Diary Entries

2011
- Sep 2011
  - Mon 19 Sep
    - Over, but not out
- Aug 2011
  - Mon 22 Aug
    - Quite a welcome at Poole Town Quay
  - Fri 19 Aug
    - Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand hooooooooooo!
  - Thu 18 Aug
    - This is Falmouth Coastguard...
  - Wed 17 Aug
    - Of rain, plenty of it, and signs of land. And bread.
  - Tue 16 Aug
    - Mouse in the mast
  - Mon 15 Aug
    - Woolly weather in the final approaches
  - Sun 14 Aug
    - Butting our way through dull grey waters
  - Sat 13 Aug
    - Six hundred miles from the Lizard
  - Fri 12 Aug
    - Cynthia the sqid strikes mahi...
  - Thu 11 Aug
    - The tunny strikes twice...
  - Wed 10 Aug
    - Captain's log: supplemental
    - Flapping through the night
  - Tue 09 Aug
    - Walking a watery tightrope
  - Sun 07 Aug
    - Mountaineering through the hydrangea forests of Faial
  - Sat 06 Aug
    - Sten and Rosemarie, Sea Week and Portuguese hip-hop: a busy day
  - Thu 04 Aug
    - Cloud bound on Pico
  - Wed 03 Aug
    - Peek o' the volcano? Sadly not yet...
  - Tue 02 Aug
    - Hiking through the hydrangeas on Flores
- Jul 2011
  - Sun 31 Jul
    - Photos from the Atlantic
    - Land ho!
  - Sat 30 Jul
    - Thar she bloooooows... Hard 'a port!
  - Fri 29 Jul
    - On a blistering spinnaker reach
  - Thu 28 Jul
    - Slow boat to Flores
  - Wed 27 Jul
    - First signs of civilisation, steaming up astern
  - Tue 26 Jul
    - From fair winds to foul.. and back again
  - Mon 25 Jul
    - Neptune unleashes his minions
  - Sun 24 Jul
    - The Midatlantic Scrabble Circle
  - Sat 23 Jul
    - Eeeeeeeeeeek, splooooosh, pfffffffffffffffffffft...
  - Fri 22 Jul
    - Humming along in the sou'westerlies
    - Summer Daze of Chris
  - Thu 21 Jul
    - Frolicsome fish fear fry-up
  - Wed 20 Jul
    - Of swimming with the tuna and flying a woeful spinnakoo
  - Tue 19 Jul
    - Scudding along through turquoise seas
  - Mon 18 Jul
    - Life on the crest of a (big) ocean wave
  - Sun 17 Jul
    - Atlantic-ho
  - Sat 16 Jul
    - Into the Atlantic...
  - Fri 15 Jul
    - Living like a Kennedy for a day in Martha's Vineyard
  - Sun 10 Jul
    - Exploring Nantucket - the last of our American islands
  - Sat 09 Jul
    - Whale hunting on passage to Nantucket
  - Fri 08 Jul
    - position update
  - Wed 06 Jul
    - FOG!
    - Of flies and yah hairdos
  - Mon 04 Jul
    - Keeping up with the Gatsbys in East Hampton
  - Fri 01 Jul
    - Alex's birthday in Manhattan
    - Position update
- Jun 2011
  - Mon 27 Jun
    - Statue of Liberty, Manhattan... Hell's Gate
  - Sat 25 Jun
    - Neptune's breath and the crustacean's revenge
  - Fri 24 Jun
    - Bzzzzzz. Bzzzzzzzzz. Pssssssssshhhhhhhhhh!
  - Thu 23 Jun
    - Photo update
    - Anchored up in Noo Joyesey
    - Delaware: third state of our US tour
  - Wed 22 Jun
    - Position update
  - Tue 21 Jun
    - Pictures from Washington
  - Mon 20 Jun
    - Walking through Washington
  - Sat 18 Jun
    - In Annapolis with Anna
  - Fri 17 Jun
    - A blistering sail at last
  - Thu 16 Jun
    - Swimming with the crabs in the Venice of the Chesapeake
  - Wed 15 Jun
    - Goodbye Graham, hello America
  - Sun 12 Jun
    - Sweet home Virginia..
  - Fri 10 Jun
    - Bristling with weaponry
  - Wed 08 Jun
    - Safe and sound in the Chesapeake
  - Mon 06 Jun
    - It was a Dark And Stormy Night... no, really
  - Sun 05 Jun
    - Mission Control, we have Gulf Stream. Repeat...
  - Sat 04 Jun
    - The Girl Who Played with Lightning
  - Fri 03 Jun
    - Donking north under blue skies, with thoughts tending south
  - Thu 02 Jun
    - Leaving the Caribbean behind
  - Wed 01 Jun
    - Edging north into the Gulf Stream
- May 2011
  - Tue 31 May
    - Back at Nassau HQ with Graham
  - Sat 28 May
    - Colours of the Bahamas photos
    - Another one that got away
  - Fri 27 May
    - Wandering around Warderick Wells
  - Thu 26 May
    - Outraged of Summer Song: Rain
  - Tue 24 May
    - Swimming pigs and slippery fish
  - Mon 23 May
    - Three colours, turquoise, white and green
    - Snapshots of the Bahamas
  - Sun 22 May
    - Sharks, conches and shipmates
  - Sat 21 May
    - A whole day of fishing, but nothing to show for it
  - Fri 20 May
    - Position update
  - Thu 19 May
    - Over the Yellow Bank when no-one was looking
  - Mon 16 May
    - Going to America
  - Sat 14 May
    - Vegas in the Tropics
  - Thu 12 May
    - America... back on
    - America or bust... hmmmm, bust please
  - Wed 11 May
    - Honeytraps and hairdos
  - Mon 09 May
  - Sun 08 May
    - Anchored up in the middle of nowhere
  - Thu 05 May
    - Pelican ahoy...
  - Tue 03 May
    - Radio silence...
- Apr 2011
  - Fri 29 Apr
    - Perfecting socialist society under the eyes of the imperialist hegemon
    - in the heart of Old Havana
  - Sun 24 Apr
    - From Cuba's worst to Cuba's best
  - Tue 19 Apr
    - Like born snorkelers
  - Sun 17 Apr
    - Just like home...
  - Sat 16 Apr
    - In Cuba... but not actually IN Cuba
  - Thu 14 Apr
    - Guillermo shoots... and scores! Two-nil to the Cubans
  - Wed 13 Apr
    - Please fasten bikini straps as we make our final approach to Cuba...
  - Tue 12 Apr
    - Cuba off the port side, as far as the eye can see...
  - Mon 11 Apr
    - Unmarked coral, fine on the starboard bow!
  - Sun 10 Apr
    - Motoring along under wide, empty skies
  - Sat 09 Apr
    - Wallowing off the Dom Rep
  - Fri 08 Apr
    - Sailing on past Puerto Rico, where the mahi-mahi leap
  - Thu 07 Apr
    - One last day of decadence in the capital-imperialistic BVI
  - Sun 03 Apr
    - Not first... but not quite last, either.
    - Nanny Cay racing update
- Mar 2011
  - Wed 30 Mar
    - Reeling them in one by one...
  - Mon 28 Mar
    - The Escapees get ready to race
  - Sun 27 Mar
    - Sliding on to Tortola to meet HMS Benelux
  - Fri 25 Mar
    - A giant grown-up's playground
  - Thu 24 Mar
    - Spinnaker, fish and fine weather... all the good things in one day!
  - Wed 23 Mar
    - Sint Maarten or St Martin?
  - Sat 19 Mar
    - Rocking and rolling all night long in Saba
  - Thu 17 Mar
    - Trifecta of immigration issues
  - Mon 14 Mar
    - First foot on Cuban territory
  - Sun 13 Mar
    - Arm wrestling with the bureaucrats
  - Fri 11 Mar
    - End of Eden
    - Photos from Montserrat
  - Tue 08 Mar
    - Of volcanoes, cousins of brothers-in-law and barracuda
  - Thu 03 Mar
    - 50 miles and a week later...
  - Tue 01 Mar
    - The Caribbean returns...
- Feb 2011
  - Sun 27 Feb
    - Africa, fine on the port bow...
  - Thu 24 Feb
    - Chilling in English Harbour
  - Tue 22 Feb
    - HQ arrives in Antigua...
  - Sun 20 Feb
    - Shipshape and awaiting inspection
  - Sat 19 Feb
    - A whale past turtle o' clock?
  - Thu 17 Feb
    - Goodbye Pointe a Pitre, hello Jacques Cousteau
  - Mon 14 Feb
    - The apples of love...
  - Fri 11 Feb
    - Guadeloupe proper, in style
  - Wed 09 Feb
    - Bang. Crash. Sploosh. Now, repeat.
  - Sat 05 Feb
    - To the Boiling Lake and back
  - Thu 03 Feb
    - Getting down with the Midnight Groovers
  - Wed 02 Feb
    - The most beautiful island yet?
  - Tue 01 Feb
    - The croaking of a million frogs
- Jan 2011
  - Sat 29 Jan
    - Grockles and white sandy bottoms
  - Wed 26 Jan
    - Bathing in the cloud forests
  - Mon 24 Jan
    - Grockled up to le max
  - Sat 22 Jan
    - Hitching a lift en francais
  - Thu 20 Jan
    - Slack jawed with yokelish wonder
  - Tue 18 Jan
    - Township rebellion... and nice waterfalls
  - Sun 16 Jan
    - Anchored in the shade of a volcano
  - Thu 13 Jan
    - Where the frigate birds soar
  - Mon 10 Jan
    - Of squalls and chewy conches
  - Sat 08 Jan
    - As far as the eye can see... underwater
  - Fri 07 Jan
    - Of lubbers and lobsters
  - Tue 04 Jan
    - Fresh pressed recruits
  - Sun 02 Jan
    - And then there were two... but not for long
2010
- Dec 2010
  - Thu 30 Dec
    - Of cocoa and volcanoes
  - Tue 28 Dec
    - Tabitha finds her sea legs
  - Sat 25 Dec
    - Throw another barracuda steak on the barbie
  - Fri 24 Dec
    - On south past the Grenadines
  - Thu 23 Dec
    - Bathing in sulphur springs
  - Tue 21 Dec
    - Two landmarks in one day
  - Sun 19 Dec
    - Sliding in 28th overall
  - Sat 18 Dec
    - Rodney Bay
    - Photos 3
    - Photos 2
  - Thu 16 Dec
    - Photos at last - part 1
    - Day 26 - Rum Punch for breakfast
  - Wed 15 Dec
    - Day 25 - Land hoooooooo!
  - Tue 14 Dec
    - Day 24 - Of nerves rediscovered and spinnakers
  - Mon 13 Dec
    - Day 23 - Wafting along under blue skies
  - Sun 12 Dec
    - Day 22 - Derring do on the high seas
  - Sat 11 Dec
    - Day 21 - Things that go whooosh, bang, arggggh in the night
  - Fri 10 Dec
    - Day 20 - Some competition at last
  - Thu 09 Dec
    - Day 19 - All aboard the briny rollercoaster ride
  - Wed 08 Dec
    - Day 18 - White water rafting
  - Tue 07 Dec
    - Day 17 - Black, bloody mutiny, sir!
  - Mon 06 Dec
    - Day 16 - Reflections from the Blue
  - Sun 05 Dec
    - Day 15 - Closer to America than Africa
  - Sat 04 Dec
    - Day 14 - What about the rest of the crew?
  - Fri 03 Dec
    - Day 13 - spinnaker calms
  - Thu 02 Dec
    - Day 12 - of flukes and fins
  - Wed 01 Dec
    - Day 11 - Trades at last!
- Nov 2010
  - Tue 30 Nov
    - Day 10 - Motoring with the fishes
  - Mon 29 Nov
    - Day 9 - Go WEST!
  - Sun 28 Nov
    - Day 8 - Wind! Oh, no, my mistake...
  - Sat 27 Nov
    - Day 7 - Off with the high horse, on with the donk
  - Fri 26 Nov
    - Day 6 - Flukey winds and raw bonito
  - Thu 25 Nov
    - Day 5 - Swimming with the dolphins
    - Day 4 - Squid and spinnakers
  - Tue 23 Nov
    - Day 3 - supplemental
    - Day 3 - Reeling them in (boats not fish)
  - Mon 22 Nov
    - Day 2 - approaching Morocco
  - Sun 21 Nov
    - Last minute jitters
  - Sat 20 Nov
    - The there were four... and a half
  - Wed 17 Nov
    - Fogbound in London
  - Tue 16 Nov
    - Stepping up a notch
  - Sun 14 Nov
    - Then there were three
  - Sat 13 Nov
    - Surf's up...
  - Fri 12 Nov
    - Safe for sea
  - Tue 09 Nov
    - Three months... and we've made it to the start line
  - Mon 08 Nov
    - Man 0 Beast 2
  - Sun 07 Nov
    - Back in the saddle
  - Sat 06 Nov
    - Of orchids and hasty departures
  - Fri 05 Nov
    - Forty miles and a world of difference...
  - Wed 03 Nov
    - And still the winds blow...
  - Mon 01 Nov
    - Tinned peas have neveer been so much fun
- Oct 2010
  - Sun 31 Oct
    - Mini break in Porto Santo
  - Sat 30 Oct
  - Thu 28 Oct
    - Wind at last
  - Wed 27 Oct
    - Thar she blows!
  - Tue 26 Oct
    - Just me and the Dark Lord
  - Sun 24 Oct
    - The lights of Lisbon at last
  - Thu 21 Oct
    - Joao, Joao...
  - Wed 20 Oct
    - Into a fish!
  - Tue 19 Oct
    - Not smiling any more...
    - Inching south again
  - Sun 17 Oct
    - Pictures from the Rias Bajas
    - Two days in porto
  - Fri 15 Oct
    - Things that go bump in the night...
  - Wed 13 Oct
    - Taste of the Caribbean
  - Tue 12 Oct
    - Martini sailing at last...
  - Mon 11 Oct
    - Martinis on the foredeck...
  - Sun 10 Oct
    - Yesterday New Zealand, today Norway
  - Sat 09 Oct
    - Peering over the parapet
  - Fri 08 Oct
    - Inching closer to the end of the earth
  - Thu 07 Oct
    - More squid
  - Sun 03 Oct
    - Photos!
    - Of squid and DVDs
- Sep 2010
  - Thu 30 Sep
    - Wind on the nose... again
  - Tue 28 Sep
  - Fri 24 Sep
    - San Vicente de la Barquera
  - Mon 20 Sep
    - On the Spanish main
  - Sun 19 Sep
    - Something goes splash in the night...
  - Wed 15 Sep
    - Catching some Rés
    - Position update - Ile d'Yeu
  - Thu 09 Sep
    - Sandy bottoms in Noirmoutier
  - Wed 08 Sep
    - Across the Maginot line
  - Tue 07 Sep
    - 30s chic in La Turballe
    - What? Houat...
  - Sat 04 Sep
    - Three nights in Belle Ile
- Aug 2010
  - Tue 24 Aug
    - On the beach
    - Another world in the Glenans
  - Sun 15 Aug
  - Fri 13 Aug
    - Moules au curry
    - All nighter
  - Wed 11 Aug
    - On our way at last!
  - Mon 09 Aug
    - Aiming for the water... and missing
  - Sun 08 Aug
    - Explosion in a sail factory
  - Sat 07 Aug
    - Sanding the hull
- Jul 2010
  - Fri 23 Jul
    - Ten more days to go