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Date: 28 Sep 2010 12:28:06

Title: Dead Calm "37:34.72N 12:29.09W"

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Drifting helplessly on an azure sea, having been deserted by the wind. Forecast indicates that it should return by midnight. Can't complain, though - it's been a great run so far, and remaining stretch to Madeira looks good and windy once this calm patch has passed. Crew have been swimming, in lovely clear blue water 4000m deep. No sign of sharks, or Billy Zane, yet.

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- May 2013
  - Mon 27 May
    - Arrival "16:46.70S 179:20.00E"
  - Sat 25 May
    - At sea "18:43.22S 179:01.22W"
  - Thu 23 May
    - Minerva departure
    - Crew
  - Mon 20 May
    - Minerva "23:55.29S 179:06.95W"
  - Sat 18 May
    - At sea "24:56.50S 179:55.07E"
  - Fri 17 May
    - At sea "27:13.64S 178:21.03E"
  - Thu 16 May
    - At sea "28:32.31S 176:30.12E"
  - Wed 15 May
    - At sea "30:34.86S 176:08.43E"
  - Tue 14 May
    - At sea "33:24.43S 175:14.24E"
  - Sun 12 May
  - Mon 06 May
    - Fur Seals & Sea Lions
    - Tramping
  - Fri 03 May
  - Thu 02 May
    - Bay of Islands
  - Wed 01 May
    - Noisy beasts
    - Beware missionaries
- Apr 2013
  - Sat 20 Apr
  - Thu 11 Apr
    - Ship Cove
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    - The long white cloud
    - Gorgeous
- Feb 2013
  - Sun 24 Feb
    - Refitting
    - The Far North
  - Tue 19 Feb
    - Kiwi
    - Now that's a big tree!
  - Sun 10 Feb
2012
- Dec 2012
  - Wed 19 Dec
    - Swamp
  - Tue 11 Dec
- Nov 2012
  - Wed 28 Nov
  - Thu 01 Nov
    - Arrival
- Oct 2012
  - Tue 30 Oct
  - Sun 28 Oct
    - At sea "31:24.79S 176:15.91E"
  - Fri 26 Oct
    - At sea "27:27.31S 179:42.84E"
  - Wed 24 Oct
    - At sea "23:45.30S 178:26.72E"
  - Tue 23 Oct
    - At sea "21:06.17S 178:08.15E"
  - Mon 22 Oct
    - At sea! "18:20.87S 178:54.64E"
  - Tue 16 Oct
  - Sun 14 Oct
  - Mon 01 Oct
    - Fiji -a Republic?
- Sep 2012
  - Wed 26 Sep
    - Fiji - a military dictatorship
  - Thu 20 Sep
    - Fiji "18:07.38S 178:25.24E"
    - Tonga
  - Sun 16 Sep
  - Sun 02 Sep
    - Tonga "18:39.38S 174:59.06W"
  - Sat 01 Sep
    - Whales!!!!!!!!!!!!
    - Rock pools
- Aug 2012
  - Fri 31 Aug
  - Thu 30 Aug
    - Niue arrival
  - Thu 23 Aug
    - Arrival "19:03.30S 169:55.54W"
    - Becalmed "18:43.73S 169:25.78W"
  - Tue 21 Aug
    - At sea "17:09.66S 166:31.75W"
  - Sun 19 Aug
    - At sea "16:30.69S 162:03.98W"
  - Sat 18 Aug
    - At sea "16:24.84S 159:07.38W"
  - Fri 17 Aug
    - At sea "16:06.40S 156:46.41W"
  - Thu 16 Aug
    - At sea "16:12.73S 154:35.76W"
    - Bora Bora - departure delayed "16:30.03S 151:45.23W"
  - Tue 14 Aug
- Jul 2012
  - Tue 31 Jul
    - Heiva
  - Thu 19 Jul
    - Real hiking
    - Extreme bathing
  - Mon 16 Jul
    - Tahiti "17:35.05S 149:37.12W"
  - Thu 05 Jul
    - At sea "17:06.28S 149:23.02W"
  - Wed 04 Jul
    - Fish at Rangiroa "14:57.96S 147:38.38W"
    - non-fish at Rangiroa
- Jun 2012
  - Mon 25 Jun
    - Tetamanu snorkelling
  - Fri 22 Jun
    - Tetamanu Pass "16:30.40S 145:27.43W"
  - Sat 16 Jun
  - Wed 13 Jun
    - Fakarava "16:03.56S 145:37.22W"
  - Mon 11 Jun
    - At sea "14:40.51S 144:04.55W"
  - Sun 10 Jun
    - At sea "12:39.40S 143:14.14W"
  - Sat 09 Jun
    - At sea "10:29.57S 141:32.551W"
  - Fri 08 Jun
  - Fri 01 Jun
    - Ua Pou2, Nuku Hiva arrival, and hospital
    - Ua Pou "9:21.52S 140:02.88W"
- May 2012
  - Wed 23 May
  - Tue 15 May
    - Hiva Oa
  - Mon 14 May
    - 999
  - Sat 12 May
    - How did we get here from there?
  - Tue 08 May
    - At anchor "9:48.31S 139:01.99W"
  - Mon 07 May
  - Sun 06 May
    - At sea "9:07.86S 134:32.48W"
  - Fri 04 May
    - At sea "8:29.00S 130:25.54W"
  - Thu 03 May
    - Good news for tortoise lovers everywhere
  - Wed 02 May
    - At sea "7:1.35S 125:50.15W"
  - Tue 01 May
    - At sea "5:43.54S 123:43.25W"
- Apr 2012
  - Mon 30 Apr
    - At sea "6:07.27S 121:36.95W"
    - Not even my mother thinks I'm beautiful
  - Sun 29 Apr
    - At sea "6:39.34S 117:21.50W"
  - Sat 28 Apr
    - The Magnificent Frigate Bird
    - Halfway "5:41.88S 114:40.00W"
  - Thu 26 Apr
    - At sea "4:35.50S 111:20.66W"
  - Wed 25 Apr
    - At sea "03:45.40S 108:05.75W"
  - Tue 24 Apr
    - Here be dragons
  - Mon 23 Apr
    - At sea "5:22.24S 103:18.69W"
  - Sat 21 Apr
    - Too much of a good thing?
    - At sea "03:44.40S 98:40.25W"
  - Fri 20 Apr
    - At sea "03:27.07S 95:37.63W"
  - Thu 19 Apr
    - At sea "02:32.48S 92:25.81W"
  - Wed 18 Apr
    - Cactus trees (!)
  - Mon 16 Apr
    - The enigmatic iguanas
    - An everyday tale of murder
  - Sun 15 Apr
    - Oh what pretty blue feet
  - Mon 09 Apr
    - Fwd: Visit Galapagos? - a Galapagos primer
  - Sun 08 Apr
    - Close encounters of the sealion kind
    - Test picture
  - Thu 05 Apr
    - Test update
- Mar 2012
  - Thu 29 Mar
    - Galapagos arrival "00:39.0S 90:00.0W"
  - Wed 28 Mar
    - South Pacific "00:06.77S 88:02.35W"
  - Tue 27 Mar
    - At sea "00.50.88N 86:36.19W"
  - Mon 26 Mar
    - At sea "01:30.80N 85:11.44W"
  - Sun 25 Mar
    - At sea "01:59.28N 084:10.56W"
  - Sat 24 Mar
    - At sea "04:03.36N 82:09.83W"
  - Fri 23 Mar
    - At sea "05:06.00N 81:13.03W"
  - Thu 22 Mar
    - At sea "06:38.30N 80:06.05W"
  - Tue 20 Mar
    - Survivor "08:35.04N 79:01.21W
  - Mon 19 Mar
  - Tue 13 Mar
    - Panama Canal transit Part 2
  - Fri 09 Mar
    - Panama Canal transit "08:54.43N 79:31.74W" Part 1
  - Wed 07 Mar
  - Sat 03 Mar
    - Shelter Bay "09:22.10N 79:57.03W"
- Feb 2012
  - Tue 28 Feb
    - The War of Jenkin's Ear "09:33.33N 79:39.99W"
  - Thu 23 Feb
    - Kuna Yala, Pax Americana, and Scottish independence
  - Sun 19 Feb
    - Coconut
  - Fri 17 Feb
    - Rock pools
  - Wed 15 Feb
    - Panama "09:33.46N 78:56.99W"
  - Tue 14 Feb
    - At sea "10:15.68N 76:33.12W"
  - Sun 12 Feb
    - At sea "13:29.69N 72:55.00W"
  - Sat 11 Feb
    - At sea "13:48.10N 70:32.17W"
  - Fri 10 Feb
    - At sea "15:08.27N 68:10.69W"
  - Thu 09 Feb
    - At sea "16:18.92N 66:20.60W"
  - Wed 08 Feb
    - Superyachting
    - Leaving Sint Maarten
- Jan 2012
  - Fri 20 Jan
    - 2012- out with the old, in with the new
    - Ticket to ride
2011
- Dec 2011
  - Mon 26 Dec
    - Mind Games
    - Happy Christmas
  - Sun 25 Dec
    - Mixing with the rich & famous
    - Caribbean Christmas
  - Sun 18 Dec
    - Pretty Flamingo
    - Life in the mud "18:30.13N 64:21.82W"
  - Sat 10 Dec
    - Safe arrival "18:27.35N 64:26.46W"
    - At sea "19:17.90N 64:26.58W"
  - Fri 09 Dec
    - Still at sea "22:02.41N 64:15.29W"
  - Thu 08 Dec
    - At sea "25:09.60N 64:01.25W"
  - Wed 07 Dec
    - At sea "27:05.69N 064:24.28W"
  - Tue 06 Dec
    - At sea "30:47.10N 64:35.06W"
    - Bywyd da o Gymru
- Nov 2011
  - Mon 28 Nov
    - Bermuda revisited "33:22.77N 64:40.39W"
  - Sun 27 Nov
    - At sea "34:08.00N 66:39.51W"
  - Sat 26 Nov
    - At sea "35:22.08N 69:45.61W"
  - Fri 25 Nov
    - At sea "36:21.82N 72:48.05W"
  - Thu 24 Nov
  - Mon 14 Nov
  - Wed 09 Nov
    - Bye bye Maryland "38:19.66N 76:27.41W"
- Oct 2011
  - Sun 16 Oct
  - Mon 03 Oct
    - Fw: How do they do it? Atlantic Flyway 2
    - The Atlantic Flyway
  - Sun 02 Oct
    - New York, New York
- Sep 2011
  - Fri 30 Sep
    - Cape May NJ "38:57.06N 74:52.72W"
  - Thu 29 Sep
    - "40:41.09N 74:02.50W"
  - Wed 21 Sep
  - Mon 19 Sep
    - Chris and Kate's Holiday
  - Tue 13 Sep
- Aug 2011
  - Tue 30 Aug
    - Irene
  - Wed 24 Aug
    - Earthquake!
  - Sun 21 Aug
  - Thu 11 Aug
    - Marblehead "42:30.46N 70:50.34W"
  - Sun 07 Aug
    - A wrap "43:45.71N 70:00.10W"
  - Sat 06 Aug
    - Monhegan Island "43:46.09N 69:19.11W"
    - Isle au Haut "44:05.07N 68:37.97W"
- Jul 2011
  - Sun 31 Jul
    - Camden "44:12.47N 69:03.07W"
  - Tue 26 Jul
    - Castine "44:22.97N 68:47.16W"
    - Frenchboro "44:07.3N 68:21.8W"
  - Wed 20 Jul
  - Sun 17 Jul
    - Good news, bad news "44:21.35N 68:18.74W"
  - Wed 13 Jul
    - Mount Desert Island "44:16.3N 68:18.2W"
  - Sun 10 Jul
    - Swan's Island, Maine "44:08.37N 68:26.69W"
  - Wed 06 Jul
    - Boston "42:21.56N 71:02.64W"
  - Sun 03 Jul
    - Whalewatching
- Jun 2011
  - Wed 29 Jun
    - Small world.
    - Bus USA
  - Tue 28 Jun
    - Provincetown "42:02.4N 70:11.1W"
    - Cape Cod Canal
  - Sun 26 Jun
    - Name that bird
    - Moving on "41:25.9N 70:54.4W"
  - Mon 20 Jun
    - The American Dream
  - Sun 19 Jun
  - Sun 05 Jun
    - Arrival USA "41:29.26N 71:19.51W"
  - Fri 03 Jun
    - A dark & stormy night "39:30.9N 69:04.9W
  - Thu 02 Jun
    - Still at sea "37:37.2N 68:51.9W"
  - Wed 01 Jun
    - At sea "35:17.35N 67:56.82W"
- May 2011
  - Tue 31 May
    - At sea again "33:50.8N 66:25.2W"
  - Mon 30 May
    - Bermuda
    - St Goerge's, Bermuda
  - Sun 29 May
    - Danger - no swimming!
  - Sun 22 May
    - Safe arrival "32:22.73N 64:40.47W"
    - Bermuda here we come "31:57.33N 64:45.98W"
  - Sat 21 May
    - Progress "29:26'73N 65:50.19W"
  - Fri 20 May
    - Progress "26:59.44N 66:22.70W"
  - Thu 19 May
    - Update "24:25.05N 66:46.09W"
  - Wed 18 May
    - Update "21:34.76N 67:11.76W"
  - Tue 17 May
    - Why go sailing? "19:23.53N 67:45.54W"
  - Mon 16 May
    - Progress, lack of
  - Sun 15 May
    - We're off to Bermuda "18:08.31N 68:45.77W"
  - Sat 14 May
    - A nice place
    - Cobbett's rural ride, Part 2
  - Fri 13 May
  - Mon 02 May
    - At sea "17:51.62N 67:28.66W"
  - Sun 01 May
    - Bye-bye BVI "18:23.10N 64:42.20W"
    - My beautiful laundrette
- Apr 2011
  - Sun 24 Apr
    - Here are those iguanas
    - Sint Maarten, continued
  - Fri 15 Apr
    - St Barts ""17:54.30N 62:51.60W"
    - Sint Maarten "18:02.10N 63:05.90W"
  - Thu 07 Apr
    - Mayday
  - Wed 06 Apr
    - Running repairs
  - Mon 04 Apr
    - Swimming with boobies
  - Sun 03 Apr
    - The Alternative Blog!!
  - Fri 01 Apr
- Mar 2011
  - Tue 29 Mar
    - Darwin's Paradox
  - Fri 25 Mar
    - A BVI bath
    - All dressed up
  - Thu 17 Mar
    - The high life
    - The very hungry caterpillar
  - Sat 12 Mar
    - The Bubbly Pool "18:27.008N 64:42.660W"
    - (Yet) another lizard story
  - Tue 08 Mar
    - Saba "17:38.1N 63:15.4W"
  - Mon 07 Mar
    - Statia2
  - Fri 04 Mar
- Feb 2011
  - Sat 26 Feb
    - All work and no play
  - Fri 25 Feb
    - Boule
    - North Antigua
  - Sun 13 Feb
    - Wash day revisited
  - Fri 11 Feb
  - Thu 03 Feb
    - Antigua "17:00.2N 61:45.7W"
- Jan 2011
  - Sun 30 Jan
    - Marie Galante "15:57.3N 61:19.3W"
  - Wed 26 Jan
    - Hello from Les Saintes "15:52.20N 61:35.16W"
  - Sat 22 Jan
    - Normal service resumed
  - Fri 21 Jan
    - Dateline Dominica
  - Sat 15 Jan
    - Petit Piton
    - Update "13:58.0N 61:01.5W"
  - Sun 02 Jan
2010
- Dec 2010
  - Wed 22 Dec
    - Still here
  - Wed 15 Dec
    - St Lucia
  - Tue 14 Dec
    - Land Ho! "14:08.56N 60:14.32W"
    - "14:33.78N 59:17.75W" So near......
  - Mon 13 Dec
    - A frustrating, beautiful and scary night "14:14.85N 56:41.62W"
  - Sun 12 Dec
    - The wind departs "14:13.698N 55:18.390W"
    - "14:12.96N 54:42.16W" The end in sight, nearly
  - Sat 11 Dec
    - Zooming along "14:35.30N 51:56.37W"
  - Fri 10 Dec
    - "15:35'84N 49:00.92W"
  - Thu 09 Dec
    - It never rains but .. (name check for Messrs W & G Parker).
    - Generator plays up "14:54.06N 46:35.61W"
  - Wed 08 Dec
  - Tue 07 Dec
    - Important message for Jane
    - Heavy weather "14:22.98N 40:48.02W"
  - Mon 06 Dec
    - Dolphins "13:51.55N 37:27.69W"
  - Sun 05 Dec
    - Half Way "13:21.9N 35:57.5W"
  - Sat 04 Dec
    - "13:09.80N 33:39.64W" No wind, again
    - Safe & well "13:35.26N 32:59.16W"
  - Fri 03 Dec
    - Progress report "14:11.05N 31:41.60W"
  - Thu 02 Dec
    - "13:57.42N 30:08.29W" East wind
    - "14:22.18N 29:09.82W"
  - Wed 01 Dec
    - "15:25.23N 28:08.34W" Progress, of a sort
    - Becalmed "16:34.89N 27:11.16W"
- Nov 2010
  - Tue 30 Nov
    - Progress, of a sort "17:01.09N 26:47.53W"
  - Mon 29 Nov
    - Beating "19:11.82N 27:02.90W"
  - Sun 28 Nov
    - Progress "18:48.00N 25:25.21W"
    - "18:52.86N 24:53.06W"
  - Fri 26 Nov
  - Thu 25 Nov
    - "20:49.824N 19:04.821W"
    - "20:58.91N 18:49.94W"
  - Wed 24 Nov
  - Tue 23 Nov
    - Provisions
  - Mon 22 Nov
  - Sun 21 Nov
    - Preparations
  - Tue 09 Nov
    - Hard life
    - "28:07.748N 15:25.510W"
  - Sun 07 Nov
    - Still at sea "28:16.646N 15:34.489W"
  - Sat 06 Nov
    - Back at sea "28:35.28N 17:20.67W"
  - Thu 04 Nov
    - Departure delayed
    - Christmas is here
  - Mon 01 Nov
    - A walk in the Park
- Oct 2010
  - Sun 31 Oct
    - Bank Holiday weekend
    - "28:40.691N 17:46.068W"
  - Sat 30 Oct
    - La Palma
  - Wed 27 Oct
  - Sat 23 Oct
    - Gomera "28:04.36N 17:07.67W"
  - Fri 22 Oct
    - Tenerife "27:57.61N 16:41.56W"
  - Thu 21 Oct
    - Update of a sort
  - Wed 20 Oct
    - Ian meets his match
  - Sun 17 Oct
    - Another hard day's slog
  - Fri 15 Oct
    - Gran Canaria
  - Sun 10 Oct
  - Wed 06 Oct
    - Madeira update
    - The Toonen Knot
  - Mon 04 Oct
    - Off again "32:56.480N 16:26.042W"
  - Sun 03 Oct
    - Porto Santo
  - Fri 01 Oct
- Sep 2010
  - Wed 29 Sep
    - Up the mast again ""35:33.67N 14:22.38W"
    - Ian up mast at sea "36:07.60N 13:32.09W"
  - Tue 28 Sep
    - Dead Calm "37:34.72N 12:29.09W"
  - Mon 27 Sep
    - Day 7 Boarded by fish
    - At sea "39:28.80N 12:10.98W"
  - Sun 26 Sep
    - Madeira here we come "40:46.94N 11:21.64W"
    - "41:44.20N 11:27.22W"
  - Sat 25 Sep
  - Fri 24 Sep
    - Fri 24th Sept "45:58.20N 11:39.10W"
  - Thu 23 Sep
  - Wed 22 Sep
    - Day 3 "50:46.94N 09:08.40W"
    - Just to let you know were we are "50:46.57N 08:44.94W"
  - Tue 21 Sep
    - Day 2 "51:55.36N 05:51.74W"
  - Sun 19 Sep
    - The Journey begins
  - Sun 05 Sep
    - Pwllheli