Oriole's Web Diary

Date: 01 May 2005 20:29:50

Title: Laying up in Chagaramus, Trinidad

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We have now come to the end of our 2004/05 cruise and are busy putting
Oriole to bed for the summer. We had a great sail down from Grenada to
Trinidad on Thursday, 10-15 knots just off the wind with a flattish sea
which made us wish we were not at the end of are time out here.
The hard work has begun so this will be our last Web entry till we return to
Oriole at the end of the year. We arrive in the UK on the 18th May.

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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