Diary Entries

2013
- Jan 2013
  - Thu 10 Jan
  - Wed 09 Jan
  - Tue 08 Jan
    - Cheesetastic
  - Mon 07 Jan
    - Extra Cheese
    - Monday
  - Sun 06 Jan
  - Sat 05 Jan
    - Storm and a teaspoon
  - Fri 04 Jan
  - Thu 03 Jan
    - Another Good Bit
    - Australia Day T minus 23
  - Wed 02 Jan
    - Latest from Bx : Richard's TV boat-cookery idea takes off
    - The Manchester
  - Tue 01 Jan
2012
- Dec 2012
  - Mon 31 Dec
    - Not all plain sailing
    - Wet day
  - Sun 30 Dec
    - Escaping the Doldrums
    - sunday 30th
  - Sat 29 Dec
    - Man overboard (3 years ago)
  - Fri 28 Dec
    - he won't put that Roger McGough poem on the blog, will he?
    - he won't put that Roger McGough poem on the blog will he?
    - Day Off for Bryn?
  - Thu 27 Dec
    - How did he do that?
    - Losing the Aussie readers
  - Wed 26 Dec
    - Happy Christmas Emails
  - Tue 25 Dec
    - Christmas - Ruined!
  - Mon 24 Dec
    - Mojomo's Xmas Joke List - What do you call...
    - The morning before the night before Christmas
    - Valuable yuletide sailing advice, dammit
    - Bah Humbug
  - Sun 23 Dec
    - Christmas eve eve
  - Sat 22 Dec
    - Saturday 22nd dec
    - Saturday 22nd dec
  - Fri 21 Dec
    - Mojomo's record breaking circumnavigation
  - Thu 20 Dec
    - Mid-Atlantic Joke Collection/Appeal with Sarah, Mark and HRH
  - Wed 19 Dec
    - Offshore Bad Joke Disposal Facility
    - wednesday 19th
  - Tue 18 Dec
    - Mo'texting
    - Blog update , and new improved weather forecast
    - Sorry Lars. And Mandie, again.
  - Mon 17 Dec
    - More St Helena madness
  - Sun 16 Dec
    - St Helena ashore
    - All about Gordon and Hi Mandie
    - last day into St Helena
  - Sat 15 Dec
    - Wind hunting
    - Saturday
  - Fri 14 Dec
    - Eggs St Helena
  - Thu 13 Dec
    - Mo thursday
    - Thurs 13th
  - Wed 12 Dec
    - Mojomo's gigantic Christmas Tree
    - xmas11
    - xmas12
    - xmas13
    - xmas14
    - xmas01
    - xmas02
    - xmas03
    - xmas04
    - xmas05
    - xmas06
    - xmas07
    - xmas08
    - xmas09
    - xmas10
    - Christmas rush starts
  - Tue 11 Dec
    - The Bloody Cricket
    - Tuesday 11
    - position update
  - Mon 10 Dec
    - Brazil beckons
    - Smug Factor 10
  - Sun 09 Dec
    - Sunday evg
    - The Demon Carrots
  - Sat 08 Dec
    - Blue Bear update
    - Nice weekend sailing
  - Fri 07 Dec
    - In the Groove
    - www.DesperateSailors.com and the Green Flash
    - Friday afternoon
    - Friday 7th
    - Fishtailing
  - Thu 06 Dec
    - Off again
  - Sun 02 Dec
    - Scott ’n’ Dale
    - Last minute crew advert
    - Cape Town update
- Nov 2012
  - Mon 19 Nov
    - Cape of Good Hope
    - Last day in the Indian Ocean
  - Sun 18 Nov
    - CT tomorrow
    - Agulhas ahead
  - Sat 17 Nov
    - more crunchity bang
    - St Francis Catamarans
  - Fri 16 Nov
    - Port St Francis
  - Thu 15 Nov
  - Wed 14 Nov
    - 10 knot cruise
    - East London, innit
  - Tue 13 Nov
  - Mon 12 Nov
    - Monday morning
  - Sun 11 Nov
    - Waiting in RB
  - Sat 10 Nov
  - Fri 09 Nov
    - Friday 9th Nov
  - Thu 08 Nov
    - Whale news from Martin
    - Africa awaits
  - Wed 07 Nov
    - AIS and Ship Bifurcation Theory
    - Doom minus 104 hours : Agulhas current details
  - Tue 06 Nov
  - Mon 05 Nov
    - Monday Morning Pinks/Blues
  - Sun 04 Nov
    - Proper sailing
  - Sat 03 Nov
    - Sat again
    - Blue Bear Behind
  - Fri 02 Nov
  - Thu 01 Nov
    - more pix
    - (no subject)
- Oct 2012
  - Mon 29 Oct
    - Volcano hike and weather
    - More bluewater queries
  - Sat 27 Oct
    - more Reunion gush
  - Thu 25 Oct
    - The Road to Cilaos
    - St Pierre
    - Reunion - the reason behind the name?
  - Wed 24 Oct
    - ship2ship
    - Off to Reunion
  - Mon 22 Oct
    - blue water drone
  - Sun 21 Oct
    - Mo’ Maurit ius - Toue ssrok
  - Fri 19 Oct
    - (no subject)
  - Wed 17 Oct
    - Bali Bike links
  - Tue 16 Oct
    - Port Louis, Mauritius
    - Port Louis
  - Mon 15 Oct
    - MarkJ, again
    - mauritius soon
    - MarkJ, Stingo, Alex and Laurent
  - Sat 13 Oct
    - Saturday
  - Fri 12 Oct
    - late Friday
    - Windian Ocean
    - friday 12th
  - Thu 11 Oct
    - Indian Ocean Spinnaker Splash - full story and pix
  - Wed 10 Oct
    - Not for Pirates
    - Swimming with Sharks and Crocodiles
  - Tue 09 Oct
    - Offshore sailing - The Ten Day Limit
  - Mon 08 Oct
    - Mojomo at the V&A
    - Google Isolation Factor and Desperate Sailors
    - actually monday
  - Sun 07 Oct
    - Get out of jail: Iridium helplines even when you have zero minutes
    - Bali again
    - Suffering from a slightly rough Indian
    - Sunday
  - Sat 06 Oct
    - More Philosophy
    - Saturday Swap Shop
  - Fri 05 Oct
    - late friday
    - Generally Rubbish Information Based on Sh!t
  - Thu 04 Oct
    - Wednesday
  - Wed 03 Oct
    - The Chicken Fight Watch System
    - Wednesday
  - Tue 02 Oct
    - Ahoy Spinnaker Experts
    - Parasailor
    - Supermarketing
    - Rodriguez first
  - Mon 01 Oct
    - Topless data and hot raw statistics
    - Pirate tactics
- Sep 2012
  - Sun 30 Sep
    - Indonesia - Deep Throat
  - Fri 28 Sep
    - Friday nite
    - Cracked her toe again, east of Java
  - Thu 27 Sep
  - Wed 26 Sep
    - Tooling up in Bali
  - Sat 22 Sep
    - Bali subedited
  - Sun 09 Sep
    - Cabaret Night
    - Dreamcatchercatcher
  - Sat 08 Sep
  - Fri 07 Sep
  - Thu 06 Sep
  - Wed 05 Sep
    - Blog subscriptions for Liesbet start here....
  - Sun 02 Sep
    - Mojomo Recipe book (continued)
    - Torres Strait to Arafura Sea
  - Sat 01 Sep
- Aug 2012
  - Fri 31 Aug
    - Pit stop at Dalrymple Island
    - Mo' Oz History
  - Thu 30 Aug
    - The Birds
    - 221 Years and 1 day ago...
    - 1st Reef
  - Wed 29 Aug
    - Errata
    - All hail BxWxFx
    - Speedy stuff
    - 2nd thoughts
    - Wind warning
    - Andrea sitting on the sugar scoop at 10knots facing 5m wave pic
  - Tue 28 Aug
    - Tuesday 28th evg
    - Not Mindie Weather
  - Mon 27 Aug
    - Rabbit food info
    - Generally Rubbish Intelligence
  - Sun 26 Aug
    - Sunday 26 Aug
    - Famous American Middle Name-Gate
  - Sat 25 Aug
    - Fast and fishy
    - Nep Tuned
    - Andrea sleeps with the fishes
  - Fri 24 Aug
    - New crew, new life.
    - Eulogy/ode to Mr Pink
    - Fiji notes
  - Thu 23 Aug
    - Mo'speeding
    - Late Thurss 23rd
    - Edward Scissorhands
    - Andrea's Vanuatu blog
  - Wed 22 Aug
    - Far Eastern Sweatshop
    - Hardcore
    - Oops
    - Roger rides out
  - Tue 21 Aug
    - The Morinng After
    - Death of Mr Pink
    - Halfway to Vanuatu
  - Mon 20 Aug
    - Ocean Mo'tion
  - Sun 19 Aug
    - The Road to Bali
  - Fri 17 Aug
    - Mojomo - imminent crash pic for the insurance company
  - Thu 16 Aug
    - Hanging about Fiji
  - Sun 12 Aug
    - Beachcomber Island, Fiji
  - Thu 09 Aug
    - crew hunting
  - Mon 06 Aug
    - Au revoir to Isis
    - off to fiji west coat - and Palmerston pic
  - Sun 05 Aug
    - 11-hour pit stop for Mojomo
  - Thu 02 Aug
    - Dateline Fiji
- Jul 2012
  - Tue 31 Jul
    - Mojomo bad ideas offshore #187 - flaming bananas
    - position update
  - Mon 30 Jul
    - Late Island
    - 1936 And All That
  - Sat 28 Jul
    - tonga
  - Thu 26 Jul
  - Tue 24 Jul
    - A Very Long Stretch
  - Sun 22 Jul
    - Nuie next
  - Wed 18 Jul
    - An offer I can't refuse
  - Tue 17 Jul
    - Titter Ye Not
  - Tue 10 Jul
    - July - Fiji
- Jun 2012
  - Sat 30 Jun
    - Nimble Navigator - self-fixing software
- Apr 2012
  - Tue 24 Apr
    - Drinks Rubbish and leaves
  - Mon 23 Apr
    - sunday morinng marina in paradise
  - Sun 22 Apr
    - Wither Mojomo ?
  - Sat 21 Apr
    - Sugar and spice and acetone
  - Fri 20 Apr
    - Party in the car park with the WARC, hurrah!
  - Sat 14 Apr
    - Unlikely Blogs/Essays/Rants of Our Time #32: "Have A Nice Day"
  - Thu 12 Apr
    - Boatfixing, Ile St Louis and the Moitissier Option
  - Wed 04 Apr
    - Ken, alex and laurent
  - Mon 02 Apr
  - Sun 01 Apr
    - April Fool
- Mar 2012
  - Sat 31 Mar
    - April Twit
  - Fri 30 Mar
    - Tikehau in daytime
    - Tikehau the scary way
    - Rangiroa departure
  - Thu 29 Mar
    - french customs warning from rangiroa to marquesas
  - Tue 27 Mar
    - Rangiroa, Tuoamotus - land of vowels
  - Sun 25 Mar
    - Rangiroa
    - The answer is 42
  - Sat 24 Mar
    - Takaroa Through the Looking Glass
  - Fri 23 Mar
    - Takaroa, Tuamotus
  - Thu 22 Mar
    - Iridium phones
  - Mon 19 Mar
    - More Blue Bear
  - Sat 17 Mar
    - Hiva oa - frday
  - Fri 16 Mar
    - Hurrah for Blue Bear
  - Thu 15 Mar
    - transfer to ybw, anyone?
    - Land ho!
    - last afternoon in the Puddle
  - Wed 14 Mar
    - wednesday 14th - last full day into Marquesas
  - Tue 13 Mar
    - Tuesday
  - Mon 12 Mar
    - Monday
  - Sun 11 Mar
    - Autocratic Skippering and Top Five Regrets of the Dying
    - Sunday sailing
  - Sat 10 Mar
    - Edward thr Comfessor
  - Fri 09 Mar
    - And all that
  - Wed 07 Mar
    - Black Death
    - wednesday 7 March
  - Tue 06 Mar
    - DTW : Spanish Armada
    - Late monday
  - Mon 05 Mar
    - New! Dispoable Sails
    - Monday morning
    - Boom shackle-knacked
  - Sun 04 Mar
    - The Islands of Disappointment
    - sunday a.m. update
  - Sat 03 Mar
    - Hoh! Rainy weekend ahead
    - saturday 3rd
  - Fri 02 Mar
    - Friday 2nd March early morning
  - Thu 01 Mar
    - thursday 1st March
    - 1st March 2012
- Feb 2012
  - Wed 29 Feb
    - Chasing Attillah the Hun
    - All change - Marquesas
  - Tue 28 Feb
  - Mon 27 Feb
  - Sat 25 Feb
    - Leaving San Christobal
  - Tue 21 Feb
    - Wreck Bay, Cristobal, Galapagos
    - Galapagos queries for MarkJ
  - Mon 20 Feb
    - South Pacific
  - Sun 19 Feb
    - Saturday Night Horror Double Bill - Astrophysics and Coriolis
  - Sat 18 Feb
    - Weekend Motorsailing with (badly) Applied Math
  - Fri 17 Feb
  - Thu 16 Feb
    - Feb 16 - Leaving Las Perlas
  - Sun 12 Feb
    - Anchored Panama
  - Sat 11 Feb
    - coming soon - Mojomo's 4-minute Panama canal transit with time-lapse video
    - Panama - Show over for tonite
  - Fri 10 Feb
    - panama again
    - Panama transit day 1
- Jan 2012
  - Mon 30 Jan
    - Monday 30th jan
  - Sat 28 Jan
    - Wanted: linehandlers/cellists
  - Wed 25 Jan
    - hi dad? And a meetup with Irie
  - Tue 24 Jan
    - tues 24th Jan
  - Mon 23 Jan
    - 23rd Jan en route to san blas (yes, really, this time)
  - Sun 22 Jan
    - Cartagena, Columbia to San Blas
  - Mon 09 Jan
    - last nite at sea
    - Monday 9-1-12
  - Sun 08 Jan
    - sunday 8th jan 2012
  - Sat 07 Jan
    - Sad news from Gibraltar
  - Fri 06 Jan
    - Friday 6th jan
2011
- Dec 2011
  - Tue 06 Dec
    - BxWx signs off ARC2011
  - Sun 04 Dec
    - Late-night loutish behaviour
  - Fri 02 Dec
    - And anyone else who knows us
  - Thu 01 Dec
    - BXWx - Back of the net
- Nov 2011
  - Wed 30 Nov
    - BxWx: Best EVER Weather Forecast!
  - Tue 29 Nov
    - Squall Hunting
  - Mon 28 Nov
  - Sun 27 Nov
    - scary update from BxWx
    - day 5 sunday
  - Fri 25 Nov
    - E-W Transat 2011 Day 3 (Later)
  - Thu 24 Nov
    - Transat E-W 2011 - Late Starters
- Sep 2011
  - Tue 20 Sep
    - Lanzarote
- Jun 2011
  - Fri 03 Jun
    - Gibraltar
  - Wed 01 Jun
    - the windex, oops.
- May 2011
  - Tue 31 May
    - Todd's revenge and a desperate sailor
  - Sat 28 May
    - saturday 28th may
  - Fri 27 May
    - The master race
  - Wed 25 May
    - Split infinitives from san miguel
  - Tue 24 May
    - To boldly go later in the week
  - Mon 23 May
    - Toi boldly go
  - Sun 22 May
    - Bad moon rising
    - Off again
  - Wed 18 May
  - Tue 17 May
    - BxWx Appeal Decision - hurrah!
    - Tuesday
  - Mon 16 May
    - AIS explained a bit
    - Monday
  - Sun 15 May
  - Sat 14 May
    - nightmare with raymarine
  - Fri 13 May
    - Friday 13th Part II
    - Friday 13th Part II
  - Tue 10 May
    - Sailing
    - Bit of wind
  - Mon 09 May
    - Kettle navigation
    - yawn
  - Sun 08 May
    - Shark (ish)
  - Sat 07 May
    - No Swedish Chef Jokes
2010
- Dec 2010
  - Thu 09 Dec
  - Wed 08 Dec
    - Pensions Advice From Mojomo -Scottish Widows
    - St luicia tomorrow?
  - Tue 07 Dec
    - Amanda Perfect Rice
    - No word from Georgina??
  - Mon 06 Dec
  - Sun 05 Dec
  - Sat 04 Dec
    - Cue very Smug BxWx
  - Fri 03 Dec
    - Mojomo - not anchored and not AWOL
    - Friday 3rd dec
  - Thu 02 Dec
  - Wed 01 Dec
    - December 1st
- Nov 2010
- Sep 2010
  - Wed 15 Sep
    - Mar - est-au Lanza
  - Tue 14 Sep
  - Mon 13 Sep
  - Sun 12 Sep
    - gib-lanza late sunday 12th
    - Blog comeback - gig to lanza
- Jun 2010
  - Wed 09 Jun
    - Journey's End in sight
  - Tue 08 Jun
    - Cabo de Gata
  - Mon 07 Jun
    - Enroute I-Beefa
  - Wed 02 Jun
    - Enroute Gibraltar
- May 2010
  - Sun 30 May
    - T7 end credits - and barry never even bought the beers
  - Fri 28 May
  - Thu 27 May
    - onwards and sideways
    - Dull blog
  - Wed 26 May
    - T7 wednesday midday- Major Refit completed
  - Tue 25 May
  - Mon 24 May
  - Thu 20 May
  - Mon 17 May
    - T7 Monday 17th am
  - Sun 16 May
    - T7 Sunday 16th -
  - Fri 14 May
    - T7 Fri 14th - offshore fruit
  - Thu 13 May
    - T7 Thursday 13th May
  - Mon 10 May
    - T7 Monday 10th
  - Fri 07 May
    - Ready to go in record time
  - Thu 06 May
    - T7 transat starts here
2009
- Dec 2009
  - Tue 08 Dec
    - Not very young, not very gifted, and nineteenth.
  - Sun 06 Dec
    - last day
  - Sat 05 Dec
    - t6 sat 5th december
  - Fri 04 Dec
    - t6 Friday 4th december -3ish days to go
  - Thu 03 Dec
    - t6 Thurs dcember 3rd
  - Wed 02 Dec
    - t6 day nine
  - Tue 01 Dec
    - Squall Gods take revenge
- Nov 2009
  - Mon 30 Nov
    - Hellish storm
  - Sun 29 Nov
  - Sat 28 Nov
    - t6 friday27th
  - Fri 27 Nov
    - friday 27th - on track
    - t6 friday 27th - Houston we have problem
  - Thu 26 Nov
    - t6 thurs 26th (actually really is thurs 26th this time)
  - Wed 25 Nov
    - Some of the ARC boats we know
    - t6 weds nov 25th
  - Tue 24 Nov
  - Mon 23 Nov
    - t6 day2
  - Sun 22 Nov
    - Good start
  - Fri 13 Nov
    - ARC T6 prep : D - nine days
- Oct 2009
  - Wed 28 Oct
    - Las Palmas and pix link
- Aug 2009
  - Sun 30 Aug
    - Some pix
- Jun 2009
  - Sat 20 Jun
    - Mysterious Canadian Pins
  - Mon 15 Jun
    - t5 - Last-minute island dash excitment for Dan
  - Fri 12 Jun
    - t5 crew go their separate ways...
  - Wed 10 Jun
    - dinghy problems
  - Mon 08 Jun
    - oops and
    - t5 transat final 50miles
  - Sun 07 Jun
    - Mensajes de amor en espanol
    - Cabo de Gata
  - Sat 06 Jun
    - Parasailing to Ibiza- still with MattD
  - Thu 04 Jun
    - Tarifa
    - Cadiz soon, Gibraltar this evening
  - Wed 03 Jun
    - Parasailing at 11knots
    - Biffing for Raymarine
  - Tue 02 Jun
    - t5 thriller
  - Mon 01 Jun
    - t5 leg2 Monday June 1st
- May 2009
  - Sun 31 May
    - t5 leg 2 to Gibraltar
  - Sat 30 May
    - grib gfs 33N:25W:42N:5W 6,12,24,36,48,72,96,120,144,168 GRD
    - t5 heading east again from horta
  - Fri 29 May
    - Leaving Horta soon
  - Tue 26 May
    - Horta webcam address
  - Mon 25 May
    - Small supply vessel tours becalmed vessels mid Atalntic
    - Fishing frenzy (alliteration alert)
  - Sun 24 May
    - Battleships
  - Sat 23 May
    - t5 sat 23rd
  - Fri 22 May
    - t5 Friday May 22nd
  - Thu 21 May
    - t5 thurs 21
    - Formula Overload
  - Wed 20 May
    - Uphill Atlantic
  - Tue 19 May
    - t5 tues 19th
  - Mon 18 May
    - t5 monday message from Aussie Dan
    - T5 nearly a week
  - Sun 17 May
    - Update from Marc...
    - t5 Sunday 17th day7
  - Sat 16 May
    - grib gfs 25N:58W:40N:27W 6,12,18,24,36,48,60,72,96,120,144,168 GRD
  - Fri 15 May
    - t5 day5
  - Thu 14 May
    - t5 day4
    - t5 day4
  - Wed 13 May
    - t5 day 2 extra - fish!
    - t5 day two
  - Tue 12 May
    - Sea, Sun and Sick
  - Mon 11 May
    - False starts, but ready to go now...
2008
- Dec 2008
  - Mon 15 Dec
    - Sorry if you're at work...
    - Antigua - Rum punches and Shirley Heights
  - Sun 14 Dec
    - T4 Last Lap
  - Sat 13 Dec
    - Latest score: Mast 1 - James 1
  - Fri 12 Dec
    - About the A-frame
  - Thu 11 Dec
  - Wed 10 Dec
    - Busy night off
  - Tue 09 Dec
    - Clingfilm Sailors
    - Foredeck bitch
  - Mon 08 Dec
  - Sun 07 Dec
    - Update from James
    - Monkey seats
  - Sat 06 Dec
    - Recession Winds
  - Fri 05 Dec
    - Swimming
    - Message from Marco
  - Thu 04 Dec
    - Stingo clips on, and inventing new sailing rigs.
  - Wed 03 Dec
    - Wind goes to rats
  - Tue 02 Dec
    - Fishing and re-uphostery on the high seas
- Nov 2008
  - Sun 30 Nov
    - T4 day4
  - Sat 29 Nov
    - T4 day2 - sunshine and showers
  - Fri 28 Nov
    - T4 day 1
  - Wed 19 Nov
    - transat goes next week
- Sep 2008
  - Fri 26 Sep
    - T4 : Next transat due 28th November 2008, ish *
- Aug 2008
  - Sun 10 Aug
    - long blurb about the gear
  - Sat 09 Aug
    - T3 Eggs, Pat? Gibraltar
- Jul 2008
  - Thu 31 Jul
    - T3 : that's enuf hols - off to Gib via ibiza again...
  - Fri 18 Jul
    - T3 : antibes
- Jun 2008
  - Tue 24 Jun
    - T3 SoF Grande Motte : rest week
  - Fri 20 Jun
    - T3 Flat calm Golfe de Lion
  - Wed 18 Jun
    - T3 Es Paradiso :Not your normal Yot Club
  - Tue 17 Jun
    - T3: ibiza, san antonio
  - Sun 15 Jun
    - T3 Med wx, haha
  - Fri 13 Jun
    - T3 Vilamoura-Gibraltar - "let's go now!"
  - Fri 06 Jun
    - T3 Bit rough off Portugal
  - Tue 03 Jun
    - T3 Biffing for McMurdo
  - Sun 01 Jun
    - T3 Horta, the madhouse
- May 2008
  - Thu 29 May
    - T3 last day into Horta
  - Tue 27 May
    - T3 Tuesday again
    - T3 Tuesday bluddy Monday
  - Wed 21 May
    - T3 Whether Routing?
  - Mon 19 May
    - fish pirates of the craibee
  - Thu 08 May
    - recap pre transat 3
2007
- Dec 2007
  - Sat 08 Dec
    - T2 Time travelling
  - Mon 03 Dec
    - T2: Recycling and pirates
  - Sat 01 Dec
    - T2 day 3 (i think)
- Jul 2007
  - Sun 01 Jul
    - bit of warranty work back at the yard
- May 2007
  - Thu 03 May
    - t1
  - Tue 01 May
    - T1 Burning Feet
- Apr 2007
  - Mon 30 Apr
    - transat1 starts
2006
- Dec 2006
  - Sat 02 Dec
    - T0: just a marker for the map, no story
- Nov 2006
  - Fri 03 Nov
    - t0 : launch Nov 2006 starts mojomo's first transat