Diary Entries

• 2013
  • May 2013
    • 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
      • Extreme cycling
      • Franz Josef
      • Weka
    • Mon 06 May
      • Fur Seals & Sea Lions
      • Tramping
    • Fri 03 May
      • Penguin parade
      • Outdoor baths
      • Pretty Pollys
    • Thu 02 May
      • Bay of Islands
    • Wed 01 May
      • Noisy beasts
      • Beware missionaries
  • Apr 2013
    • Sat 20 Apr
      • The other end of the earth
      • Living fossil
      • Painting
      • Just hanging about
    • Thu 11 Apr
      • Ship Cove
    • Mon 01 Apr
      • 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
      • Back to work
      • Big ferns
      • Extreme rafting
      • Geothermals
      • Sea kayaking
      • Xmas 2012
      • Flowers
      • Aoraki - Mount Cook
      • Surf's up
      • Something to remember if you buy a car in NZ
      • Waitangi Day
• 2012
  • Dec 2012
    • Wed 19 Dec
      • Swamp
    • Tue 11 Dec
      • Job done
      • Wonderful NZ
      • Back to civilisation at last
  • Nov 2012
    • Wed 28 Nov
      • And so to work
      • Haulout
      • Dolphins!
      • A new Blogpost at last!!
    • Thu 01 Nov
      • Arrival
  • Oct 2012
    • Tue 30 Oct
      • Land ahoy! "34:30.54S 173:43.15E"
      • At sea "34:03.69S 174:27.78E"
      • Did you ever see one of these?
    • 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
      • The President's bats
      • Now that's what I call a sand dune!
      • The cannibal isles
      • Catching the bus
      • Presidential Guard
    • Sun 14 Oct
      • Sugar cane
      • School
      • Fish out of water
    • 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
      • Whalewatching
      • Repairs
      • What day is it?
    • Sun 02 Sep
      • Tonga "18:39.38S 174:59.06W"
    • Sat 01 Sep
      • Whales!!!!!!!!!!!!
      • Rock pools
  • Aug 2012
    • Fri 31 Aug
      • Sea krait
      • These crabs are BIG!
      • Niue
      • Canoe
    • 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
      • Preparing to leave
      • Bora Bora
      • Missionaries
      • How to sex your coconut
      • Do you know what vanilla looks like?
      • Mo'orea
  • 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
      • Fakarava atoll
      • Diving
      • The Black Pearl
      • Fakarava
      • The Dangerous Archipelago
    • 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
      • Nuku Hiva "8:54.98S 140:05.80W"
      • Manta!
      • The Polynesians
    • Fri 01 Jun
      • Ua Pou2, Nuku Hiva arrival, and hospital
      • Ua Pou "9:21.52S 140:02.88W"
  • May 2012
    • Wed 23 May
      • Fatu Hiva 4
      • Fatu Hiva 3
      • Fatu Hiva 2
      • Fatu Hiva "10:27.94S 138:40.10W"
    • 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
      • At sea "9:45.48S 136:47.24W"
      • And finally, the famous finches
      • True love, albatross style
    • 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
      • The Jesus Christ lizard
      • Lovely ants
      • Where did you get that hat?
      • Panama City
      • Beating the mosquito
    • 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
      • Gatun
      • We're off
      • Awaiting canal transit "09:20.65N 79:54.81W"
      • Canal transit update
      • Panama Canal Transit
      • Shelter Bay, the marina with everything
    • 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
      • These people are odd sometimes
      • St Mary's City MA
      • America - the end
      • Now that's what you call a swamp
    • Mon 14 Nov
      • What you never knew about the Smithsonian
      • Turtle
      • Why is Maryland the shape it is?
      • Why is this bird here in America?
      • War and Remembrance
      • Norfolk VA "36:51.14N 76:17.90W"
    • Wed 09 Nov
      • Bye bye Maryland "38:19.66N 76:27.41W"
  • Oct 2011
    • Sun 16 Oct
      • St Michael's & Oxford "38:47.29N 76:12.80W"
      • Go Navy!
      • Annapolis MD "38:58.67N 76:28.65W"
      • Rogue's Bay Maryland "39:27.67N 75:59.00W"
    • 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
      • Port Washington NY "40:49.86N 73:42.77W"
      • New Haven CT "41:17.54N 72:54.79W"
      • The Thimbles "41:14.85N 72:44.53W"
      • Block Island "41:11.18N 71:34.71W"
      • Martha's Vineyard "41:27.59N 70:35.63W"
    • Mon 19 Sep
      • Chris and Kate's Holiday
    • Tue 13 Sep
      • Nantucket "41:17.42N 70:04.99W"
      • Weepeckett Islands "41:30.27N 70:34.93W"
      • Tom visits Hurricane Katia
      • Hauled out
  • Aug 2011
    • Tue 30 Aug
      • Irene
    • Wed 24 Aug
      • Earthquake!
    • Sun 21 Aug
      • Maintenance "41:35.48N 71:17.00W"
      • Pocasset Harbor MA "41:41.03N 70:38.33W"
      • Provincetown MA "42:02.95N 70:20.14W"
    • 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
      • Somes
      • A walk in the Park
      • Rockefeller's Roads
    • 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
      • Fixing the boat
      • Racing
      • Normal service resumed
    • 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
      • Contact
      • America here we come!
      • Dominican Republic "18:26.69N 69:37.47W"
    • 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
      • One year older - and shipwrecked
      • Anegada, and another gripping installment of the neverending/endless lizard saga
      • Anegada "18:42.933N 64:23.323W" - by Richard
  • 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
      • Sint Eustatius ""17:28.8N 62:59.4W"
      • Fw: St Kitts 2
      • St Kitts "!7:17.4N 62:43.7W"
  • 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
      • Barbuda frigates
      • Barbuda "17:37.2N 61:51.2W"
      • Wash day
      • Antigua3
      • Antigua2
    • 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
      • Happy new Year!!!
      • Happy Holidays
      • Christmas Day
      • "12:37.9N 61:21.5W" Tobago Cays
• 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
      • The 999 cake
      • The lonely sea and the sky
      • International Rescue
      • Good progress "14:27.86N 43:28.03W"
    • 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
      • Tom's big day
      • Mother "19:42.50N 21:46.96W"
      • Rat on board "19:47.70N 20:51.43W"
    • Thu 25 Nov
      • "20:49.824N 19:04.821W"
      • "20:58.91N 18:49.94W"
    • Wed 24 Nov
      • Follow the fleet
      • Sunny and but not windy "22:05.65N 17:46.43W"
      • "22:22.168N 17:22.761W"
    • Tue 23 Nov
      • Provisions
    • Mon 22 Nov
      • "25:17.670N 16:01.042W"
      • We're off!
      • A motley crew
    • 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
      • The crew at home
      • La Gomera
      • Amazing lizard story
      • La Gomera arrival
    • 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
      • Las Palmas de Gran Canaria "28:07.715N 15:25.503W"
      • No Blog is complete without ...
      • Worse than Snowdon?
      • Caption Competition
    • 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
      • In port
      • Safe arrival "33:03.59N 16:19.05W"
      • Day 11(?) "34:35.80N 15:22.91W"
  • 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
      • My day "43:24.83N 11:39.28W"
      • Leviathan beheld
      • "44:29.22N 12:06.53W"
    • Fri 24 Sep
      • Fri 24th Sept "45:58.20N 11:39.10W"
    • Thu 23 Sep
      • Frans' new baby
      • Today's fun "48:21.9N 10:23.1W"
      • Night watch "49:24.49N 10:00.00W"
    • 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