NORDLYS

Playing 'Nautical Tourists'.

David and Annette Ridout
Swan 47/52

Latest Post: 2009-06-21

User Profile

Profile

Owner / Skipper:

David and Annette Ridout

Nationality:

British

Make / Model:

Swan 47/52

LOA (feet):

47

One Line "Mission Statement":

Playing 'Nautical Tourists'.

Website:

http://blog.mailasail.com/nordlys

Previous Diary Entries

2009

Jun 2009

Final Blog

Sun 21 Jun 19:56
La Coruna to Dartmouth

Wed 17 Jun 10:50
Exploring La Coruna and on

Thu 11 Jun 14:29
La Coruna

Mon 8 Jun 17:36
Terceira to ?

Fri 5 Jun 10:06

May 2009

Sao Jorge and on to Terceira

Wed 27 May 12:23
Horta and on to San Jorge

Wed 27 May 10:26
The visit that never really was

Sun 17 May 21:15
Arrival Flores

Sat 16 May 11:13
Training for home waters

Wed 13 May 13:14
contrasts

Sun 10 May 19:04
4th day at sea

Fri 8 May 15:32
2nd Day

Wed 6 May 19:44
1ST day at sea.

Tue 5 May 17:10
Bermuda

Mon 4 May 14:33

Apr 2009

day 6 arrival Bermuda

Tue 28 Apr 12:29
Day 5

Sun 26 Apr 17:23
Day 2

Fri 24 Apr 17:14
1st passage report

Thu 23 Apr 12:35
Easter at St Barts

Mon 13 Apr 22:05
St Barts

Fri 10 Apr 22:25

Mar 2009

Barbuda

Wed 4 Mar 15:51

Feb 2009

More tales from Paradise

Wed 18 Feb 20:51

Jan 2009

Life in paradise goes on

Thu 22 Jan 19:32
Christmas and New Year

Sat 3 Jan 18:49

2008

Dec 2008

Annette's Birthday Party

Thu 11 Dec 16:03

Nov 2008

Life on board starts again

Thu 27 Nov 12:31

Apr 2008

Final sail of the 2007/8 season

Mon 28 Apr 21:45
Change of Address

Sun 13 Apr 12:57
Small World

Mon 7 Apr 19:48
Atlantic Pictures

Fri 4 Apr 20:14

Mar 2008

Last few miles to Tobago

Sat 29 Mar 21:35
the home straight

Tue 25 Mar 22:31
Doldrums

Fri 21 Mar 13:51
'Snailing' across the Atlantic

Fri 14 Mar 11:00
Ascension visit

Sun 9 Mar 10:09

Feb 2008

St Helena

Thu 28 Feb 13:41
Life in the Trades and some views on South Africa

Fri 22 Feb 14:17
Thoughts on Passagemaking

Tue 19 Feb 08:25
enroute to St Helena,1

Sat 16 Feb 07:15

Jan 2008

Namibia Trip

Thu 10 Jan 16:04

2007

Dec 2007

Year end 2007

Sun 16 Dec 15:15
Mossel Baai to Simon's Town

Mon 10 Dec 14:40
Exciting times in Durban

Sat 1 Dec 02:50

Nov 2007

More South African Experiences

Thu 22 Nov 10:10
Early experiences in south Africa

Fri 9 Nov 10:57

Oct 2007

Arrrival into Richard's Bay

Wed 24 Oct 15:48
Final run towards Richard's Bay

Mon 22 Oct 04:08
Mozambique Channel

Tue 16 Oct 07:46
Leaving Madagascar

Thu 11 Oct 09:12
Hobson visit to Madagascar

Mon 1 Oct 13:25

Sep 2007

Madagascar experience

Mon 3 Sep 07:38

Aug 2007

Seychelles to Madagascar

Tue 21 Aug 07:57
Sodjourne in the Seychelles

Wed 8 Aug 14:16

Jul 2007

Making a fool of oneself

Fri 20 Jul 08:51
Seychelles arrival

Sun 8 Jul 12:26
Chagos to Seychelles

Mon 2 Jul 22:25

Jun 2007

Chagos

Fri 29 Jun 02:59
Salomon atoll

Mon 18 Jun 15:52
4th postion report

Thu 14 Jun 07:12
3rd position report

Tue 12 Jun 04:23
Cocos to Chagos, position report 2

Sun 10 Jun 04:04
Cocos to Chagos

Fri 8 Jun 03:37
Cocos Islands

Fri 1 Jun 05:36

May 2007

Christmas to Cocos Keeling

Mon 21 May 09:49
Life on Christmas Island

Wed 16 May 02:45
Arrival in Christmas Island

Fri 11 May 11:43
8th day at sea

Wed 9 May 00:33
We are sailing

Sun 6 May 20:40
Nordlys at sea

Fri 4 May 01:09
2nd day at sea

Thu 3 May 06:57
24 hours out from Fremantle

Wed 2 May 04:33

Apr 2007

David and Mel's visit

Tue 24 Apr 05:24

Feb 2007

Life in Fremantle

Sun 25 Feb 03:14

2006

Oct 2006

The Final few Kilometres

Sun 29 Oct 09:35
Melbourne to Fremantle

Thu 19 Oct 08:45
Continuing through green civilisation

Fri 6 Oct 00:07

Sep 2006

Uluru, the Olgas and on to the Barossa Valley via Coober Pedy

Sat 23 Sep 10:46
On to the Big Red Centre

Sat 16 Sep 03:54

Aug 2006

Part 2 of the previous webdiary

Wed 30 Aug 08:31
The Kimberley

Wed 30 Aug 08:20
Mainly pictures

Wed 16 Aug 08:03
Start of our Land Tour

Tue 15 Aug 08:12

Mar 2006

Esperence to Fremantle

Wed 29 Mar 09:12
The Recherche and Esperance

Sun 12 Mar 08:05
Tasmania to the Bight

Tue 7 Mar 00:25

Feb 2006

Tasmania to Starboard

Sun 19 Feb 23:56
Tasmania by car and foot

Wed 8 Feb 08:32
On to Hobart

Tue 7 Feb 07:26

Jan 2006

Trip to Tasmania

Sat 14 Jan 03:29
Christmas and New Year

Wed 4 Jan 05:51

2005

Dec 2005

Nordlys in Middle Harbour

Sun 18 Dec 05:21
nordlys from Pittwater

Sun 11 Dec 06:28

Nov 2005

Settled in Brisbane

Tue 1 Nov 01:39

Oct 2005

Trip to australia

Tue 18 Oct 07:02
Diving on the Coolidge and further north to the Banks

Thu 6 Oct 01:08

Sep 2005

Further Vanuatu adventures

Thu 15 Sep 06:03

Aug 2005

Vanuatu

Sat 13 Aug 22:50

Jul 2005

Western Fiji

Thu 21 Jul 06:03
Lau, Suva and other adventures

Tue 5 Jul 05:23

Jun 2005

Vanua Balavu, Lau

Sun 19 Jun 04:53
Minerva to Fiji

Fri 10 Jun 05:45

May 2005

Minerva reef

Sun 29 May 21:09
At Sea

Wed 25 May 17:39
Still in New Zealand

Mon 16 May 05:41
Last New Zealand Report

Sun 1 May 05:33

2004

Nov 2004

New Zealand

Sat 20 Nov 23:00

Oct 2004

The Journey South

Wed 27 Oct 07:16
Port Vila

Thu 14 Oct 01:35

Sep 2004

Port Vila and north

Wed 29 Sep 01:49
Tanna, Erramango and on to Port Vila

Sun 5 Sep 01:21

Aug 2004

Tanna, Vanuatu

Mon 30 Aug 23:11
The Yasawa Group

Fri 13 Aug 22:04
Nordlys

Sun 1 Aug 04:05

Jul 2004

Wallis and on to Fiji

Sat 24 Jul 04:34
Samoa and on to Wallis

Sat 10 Jul 06:29

Jun 2004

North Tonga and Samoa

Tue 29 Jun 22:31
Mistake

Sun 20 Jun 23:56
Nordlys in Northern Tonga

Fri 18 Jun 02:06
Rain, rain and more rain

Tue 8 Jun 22:57

May 2004

Nordlys

Sat 29 May 04:21
At Sea

Sat 22 May 04:38
Nordlys Update

Sun 9 May 07:00

Apr 2004

Letter From NZ

Thu 8 Apr 01:12

Mar 2004

2004

Thu 25 Mar 06:22

2003

Nov 2003

Final report for 2003

Thu 13 Nov 04:21

Oct 2003

Nordlys goes south

Tue 28 Oct 00:24
The Kingdom of Tonga

Sat 11 Oct 03:15

Sep 2003

Suwarrow and Niue

Sun 14 Sep 21:01

Aug 2003

Penrhyn

Mon 25 Aug 23:16
Final days in the Society Islands and trip to Penrhyn

Wed 13 Aug 02:19

Jul 2003

Tahiti, Moorea and Huahine

Wed 23 Jul 00:16
Toau to Tahiti

Tue 8 Jul 05:38
Final Days in the Tuamotus

Wed 2 Jul 19:05

Jun 2003

Dispatches from Makemo, Tuamotus archipelago

Sun 15 Jun 04:23
The beginning of life in the Tuamotus

Wed 4 Jun 19:53

May 2003

Final Marquesan EPisode

Wed 28 May 03:05
Further Marquesan experiences

Wed 21 May 01:11
Life in the Marquesa Islands

Sun 11 May 00:54

Apr 2003

Arrival, Fatu Hiva, Marquesa Islands.

Wed 30 Apr 03:21
Almost there.

Mon 28 Apr 20:52
Life is never dull

Fri 25 Apr 19:29
Midway between Galapagos and the Marquesas

Tue 22 Apr 22:08
Happy Easter from Nordlys

Fri 18 Apr 16:49
3 days out from Academy Bay

Tue 15 Apr 18:47
Final part of our visit to the Galapagos islands

Thu 10 Apr 23:41
Galapagos Tour

Sat 5 Apr 00:48

Mar 2003

Life in Academy Bay

Fri 28 Mar 21:18
Nordlys gets in to the Southern Hemisphere

Tue 25 Mar 15:43
Ocean ocean everywhere and not a breath of wind in sight.

Fri 21 Mar 17:05
Nordlys goes to sea

Wed 19 Mar 15:32
A slow start south west

Sun 16 Mar 14:19
Nordlys

Sat 8 Mar 15:07
Nordlys

Fri 7 Mar 13:36

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