Diary Entries

2013
- Apr 2013
  - Tue 16 Apr
    - Living in a hot air dryer dryer.
  - Sun 07 Apr
    - Wet and Dry
  - Mon 01 Apr
    - Traditional local sloops and schooners
- Mar 2013
  - Sun 24 Mar
    - Bequia with reggae.
  - Sat 16 Mar
    - What will the French get up to next?
  - Tue 12 Mar
    - Trades still on strike.
  - Sun 03 Mar
    - Escaped to the Saintes
- Feb 2013
  - Sun 24 Feb
    - Blog censored!
  - Sun 17 Feb
    - Too much wind and no rugby!
  - Sun 10 Feb
    - All quiet again.
  - Sat 02 Feb
    - The Great Conch Hunt
- Jan 2013
  - Sun 27 Jan
    - There's always something!
  - Sat 19 Jan
    - Crisis over!
  - Sun 13 Jan
    - EMERGENCY BLOG!!!!!
  - Sat 12 Jan
    - Somebody turned the switch!
  - Sun 06 Jan
    - Wow!! De wind is back.
2012
- Dec 2012
  - Mon 31 Dec
    - Christmas in Bequia.
  - Sun 23 Dec
    - Up through the Grenadines to Bequia.
  - Fri 14 Dec
    - A month in Trinidad.
- Apr 2012
  - Fri 13 Apr
    - Fast and furious at the end.
  - Tue 03 Apr
    - Great weather for diving
- Mar 2012
  - Sun 25 Mar
    - Cook's tour of the Grenadines
  - Tue 20 Mar
    - Jet Maxima in control
  - Sun 11 Mar
    - The old boots are off
  - Sun 04 Mar
    - We don't do "weather windows".
- Feb 2012
  - Sun 26 Feb
    - Loads a wind.
  - Sun 19 Feb
    - The weather is OK, it's just the forecasters!
  - Sun 12 Feb
    - There has been rather a lot of wind!
  - Mon 06 Feb
    - Something always needs fixing!
- Jan 2012
  - Mon 30 Jan
    - Is nothing sacred!
  - Sat 21 Jan
    - Farewells.
  - Mon 16 Jan
    - Romance blossoms in Antigua.
  - Sun 08 Jan
    - Repeat - sailing is not a safe occupation.
  - Sun 01 Jan
    - It's all change in Antigua
2011
- Dec 2011
  - Sun 25 Dec
    - Only just in time!
  - Sat 17 Dec
    - Dangerous game this yachting.
- Mar 2011
  - Sun 27 Mar
    - Activity whirlwind to the end.
  - Mon 21 Mar
    - The social whirl continues.
  - Sun 13 Mar
    - All that glistens ..........
  - Sat 05 Mar
    - Just 'im and 'er again.
- Feb 2011
  - Mon 28 Feb
    - Trades back in business again.
  - Sun 20 Feb
    - Light winds and fair weather
  - Mon 14 Feb
    - Forget the £5 notes.
  - Sat 05 Feb
    - Tearing up 5 pound notes!
- Jan 2011
  - Mon 31 Jan
    - Away from the fleshpots
  - Sat 22 Jan
    - Out and about.
  - Sun 16 Jan
    - There's always something!
  - Mon 10 Jan
    - Feels like home.
  - Sun 02 Jan
    - Too much weather!
2010
- Dec 2010
  - Mon 27 Dec
    - Christmas in Bequia
  - Sun 19 Dec
    - It's amazing how time flies
- Apr 2010
  - Tue 27 Apr
    - Is the Caribbean getting too hot to hold?
  - Sat 17 Apr
    - There's more wind underwater?
  - Sun 11 Apr
    - Bequia Easter Regatta
- Mar 2010
  - Mon 29 Mar
    - Mixed conditions.
  - Sat 20 Mar
    - More French leave
  - Sun 14 Mar
    - French leave.
  - Sat 06 Mar
    - Rock and Roll City
  - Tue 02 Mar
    - On the way south again
- Feb 2010
  - Sun 21 Feb
    - Liming in Nonsuch
  - Sun 14 Feb
    - Wrecks and ashes
  - Sun 07 Feb
    - M&M and R&R
  - Tue 02 Feb
    - Sun,squalls,swells and WIND.
- Jan 2010
  - Sun 24 Jan
    - Not all bliss in paradise.
  - Mon 18 Jan
    - Par - tee Time
  - Fri 01 Jan
    - Christmas and New Year in Bequia
2009
- Dec 2009
  - Thu 24 Dec
    - Fast movers!
- Apr 2009
  - Sun 26 Apr
    - Signing off.
  - Sun 19 Apr
    - Drawing to a close.
  - Mon 13 Apr
    - When you're tired of floating try sinking!
  - Mon 06 Apr
    - Southern Grenadines alias South Armagh.
- Mar 2009
  - Mon 30 Mar
    - Lobsters? Not at that price!
  - Sun 22 Mar
    - Fast sailing, whales, turtles and guests.
  - Tue 17 Mar
    - Goodbye to Antigua
  - Thu 05 Mar
    - Frigates, sand and solitude.
- Feb 2009
  - Mon 23 Feb
    - Recharging the batteries.
  - Sat 14 Feb
    - How do you leave Antigua?
  - Tue 10 Feb
    - Falmouth for orders
- Jan 2009
  - Wed 28 Jan
    - Murder in Antigua
  - Sun 18 Jan
    - Liming in Antigua
  - Tue 13 Jan
    - Back with the fleshpots
  - Sun 04 Jan
    - Making tracks
2008
- Dec 2008
  - Mon 29 Dec
    - Christmas in Bequia.
  - Tue 23 Dec
    - Cruising mode at last.
  - Sun 14 Dec
    - Ready to go?
  - Sun 07 Dec
    - Hard work and frustration
- Mar 2008
  - Sat 29 Mar
    - All good things come to an end!.
  - Sat 22 Mar
    - Liming in Grenada
  - Sun 16 Mar
    - God is bowling googlies!
  - Mon 10 Mar
    - De sun.......he come back!
  - Tue 04 Mar
    - Don't laugh but.................the weather...................!
- Feb 2008
  - Sun 24 Feb
    - Time to move south
  - Sun 17 Feb
    - Oriole with the superyachts.
  - Sun 10 Feb
    - What is the attraction in Antigua?
  - Sun 03 Feb
    - A leisurely circumnavigation of Antigua.
  - Fri 01 Feb
    - FIRE DOWN BELOW!
- Jan 2008
  - Sun 20 Jan
    - Anchor is growing roots!
  - Sat 12 Jan
    - Excellence through discipline!
  - Sat 05 Jan
    - We still here man!
2007
- Dec 2007
  - Sat 29 Dec
    - Time to move, but not far!
  - Sun 23 Dec
    - Peace in Antigua
  - Sat 15 Dec
    - Stormy weather
  - Mon 10 Dec
    - Finally underway
- Apr 2007
  - Mon 23 Apr
    - The calm before the storm.
  - Mon 16 Apr
    - Wildlife and cricket.
  - Sun 08 Apr
    - Southern Grenadines border area
  - Sun 01 Apr
    - Surgical Charter Party
- Mar 2007
  - Sun 25 Mar
    - Liming in Bequia
  - Sun 18 Mar
    - Bequia at its best.
  - Mon 12 Mar
    - Catwalk in Bequia.
  - Sun 04 Mar
    - Taking roots?
- Feb 2007
  - Sun 25 Feb
    - Do we love the French?
  - Sat 17 Feb
    - Cold turkey on Oriole
  - Sat 10 Feb
    - Could it be safer at sea?
  - Mon 05 Feb
    - Superyachts plus plus
- Jan 2007
  - Sat 27 Jan
    - The charter must go on.
  - Sun 21 Jan
    - Whistle stop charter
  - Sun 14 Jan
    - All change!
  - Sun 07 Jan
    - Reefs, islands and volcanos.
  - Tue 02 Jan
    - Oriole abandons the fleshpots.
2006
- Dec 2006
  - Sun 24 Dec
    - Christmas preparations.
  - Sat 16 Dec
    - Paradise regained.
  - Sun 10 Dec
    - Overcast in paradise
  - Mon 04 Dec
    - Still in Trinidad
- Nov 2006
  - Mon 27 Nov
    - Fitting out in Trinidad
- Apr 2006
  - Tue 25 Apr
    - Return to Trinidad
  - Sat 15 Apr
    - Happy Easter from Grenada
  - Sun 09 Apr
    - Relaxed Grenadine quicktour.
  - Sun 02 Apr
    - The clans are gathering.
- Mar 2006
  - Sun 26 Mar
    - Oriole FOR SALE - briefly.
  - Sun 19 Mar
    - Oriole and Mirabella V leave Antigua
  - Tue 14 Mar
    - The long and the short and the tall
    - What? no more Virgins.
- Feb 2006
  - Sun 26 Feb
    - First Class Passageros
  - Sun 19 Feb
    - USVIs to BVIs
  - Sat 11 Feb
    - Idyllic anchorages
  - Sun 05 Feb
    - Gracias senorita
- Jan 2006
  - Sun 29 Jan
    - The wet and windy Virgins
  - Mon 23 Jan
    - Hey man its blowing hard.
  - Sun 15 Jan
    - Chilling out in Anguilla.
  - Sun 08 Jan
    - Tropical Storm Zeta.
  - Sun 01 Jan
    - Falmouth Harbour day working.
2005
- Dec 2005
  - Sun 25 Dec
    - Christmas greetings from Antigua
  - Sun 18 Dec
    - Hard tack for Christmas
  - Sun 04 Dec
    - Raining in Trinidad
- Nov 2005
  - Sun 27 Nov
    - What a twit!
  - Mon 21 Nov
    - Waterborne at last
- May 2005
  - Sun 01 May
    - Laying up in Chagaramus, Trinidad
- Apr 2005
  - Sun 24 Apr
    - Hog Island, Grenada.
  - Sun 17 Apr
    - Tyrrel Bay Carriacou.
  - Sun 10 Apr
    - Mad social whirl.
  - Sun 03 Apr
    - Fast and furious with noise and smoke.
- Mar 2005
  - Sun 27 Mar
    - Da wind, he com back!
  - Sun 20 Mar
    - St Kitts ? next year
  - Sun 13 Mar
    - Antigua
  - Sun 06 Mar
    - Islands to Leeward.
- Feb 2005
  - Sun 27 Feb
    - Martinique East Coast
  - Sun 20 Feb
    - Missing Photos
  - Fri 18 Feb
    - Guests! Who'd have them?
  - Sun 13 Feb
    - Still nah wind!
  - Sat 05 Feb
    - Whar da trade winds man!
- Jan 2005
  - Sun 30 Jan
    - Oriole in St Lucia
  - Sun 23 Jan
    - Oriole in the Grenadines
  - Sun 16 Jan
    - Trinidad no longer!
  - Sun 09 Jan
    - Growing roots in Trinidad
  - Sun 02 Jan
    - Still in Trinidad
2004
- Dec 2004
  - Sun 26 Dec
    - Christmas in Trinidad
  - Sun 19 Dec
    - Trinidad.
  - Sat 11 Dec
    - Oriole back in her element.
- Oct 2004
  - Sun 31 Oct
    - Still fitting out at St David's
  - Sun 24 Oct
    - Grenada Post Hurricane Ivan
- Apr 2004
  - Sun 04 Apr
    - Laid up.
- Mar 2004
  - Sat 27 Mar
    - Mother's Day?
  - Sat 20 Mar
    - Liming in the Grenadines.
  - Sat 13 Mar
    - Oriole on charter.
  - Sun 07 Mar
    - Change over day
- Feb 2004
  - Sat 28 Feb
    - In the lee of the Windwards
  - Sat 21 Feb
    - Quid pro quo.
  - Sat 14 Feb
    - Islands which Brush the Clouds
  - Sat 07 Feb
    - High pressure sailing
  - Sun 01 Feb
    - Polluted in St Martin
- Jan 2004
  - Sun 25 Jan
    - Escape from English Harbour
  - Sun 18 Jan
    - Sunshine, showers and almost no wind.
  - Sun 11 Jan
    - Harbour rot cured
  - Sat 03 Jan
    - Christmas winds.
2003
- Dec 2003
  - Sat 27 Dec
    - Retired to cure hangover.
  - Sun 21 Dec
    - Bequia to Martinique
  - Sat 13 Dec
    - Grenadine perambulation
  - Sat 06 Dec
    - Tropical storms and white whales
- Nov 2003
  - Sun 30 Nov
    - Whar de sun gone mun?
  - Sat 22 Nov
    - Chasing the World Cup
  - Sun 16 Nov
    - Tyrell Bay, Carriacou.
  - Sat 08 Nov
    - Certified divers
  - Sun 02 Nov
    - Oriole launched
- Apr 2003
  - Sun 06 Apr
    - St David's Grenada. 12°00'N 61°40'W
- Mar 2003
  - Sun 23 Mar
    - Hog Island, Grenada 12°38'N 61°23'W
  - Sat 15 Mar
    - Windward Bay, Mayreau, St Vincent Grenadines
  - Sat 08 Mar
    - Admiralty Bay, Bequia, St Vincent. 13°00'N 61°15'W
  - Sun 02 Mar
    - Anse de Piton, St Lucia 13°49'N 61°04'W
- Feb 2003
  - Sun 23 Feb
    - Marigot Bay, St. Lucia.
  - Sun 16 Feb
    - Pigeon Island, Rodney Bay, St.Lucia.
  - Sun 09 Feb
    - Anse de Ste Anne, Martinique
  - Sun 02 Feb
    - Cul de Sac du Marin, Martinique, 14°26'N 60°54'W
- Jan 2003
  - Sun 26 Jan
    - Anse de Marin, Martinique.
  - Sat 18 Jan
    - Ile Gozier, Guadaloupe.
  - Sun 12 Jan
    - 12/01/03 Iles des Saintes
  - Sun 05 Jan
    - Deshaies Bay, Guadeloupe
2002
- Dec 2002
  - Tue 31 Dec
    - Nelson's Dockyard, Antigua
  - Sun 29 Dec
    - Anchorage off Green Island, Nonsuch Bay
    - 29/12/02 Nonsuch Bay
  - Wed 25 Dec
    - Antiguan life
  - Sun 22 Dec
    - 22/12/02 Falmouth Harbour, Antigua
  - Sun 15 Dec
    - English Harbour, Antigua.
  - Thu 12 Dec
    - English Harbour, Antigua
  - Sun 08 Dec
    - 08/12/02 17º03N 51º44W
  - Sat 07 Dec
    - 16 39N 44 18W
  - Sun 01 Dec
    - 1/12/02 17°05N 32º56W On Passage from Cape Verdes to?
- Nov 2002
  - Sun 24 Nov
    - (no subject)
    - 16°53N 25º00W Mindelo Harbour, Cape Verde Islands
  - Sun 17 Nov
    - Oriole leaves Lanzarote
- Oct 2002
  - Sun 13 Oct
    - Puerto Calero - Lanzarote 28°55'N 13°42'W
  - Sun 06 Oct
    - Oriole 29°42'N 13°04W
- Sep 2002
  - Sun 29 Sep
    - Portimao - Algarve 37°07'N 8°31'W
  - Sun 22 Sep
    - Alvor - Algarve 37°07'N 8°37'W
  - Sat 14 Sep
    - Sunny Algarve!!
  - Sat 07 Sep
    - Postcard from Cascais, Portugal
- Aug 2002
  - Sat 31 Aug
    - Oriole in Portugal
  - Sat 24 Aug
    - Oriole in Portosin, NW Spain
  - Mon 19 Aug
    - Oriole's progress from Plymouth - Camaret
  - Thu 08 Aug
    - Introduction to Oriole's diary