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Date: 31 Jan 2010 20:02:04

Title: Fish soup

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Still at Norman Island, witnessed 4 hours of carnage as birds and predatory fish descended on the shoals of bait fish.

And a bonus for cuttlefish lovers:

and a squirrel fish cos it has big eyes

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Diary Entries

2012
- Jul 2012
  - Thu 12 Jul
    - Brighton 9/7/12
  - Sun 08 Jul
    - 08/07/12 Land Ahoy
  - Fri 06 Jul
    - 6/7/12 Approaching the Scillies
  - Mon 02 Jul
    - 3000 miles done 02/07/12
- Jun 2012
  - Wed 27 Jun
    - Position update 27/6/12
  - Sun 24 Jun
    - 23/6/12 Half way home
  - Sat 23 Jun
    - FURKIP
  - Tue 19 Jun
    - 19/06/12 position update
  - Mon 18 Jun
    - 18/6/12
  - Fri 15 Jun
    - 15/6/12
  - Wed 13 Jun
    - 13/6/12
    - 11/6/12
  - Mon 11 Jun
    - 1/3rd down - 9/6/12
    - Leaving Florida - 28/5/12
  - Sat 09 Jun
    - Position update 9/6/12
  - Wed 06 Jun
    - Off we go - again! 6/6/12
  - Tue 05 Jun
    - position update 5/6/12
  - Sat 02 Jun
    - Morehead City
  - Fri 01 Jun
    - We're off! Position update 30/5
- May 2012
  - Fri 25 May
- Mar 2012
  - Wed 14 Mar
    - Shelter Bay 14/3
  - Tue 13 Mar
    - Shelter Bay 13/3
  - Sun 11 Mar
    - Off we go again (or not!) 11/3
  - Fri 09 Mar
    - Flight to Panama
2011
- Jul 2011
  - Sat 23 Jul
    - Position update - Shelter Bay
  - Mon 18 Jul
    - Getting Closer
  - Sun 17 Jul
  - Thu 14 Jul
    - Panama Canal Transit 14.07.2011
    - Canal transit
  - Sun 03 Jul
    - We didn't want to worry our mothers, but:
  - Sat 02 Jul
    - Emergency food
  - Fri 01 Jul
    - Arrived at Panama
- Jun 2011
  - Thu 23 Jun
    - Back in the North
  - Sun 19 Jun
    - 1000 miles to Panama
  - Thu 16 Jun
    - New Arrival
  - Wed 15 Jun
    - 1500 miles to Panama
  - Fri 10 Jun
    - Panama - 2000 miles to go
  - Sun 05 Jun
    - Panama 2500 miles to go
- May 2011
  - Sun 29 May
    - Position update - 3000 miles to Panama
  - Thu 26 May
    - real Position update 3500 miles to Panama
  - Fri 20 May
    - Position update
  - Thu 12 May
    - Position update - 4000 miles from Panama
  - Thu 05 May
    - 4500 miles to Panama
- Apr 2011
  - Fri 29 Apr
    - To Panama 5000 miles to go
  - Tue 26 Apr
    - Position Update
  - Wed 20 Apr
    - Voyage to Panama, 5,500 miles to go
  - Thu 14 Apr
    - Incredibly slow 13.4.2011
  - Tue 12 Apr
    - Leaving Gisborne 9.4.11
  - Sun 10 Apr
    - Crossing International Date Line
    - Position update - Gisborne 04.04.11
- Mar 2011
  - Sat 26 Mar
    - Still trying to leave NZ!
  - Tue 22 Mar
    - Leaving NZ 18.03.2011
  - Fri 18 Mar
    - Position update - Westhaven 17.03.2011
  - Thu 17 Mar
- Feb 2011
  - Sun 27 Feb
    - Sydney 27.02.2011
  - Thu 24 Feb
    - New South Wales
  - Fri 18 Feb
    - The Great Ocean Road
  - Wed 16 Feb
    - Leaving South Australia
  - Mon 14 Feb
    - Wilpena Pound
    - The Great Outback Road Trip
  - Sun 06 Feb
    - Kangaroo Island
  - Wed 02 Feb
    - Position update Kangaroo island
    - Australia - Warrawong
- Jan 2011
  - Wed 26 Jan
    - A break away - Huka, Hobbiton and Coromandel
  - Tue 25 Jan
    - A break away - Tongariro
  - Wed 19 Jan
    - Waitomo - a great day out
  - Sun 09 Jan
    - Opua
  - Sat 01 Jan
    - Our New Year
2010
- Dec 2010
  - Sat 25 Dec
    - Kiwi Christmas
  - Tue 21 Dec
    - Picton
  - Mon 20 Dec
    - Abel Tasman National Park
  - Sun 19 Dec
    - Golden Bay
  - Sat 18 Dec
    - Onward and upward
  - Fri 17 Dec
    - Franz Joseph Glacier
  - Thu 16 Dec
    - Up the west coast
  - Wed 15 Dec
    - Milford Sound and Doubtful Sound
  - Mon 13 Dec
    - Stewart Island
  - Fri 10 Dec
    - What a day!
  - Thu 09 Dec
    - Just for our mums
    - Otago Peninsula
  - Wed 08 Dec
    - Dunedin
  - Tue 07 Dec
    - Akaroa
  - Mon 06 Dec
    - South Island tour day 1
  - Sun 05 Dec
    - South Island - the tour begins
  - Sat 04 Dec
    - Especially for Cherie and Julie
  - Thu 02 Dec
    - Back in the water - hip hip hurrah
- Nov 2010
  - Tue 30 Nov
    - The Unforgettable White Island
  - Mon 29 Nov
    - Karangahake Gorge and Mount Manganui
  - Tue 23 Nov
    - Rotorua (a.k.a Rotovegas) a bubbling geothermal theme park
  - Fri 12 Nov
    - Kiwi hospitality
  - Tue 09 Nov
    - Position update - Gulf Harbour
  - Mon 08 Nov
    - Position Update - Urquhart bay
  - Sun 07 Nov
    - Position Update - Whangamumu
  - Sat 06 Nov
    - NZ - Bay of Islands
  - Mon 01 Nov
    - OMG
- Oct 2010
  - Sun 31 Oct
    - Position update - New Zealand - Opua
    - Tonga to New Zealand passage
  - Fri 29 Oct
    - Position update - To NZ 200 miles to go
  - Tue 26 Oct
    - Position update - No more west
  - Sun 24 Oct
    - Position update - To NZ 850 miles to go
  - Wed 20 Oct
    - Position update - Tonga - Pangaimoto
  - Tue 19 Oct
    - Haapai group
  - Thu 14 Oct
    - Position update - Haapai Haafeva
  - Wed 13 Oct
    - Position update - Haapi Uiha
  - Sun 10 Oct
    - Position update - Tonga - Haapai - Haani
  - Thu 07 Oct
    - Tonga - Vavau
    - Position update - Tonga Vava'u Neiafu again
  - Tue 05 Oct
    - Position update - Vavau - Kenutu
  - Mon 04 Oct
    - Position update - Vavau
  - Sun 03 Oct
    - Position Update - Vavau - Pangaimotu
  - Sat 02 Oct
    - Vava'u - Vakaeitu position update 29.9.10
  - Fri 01 Oct
    - Vava'u - Foelifuka - position update
- Sep 2010
  - Mon 27 Sep
    - Position Update - Vavau - Port Maurelle
  - Sun 26 Sep
    - Blog for Julie Johnson
  - Sat 25 Sep
  - Tue 21 Sep
    - Position update - Tonga Vava'u
  - Sun 19 Sep
    - International Date Line
  - Sat 18 Sep
    - Niue snakes and fish
  - Fri 17 Sep
    - Niue rocks (too)
  - Tue 14 Sep
    - Niue
    - Position Update - Niue
  - Sun 12 Sep
    - Voyage from Palmerston to Niue
  - Thu 09 Sep
    - Palmerston Atoll
    - Society Islands to Palmerston (Cook Islands)
  - Wed 08 Sep
    - Position Update - Palmerston
  - Thu 02 Sep
    - Positon update - to Palmerston
- Aug 2010
  - Tue 31 Aug
    - Bora Bora
  - Fri 27 Aug
    - Position Update - Bora Bora
  - Thu 26 Aug
    - Raiatea
  - Fri 20 Aug
    - Position Update - Raiatea
  - Thu 19 Aug
    - Huahine
  - Tue 17 Aug
    - Position Update - Huahine
    - Moorea
  - Wed 11 Aug
    - Position Update - Moorea
  - Tue 10 Aug
    - Tahiti
  - Mon 02 Aug
    - Position update - Tahiti
  - Sun 01 Aug
    - Rapa Nui - Vinapu & festivals
- Jul 2010
  - Sat 31 Jul
    - Rapa Nui - Rano Raraku
  - Fri 30 Jul
    - Rapa Nui - Ahu Tongariki, Anakena and Te Pito Kura
  - Thu 29 Jul
    - Rapa Nui - Hanga Roa
    - Rapa Nui
  - Wed 21 Jul
    - Position update - Tahiti
  - Mon 19 Jul
    - Reflections in Rangiroa
    - Leaving Rangiroa
  - Fri 16 Jul
    - Rangiroa - Black Pearl Farm
  - Thu 15 Jul
    - Rangiroa - Tiputa Pass dolphins from Josephine's
  - Tue 13 Jul
    - Rangiroa - Josphine's
  - Sun 11 Jul
    - To Rangiroa
    - Position Update - Rangiroa
  - Thu 08 Jul
    - Position Update - to Rangiroa
  - Mon 05 Jul
    - Marquesas - Nuku Hiva - Tapivae
  - Sat 03 Jul
    - Marquesas - Nuku Hiva - Taiohoa
    - Position Update - Nuku Hiva - Taiohae
  - Fri 02 Jul
    - Position Update Nuku Hiva
    - Marquesas - Nuku Hiva - Hakatea Bay
- Jun 2010
  - Tue 29 Jun
    - Position update - Oa Pou
    - Marquesas - Oa Pou
  - Sat 26 Jun
    - Position Update - Tahuata
  - Fri 25 Jun
    - The Marquesas - Tahuata - Hanamoenoa Bay
  - Sun 20 Jun
    - The Marquesas Archipelago - Hiva Oa
    - Nous sommes arrivees
  - Tue 15 Jun
    - To Marquesas 400 miles to go
  - Thu 10 Jun
    - To Marquesas 1000 miles to go
  - Fri 04 Jun
    - To Marquesas 1800 miles to go
- May 2010
  - Wed 26 May
    - To Marquesas
  - Tue 25 May
  - Thu 20 May
    - Siesta time - Galapagos style
  - Wed 19 May
    - Galapagos - Floreana
  - Tue 18 May
    - Galapagos
  - Sun 16 May
    - Position Update - The Equator
  - Mon 10 May
    - Position update
  - Sun 09 May
    - To the Galapagos
    - Position update
  - Sat 08 May
    - Position Update - To Galapagos
  - Fri 07 May
    - Position Update - San Jose
  - Thu 06 May
    - Position Update - Las Perlas - Isla Pacheca
  - Wed 05 May
    - Panama City
  - Sun 02 May
    - Panama Canal Transit - What happened
    - Panama - not the canal
  - Sat 01 May
    - Position Update - Panama City
- Apr 2010
  - Fri 30 Apr
    - Panama Canal Transit 2
  - Thu 29 Apr
    - Panama Canal Transit
  - Wed 21 Apr
    - Position Update Shelter Bay Panama
  - Mon 19 Apr
    - position update - Portobello Panama
    - Portbello
  - Sun 18 Apr
    - San Blas Islands
    - position update Porvenir
  - Fri 16 Apr
    - Position update - Coco Banderas
  - Wed 14 Apr
    - Position Update - Chichime
    - Position Update - Dog Island
  - Tue 13 Apr
    - Position update - Lemmon Cays
  - Mon 12 Apr
    - Bonaire to San Blas
    - position update
  - Tue 06 Apr
    - There now follows a tourist advert for Bonaire!
    - Bonaire wildlife
  - Fri 02 Apr
    - Bonaire
- Mar 2010
  - Mon 29 Mar
    - Carriacou to Bonaire day 1
  - Sat 27 Mar
    - Carriacou Tyrrell Bay
    - position update Hillsborough Carriacou
  - Thu 25 Mar
    - Tobago Cays
    - Tobago Cays to Union Island
  - Tue 23 Mar
    - Position update Tobago Cays
  - Mon 22 Mar
    - Mustique
  - Sat 20 Mar
    - Mustique
  - Fri 19 Mar
    - Bequia
  - Thu 18 Mar
    - position update Bequia
    - Departing St Lucia
  - Sat 13 Mar
    - St Lucia
  - Tue 02 Mar
    - position update Rodney Bay
- Feb 2010
  - Sun 28 Feb
    - position update
  - Fri 26 Feb
    - Dominica
  - Sun 21 Feb
    - position update
  - Sat 20 Feb
    - Guadeloupe
    - St Kitts
  - Tue 16 Feb
    - St Kitts
  - Wed 10 Feb
    - position update
  - Mon 08 Feb
    - position update
  - Sun 07 Feb
    - Saba 7.2.10
  - Sat 06 Feb
    - position update
  - Fri 05 Feb
    - Nanny Cay Marina 5.2.10
  - Thu 04 Feb
    - position update
    - position update
  - Tue 02 Feb
    - position update
- Jan 2010
  - Sun 31 Jan
    - Fish soup
  - Sat 30 Jan
    - Norman Island 2
  - Fri 29 Jan
    - Norman Island
  - Thu 28 Jan
    - Virgin Gorda Rocks
    - to Virgin Gorda
  - Mon 25 Jan
    - St Martin
  - Thu 21 Jan
    - Barbuda with pic
  - Wed 20 Jan
    - Barbuda
  - Sat 16 Jan
    - Jolly Harbour
  - Wed 13 Jan
    - Deep Bay
  - Tue 12 Jan
    - Les Saintes and Antigua
  - Sat 09 Jan
    - Back to Guadeloupe
  - Tue 05 Jan
    - Anchored Baie du Marigot, Les Saintes
    - Anchored Gosier
  - Sat 02 Jan
    - Guadeloupe (still)
2009
- Dec 2009
  - Thu 31 Dec
    - Guadeloupe - And Happy New Year to all!
  - Fri 25 Dec
    - Sun things over the Atlantic
    - Ode to The Stollen
  - Tue 22 Dec
    - Arrived in Guadeloupe!
  - Sat 19 Dec
    - Atlantic crossing 200 miles to go
  - Thu 17 Dec
    - (no subject)
  - Wed 16 Dec
    - Atlantic crossing 500 miles to go
  - Sun 13 Dec
    - Atlantic Crossing 700 miles to go
  - Fri 11 Dec
    - Atlantic crossing 1000 miles to go
  - Mon 07 Dec
    - (no subject)
  - Sun 06 Dec
    - Atlantic crossing (still)
  - Thu 03 Dec
    - (no subject)
  - Tue 01 Dec
    - Atlantic crossing
- Nov 2009
  - Mon 30 Nov
    - Atlantic crossing
  - Fri 27 Nov
    - La Gomera to Guadeloupe
  - Wed 25 Nov
    - Rowers getting ready to leave
  - Tue 24 Nov
    - La Gomera to Guadeloupe
  - Thu 19 Nov
    - La Gomera
    - Quick visit home
  - Thu 05 Nov
    - Tenerife
- Oct 2009
  - Sat 17 Oct
    - Gran Canaria to Tenerife
    - Tenerife
  - Thu 01 Oct
    - Madeira to Gran Canaria
- Sep 2009
  - Tue 29 Sep
    - Arrived Gran Canaria
  - Sun 27 Sep
    - to Gran Canaria
  - Thu 24 Sep
    - Madeira
  - Sun 20 Sep
  - Wed 16 Sep
    - Towards Madeira day 3
  - Tue 15 Sep
    - Towards Madeira day 2
  - Mon 14 Sep
    - Towards Madeira
    - Back in Gibralter! then to -
  - Sat 12 Sep
    - Marrakesh donkey
    - side trip to Morocco
  - Sun 06 Sep
    - Morocco update
  - Thu 03 Sep
  - Wed 02 Sep
- Aug 2009
  - Fri 28 Aug
    - Barbate - next stop Gibralter
  - Thu 27 Aug
    - Cadiz
  - Sat 22 Aug
    - Lagos
  - Thu 20 Aug
    - Day trip to Sintra
  - Tue 18 Aug
    - Three days to Lisbon
  - Mon 17 Aug
    - Next stop Lisbon
  - Sun 16 Aug
    - Portuguese waters
  - Fri 14 Aug
    - Ria de Camarinas
  - Mon 10 Aug
    - La Coruna!
  - Sun 09 Aug
    - Biscay day 3
  - Sat 08 Aug
    - Biscay day 2
  - Fri 07 Aug
    - Biscay day 1
  - Tue 04 Aug
    - Falmouth
  - Sat 01 Aug
    - Falmouth
- Jun 2009
  - Sun 28 Jun
    - Depart Brighton
- May 2009
  - Tue 12 May
    - Brighton start