Oboe D'Amore's Web Diary - 40:54.96N 09:31.58E Merry Christmas - Oboe in Olbia - crew in Devon!

40:54.96N 09:31.58E Merry Christmas - Oboe in Olbia - crew in Devon!

Oboe D'Amore's Web Diary

Nigel Backwith

Thu 29 Dec 2011 23:24

I know it's been a while since we blogged. Oboe slid gently into the end of her 2011 Med. season securely tied up and largely de-rigged in a secure marina. As the New Year rushes towards us thoughts turn to 2012 and the need to make and publicise our cruising plans for the coming season. Anyway that's next week's task. Until then here is our new style Newsletter marking the start of the season. Click link to read:

http://intranet.oboecharters.com/wiki/files/g0X9Y4K/oboe_xmas_2011_pdfpdf.html

Happy New Year

Nigel & Gill

Blog Entries

2013

Dec 2013

Thu 12 Dec 22:46
- I'm closing my Yahoo email account

2011

Dec 2011

Thu 29 Dec 23:24
- 40:54.96N 09:31.58E Merry Christmas - Oboe in Olbia - crew in Devon!

Aug 2011

Fri 19 Aug 13:30
- 41:40.30N 09:23.15E Italia Italia Italia
Sun 14 Aug 11:14
- 42:15.21N 11:06.41E A Day With The Pope And Our Escape From Rome
Wed 10 Aug 09:18
- 41:44.25N 12:14.86E When in Rome ...
Wed 3 Aug 16:19
- Join me on Twitter

Jul 2011

Thu 28 Jul 11:41
- 39:06.80N 09:31.30E New Friends
Wed 27 Jul 11:41
- 39:07.40N 09:30.40E No Sleep All Night
Fri 22 Jul 21:10
- 39:12.00N 09:07.60E Torquoise Water, Pink Flamingos, White Sands
Thu 14 Jul 18:27
- 39:12.00N 09:07.60E Home and Away!

Jun 2011

Fri 24 Jun 21:28
- 39:56.27N 9:42.20E Settled in Arbatax, Sardinia
Wed 15 Jun 09:22
- 42:48.84N 10:19.77E The Perfect Guests and the Perfect Storm!

May 2011

Sun 29 May 11:14
- 39:09.02N 009:05.7E Cagliari-our passage ends and the cruising season begins
Wed 25 May 15:00
- 39:02.62N 008:04.5E Palma, Mallorca and beyond
Wed 18 May 19:07
- 38:57.90N 001:13.3E Hotel California
Thu 12 May 10:55
- 36:41.75N 002:47.5W Puerto Almerimar - Costa del Sol
Wed 11 May 07:50
- 36:41.75N 002:47.5W Beating Into the Med.
Fri 6 May 21:14
- 36:32.40N 006:17.00W Another Day Another Crew
- 36:51.70N 007:38.42W Oboe Has Never Been Here Before!

Apr 2011

Tue 26 Apr 08:06
Fri 22 Apr 17:47
- 43:22.07N 008:23.72W Sublime To The Ridiculous
Tue 19 Apr 13:19
- 44:41.67N 008:06.01W Biscay At Its Remarkable Best
Sun 17 Apr 11:58
- 48:53.97N 006:09.78W Couldn't Wait Any Longer
Thu 14 Apr 18:01
- 50:21.05N 003:34.61W Back On The Road Again!

2010

Sep 2010

Fri 10 Sep 12:34
- 45:56.6N 000:57.4W La Rochelle For The Winter

Jun 2010

Mon 14 Jun 13:19
- 50:21.0N 003:35.0W Midday (BST) Fix 14 June 2010 An Emotional Landfall
Sun 13 Jun 10:02
- 50:19.5N 004:57.3W Midday (BST) Fix 13 June 2010 Yo Ho Ho And A Bottle Of Rum!
Sat 12 Jun 14:26
- 48:56.0N 008:29.9W Midday (BST) Fix 12 June 2010 The Truth, The Whole Truth And Nothing But The Truth!
Fri 11 Jun 12:58
- 47:46.5N 011:43.2W Midday (BST) Fix 11 June 2010 What Is Normal Anyway?
Thu 10 Jun 13:25
- 46:54.1N 015:03.4W Midday (BST) Fix 10 June 2010 The Winds They Are A' Blowin'
Wed 9 Jun 21:39
- 46:20.9N 017:40.6W Midday (BST) Fix 9 June 2010 "Are We Nearly There Yet?"
Tue 8 Jun 10:59
- 45:20.7N 020:45.8W Midday (BST) Fix 6 June 2010 Love 'em Or Hate 'em!
Mon 7 Jun 12:27
- 43:35.6N 022:33.3W Midday (BST) Fix 7 June 2010 Three Reefs In A Sail (oh and a storm jib!)
Sun 6 Jun 12:09
- 42:00.3N 024:57.3W Midday (BST) Fix 6 June 2010 Three Men In A Boat (oh and a boy!)
Sat 5 Jun 12:51
- 40:10.4N 027:24.2W Midday (BST) Fix 5 June 2010 Easing Back Into It
Fri 4 Jun 13:11
- 38:31.9N 028:37.5W Midday (BST) Fix 4 June 2010 Dartmouth Here We Come
Tue 1 Jun 12:21
- 38:27.36N 29:28.92W Midday (BST) Fix 1 June 2010 Wet 'n Wild

May 2010

Mon 31 May 13:08
- 38:20.0N 032:34.5W Midday (BST) Fix 31 May 2010 Changing Mood
Sun 30 May 13:39
- 38:08.0N 035:19.8W Midday (BST) Fix 30 May 2010 Locked On And Counting Down
Sat 29 May 11:28
- 37:27.6N 037:27.6W Midday (BST) Fix 29 May 2010 Who Let The Dogs Out!
Fri 28 May 12:14
- 36:17.0N 040:10.7W Midday (BST) Fix 28 May 2010 Zen Dog
Thu 27 May 13:02
- 34:48.3N 043:03.0W Midday (BST) Fix 27 May 2010 To Boldly Go ...
Wed 26 May 15:32
- 32:45.6N 044:45.8W Midday (BST) Fix 26 May 2010 Happy Birthday To You, Happy Birthday To You
Tue 25 May 15:36
- 32:45.1N 047:13.3W Midday (BST) Fix 25 May 2010 "If Life Gets Any Better Than This I'm Not Sure I'll Be Able to deal With It"
Mon 24 May 12:43
- 34:03.3N 049:03.4W Midday (BST) Fix 24 May 2010 Rain Rain Go Away Come On Mother's Washing Day
Sun 23 May 16:18
- 35:25.0N 051:0.0W Midday (BST) Fix 23 May 2010 An Uncomfortable Day
Sat 22 May 14:05
- 36:39.7N 053:11.0W Midday (BST) Fix 22 May 2010 Run Away! Run Away!
Fri 21 May 13:16
- 36:14.0N 055:56.8W Midday Fix 21May 2010 This is British Warship D92 - Identify Yourselves!
Thu 20 May 14:20
- 34:50.6N 059:10.7W Midday Fix 20 May 2010 Pull Over For A Hamburger
Wed 19 May 12:14
- 34:22.9N 062:03.5W Midday Fix 19 May 2010 A Day At Sea
Tue 18 May 14:07
- 33:01.2N 064:09.7W Midday Fix 18 May 2010 Bye Bye Bermuda
Mon 17 May 16:39
- 32:22.8N 064:40.6W Midday Fix 17 May 2010 Hardship Posting Or What?
Sun 16 May 20:40
- 32:18.6N 064:35.6W Midday Fix 16 May 2010 Probably The Best Sail In The World!
Sat 15 May 12:41
- 30:11.3N 064:00.6W Midday Fix 15 May 2010 Portuguese Men O'War
Fri 14 May 13:05
- 28:10.1N 062:59.2W Midday Fix 14 May 2010 Bermuda Here We Come
Thu 13 May 11:42
- 25:59.3N 062:51.9W Midday Fix 13 May 2010 Didn't Anyone Tell You? Sailing Is A Watersport!
Wed 12 May 11:48
- 23:36.5N 062:25.9W Midday Fix 12 May 2010 Dolphins Do It On Porpoise!
Tue 11 May 12:01
- 21:21.1N 062:17.4W Midday Fix 11 May 2010 Getting Closer to New York!
Mon 10 May 11:46
- 19:02.8N 061:48.2W Midday Fix 10 May 2010 A Step Into The Unknown
Mon 3 May 17:47
- 17:04.6N 061:53.2W First Two Night Passages to Antigua

Apr 2010

Fri 30 Apr 13:25
- 12:31.8N 061:23.1W We're On Our Way Home!
Sun 25 Apr 02:19
- 12:32N 061:25W Preparing Oboe
Thu 15 Apr 17:15
- 13:00.4N 061:14.5W The Lucky Prize Winners!
Fri 2 Apr 10:59
- 12:02.66N 061:44.83W Flaming Sambuca!

Feb 2010

Fri 26 Feb 19:21
- 12:32.10N 061:23.20W What Do You Think Of Oysters?
Wed 10 Feb 20:50
- 12:02.66N 061:44.85W Oboe In The Hands Of Strangers

Jan 2010

Wed 20 Jan 22:46
- 11:59.95N 061:45.69W Tiffin With Jonty!
Thu 14 Jan 13:39
- 12:28.91N 061:27.45W Upwind, Downwind - Round and About Again
Sat 9 Jan 17:36
- 12:36.29N 061:27.07W Re-energised, Friends on Board and Exploring New Venues
Mon 4 Jan 02:05
- 14:04.58N 060:56.89W The Race Is On - Martinique and Back
- 13:00.47N 061:14.43W New Year's Eve - Before and After

2009

Dec 2009

Tue 29 Dec 18:34
- 12:37.89N 061:21.32W Sailing with the Howes Family - Displaced Brits from New Jersey, with a lot of Welsh in them!
Sat 26 Dec 13:54
- 13:08.03N 061:12.19W We Wish You a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Wed 23 Dec 02:19
- 13:08.03N 061:12.19W At Anchor in Young Island Cut, St Vincent
Sun 20 Dec 19:37
- 12:52.73N 061:11.36W Two Nights on Mustique
Fri 18 Dec 14:04
- 12:38.10N 061:23.88W Nudging Into The Tobago Cays
Sat 12 Dec 18:39
- 13:00.48N 061:14.44W Hello Patrick, Isabella and Silas!
Fri 11 Dec 02:46
- 13:00.48N 061:14.44W An Eventful Evening in Bequia
Tue 8 Dec 14:13
- 13:0.4N 061:14.1W Gingerbread Cafe Bequia
Sun 6 Dec 02:30
- 13:51.00N 0061:03.80W Back in Business!

Aug 2009

Tue 11 Aug 14:33
- 17:03.97N 61:53.01W Sitting Out The Hurricane Season

Feb 2009

Thu 26 Feb 22:38
- 17:00.80N 61:46.40W Double Handed to Nonsuch Bay
Tue 17 Feb 16:43
- 17:03.96N 61:53.07W
Mon 16 Feb 08:58
- 17:08.28N 62:37.97W Planning our escape from Nevis!
Thu 12 Feb 16:45
- 17:08.55N 62:37.75W Storm Bound on Nevis
Sat 7 Feb 23:33
- 17:17.50N 62:43.69W Homeward Bound
Wed 4 Feb 17:24
- 18:26.45N 64:45.90W Whales off the Port Beam
Mon 2 Feb 13:00
- 18:23.08N 64:30.88W Winners and Losers

Jan 2009

Sat 31 Jan 00:34
- 18:25.42N 64:37.06W Pirate Night at Marina Cay Island
Thu 29 Jan 15:30
- 18:19.06N 64:36.89W The Pirates of the Caribbean (Not!)
Wed 28 Jan 00:25
- 18:25.72N 64:39.66W Storms and Squalls As We Island Hop
Mon 26 Jan 01:49
- 18:04.01N 63:05.80W Guess Where We Are!
Thu 22 Jan 00:01
- 17:09.27N 62:37.93W We've Escaped Antigua!
Mon 19 Jan 20:15
- 17:07.59N 061:53.25W Building the Team
Sun 18 Jan 19:47
- 17:00.50N 061:45.84W Hello Again!

2008

Dec 2008

Sat 13 Dec 22:00
- 14:04.51N 60:57.01W The Chequered Flag
Fri 12 Dec 22:32
- 14:45.9N 58:05.9W A Special Blog for Class 5S Wessex Primary School
- 14:53.9N 55:21.2W Just Another Day in the Office
Wed 10 Dec 23:41
- 14:56.5N 52:20.5W In the Zone
- 15:08.2N 49:15.71W Red,White & Blue
Tue 9 Dec 00:22
- 15:11.6N 46:32.7W Domestic Bliss
Sun 7 Dec 22:50
- 15:26.6N 43:58.4W Flying the Red Kite over the Blue Atlantic
Sat 6 Dec 22:48
- 15:46.5N 41:49.9W Running Hot and Cold ...
Fri 5 Dec 15:46
- 15:58.9N 38:30.6W Every Cloud has a Silver Lining
Tue 2 Dec 21:43
- 16:39.7N 31:32.9W Experience Building by the Day
- 17:00N 28:30W Fish and spinnakers, champagne and whisky .....

Nov 2008

Sun 30 Nov 17:24
- RE: 17:26.10N 25:56.50W Pointing at St Lucia - Yippee!
Fri 28 Nov 20:45
- 19:42.80N 21:50.70W The Chocolate Melted So We Headed West
Thu 27 Nov 20:13
- 21:23.60N 19:37.40W Rocking & Rolling towards the Cape Verde Islands
Wed 26 Nov 13:38
- 23:20.09N 18:28.50W South, South, South
Tue 25 Nov 13:38
- 24:34.40N 17:19.40W Gently Sliding Down The African Coast
Mon 24 Nov 15:38
- 26:09.64N 16:14.98W Champagne Sailing without the Champagne
Sun 23 Nov 11:18
- 28:07.75N 15:25.54W All set for the off!
Wed 19 Nov 16:08
- 28:07.75N 015:25.54W The Food Arrives - What a Stowage Headache!
Sun 16 Nov 20:12
- 28:07.75N 015:25.54W The Count Down Begins with a Parade

Oct 2008

Fri 31 Oct 22:21
- 28:07.74N 15:25.55W Las Palmas. The ARC Fleet Assembles
Wed 29 Oct 23:14
- 28:51.46N 13:49.01W Lanzarote Marina Rubicon
Mon 27 Oct 09:33
- 30:45.083N 013:23.752W 460Nm Out of Sight of Land
Sun 26 Oct 08:46
- 33:24.00N 012:37.00W Off the African Coast

Sep 2008

Tue 30 Sep 14:02
- 37:06.40N 008:40.40W The End of the First Leg of the Journey
Mon 29 Sep 20:37
- 37:36.70N 009:11.63W Five Hours to Cape St Vincent
Sat 27 Sep 22:21
- 38:41.58N 009:24.90W Arrived at Cascais
Fri 26 Sep 18:49
- 39:58.81N 009:20.9W The Best Day So Far - Heading for Cascais
Thu 25 Sep 17:34
- 41:11.17N 008:42.33W Leixões
Wed 24 Sep 22:45
- 42:22.3N 009:08.5W Heading for Portugal
Mon 22 Sep 18:48
- 43:22.10N 008:23.70W La Coruna Day 2
- 43:22.10N 008:23.70W La Coruna
Sun 21 Sep 07:34
- 45:49.20N 007:30.20W Biscay Day 2
Fri 19 Sep 20:36
- 47:46.76N 005:57.90W Biscay Day 1
Thu 18 Sep 21:32
- 49:27.8N 003:33.6W Motoring South West in a Flat Calm
- 50:42.50N 01:00.7W Departed Northney, Hayling Island

Aug 2008

Tue 5 Aug 21:14
- 50:50.00N 00:58.00W Oboe Resting in Home Port of Northney