Neglecting Blogfans
  - Tue 10 Apr
    - Able Seadog Snoopy Honoured
  - Sun 08 Apr
    - Amputation Crisis on Mina2
  - Wed 04 Apr
    - Arrivers and Leavers
- Mar 2012
  - Thu 29 Mar
    - Salute To A Near Centenarian Granny
  - Wed 28 Mar
    - You Can’t Slow A Good Boat Down
  - Tue 27 Mar
    - First Signs Of Cabin Fever Sets In
  - Mon 26 Mar
    - Skipper Injured In Catastrophic Tea Disaster
    - Aliens Spotted in the South Atlantic
  - Sun 25 Mar
    - Boisterous Conditions in the South Atlantic
  - Sat 24 Mar
    - Mina2 Heads North Again
  - Fri 23 Mar
    - Blog catch up
  - Tue 20 Mar
  - Mon 19 Mar
  - Sat 17 Mar
    - Channel Pics 4
    - Channel Pics 3
  - Wed 14 Mar
    - Channel Pics 2
  - Tue 13 Mar
    - Channel Pics 1
  - Mon 12 Mar
    - Mina2 Strikes Large Tree
  - Fri 09 Mar
    - Skipper Pulls Through – Visit to the Big Apple of Beaver Cities
  - Wed 07 Mar
    - Hubble Bubble, Toil & Trouble – Crew Try To Kill Upstairs Skippe r
  - Mon 05 Mar
    - The Great Krill Hunt in a Newly Named Caleta
  - Sun 04 Mar
    - Caleta WOW!! and The Great Beaver Hunt
    - Captain Lawrence Oates Remembered
  - Sat 03 Mar
    - An Isolated Anchorage amongst 1000 Waterfalls and Williwaws
- Feb 2012
  - Wed 29 Feb
    - The Aftermath of the Dawnbreaker Farewell Celebrations
  - Sun 26 Feb
    - Ice Thwarts Glacier Trip – Last Party With Dawnbreaker Set Up
  - Sat 25 Feb
    - NEWSFLASH+++HEATWAVE HITS TDF+++
  - Thu 23 Feb
    - Chilean Fjord Cruise Mk2 Starts With Another Gale
  - Wed 22 Feb
    - Change Of Crew in Ushuaia – Snoo py Has a New Friend
  - Sat 18 Feb
  - Fri 17 Feb
    - Catching Up With The Blog
  - Mon 13 Feb
    - +++STOP PRESS+++MINA2 IN MAYDAY DRAMA+++STOP PRESS
  - Sun 12 Feb
    - What a Difference a Day Makes
  - Thu 09 Feb
    - So THIS is What We Came For
  - Wed 08 Feb
    - Slow Wet Windy Progress Down the Channels
  - Mon 06 Feb
    - A Pause in the Cruise of the Fjords of Tierra del Fuego
  - Sat 04 Feb
    - Cruise of the Fjords of Tierra del Fuego Starts Here
- Jan 2012
  - Tue 31 Jan
    - The End of the Photos – But Don’ t Go Away
    - Antarctic Photos 13 – The Triump hal Return
    - Antarctic Photos 12 – Miscellane ous 2
    - Antarctic Photos 11 – Miscellane ous 1
    - Antarctic Photos 10 - Penguins
    - Antarctic Photos 9 – Palmer Stat ion
  - Mon 30 Jan
    - Antarctic Photos 8 – Ice In All Its Forms
    - Antarctic Photos 7 – Whales & Se als
    - Antarctic Photos 6 – Port Lockro y
    - Antarctic Photos 5 – Water Boat Point & Paradise Harbour
    - Antarctic Photos 4 – Enterprise Island & Cuverville
  - Sun 29 Jan
    - More photos to follow
    - Antarctic Photos 3 – Deception I sland
    - Antarctic Photos 2 – Birds on Pa ssage and Elsewhere
    - Antarctic Photos – The Start
  - Sat 28 Jan
    - Mina2 Skippers Reunited – Antarc tic Crew Emotional Departure
  - Fri 27 Jan
    - Holding blog
  - Wed 25 Jan
    - At Last – The Celebrations
  - Mon 23 Jan
    - The Unreachable Star Has been Re ached – and a Burial At Sea
  - Sun 22 Jan
    - +++STOP PRESS+++MINA2 SURVIVES CAPE HORN STORM+++
  - Sat 21 Jan
    - Mina2 Weathers The Inevitable Drake Shake
    - Drake Crossing Progressing Satisfactorily
  - Fri 20 Jan
    - Cold Weather Adaptations – Forgo t some of them
    - Approaching the Half Way Point
    - (no subject)
  - Wed 18 Jan
    - Dramas in the Anchorage and Preparing for the Drake.
    - Mina2 Probably Breaks Record
  - Sun 15 Jan
    - Caught In The Pack in Antarctica
  - Sat 14 Jan
    - Presentation of a Tribute to Lawrence Oates on Behalf of the RCC
  - Fri 13 Jan
    - Mina2 Visits Paradise and Then Has an Icy Night
  - Wed 11 Jan
    - Visit to the Chilean Base at Water Boat Point
    - Crew Blog
  - Tue 10 Jan
    - Mina2 has a Whale Of a Time
  - Mon 09 Jan
    - Enterprise island
    - Position Report - Blog to follow
  - Fri 06 Jan
    - A Day in Deception Island – Hot Baths and Amputations
  - Thu 05 Jan
    - Safe Arrival in Deception Island
    - Dolly Gets Skua'ed - and First Big Iceberg
  - Wed 04 Jan
    - Trade Wind Sailing Without The Flying Fish and Bikinis
  - Tue 03 Jan
    - After the Shake
    - Shakin’ Drake
  - Mon 02 Jan
    - The Great Adventure Begins
2011
- Dec 2011
  - Sat 31 Dec
    - The Great Adventure - Meet The Crew
  - Fri 23 Dec
    - Master Under God - Not
  - Mon 19 Dec
  - Sun 18 Dec
    - Farewell Party for Linda & John
  - Sat 17 Dec
    - Southern Cruise (Part 1) Completed
  - Fri 16 Dec
    - Final Destination – Ushuaia – So uthernmost City in the World
  - Wed 14 Dec
    - Harberton - Past and Present
  - Tue 13 Dec
    - Mina2 Survives To Sail Another Day
  - Sun 11 Dec
    - From Heaven to Hell?
    - Reflections on the Falklands
  - Sat 10 Dec
    - From New Island to Staten Island
  - Wed 07 Dec
  - Mon 05 Dec
    - Mina2 Visits God’s Own Country
  - Thu 01 Dec
    - Unexpected Stop Off on Way to Port Stephens
    - Delightfully Stormbound in Goose Green
- Nov 2011
  - Wed 30 Nov
    - Goose Green
  - Tue 29 Nov
    - A Moment of Sombre Reflection
    - Reflections on Stanley
  - Mon 28 Nov
    - Disaster Strikes as Mina2 Prepares to Leave Stanley
  - Wed 23 Nov
    - Mina2 Survives Storm – Arrives S afely in Stanley, F.I.
  - Tue 22 Nov
    - Mina2 arrives safely in Stanley after pummeling
  - Mon 21 Nov
    - Storm Force 10 in the South Atlantic
  - Sun 20 Nov
    - Position report only
  - Sat 19 Nov
    - Snoopy’s Blog
    - Mina2 Falls Apart in Full Gale
  - Fri 18 Nov
    - Barreling Along in Half a Gale
  - Thu 17 Nov
    - Absent Downstairs Skipper Causes Crew to Starve
  - Wed 16 Nov
    - Plans For The Great Southern Adventure
  - Tue 15 Nov
    - Bureaucrats Force Mina2 to Cancel Falklands Cruise
- Jun 2011
  - Tue 07 Jun
    - Tracking Down Saunterer - Capt. Lawrence Oates Yacht
- Mar 2011
- Feb 2011
  - Sun 27 Feb
    - Approaching the Horn
  - Sat 26 Feb
    - Back Problem Strikes - Twice
  - Tue 22 Feb
    - Under Siege
  - Mon 21 Feb
    - The Iceberg Graveyard
  - Sat 19 Feb
    - What happened to the Mountains?
  - Fri 18 Feb
    - Pelagic Australis is in Paradise
  - Thu 17 Feb
    - Speechless in Antarctica
  - Wed 16 Feb
    - You Asked For It, Tim - And You Got It
  - Sun 13 Feb
    - A Gale at Last - and a Culinary Cock-Up
  - Sat 12 Feb
    - Furious and Screaming Conditions in Southern Ocean
  - Fri 11 Feb
    - Across Drake's Lake
  - Thu 10 Feb
    - All hands piped on board - ready for the off
  - Tue 08 Feb
    - This is The Not The Mina2 Blog
  - Sun 06 Feb
    - A trip to Riachuelo in Uruguay
- Jan 2011
  - Sat 08 Jan
    - Enjoying a lazy time in Buenos Aires with Selina and Peter
2010
- Dec 2010
  - Tue 21 Dec
    - Mina2 Sails The DS Into Her Home Town - Mission Accomplished
  - Mon 20 Dec
    - Mina2 Retires From Bluewater Cruising
  - Tue 14 Dec
    - Dramatic Failure - Crew Abandon Ship
  - Sat 11 Dec
    - Near Collision with Large Planet
    - Close Encounters
  - Fri 10 Dec
    - Safe Haven in Rio Grande
  - Wed 08 Dec
    - Arrived safely
  - Tue 07 Dec
    - Crew blog
    - +++STOP PRESS+++MINA2 IN RACE AGAINST TIME TO AVOID KILLER STORM+++
  - Mon 06 Dec
    - Drunks Sober Up - Cold Turkey and Fish for Lunch
  - Sun 05 Dec
    - Lawrence Is Incredibly Old Today
  - Fri 03 Dec
    - Moth Causes Pandemonium
  - Wed 01 Dec
    - The Journey South Begins
- Nov 2010
  - Sun 28 Nov
    - New Crew and Spares Arrive - A Bit of a Disappointment
  - Thu 25 Nov
    - The end of the holiday
  - Tue 23 Nov
    - Cruise Postponed - Crew Fly To Wrong Airport
  - Sat 20 Nov
    - Republic of Ireland and Mina2 in Financial Meltdown as Infrastructure Collapses
  - Mon 15 Nov
    - Cold, Wet Days in Paradise
  - Sat 06 Nov
    - Mina2 Restarts Adventure in Perfect Condition - Or So We Thought
- Apr 2010
  - Fri 23 Apr
    - Now Is The Time To Say Goodbye
  - Tue 13 Apr
    - Final Preparations for Over-Wintering
  - Thu 08 Apr
    - Floods Cause Tragic Mudslides - Many Dead
  - Wed 07 Apr
    - The Downstairs Skipper Deserts Mina2 - Snoopy Dognapped
  - Mon 05 Apr
    - The Night(mare) of The Borrachudos
  - Sun 04 Apr
    - Rock and Roll on The Last Night of The Cruise
  - Sat 03 Apr
    - Easter Weekend and the Anchorages Get Clogged
    - Mina2 Finds Southern Winter Home
- Mar 2010
  - Mon 29 Mar
    - Over-wintering Plans Scuppered by Silt and Bureaucracy
  - Sun 28 Mar
    - Paradise Re-Found - Phone Signal Lost
  - Fri 26 Mar
    - Photos from Brazil
  - Thu 25 Mar
    - Escape from The Marina From Hell
  - Mon 22 Mar
    - The Ilhas Cagarras and a Tour of Inland Rio
  - Sun 21 Mar
    - Rio Reveals Her Beauty in the Sunshine
  - Fri 19 Mar
    - A Wet Dream Come True
  - Mon 15 Mar
    - A Dream Come True - Mina2 Sails Into Rio de Janeiro
  - Sun 14 Mar
    - The Anchorage From Hell
  - Sat 13 Mar
    - Búzios - the St Tropez of Brazil
  - Thu 11 Mar
    - Escape from Caravelas
    - Still Storm-bound in Caravella
  - Sat 06 Mar
    - Storm-bound in Caravelas
  - Fri 05 Mar
    - Crew sickened by first passage on Mina2
- Feb 2010
  - Thu 25 Feb
    - Tricky pilotage and idyllic anchorages
  - Wed 24 Feb
    - ...and some more photos
    - Some photos of Brazil
  - Sun 21 Feb
    - Sadness as The Real World Tracks Us Down
  - Fri 19 Feb
    - Brazil - The Journey South Begins
  - Sun 14 Feb
    - Skippers Reunited
  - Thu 11 Feb
    - Blogging the Log - Crews Darkest Secretes Revealed
  - Wed 03 Feb
    - Skipper returns to Mina2 - Worst Fears Confirmed
  - Tue 02 Feb
    - Tribute to Hugh Barker - Tim's father
- Jan 2010
  - Sat 02 Jan
    - New Year Brazilian Style
2009
- Dec 2009
  - Mon 28 Dec
    - Christmas on Mina2 without CapTim - brilliant!
  - Tue 22 Dec
    - We are OUTTA here! woohoo!!!!!
    - Skipper Abandons Crew - Goes Home For Christmas - Mina2 Goes Nowhere
  - Fri 18 Dec
    - Who's Been Reading This? Email Me Please
  - Tue 15 Dec
  - Mon 14 Dec
    - Day 11: Rallyists Abandon Non-Race - Mina2 Skipper Disgusted
  - Sat 12 Dec
    - Day 10: Starry Starry Night
  - Fri 11 Dec
    - Day 9: Cabin Fever Hits Mina2
    - Day 8: Position Report
  - Thu 10 Dec
    - Guest Blogspot by Peter "Golden Boy" Barker
    - +++NEWSFLASH - ROMANCE BLOSSOMS ON MINA2+++NEWSFLASH
  - Wed 09 Dec
    - Day 7: Mina2 Crosses The Line - Full Story
    - Mina2 Crosses The Equator
  - Tue 08 Dec
    - Day 6: The Point of No Return
  - Mon 07 Dec
    - Day 5: The Doldrums - Get Us Out of Here!!
  - Sun 06 Dec
  - Fri 04 Dec
- Nov 2009
  - Sat 28 Nov
    - The Cape Verde Islands - Paradise Found
    - part 2 of Cape Verde photos
  - Mon 23 Nov
    - The Birds of Senegal
  - Sat 21 Nov
    - Arrival in Mindelo, Sao Vicente, Cape Verde Islands
  - Fri 20 Nov
    - +++NEWS FLASH+++ MINA2 SMASHES SPEED RECORD
  - Thu 19 Nov
    - A Lively Passage to Cape Verde
  - Wed 18 Nov
    - We Have Water!
  - Tue 17 Nov
    - The African Experience - a Nightmare
  - Mon 16 Nov
    - Rejoining the rally in Dakar
  - Fri 13 Nov
    - The Monkeys and Flamingos go missing
  - Thu 12 Nov
    - Re: All Alone in the Sine-Saloum
  - Wed 11 Nov
    - The Birds, and Fishing Communities of Senegal
    - Entering the Sine-Saloum Delta
  - Thu 05 Nov
    - Automatic Notification of Mina2 Blog Updates
    - Senegal – A Culture Shock
  - Wed 04 Nov
    - Arrived in Senegal
  - Mon 02 Nov
    - A Slap in the Face With a Wet Fish
  - Sun 01 Nov
    - Whales Off the Coast of Mauritania
- Oct 2009
  - Sat 31 Oct
    - +++NEWS FLASH - MINA2 ABANDONS RACE+++
  - Fri 30 Oct
    - A Different Kind of Rally
  - Tue 27 Oct
    - Welcome to Africa!
  - Mon 26 Oct
    - Happy Birthday Selina!!!
  - Sun 25 Oct
    - Frustrations and Excitements
  - Sat 24 Oct
    - .and Another Non-Race Starts
  - Fri 23 Oct
    - Preparing for the next leg to the Sahara
  - Tue 20 Oct
    - Nous sommes arrivé
  - Sun 18 Oct
    - This a Rally - NOT a Race
  - Sat 17 Oct
    - Time to Go
  - Thu 15 Oct
    - Mina2 joins the Rallye Des isles du Soleil. Formidable!
  - Tue 13 Oct
    - Quinta do Lorde Marina, Madeira
  - Mon 12 Oct
    - Land Ahoy!
  - Sun 11 Oct
    - In sight of Madeira
  - Sat 10 Oct
    - Halfway to Madeira!
  - Fri 09 Oct
    - Off at Last!
- Sep 2009
  - Wed 23 Sep
    - The Mission
    - How It All Began
- Aug 2009
  - Tue 11 Aug
    - Aegean Cruise 2009 (no text)
  - Mon 10 Aug
    - Aegean Cruise 2009 (no text)
  - Sun 09 Aug
    - Aegean Cruise 2009 (no text)
  - Sat 08 Aug
    - Aegean Cruise 2009 (no text)
  - Fri 07 Aug
    - Aegean Cruise 2009 (no text)
- Jun 2009
  - Sat 06 Jun
    - Aegean Cruise 2009 (no text)
  - Fri 05 Jun
    - Aegean Cruise 2009 (no text)
  - Thu 04 Jun
    - Aegean Cruise 2009 (no text)
  - Wed 03 Jun
    - Aegean Cruise 2009 (no text)
  - Tue 02 Jun
    - Aegean Cruise 2009 (no text)
  - Mon 01 Jun
    - Aegean Cruise 2009 (no text)
2008
- Jul 2008
  - Mon 07 Jul
    - Adriatic Cruise 2008 (no text)
  - Sun 06 Jul
    - Adriatic Cruise 2008 (no text)
  - Sat 05 Jul
    - Adriatic Cruise 2008 (no text)
  - Fri 04 Jul
    - Adriatic Cruise 2008 (no text)
  - Thu 03 Jul
    - Adriatic Cruise 2008 (no text)
  - Wed 02 Jul
    - Adriatic Cruise 2008 (no text)
  - Tue 01 Jul
    - Adriatic Cruise 2008 (no text)
2007
- Sep 2007
  - Mon 10 Sep
    - West Mediterranean Cruise 2007
  - Sun 09 Sep
    - West Mediterranean Cruise 2007
  - Sat 08 Sep
    - West Mediterranean Cruise 2007
  - Fri 07 Sep
    - West Mediterranean Cruise 2007
  - Thu 06 Sep
    - West Mediterranean Cruise 2007
  - Wed 05 Sep
    - West Mediterranean Cruise 2007
  - Tue 04 Sep
    - West Mediterranean Cruise 2007
  - Mon 03 Sep
    - West Mediterranean Cruise 2007
  - Sun 02 Sep
    - West Mediterranean Cruise 2007
  - Sat 01 Sep
    - West Mediterranean Cruise 2007
2006
- Aug 2006
  - Tue 29 Aug
    - Iberian Cruise 2006
  - Fri 04 Aug
    - Iberian Cruise 2006
  - Thu 03 Aug
    - Iberian Cruise 2006
  - Tue 01 Aug
    - Iberian Cruise 2006
- Jul 2006
  - Thu 27 Jul
    - Baltic Cruise 2005
  - Wed 26 Jul
    - Baltic Cruise 2005
  - Tue 25 Jul
    - Baltic Cruise 2005
  - Mon 24 Jul
    - Baltic Cruise 2005
  - Sun 23 Jul
    - Baltic Cruise 2005
  - Sat 22 Jul
    - Baltic Cruise 2005
  - Fri 21 Jul
    - Baltic Cruise 2005
  - Thu 20 Jul
    - Baltic Cruise 2005
  - Wed 19 Jul
    - Baltic Cruise 2005
  - Tue 18 Jul
    - Baltic Cruise 2005
  - Mon 17 Jul
    - Baltic Cruise 2005
  - Sun 16 Jul
    - Baltic Cruise 2005
  - Sat 15 Jul
    - Baltic Cruise 2005
  - Fri 14 Jul
    - Baltic Cruise 2005
  - Thu 13 Jul
    - Baltic Cruise 2005
  - Wed 12 Jul
    - Baltic Cruise 2005
  - Tue 11 Jul
    - Baltic Cruise 2005
  - Mon 10 Jul
    - Baltic Cruise 2005
  - Sun 09 Jul
    - Baltic Cruise 2005
  - Sat 08 Jul
    - Baltic Cruise 2005
  - Fri 07 Jul
    - Start of Baltic Cruise 2005
- Jan 2006
  - Fri 06 Jan
    - Arctic Cruise 2004
  - Thu 05 Jan
    - Arctic Cruise 2004
  - Wed 04 Jan
    - Arctic Cruise 2004
  - Tue 03 Jan
    - Arctic cruise 2004
  - Mon 02 Jan
    - Arctic Cruise 2004
  - Sun 01 Jan
    - Start of Arctic cruise 10 June 2004