Rhiann Marie - Round the World

Date: 19 Oct 2011 17:35:20

Title: The big day on St Helena!

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The six weekly excitement of the RMS being in St Helena was very evocative of bygone days.

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Diary Entries

2011
- Oct 2011
  - Fri 28 Oct
    - Eternity cloth ......
  - Wed 26 Oct
    - Round the world ....... and back!
    - the changes that have come over me ........
  - Tue 25 Oct
    - What a difference a day makes...
  - Mon 24 Oct
    - Gale Force winds...
  - Sun 23 Oct
    - Leaving the Graciosa herders......
    - A question for you all.....
  - Wed 19 Oct
    - Yep! Sailed round the planet!
    - Bashing away north to weather....
    - Mid Atlantic
    - Visitors aboard
    - The big day on St Helena!
    - Napoleon Images
    - St Helena Images
    - South Atlantic Images
  - Mon 17 Oct
    - The Big Clean .......
  - Sat 15 Oct
    - Round the planet!
  - Fri 14 Oct
    - It's far from over.....
  - Thu 13 Oct
    - Sailing round the world....
    - On the ropes....
  - Wed 12 Oct
    - VHF Theatre
  - Tue 11 Oct
    - Double Trouble
    - The Flying Squad
  - Mon 10 Oct
    - One little bird.
  - Sun 09 Oct
    - Two winds
  - Sat 08 Oct
    - Decimalised fish!
  - Fri 07 Oct
    - In the void
  - Thu 06 Oct
    - Tales of the Billabong
  - Wed 05 Oct
    - The edge of the void
  - Tue 04 Oct
    - Crossing the line..
  - Mon 03 Oct
    - Bloodbath!
  - Sun 02 Oct
    - Wreading & Righting
  - Sat 01 Oct
    - Saturday night at the movies
- Sep 2011
  - Fri 30 Sep
    - G..Astronomy
  - Thu 29 Sep
    - Barring disasters....
  - Wed 28 Sep
    - What are the risks?
  - Tue 27 Sep
    - Mother Nature
  - Mon 26 Sep
    - St Helena High
  - Sun 25 Sep
    - Hard to leave the Saints
  - Thu 22 Sep
    - Atmospheric Ducting
  - Wed 21 Sep
    - Furler fix.
    - Change of plans...
  - Mon 19 Sep
    - The Main Event
  - Sun 18 Sep
    - Genoa wars
  - Sat 17 Sep
    - Call me the breeze ....
    - Sleepless...
  - Fri 16 Sep
    - The big day has arrived....
  - Thu 15 Sep
    - Pragmocracy is the only way.
  - Wed 14 Sep
    - No bragging
  - Tue 13 Sep
    - What Goes up must come down...
    - Neither the High road nor the Low road.
  - Mon 12 Sep
    - The meaning of life ...
  - Sun 11 Sep
    - Is there a God?
  - Sat 10 Sep
    - It's a good start...
    - The big questions
  - Fri 09 Sep
    - I ain't going nowhere .......
  - Thu 08 Sep
    - Single handed shopping
  - Tue 06 Sep
    - Last day at the office ....
  - Mon 05 Sep
    - Sunset on African Safaris
    - Various Kruger Wildlife Images
    - Big Four and Cheetah Kruger Images
  - Sat 03 Sep
    - Black Gold
- Aug 2011
  - Mon 29 Aug
    - Gotta go..
  - Fri 12 Aug
    - What now?
    - South African Images
  - Sun 07 Aug
    - South African Crossroads
- Jul 2011
  - Wed 20 Jul
    - Capetown arrival
  - Tue 19 Jul
    - Heading North!
    - Personal responsibility
  - Mon 18 Jul
    - Up the down escalator!
  - Sun 17 Jul
    - Flying along!
  - Sat 16 Jul
    - Heading down the east side of Africa
  - Wed 13 Jul
  - Tue 12 Jul
  - Tue 05 Jul
    - Safari!
- Jun 2011
  - Tue 28 Jun
  - Thu 23 Jun
    - A sting in the tail ...
  - Wed 22 Jun
    - I haven't got a clew....
  - Tue 21 Jun
    - We are the cheeky boys ...
  - Mon 20 Jun
    - Southern Knights
  - Sun 19 Jun
    - It's going to be a slog.
  - Sat 18 Jun
    - One day in.
  - Fri 17 Jun
    - Departing Reunion
  - Mon 13 Jun
    - Magic Mauritius
  - Fri 03 Jun
    - Mauritius first impressions...
- May 2011
  - Tue 31 May
    - Running the squallathon
  - Mon 30 May
    - Making waves
    - Flat on the Back & Back on the Flat
  - Sun 29 May
    - Grinding down the miles.
  - Sat 28 May
    - Hanging in there..
  - Fri 27 May
    - Taking stock.
  - Thu 26 May
    - Lords of the flies
  - Tue 24 May
    - All pumps to the hands...
  - Sun 22 May
    - Shark attack!
  - Thu 19 May
    - Fishy tales....
  - Wed 18 May
    - Out in the Indian Ocean somewhere....
    - Red Sea Refugees
  - Mon 16 May
    - Going, going, Gan
  - Fri 13 May
    - South...
  - Mon 09 May
    - Getting younger .....
  - Sat 07 May
    - Whale Sharks!
    - Upselling!
- Apr 2011
  - Sat 30 Apr
    - Beating Back - to the reefs
  - Fri 29 Apr
    - Crusty or soggy?
  - Wed 27 Apr
    - The joys .....
  - Tue 19 Apr
    - Repair, prepare and provision
  - Sun 17 Apr
    - Ahhhhhh!
  - Thu 14 Apr
    - Shady deals and sunsets
  - Wed 13 Apr
    - Galle-ing!
  - Sun 10 Apr
    - Trading our way out of it....
  - Sat 09 Apr
    - Crip Ship
  - Thu 07 Apr
    - Hospital ship!
  - Wed 06 Apr
    - Repair Images
    - Salt Water Enemas
  - Tue 05 Apr
    - Indefatiguable.
  - Mon 04 Apr
    - Not Another day at the office?
  - Sun 03 Apr
    - Under way at least.
- Mar 2011
  - Wed 30 Mar
    - Take Two!
  - Tue 29 Mar
    - Respect?
  - Thu 24 Mar
  - Wed 23 Mar
    - Carribean Reflections
  - Tue 22 Mar
    - Atlantic Reflections
    - Indecision?
  - Sat 19 Mar
    - Risk Assesents
  - Mon 14 Mar
    - The Tartan Pimpernel
  - Sat 12 Mar
    - Trucking - Good Yarn.
  - Thu 10 Mar
    - Aiming at nothing .........
  - Tue 08 Mar
    - Home Alone.
  - Mon 07 Mar
    - Workout!
  - Sun 06 Mar
    - XRay update
    - How do you eat an elephant?
  - Sat 05 Mar
    - The Long Way Home .....
  - Fri 04 Mar
    - Seventy Five minutes of efficacy.
  - Wed 02 Mar
    - Freestyle Muslims!
- Feb 2011
  - Sun 27 Feb
    - Hard core.
  - Sat 26 Feb
    - Tragedy at our anchorage.
  - Fri 25 Feb
    - Any jobs?
  - Wed 23 Feb
    - PMA
  - Mon 21 Feb
    - Light relief!
  - Sun 20 Feb
    - How and if to proceed?
    - Well done Southampton!
  - Sat 19 Feb
    - Enough is ENOUGH!
  - Thu 17 Feb
    - Ao Phang Nga
  - Mon 14 Feb
    - Up the river without a paddle...
  - Sun 13 Feb
    - Fool Metal Jacket....
  - Thu 10 Feb
    - Back on Track
  - Wed 09 Feb
    - This and that
  - Tue 08 Feb
    - Tough Love
  - Mon 07 Feb
    - The only fear is fear itself...
  - Sun 06 Feb
    - Plan View
    - Structural Steelwork
  - Sat 05 Feb
    - Just to be clear...
    - Here's the plan
  - Fri 04 Feb
    - One back, Two steps forward
  - Thu 03 Feb
    - Fixed back
  - Wed 02 Feb
    - Broke Back Mountain
- Jan 2011
  - Mon 31 Jan
    - Winning the war!
  - Thu 27 Jan
  - Wed 26 Jan
    - On the ropes.....
  - Tue 25 Jan
    - I love the sound of breaking glass...
  - Mon 24 Jan
    - It's rude to point...
  - Sun 23 Jan
    - Bollywood balistic!
  - Sat 22 Jan
    - Sumatera Sunsets
  - Wed 19 Jan
    - Happy Days are here again!
  - Tue 18 Jan
    - Singapore Sling!
  - Fri 14 Jan
    - Happy New Year
2010
- Dec 2010
  - Fri 17 Dec
    - Wake Up Squall!
  - Wed 15 Dec
    - Need a lift?
    - To go or not to go?
  - Mon 13 Dec
    - Crash, boom bang
  - Sun 12 Dec
    - White Christmas!
    - Bali Images
  - Sat 11 Dec
    - Banging on about Bali
  - Thu 09 Dec
    - Gili Islands
    - Komodo photos
  - Fri 03 Dec
    - Dragons Den
  - Thu 02 Dec
- Nov 2010
  - Sun 28 Nov
    - Rounds of Applause?
  - Sat 27 Nov
    - Timor Sea Passage
  - Fri 26 Nov
    - Alice - where the hell is Alice!
  - Mon 22 Nov
    - Jabiru's in Kakadu
  - Sun 21 Nov
    - Can-Do Aussies
  - Thu 18 Nov
    - First mate Trish's Blog
    - Dodgy Euro?
  - Tue 16 Nov
    - Torres Straits
  - Sun 14 Nov
    - Southern Lights
    - Confessions of a poacher..
  - Sat 13 Nov
    - Oz - Scotland - Oz
- Oct 2010
  - Mon 18 Oct
    - The price of fish...
  - Sat 16 Oct
    - Reefs in the Reefs
  - Fri 15 Oct
    - Pit Stop
  - Sun 10 Oct
    - G'day!
  - Fri 08 Oct
    - Cyclone planning
  - Thu 07 Oct
    - Pacific geopolitics..
  - Wed 06 Oct
    - the "Channels"
  - Tue 05 Oct
- Sep 2010
  - Thu 30 Sep
    - Tanna Images
    - Visiting Locals!
  - Wed 29 Sep
    - Tanna Toka!
  - Tue 28 Sep
    - Passage Planning
  - Fri 24 Sep
    - Down days
  - Tue 21 Sep
    - Fona
  - Sun 19 Sep
    - Fanla Kastom
    - Handicapable...
  - Wed 15 Sep
  - Sat 11 Sep
    - Vinaka Fiji!
- Aug 2010
  - Tue 31 Aug
    - No yachts for nine days!
  - Mon 30 Aug
    - We're nae awa tae bide awa!
  - Sun 29 Aug
    - More Nukubati Photos
    - Nukubati
  - Sat 28 Aug
    - Kavewa Sevusevu
  - Tue 24 Aug
  - Mon 23 Aug
    - Crossing the line - again!
  - Sun 22 Aug
    - Fijian Adventure
  - Wed 18 Aug
    - Bula from Fiji!
  - Sat 14 Aug
    - Break, Break, Brake!
  - Wed 11 Aug
    - Palangi in Tonga
    - All good things must come to an end...
  - Sat 07 Aug
    - Round of applause!
  - Fri 06 Aug
    - Cruise or Safari?
  - Thu 05 Aug
    - Don't worry be Ha'apai
  - Mon 02 Aug
    - Teenagers of today!
- Jul 2010
  - Fri 30 Jul
    - Stuck in a hole
  - Mon 26 Jul
    - Country Dancing
  - Thu 22 Jul
    - Tongan feast
  - Sun 18 Jul
    - Humpbacks
  - Wed 14 Jul
    - What day is it?
  - Thu 08 Jul
    - Overseas Territory
  - Wed 07 Jul
    - Huntin, shootin 'n' fishin
  - Mon 05 Jul
    - Forestay Foretold...
  - Sat 03 Jul
    - Soldier Ants!
  - Fri 02 Jul
    - Long distance picnic outing!
  - Thu 01 Jul
    - VMG2OMG
    - Bloody Mary's
- Jun 2010
  - Wed 30 Jun
    - Onwards and Westwards
  - Tue 29 Jun
    - Shakin It
  - Sat 26 Jun
    - Bora Bora Sunset
  - Mon 21 Jun
    - Rolling Stones
  - Mon 14 Jun
    - Highland Fling!
  - Fri 04 Jun
    - Down the hatch!
- May 2010
  - Sat 29 May
    - Polynesian Dancing Photos
    - Tahiti Landfall Photos
  - Fri 28 May
    - In the lee of the Antarctic
  - Thu 27 May
    - White water rafting
  - Wed 26 May
    - Blue Lagoon Photos
    - Atoll Images Photos
  - Tue 25 May
    - Rangiroa Photos
  - Mon 24 May
    - Sailing" up sun"
    - Goat Herders and passes
    - Apataki Oyster Photos
  - Sun 23 May
    - Varo
  - Sat 22 May
    - Toau Varo Photos
  - Fri 21 May
    - Tetamanu Farewell Photos
  - Thu 20 May
    - Motu & Skulls Photos
  - Wed 19 May
    - Human Skulls
    - Trish's take on the Pacific Crossing
  - Tue 18 May
    - Fakarava Photos
  - Mon 17 May
    - Kauehi Concert Photos
  - Sun 16 May
    - Concert for the adults
  - Thu 13 May
    - At last Trish's blog
  - Wed 12 May
    - Birthday Dance
  - Mon 10 May
    - Polynesian Birthday Photos
  - Sun 09 May
    - Tuamotos
  - Sat 08 May
    - Kauehi Photos
  - Fri 07 May
    - More Nuku Hiva Photos
    - Ae fond farewell
  - Thu 06 May
    - Hakaui Photos
  - Wed 05 May
    - Goat Feast Photos
  - Tue 04 May
    - Nuku Hiva Photos
  - Mon 03 May
    - Land of Plenty
  - Sun 02 May
    - Hiva Oa Photos
  - Sat 01 May
    - Marquesan Photos
- Apr 2010
  - Fri 30 Apr
    - Hiva Oa Tiki Photos
  - Mon 26 Apr
    - Litter Bugged
  - Wed 21 Apr
    - First Impressions
  - Tue 20 Apr
    - Fatu Hiva Photos
    - Fatu Hiva!
  - Mon 19 Apr
    - Bay of Virgins Photos
  - Sun 18 Apr
    - Whale, oil, beef, hooked!
  - Thu 15 Apr
    - Sheets, splices & Fish photos
  - Wed 14 Apr
    - Flight Plan
  - Tue 13 Apr
    - Wloody Bankers!
  - Sun 11 Apr
    - Bombing along!
  - Sat 10 Apr
    - Full Sail Photos
  - Thu 08 Apr
    - Road Kill
  - Wed 07 Apr
    - Rollin down the track!
  - Tue 06 Apr
  - Mon 05 Apr
    - Puerto Ayora Photos
  - Sun 04 Apr
    - Lonesome Photos
  - Sat 03 Apr
    - Galapagos Wildlife Photos
  - Fri 02 Apr
    - Galapagos Photos
- Mar 2010
  - Sun 28 Mar
    - Equator Photos
  - Sat 27 Mar
    - Crossing the line.
    - Conveyor...
  - Fri 26 Mar
    - Diamond ball
  - Wed 24 Mar
    - Masked men
  - Tue 23 Mar
    - Canal Transit Photos
  - Mon 22 Mar
    - Over in a flash.
  - Fri 19 Mar
    - More Panama Photos
  - Thu 18 Mar
    - Rio Chagres
  - Tue 16 Mar
    - Panama Photos
  - Mon 15 Mar
    - Shelter Bay Photos
  - Thu 11 Mar
    - Atlantic Swansong
  - Wed 10 Mar
    - San Blas - Panama Photos
  - Tue 09 Mar
    - Up a creek
    - Trish's Coconuts Photos
  - Mon 08 Mar
    - San Blas Photos
  - Sun 07 Mar
    - Kuna Yala Photos
  - Sat 06 Mar
    - Beware white men bearing gifts!
    - Congresso
    - Kuna Yala South Photos
  - Fri 05 Mar
    - Kuna People
  - Thu 04 Mar
    - A Dreich Day
    - Punta Escoses Photos
    - Oceanarium Photos
  - Tue 02 Mar
    - Columbian Photos
  - Mon 01 Mar
    - Still Cartagena
    - Steak and Veggies
- Feb 2010
  - Fri 26 Feb
    - Old Cartagena Photos
  - Thu 25 Feb
    - Above and Beyond
  - Wed 24 Feb
    - Viva Cartagena!
    - Approaching Cartagena Photos
  - Tue 23 Feb
    - Red Dust
  - Mon 22 Feb
    - Cabo de la Vela
    - Cabo Vela Photos
  - Sun 21 Feb
    - Mahi Mahi
  - Sat 20 Feb
    - Farm Equipment
  - Fri 19 Feb
    - Bonaire Photos
  - Thu 18 Feb
    - Mosquito murder
  - Tue 16 Feb
    - Island Hopping
  - Sun 14 Feb
    - Trish's take on Los Roques
  - Sat 13 Feb
    - Mother Theresa and the Barbarian
  - Fri 12 Feb
    - Robbed in Venezuela!
  - Thu 11 Feb
    - Metaphorically Speaking
  - Wed 10 Feb
    - Two's Cruise
  - Sun 07 Feb
    - And then there were two......
  - Thu 04 Feb
    - Flowery Photos
  - Tue 02 Feb
    - St Lucia Photos
- Jan 2010
  - Thu 28 Jan
    - Mustique & Grenadines Photos
  - Tue 26 Jan
    - Jaw Jaw
  - Wed 20 Jan
    - Home & Away January Photos
  - Mon 18 Jan
    - Red Light District
  - Wed 13 Jan
    - Bilge Rat
  - Sat 09 Jan
    - Crazy Craig up the mast photos
  - Wed 06 Jan
    - Bliadhna Mhath Ur
  - Sat 02 Jan
    - Messin' on the water photos
2009
- Dec 2009
  - Thu 31 Dec
    - New Year Photos
  - Wed 30 Dec
    - BVI Photos
  - Tue 29 Dec
    - The Indians & The Cowboys Photos
  - Fri 25 Dec
    - Christmas Day Photos
    - More Christmas Photos
  - Wed 23 Dec
    - Arriving in BVI Photos
  - Tue 22 Dec
    - Pirates!
  - Thu 17 Dec
    - Down to go up
  - Tue 15 Dec
    - Barbuda Photos
  - Mon 14 Dec
    - Beach. Bum
  - Sun 13 Dec
    - Not Funny!
    - To the reefs
  - Sat 12 Dec
    - Fishing Photos
  - Wed 09 Dec
    - Shirley Heights party Photos
  - Tue 08 Dec
    - Antigua Arrival Photos
  - Mon 07 Dec
    - The Ego has landed!
  - Fri 04 Dec
    - The big bang!
  - Thu 03 Dec
    - West Atlantic Photos
  - Wed 02 Dec
    - Parked
  - Tue 01 Dec
    - The blood is strong
- Nov 2009
  - Mon 30 Nov
    - Atllantic St Andrews Night Photos
    - spinaker flying
  - Sat 28 Nov
    - Surrounded
    - North Easterly or NORTH Easterly
  - Wed 25 Nov
    - Behind the Headlines
    - Can you believe it?
  - Tue 24 Nov
    - Atlantic R&R Photos
  - Mon 23 Nov
    - miles and miles
  - Sun 22 Nov
    - the butter finally melts!
  - Sat 21 Nov
    - reality check!
    - Breakfast club
  - Fri 20 Nov
    - Deep sea diving
    - barbers, poles
  - Thu 19 Nov
    - Atlantic Photos
  - Wed 18 Nov
    - working it!
  - Tue 17 Nov
    - It's a start...
  - Sat 14 Nov
    - Gran Canaria Photos
  - Tue 10 Nov
    - Weather or not?
  - Mon 09 Nov
    - It's a gas
  - Sat 07 Nov
    - Look out - wahoo!
  - Wed 04 Nov
    - Dolphin drag
  - Tue 03 Nov
    - Flying!
  - Sun 01 Nov
    - Neither up nor down
- Oct 2009
  - Sat 31 Oct
    - Crews Cruise
  - Thu 29 Oct
    - Bleeding Hell!
  - Wed 28 Oct
    - Taxing Times
    - Electronics
  - Tue 27 Oct
    - Moroccan Nights
  - Mon 26 Oct
    - Fish & Chips
    - Political Correctness
  - Sun 25 Oct
    - Better late than never
  - Sat 24 Oct
    - Uisge
  - Thu 22 Oct
    - Morroccan Photo
  - Wed 21 Oct
  - Sun 18 Oct
    - Big Souk
  - Sat 17 Oct
    - In to Afrika
  - Thu 15 Oct
    - Day Tripping
  - Wed 14 Oct
    - Gibraltar Straits Photos
  - Tue 13 Oct
    - Dream On
  - Sun 11 Oct
    - Gibraltar Rocks!
  - Tue 06 Oct
    - Gibraltar Photos
  - Sun 04 Oct
    - PPPPP
  - Sat 03 Oct
    - Gibraltar Landfall
  - Thu 01 Oct
    - Shake it Down Biscay!
- Sep 2009
  - Tue 29 Sep
    - Noon position
  - Mon 28 Sep
    - Noon Position
  - Sun 27 Sep
    - noon position
  - Sat 26 Sep
    - At Long Last
- Aug 2009
  - Sat 22 Aug
    - Go West Photos
  - Thu 20 Aug
    - Go West Young Man!