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Richard & Alison Brunstrom
Tue 13 Sep 2011 02:43
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Sep 2016
Thu 15 Sep 15:55
At anchor "55:37.86N 06:11.88W"
Tue 13 Sep 09:23
History - there's a lot of it about
Thu 8 Sep 06:17
Lewis!!
Heimay, Vestmannaeyar Islands
Fri 2 Sep 15:26
At anchor !! "58:29.46N 06:13.34W"
At sea "59:05.00N 08:08.54W"
Thu 1 Sep 06:50
At sea "60:13.68 11:56.52W"
Aug 2016
Wed 31 Aug 05:41
grib gfs 58N:18W:62N:02W 12,24,36,48,60,72,84,96 GRD
At sea"61:53.39N 16:36.95W"
Tue 30 Aug 10:24
Departure "63:26.70N 20:16.05W"
Sat 27 Aug 04:04
Iceland 6
Iceland 5
Iceland 4
Iceland 3
Iceland 2
Iceland 1
Greenland 5 Prins Christian Sund
Tue 23 Aug 16:48
Fwd: Greenland 3
Greenland 4 - glacier
Greenland 2
Thu 18 Aug 05:57
Reykjavik "64:09.11N 21:56.01W"
Wed 17 Aug 06:52
At sea "64:11.85N 24:40.29W"
Tue 16 Aug 07:42
At sea "63:22.94N 30:10.29W"
Mon 15 Aug 07:41
At sea "63:01.78N 32:45.99W"
Sun 14 Aug 11:40
At sea "61:15.39N 35:55.39W"
Sat 13 Aug 13:34
At sea "60:23.85N 37:07.92W"
Fri 12 Aug 00:05
At sea "60:03.47N 43:10.58W"
Thu 11 Aug 04:34
Greenland "60:13.32N 44:18.91W"
Mon 8 Aug 06:40
Fun in Greenland
Fri 5 Aug 12:13
Qaqortoq
Rope
Arctic Ocean
L'Anse aux Meadows
Newfoundland
Wed 3 Aug 16:34
Greenland
At sea "60:21.31N 47:05.05W"
Tue 2 Aug 06:18
At sea "59:04.54N 50:25.56W"
Mon 1 Aug 06:26
At sea "57:12.88N 51:15.36W"
Jul 2016
Sun 31 Jul 08:06
At sea "55:58.29N 51:32.28W"
Sat 30 Jul 13:17
At sea "54:23.66N 53:02.89W"
Fri 29 Jul 18:24
At sea "53:40.61N 54:17.68W"
Thu 28 Jul 18:01
At sea "52:36.5N 55:47.11W"
Mon 25 Jul 17:36
At sea "51:17.78N 56:44.44W"
Sat 23 Jul 12:09
At sea "48:24.83N 59:17.52W"
Fri 22 Jul 08:42
Baddeck NS, "46:05.99N 60:44.68W"
Tue 19 Jul 13:59
Bras D'Or lake, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
Sat 16 Jul 10:31
Arrival
Thu 14 Jul 09:14
Halifax and Southwestern Railway
Wed 13 Jul 23:56
Lunenburg
Boat problems
Tue 12 Jul 11:18
Canada
Mon 11 Jul 07:57
At sea "43:54.71N 64:17.05W"
Sun 10 Jul 09:50
At sea "43:17.81N 66:14.41W
Sat 9 Jul 07:22
At sea "43:29.33N 67:40.09W"
Thu 7 Jul 13:42
Rig problems
Boston
Martha's Vineyard
Newport RI
Bermuda
Necker
BVIs 2016.2
BVIs 2016.1
Circumnavigators!
Land Ho!
Jury rig
May 2016
Thu 19 May 07:16
"41:28.74N 71:20.06W"
Wed 18 May 12:14
At sea "40:45.22N 69:50.87W"
Tue 17 May 12:18
At sea "39:15.58N 67:16.57W"
Mon 16 May 05:58
At sea "36:52.30N 67:38.98W"
Sun 15 May 05:59
At sea "34:21.38N 67:03.57W"
Sat 14 May 10:26
At sea "32:56.88N 65:08.72W"
Sun 8 May 06:36
Bermuda "32:22.59N 64:40.59W"
Fri 6 May 07:16
At sea "28:52.56N 65:01.19W"
Thu 5 May 07:33
At sea "26:33.7N 64:17.45W"
Wed 4 May 12:12
At sea "24:23.53N 64:47.05W"
Tue 3 May 07:26
At sea "21:00.07N 64:52.57W"
Mar 2016
Mon 28 Mar 16:31
BVI
Sun 27 Mar 17:26
Leaving Sint Maarten
Wed 9 Mar 09:31
Sint Maarten
Mon 7 Mar 08:58
Antigua
At sea "16:33.05N 60:55.88W"
Sun 6 Mar 17:35
At sea "15:40.48N 60:27.86W"
Sat 5 Mar 04:26
At sea "13:19.11N 58:32.06W"
At sea "13:19.11N 58:32.06W"
Fri 4 Mar 04:10
At sea "11:38.74N 56:54.35W"
Thu 3 Mar 04:21
At sea 09:42.00N 55:18.54W"
Wed 2 Mar 06:30
At sea "08:08.87N 53:27.06W"
Tue 1 Mar 07:03
At sea "06:05.34N 50:54.62W"
Feb 2016
Mon 29 Feb 05:12
At sea "03:47.76N 48:04.09W"
Sun 28 Feb 05:23
At sea "01:47.34N 45:44.11W"
Sat 27 Feb 08:30
At sea "00:03.38N 43:29.45W"
Fri 26 Feb 05:39
At sea "01:11.93S 40:39.94W"
Thu 25 Feb 05:15
At sea "02:37.27S 037:54.91W"
Wed 24 Feb 05:01
At sea "04:29.58S 35:33.34W"
Tue 23 Feb 04:16
At sea "05:35.34S 033:07.18W"
Mon 22 Feb 04:53
At sea "06:11.36S 30:43.69W"
Sun 21 Feb 05:22
At sea "07:01.62S 28:11.86W"
At sea "07:01.62S 28:11.86W"
Sat 20 Feb 13:17
At sea "07:03.
Fri 19 Feb 04:47
At sea "07:00.8S 22:22.6W"
Thu 18 Feb 03:19
At sea "07:25.81S 019:14.83W"
Wed 17 Feb 03:47
At sea "07:44.82S 016:30.66W"
Tue 16 Feb 04:46
Departure
Mon 15 Feb 07:00
Fwd: Ascension 4 - plants
Fwd: Ascension 5 - crabs and birds
Ascension 3 - the RMLI
Ascension 2
Ascension 1
St Helena 4
St Helena 3, Napoleon
St Helena 2
Sun 14 Feb 19:03
St Helena 1
Thu 11 Feb 07:36
Ascension
Wed 10 Feb 04:47
At sea "09:11.26S 13:15.51W"
Tue 9 Feb 06:05
At sea "10:20.44S 11:41.55W"
Mon 8 Feb 04:27
At sea "12:18.75S 09:56.96W"
Sun 7 Feb 06:19
At sea "13:52.53S 07:56.00W"
Fri 5 Feb 14:35
Departure
Jan 2016
Sat 30 Jan 14:17
St Helena "15:55.50S 05:43.50W"
Fri 29 Jan 09:54
At sea "17:09.45S 03:59.95W"
Thu 28 Jan 10:05
At sea "18:44.16S 02:53.35W"
Wed 27 Jan 11:43
At sea "20:19.42S 01:06.18W"
Tue 26 Jan 09:40
At sea "21:38.15S 00:238.42E"
Mon 25 Jan 10:36
At sea "23:02.41S 02:09.44E"
Sun 24 Jan 10:07
At sea "24:28.34S 04:25.13E"
Sat 23 Jan 09:04
At sea "26:16.67S 06:58.50E"
Fri 22 Jan 09:17
At sea "28:27.48S 09:37.80E"
Thu 21 Jan 09:30
At sea "30:11.34S 12:36.00E"
Wed 20 Jan 08:53
At sea "32:14.30S 14:56.50E"
Tue 19 Jan 03:20
Departure
60th
Robben Island
Typical marina scene
Safari
Shark!
Thu 14 Jan 16:42
Visitors
Mon 11 Jan 17:11
Fynbos animals
Sun 3 Jan 16:20
Contact!!
Groot Constantia
Table Mountain
Sat 2 Jan 19:00
Fynbos
Cape Point
Wildlife
2015
Dec 2015
Wed 9 Dec 19:05
Penguins again
Guess whose cousin this is
Tue 8 Dec 23:03
Wildlife
SImonstown
Sea lions
Cats
Winston
Rondavel
Drakensbergs
History 2 - Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift.
Blood River
Sun 6 Dec 16:46
test
Sat 5 Dec 07:21
Arrival "34:11.30S 18:25.80E"
Arrival "34:11.30S 18:25.80E"
Thu 3 Dec 13:49
At sea "35:15.75S 19:55.51E"
Wed 2 Dec 14:46
At sea "34:16.11S 22:50.95E"
Tue 1 Dec 06:32
At sea "34:16.35S 24:36.62E"
Nov 2015
Mon 30 Nov 09:12
At sea "33:56.48S 26:55.22E"
Wed 4 Nov 14:25
Southerly Buster
South Africa - on safari "28:47.66S 32:04.76E"
Off to the RSA
Reunion 2
Reunion 2
Oct 2015
Tue 27 Oct 22:34
Reunion
Mauritius 5; the yachting life.
Mauritius 4; Labourdonnais
Mauritius 3, Hinduism
Mauritius 2; a day at the races
Mauritius 1, Port Louis
Giant tortoises
Rodrigues 6; flora & fauna
Sun 25 Oct 10:52
Richard's Bay
Sat 24 Oct 02:24
At sea "28:06.33S 35:45:04E"
Thu 22 Oct 23:47
At sea "27:32.06S 39:28.45E"
grib gfs 35S:30E:25S:45E 12,24,36,48,60,72,84,96 GRD
At sea "27:33.55S 42:04.50E"
Wed 21 Oct 02:55
At sea "26:59.87S 45:04.61E"
Mon 19 Oct 14:49
At sea "25:24.78S 48:54.16E"
Sun 18 Oct 14:33
At sea "23:33.39S 51:30.40E"
Sat 17 Oct 15:29
At sea "21:21.92S 53:14.96E"
Thu 1 Oct 12:37
Reunion
Sep 2015
Tue 29 Sep 13:25
Cooking à la Creole
Mon 28 Sep 16:32
Rodrigues 4 - everything by sea
Making and mending, Rodrigues 3
Making and mending, Rodrigues 3
Rodrigues 2
Rodrigues 2
Wed 16 Sep 22:10
At sea "19:58.09S 57:31.82E"
At sea "19:49.71S 60:20.33E"
Tue 15 Sep 01:21
Rodrigues 1
Aug 2015
Sat 29 Aug 13:32
At sea "19:40.10S 63:25.83E"
Fri 28 Aug 02:49
At sea "19:08.95S 67:38.88E"
Wed 26 Aug 12:29
At sea "18:02.41S 72:49.5E"
Tue 25 Aug 11:17
At sea "17:12.56S 76:06.97E"
Mon 24 Aug 13:46
West Island
At sea "16:41.39S 79:00.29E"
Land of crabs
Sun 23 Aug 08:43
At sea "16:04.44S 82:14.52E"
Sat 22 Aug 14:17
Wash day
Tradewind sailing
At sea "15:25.70S 84:43.98E"
Thu 20 Aug 14:00
At sea "13:54.39S 90:34.87E"
Wed 19 Aug 07:06
At sea "12:40.53S 094:12.23E"
Jul 2015
Fri 31 Jul 05:11
Cocos "12:05.49S 96:52.91E"
Tue 28 Jul 22:29
At sea "13:24.50S 100:44.62E"
At sea "13:38.90S 102:33.59E"
Sun 26 Jul 22:59
At sea "14:35.87S 104:44.99E"
Sat 25 Jul 09:02
At sea "16:51.97S 108:19.15E"
Fri 24 Jul 08:11
At sea "19:22.08S 109:55.93E"
Thu 23 Jul 09:20
At sea "21:50.50S 111:12.11E"
Wed 22 Jul 10:51
At sea "24:14.12S 110:56.56E"
Mon 20 Jul 23:48
Preparing to depart Australia
Carnarvon "24:53.95S 113:39.02E"
Shark Bay, Denham ""25:56.30S 113:30.63E"
Shipwreck
Abrolhos wildlife
Crew life on the Abrolhos
Housman Abrolhos Islands "28:43.00S 113:47.00E"
Thu 9 Jul 02:05
Progress "25:29.72S 112:59.9E"
Progress "28:25.8S 113:44.2E" Wast Wallaby Island
Progress "28:46.29S 114:36.29E" Geraldton
Jun 2015
Tue 30 Jun 14:16
HMAS Sydney II
Rottnest
Back to work
Fremantle Town
Vulcan Spirit's Geology Fieldtrip #3
Apr 2015
Thu 23 Apr 08:07
VS's Geology Field Trip 2 - Stromatalites
Vulcan Spirit's WA Geology Field Trip 1
Whale shark
Wed 22 Apr 14:24
Blog hiatus
Sat 11 Apr 15:41
And so to Fremantle
Rottnest Island
Albany
Archipelago of the Recherche
Catching up
Testing
Mon 6 Apr 12:13
Wot no Blog?
Mar 2015
Sat 7 Mar 01:43
At anchor "31:59.94S 115:33.20E"
Fri 6 Mar 01:12
At sea "34:22.61S 114:59.56E"
Tue 3 Mar 22:45
At anchor, Albany WA "35:02.05S 117:53.15E"
Mon 2 Mar 02:54
At anchor, Esperance "33:51.96S 121:54.01E"
Feb 2015
Thu 26 Feb 22:49
At anchor "34:05.28S 123:12.19E"
Wed 25 Feb 21:39
At sea "34:26.72S 124:20.97E"
Tue 24 Feb 21:09
At sea "33:51.24S 126:57.14E"
Mon 23 Feb 20:12
At sea "34:36.49S 130:17.66E"
At sea "34:27.79S 132:31.13E"
Sun 22 Feb 02:53
At anchor "35:01.54S 135:58.41E"
Thu 19 Feb 23:07
Oops
Hobart Wooden Boat Show
Port Lincoln SA
Mon 16 Feb 06:40
Port Lincoln "34:43.03S 135:51.67E"
Sat 14 Feb 22:06
At sea "36:10.15S 138:47.38E"
Fri 13 Feb 22:08
The sun has got his hat on; at sea "38:15.67S 140:19.31E"
Thu 12 Feb 22:29
At sea "40:04.00S 142:34.44E"
Wed 11 Feb 23:33
At sea (42:08.50S 144:12.52E)
At anchor (43:14.187S 145:56.091E)
Sun 8 Feb 08:57
Leaving update
Wed 4 Feb 23:37
The National Toilet Map - no, really, it's true
Weather
Jan 2015
Wed 28 Jan 11:21
The Acropolis
Cradle Mountain
Wombat!!
The Walls of Jerusalem, and unwelcome visitors
More visitors
Disaster
Port Arthur
A tessellated pavement
Christmas visitors, again.
Hobart Town
2014
Dec 2014
Sat 20 Dec 14:24
Endeavour
The world's first National Park
Sydney houses
Sydney
The Bondi Bubble
Fri 19 Dec 12:55
Hobart arrival "42:49.61S 147:18.17E"
The echidna waddle
At last a good echidna photo
Cliffs
Summer apparel
Thu 18 Dec 07:04
Maria 2
"42:40.69S 148:03.55E" Maria Island
Freycinet
Sydney-Hobart
Canberra 2: Cousin
Canberra 1
Alpine Australia
Sun 7 Dec 09:55
More money than sense?
Mon 1 Dec 16:48
Tasmania "42:10.29S 148:16.03E"
Nov 2014
Sun 30 Nov 19:40
At sea "40:37.19S 148:55.01E"
Sat 29 Nov 18:53
At sea "38:07.39S 150:23.55E"
At sea "36:16.23S 150:54.95E"
Fri 28 Nov 02:20
At sea "33:48.681S 151:17.299E"
Journey to the Roof of Australia
Thu 27 Nov 23:22
First Contact
Fri 7 Nov 11:04
Out of the frying pan ....
Sydney Harbour "33:49.044S 151:13.465E"
Music night
Oct 2014
Fri 17 Oct 09:24
Another day, another place
Mon 13 Oct 20:52
Arrival "33:35.91S 151:14.95E"
Sun 12 Oct 03:41
At sea "32:45.73S 152:21.93E"
Fri 10 Oct 00:51
Brisbane "27:28.54S 153:01.96E"
Sylvester
Brisbane "27:28.54S 153:01.96E"
Thu 9 Oct 17:03
Fraser Island 4 - the end.
Fraser Island 3 - the lakes
Fraser Island 2 - Monster Truck
Fraser Island 1
Whale "24:56.15S 153:13.47E"
A flatpack lighthouse "24:00.97S 151:45.74E"
Cooktown
More weird wildlife
Big Birds
Butterfly
Bigfoot
Wed 1 Oct 10:44
Rainforest
Sep 2014
Fri 26 Sep 23:27
Beware of snakes
A long way from home #3
Wed 24 Sep 08:52
Lizard
It's a big country
Thu 11 Sep 10:16
Lu's Holiday
Mon 1 Sep 13:16
Be careful when swimming
Biggles
Aug 2014
Thu 14 Aug 12:35
Whitsunday weather
The seventh best beach in the world?
Whitsunday weather
Mon 4 Aug 12:34
GBR
Here be dragons "20:10.51S 148:57.33E"
Jul 2014
Wed 23 Jul 13:58
Skink
Yet more wildlife
The fabled platypus
Sand bubbling
An island life
Trade Wind sailing
Fri 4 Jul 11:10
Pancake Creek "24:00.59S 151:44.20E"
1770
Soldier crabs
Wed 2 Jul 11:08
Bundaberg Birds
Yes, we've seen kangaroos
Crew change
Bundaberg arrival
Jun 2014
Mon 30 Jun 14:51
Chesterfield 4 - the birds at last
Chesterfield 3 - underwater
Chesterfield 2 - crustacea
Chesterfield Reef 1 - the human interest
Sun 29 Jun 12:16
Life in the lagoon
The great cagou hunt, and the world's rarest palm tree
Fri 27 Jun 14:25
Landfall
NZ to NC
It's time to leave NZ
How did the French change the Treaty of Waitangi?
Wed 25 Jun 15:32
Bay of Islands
Tiritiri Matangi
Catching up 1
Catching up 1
Sun 22 Jun 12:09
NZ is not the UK, part 2
Thu 19 Jun 13:47
Arrived Australia "24:45.57S 152:23.23E"
Wed 18 Jun 21:17
At sea "23:18.22S 153:51.29E"
Tue 17 Jun 18:59
At sea "21:13.75S 156:36.27E"
Mon 16 Jun 20:08
Chesterfield departure
Sat 14 Jun 04:22
Chesterfield Reef arrival "19:53.29S 158:27.91E"
Thu 12 Jun 18:25
At sea "21:34.92S 161:02.51E"
Wed 11 Jun 20:28
At sea "21:50.76S 164:01.79E"
At sea "22:00.54S 165:48.06E"
Tue 3 Jun 05:29
Another day ends in the Pacific
Sun 1 Jun 06:08
NC arrival
May 2014
Sat 31 May 20:19
At sea "23:16.59S 166:41.08E"
Fri 30 May 15:40
At sea Day 6 "24:00.98S 169:19.22E"
Wed 28 May 16:37
At sea Day 4 "26:39.63S 171:02.68E"
Tue 27 May 21:11
At sea Day 3 "28:57.41S 171:35.84E"
Mon 26 May 18:12
At sea, Day 2 "31:23.24S 172:46.94E"
Sun 25 May 17:41
At sea Day 1 "33:39.9S 174:21.8E"
Sat 24 May 23:14
We're off
Fri 23 May 18:43
Back again
Mar 2014
Sun 2 Mar 06:46
Killling the kauris
City of Sails
Nice work if you can get it!
Feb 2014
Sat 15 Feb 08:52
The Great Vanuatu Bake Off
Sun 9 Feb 06:15
Bath time
Tue 4 Feb 09:04
It's not just the Japanese
Another NZ world first
Mon 3 Feb 12:45
Duck
Great Barrier Island "36:10.38S 175:21.57E"
Jan 2014
Sun 26 Jan 11:11
Yet another didactic blog post
A concert in the vines
Fri 24 Jan 22:56
Cathedral Cove "36:49.62S 175:47.45E"
Mon 20 Jan 08:10
1864 - British Army humiliated at Gate Pa
Dun Mountain, late entry
Fri 10 Jan 11:04
Napier "39:28.55S 176:53.47E"
Fri 3 Jan 06:22
Kiwi Xmas
2013
Dec 2013
Fri 20 Dec 11:07
So this is Christmas?
Tue 17 Dec 09:57
How long is NZ?
The world's clearest water
Sun 15 Dec 11:50
Death of the dinosaurs
Before Cook
Tramping redux
Sun 8 Dec 07:51
Update
Nov 2013
Sun 24 Nov 09:23
Conservation NZ style
Thu 14 Nov 18:07
At sea "40:44.04S 173:09.28E"
Wed 13 Nov 16:55
At sea "38:26.94S 172:54.71E"
Tue 12 Nov 20:47
At sea "36:53.88S 173:12.54E"
Mon 11 Nov 17:14
At sea "34:47.99S 172:52.15E"
At sea again "34:36.56S 173:15.55E"
Mon 4 Nov 18:43
Not at sea "5:18.80 74:07.36E"
Sun 3 Nov 17:17
At sea "33:05.35S 174:08.29E"
Sat 2 Nov 20:00
At sea "32:03.76S 172:35.67E"
Fri 1 Nov 18:07
At sea "31:12.70S 170:29.33E"
Oct 2013
Thu 31 Oct 18:09
At sea "29:42.00S 168:35.86E"
Wed 30 Oct 18:10
At sea "27:47.73S 167:13.08E"
Tue 29 Oct 18:20
At sea 24:52.72S 166:20.24E
Wed 16 Oct 21:09
The Isle of Pines, the War of German Unification, and the rise of communism
Policing is tough, everywhere
Mon 14 Oct 07:20
Play
Sun 13 Oct 13:16
Fluffy rabbit story
Snakes alive!
Isle of Pines
It's a tough life, this yachting
Thu 3 Oct 20:21
The Great Vanuatu Bake IOff, Part 1
Sep 2013
Sat 21 Sep 07:06
Noumea
Fri 20 Sep 06:33
New Caledonia
Thu 19 Sep 18:45
At sea "22:08.18S 167:43.17E"
Wed 18 Sep 23:54
At sea "20:46.30S 168:46.20E"
Wow!!
Pumice
Volcano!
Sat 14 Sep 20:19
At sea "18:28.96S 169:34.77E"
Thu 12 Sep 01:42
Crustacean news
Sun 8 Sep 10:23
What price independence?
Aug 2013
Thu 29 Aug 12:51
Banyan
Pandemonium
Rom dance
Big nambas
Jungle drums
Ferries, by Ali
Tue 27 Aug 09:48
Trading
Mon 26 Aug 13:38
Volcano
This is not the UK
Sun 18 Aug 21:25
Vanuatu
Fri 9 Aug 04:47
Vanuatu "17:44.88S 168:18.65E"
Wed 7 Aug 21:36
At sea "17:53.86S 171:03.34E"
Tue 6 Aug 02:21
At sea "18:39.01S 174:53.75E"
Fri 2 Aug 12:10
Castaway Island "17:27.52S 177:02.65E"
Crab city
Birthday
Jul 2013
Thu 25 Jul 10:01
Meeting of the chiefs "18:45.42S 178:31.41E"
Rat. What rat?
Mon 8 Jul 10:39
Coral gardens
School
Meridian
A better mousetrap?
May 2013
Mon 27 May 05:17
Arrival "16:46.70S 179:20.00E"
Sat 25 May 21:40
At sea "18:43.22S 179:01.22W"
Thu 23 May 19:22
Minerva departure
Crew
Mon 20 May 04:56
Minerva "23:55.29S 179:06.95W"
Sat 18 May 19:58
At sea "24:56.50S 179:55.07E"
Fri 17 May 19:31
At sea "27:13.64S 178:21.03E"
Thu 16 May 18:33
At sea "28:32.31S 176:30.12E"
Wed 15 May 21:01
At sea "30:34.86S 176:08.43E"
Tue 14 May 21:57
At sea "33:24.43S 175:14.24E"
Sun 12 May 10:09
Extreme cycling
Franz Josef
Weka
Mon 6 May 11:05
Fur Seals & Sea Lions
Tramping
Fri 3 May 12:18
Penguin parade
Outdoor baths
Pretty Pollys
Thu 2 May 08:23
Bay of Islands
Wed 1 May 10:00
Noisy beasts
Beware missionaries
Apr 2013
Sat 20 Apr 11:30
The other end of the earth
Living fossil
Painting
Just hanging about
Thu 11 Apr 10:03
Ship Cove
Mon 1 Apr 09:30
The long white cloud
Gorgeous
Feb 2013
Sun 24 Feb 18:00
Refitting
The Far North
Tue 19 Feb 10:14
Kiwi
Now that's a big tree!
Sun 10 Feb 18:44
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 09:57
Swamp
Tue 11 Dec 12:25
Job done
Wonderful NZ
Back to civilisation at last
Nov 2012
Wed 28 Nov 10:12
And so to work
Haulout
Dolphins!
A new Blogpost at last!!
Thu 1 Nov 01:49
Arrival
Oct 2012
Tue 30 Oct 22:59
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 23:19
At sea "31:24.79S 176:15.91E"
Fri 26 Oct 17:10
At sea "27:27.31S 179:42.84E"
Wed 24 Oct 17:44
At sea "23:45.30S 178:26.72E"
Tue 23 Oct 16:15
At sea "21:06.17S 178:08.15E"
Mon 22 Oct 17:36
At sea! "18:20.87S 178:54.64E"
Tue 16 Oct 10:37
The President's bats
Now that's what I call a sand dune!
The cannibal isles
Catching the bus
Presidential Guard
Sun 14 Oct 07:03
Sugar cane
School
Fish out of water
Mon 1 Oct 22:12
Fiji -a Republic?
Sep 2012
Wed 26 Sep 20:40
Fiji - a military dictatorship
Thu 20 Sep 22:11
Fiji "18:07.38S 178:25.24E"
Tonga
Sun 16 Sep 18:49
Whalewatching
Repairs
What day is it?
Sun 2 Sep 21:24
Tonga "18:39.38S 174:59.06W"
Sat 1 Sep 03:12
Whales!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rock pools
Aug 2012
Fri 31 Aug 18:25
Sea krait
These crabs are BIG!
Niue
Canoe
Thu 30 Aug 19:10
Niue arrival
Thu 23 Aug 07:51
Arrival "19:03.30S 169:55.54W"
Wed 22 Aug 23:06
Becalmed "18:43.73S 169:25.78W"
Tue 21 Aug 05:29
At sea "17:09.66S 166:31.75W"
Sun 19 Aug 16:59
At sea "16:30.69S 162:03.98W"
Sat 18 Aug 17:01
At sea "16:24.84S 159:07.38W"
Fri 17 Aug 16:35
At sea "16:06.40S 156:46.41W"
Thu 16 Aug 20:05
At sea "16:12.73S 154:35.76W"
Bora Bora - departure delayed "16:30.03S 151:45.23W"
Tue 14 Aug 21:23
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 15:42
Heiva
Thu 19 Jul 06:39
Real hiking
Extreme bathing
Mon 16 Jul 07:53
Tahiti "17:35.05S 149:37.12W"
Thu 5 Jul 18:35
At sea "17:06.28S 149:23.02W"
Wed 4 Jul 06:17
Fish at Rangiroa "14:57.96S 147:38.38W"
non-fish at Rangiroa
Jun 2012
Mon 25 Jun 02:19
Tetamanu snorkelling
Fri 22 Jun 17:52
Tetamanu Pass "16:30.40S 145:27.43W"
Sat 16 Jun 17:11
Fakarava atoll
Diving
The Black Pearl
Fakarava
The Dangerous Archipelago
Wed 13 Jun 03:52
Fakarava "16:03.56S 145:37.22W"
Mon 11 Jun 15:27
At sea "14:40.51S 144:04.55W"
Sun 10 Jun 15:56
At sea "12:39.40S 143:14.14W"
Sat 9 Jun 15:51
At sea "10:29.57S 141:32.551W"
Fri 8 Jun 06:52
Nuku Hiva "8:54.98S 140:05.80W"
Manta!
The Polynesians
Fri 1 Jun 07:44
Ua Pou2, Nuku Hiva arrival, and hospital
Ua Pou "9:21.52S 140:02.88W"
May 2012
Wed 23 May 03:05
Fatu Hiva 4
Fatu Hiva 3
Fatu Hiva 2
Fatu Hiva "10:27.94S 138:40.10W"
Tue 15 May 04:11
Hiva Oa
Mon 14 May 15:04
999
Sat 12 May 22:34
How did we get here from there?
Tue 8 May 17:07
At anchor "9:48.31S 139:01.99W"
Mon 7 May 17:00
At sea "9:45.48S 136:47.24W"
And finally, the famous finches
True love, albatross style
Sun 6 May 18:35
At sea "9:07.86S 134:32.48W"
Fri 4 May 14:57
At sea "8:29.00S 130:25.54W"
Thu 3 May 00:53
Good news for tortoise lovers everywhere
Wed 2 May 13:45
At sea "7:1.35S 125:50.15W"
Tue 1 May 17:04
At sea "5:43.54S 123:43.25W"
Apr 2012
Mon 30 Apr 17:15
At sea "6:07.27S 121:36.95W"
Not even my mother thinks I'm beautiful
Sat 28 Apr 23:54
At sea "6:39.34S 117:21.50W"
The Magnificent Frigate Bird
Fri 27 Apr 23:09
Halfway "5:41.88S 114:40.00W"
Thu 26 Apr 17:40
At sea "4:35.50S 111:20.66W"
Wed 25 Apr 12:35
At sea "03:45.40S 108:05.75W"
Tue 24 Apr 21:48
Here be dragons
Mon 23 Apr 04:38
At sea "5:22.24S 103:18.69W"
Sat 21 Apr 12:59
Too much of a good thing?
At sea "03:44.40S 98:40.25W"
Fri 20 Apr 13:22
At sea "03:27.07S 95:37.63W"
Thu 19 Apr 13:17
At sea "02:32.48S 92:25.81W"
Wed 18 Apr 14:03
Cactus trees (!)
Mon 16 Apr 04:41
The enigmatic iguanas
An everyday tale of murder
Sun 15 Apr 03:51
Oh what pretty blue feet
Mon 9 Apr 05:15
Fwd: Visit Galapagos? - a Galapagos primer
Sun 8 Apr 04:44
Close encounters of the sealion kind
Test picture
Thu 5 Apr 11:02
Test update
Mar 2012
Thu 29 Mar 18:11
Galapagos arrival "00:39.0S 90:00.0W"
Wed 28 Mar 15:51
South Pacific "00:06.77S 88:02.35W"
Tue 27 Mar 15:27
At sea "00.50.88N 86:36.19W"
Mon 26 Mar 10:55
At sea "01:30.80N 85:11.44W"
Sun 25 Mar 11:10
At sea "01:59.28N 084:10.56W"
Sat 24 Mar 11:09
At sea "04:03.36N 82:09.83W"
Fri 23 Mar 12:30
At sea "05:06.00N 81:13.03W"
Thu 22 Mar 15:41
At sea "06:38.30N 80:06.05W"
Tue 20 Mar 00:20
Survivor "08:35.04N 79:01.21W
Mon 19 Mar 23:56
The Jesus Christ lizard
Lovely ants
Where did you get that hat?
Panama City
Beating the mosquito
Tue 13 Mar 00:19
Panama Canal transit Part 2
Fri 9 Mar 00:17
Panama Canal transit "08:54.43N 79:31.74W" Part 1
Wed 7 Mar 22:24
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 3 Mar 13:46
Shelter Bay "09:22.10N 79:57.03W"
Feb 2012
Tue 28 Feb 12:21
The War of Jenkin's Ear "09:33.33N 79:39.99W"
Thu 23 Feb 00:36
Kuna Yala, Pax Americana, and Scottish independence
Sun 19 Feb 01:08
Coconut
Fri 17 Feb 13:05
Rock pools
Wed 15 Feb 18:29
Panama "09:33.46N 78:56.99W"
Tue 14 Feb 12:23
At sea "10:15.68N 76:33.12W"
Sun 12 Feb 11:10
At sea "13:29.69N 72:55.00W"
Sat 11 Feb 11:06
At sea "13:48.10N 70:32.17W"
Fri 10 Feb 11:19
At sea "15:08.27N 68:10.69W"
Thu 9 Feb 10:55
At sea "16:18.92N 66:20.60W"
Wed 8 Feb 12:32
Superyachting
Leaving Sint Maarten
Jan 2012
Fri 20 Jan 11:46
2012- out with the old, in with the new
Ticket to ride
2011
Dec 2011
Mon 26 Dec 23:01
Mind Games
Happy Christmas
Sun 25 Dec 13:26
Mixing with the rich & famous
Caribbean Christmas
Sun 18 Dec 01:45
Pretty Flamingo
Life in the mud "18:30.13N 64:21.82W"
Sat 10 Dec 23:28
Safe arrival "18:27.35N 64:26.46W"
At sea "19:17.90N 64:26.58W"
Fri 9 Dec 13:07
Still at sea "22:02.41N 64:15.29W"
Thu 8 Dec 12:08
At sea "25:09.60N 64:01.25W"
Wed 7 Dec 19:20
At sea "27:05.69N 064:24.28W"
Tue 6 Dec 12:30
At sea "30:47.10N 64:35.06W"
Bywyd da o Gymru
Nov 2011
Mon 28 Nov 21:16
Bermuda revisited "33:22.77N 64:40.39W"
Sun 27 Nov 14:13
At sea "34:08.00N 66:39.51W"
Sat 26 Nov 13:53
At sea "35:22.08N 69:45.61W"
Fri 25 Nov 14:24
At sea "36:21.82N 72:48.05W"
Thu 24 Nov 04:22
These people are odd sometimes
St Mary's City MA
America - the end
Now that's what you call a swamp
Mon 14 Nov 17:37
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 9 Nov 11:51
Bye bye Maryland "38:19.66N 76:27.41W"
Oct 2011
Sun 16 Oct 03:16
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 3 Oct 13:14
Fw: How do they do it? Atlantic Flyway 2
The Atlantic Flyway
Sat 1 Oct 23:33
New York, New York
Sep 2011
Thu 29 Sep 23:03
Cape May NJ "38:57.06N 74:52.72W"
"40:41.09N 74:02.50W"
Wed 21 Sep 15:05
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 02:32
Chris and Kate's Holiday
Tue 13 Sep 03:12
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 11:37
Irene
Wed 24 Aug 02:15
Earthquake!
Sun 21 Aug 13:05
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 10:59
Marblehead "42:30.46N 70:50.34W"
Sun 7 Aug 09:23
A wrap "43:45.71N 70:00.10W"
Sat 6 Aug 13:18
Monhegan Island "43:46.09N 69:19.11W"
Isle au Haut "44:05.07N 68:37.97W"
Jul 2011
Sun 31 Jul 10:08
Camden "44:12.47N 69:03.07W"
Tue 26 Jul 11:52
Castine "44:22.97N 68:47.16W"
Frenchboro "44:07.3N 68:21.8W"
Wed 20 Jul 17:33
Somes
A walk in the Park
Rockefeller's Roads
Sun 17 Jul 12:57
Good news, bad news "44:21.35N 68:18.74W"
Wed 13 Jul 20:03
Mount Desert Island "44:16.3N 68:18.2W"
Sun 10 Jul 00:40
Swan's Island, Maine "44:08.37N 68:26.69W"
Wed 6 Jul 02:39
Boston "42:21.56N 71:02.64W"
Sun 3 Jul 21:39
Whalewatching
Jun 2011
Tue 28 Jun 23:32
Small world.
Bus USA
Provincetown "42:02.4N 70:11.1W"
Cape Cod Canal
Sun 26 Jun 02:30
Name that bird
Moving on "41:25.9N 70:54.4W"
Sun 19 Jun 23:25
The American Dream
Fixing the boat
Racing
Normal service resumed
Sat 4 Jun 23:57
Arrival USA "41:29.26N 71:19.51W"
Fri 3 Jun 10:18
A dark & stormy night "39:30.9N 69:04.9W
Thu 2 Jun 10:23
Still at sea "37:37.2N 68:51.9W"
Wed 1 Jun 10:13
At sea "35:17.35N 67:56.82W"
May 2011
Tue 31 May 10:08
At sea again "33:50.8N 66:25.2W"
Mon 30 May 01:23
Bermuda
Sun 29 May 23:59
St Goerge's, Bermuda
Danger - no swimming!
Sun 22 May 16:37
Safe arrival "32:22.73N 64:40.47W"
Bermuda here we come "31:57.33N 64:45.98W"
Sat 21 May 11:22
Progress "29:26'73N 65:50.19W"
Fri 20 May 11:20
Progress "26:59.44N 66:22.70W"
Thu 19 May 11:16
Update "24:25.05N 66:46.09W"
Wed 18 May 10:33
Update "21:34.76N 67:11.76W"
Tue 17 May 14:49
Why go sailing? "19:23.53N 67:45.54W"
Mon 16 May 10:07
Progress, lack of
Sun 15 May 12:24
We're off to Bermuda "18:08.31N 68:45.77W"
Sat 14 May 10:56
A nice place
Cobbett's rural ride, Part 2
Fri 13 May 11:57
Contact
America here we come!
Dominican Republic "18:26.69N 69:37.47W"
Sun 1 May 23:37
At sea "17:51.62N 67:28.66W"
Bye-bye BVI "18:23.10N 64:42.20W"
My beautiful laundrette
Apr 2011
Sun 24 Apr 00:56
Here are those iguanas
Sint Maarten, continued
Fri 15 Apr 00:50
St Barts ""17:54.30N 62:51.60W"
Sint Maarten "18:02.10N 63:05.90W"
Thu 7 Apr 11:23
Mayday
Wed 6 Apr 22:43
Running repairs
Mon 4 Apr 12:13
Swimming with boobies
Sun 3 Apr 20:17
The Alternative Blog!!
Fri 1 Apr 11:49
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 12:29
Darwin's Paradox
Fri 25 Mar 22:09
A BVI bath
All dressed up
Thu 17 Mar 12:16
The high life
The very hungry caterpillar
Sat 12 Mar 23:43
The Bubbly Pool "18:27.008N 64:42.660W"
(Yet) another lizard story
Tue 8 Mar 00:17
Saba "17:38.1N 63:15.4W"
Mon 7 Mar 11:51
Statia2
Fri 4 Mar 22:51
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 00:02
All work and no play
Fri 25 Feb 23:50
Boule
North Antigua
Sun 13 Feb 13:27
Wash day revisited
Fri 11 Feb 20:42
Barbuda frigates
Barbuda "17:37.2N 61:51.2W"
Wash day
Antigua3
Antigua2
Thu 3 Feb 21:17
Antigua "17:00.2N 61:45.7W"
Jan 2011
Sun 30 Jan 18:15
Marie Galante "15:57.3N 61:19.3W"
Wed 26 Jan 02:09
Hello from Les Saintes "15:52.20N 61:35.16W"
Sat 22 Jan 19:41
Normal service resumed
Fri 21 Jan 11:47
Dateline Dominica
Sat 15 Jan 17:36
Petit Piton
Update "13:58.0N 61:01.5W"
Sun 2 Jan 01:11
Happy new Year!!!
Happy Holidays
Christmas Day
"12:37.9N 61:21.5W" Tobago Cays
2010
Dec 2010
Wed 22 Dec 13:13
Still here
Wed 15 Dec 22:44
St Lucia
Tue 14 Dec 20:22
Land Ho! "14:08.56N 60:14.32W"
"14:33.78N 59:17.75W" So near......
Mon 13 Dec 09:32
A frustrating, beautiful and scary night "14:14.85N 56:41.62W"
Sun 12 Dec 15:47
The wind departs "14:13.698N 55:18.390W"
"14:12.96N 54:42.16W" The end in sight, nearly
Sat 11 Dec 11:57
Zooming along "14:35.30N 51:56.37W"
Fri 10 Dec 09:41
"15:35'84N 49:00.92W"
Thu 9 Dec 21:07
It never rains but .. (name check for Messrs W & G Parker).
Generator plays up "14:54.06N 46:35.61W"
Wed 8 Dec 20:42
The 999 cake
The lonely sea and the sky
International Rescue
Good progress "14:27.86N 43:28.03W"
Tue 7 Dec 19:19
Important message for Jane
Heavy weather "14:22.98N 40:48.02W"
Mon 6 Dec 10:17
Dolphins "13:51.55N 37:27.69W"
Sun 5 Dec 16:29
Half Way "13:21.9N 35:57.5W"
Sat 4 Dec 14:31
"13:09.80N 33:39.64W" No wind, again
Safe & well "13:35.26N 32:59.16W"
Fri 3 Dec 13:13
Progress report "14:11.05N 31:41.60W"
Thu 2 Dec 21:21
"13:57.42N 30:08.29W" East wind
"14:22.18N 29:09.82W"
Wed 1 Dec 19:33
"15:25.23N 28:08.34W" Progress, of a sort
Becalmed "16:34.89N 27:11.16W"
Nov 2010
Tue 30 Nov 08:21
Progress, of a sort "17:01.09N 26:47.53W"
Mon 29 Nov 09:07
Beating "19:11.82N 27:02.90W"
Sun 28 Nov 17:27
Progress "18:48.00N 25:25.21W"
"18:52.86N 24:53.06W"
Fri 26 Nov 21:33
Tom's big day
Mother "19:42.50N 21:46.96W"
Rat on board "19:47.70N 20:51.43W"
Thu 25 Nov 10:25
"20:49.824N 19:04.821W"
"20:58.91N 18:49.94W"
Wed 24 Nov 21:25
Follow the fleet
Sunny and but not windy "22:05.65N 17:46.43W"
"22:22.168N 17:22.761W"
Tue 23 Nov 06:52
Provisions
Mon 22 Nov 21:41
"25:17.670N 16:01.042W"
We're off!
A motley crew
Sun 21 Nov 07:41
Preparations
Tue 9 Nov 13:42
Hard life
"28:07.748N 15:25.510W"
Sun 7 Nov 17:19
Still at sea "28:16.646N 15:34.489W"
Sat 6 Nov 15:54
Back at sea "28:35.28N 17:20.67W"
Thu 4 Nov 18:11
Departure delayed
Christmas is here
Mon 1 Nov 22:22
A walk in the Park
Oct 2010
Sun 31 Oct 20:28
Bank Holiday weekend
"28:40.691N 17:46.068W"
Sat 30 Oct 22:13
La Palma
Wed 27 Oct 20:18
The crew at home
La Gomera
Amazing lizard story
La Gomera arrival
Sat 23 Oct 09:39
Gomera "28:04.36N 17:07.67W"
Fri 22 Oct 08:18
Tenerife "27:57.61N 16:41.56W"
Thu 21 Oct 07:29
Update of a sort
Wed 20 Oct 21:15
Ian meets his match
Sun 17 Oct 21:24
Another hard day's slog
Fri 15 Oct 20:33
Gran Canaria
Sun 10 Oct 09:55
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria "28:07.715N 15:25.503W"
No Blog is complete without ...
Worse than Snowdon?
Caption Competition
Wed 6 Oct 20:46
Madeira update
The Toonen Knot
Mon 4 Oct 12:55
Off again "32:56.480N 16:26.042W"
Sun 3 Oct 21:20
Porto Santo
Fri 1 Oct 21:18
In port
Safe arrival "33:03.59N 16:19.05W"
Day 11(?) "34:35.80N 15:22.91W"
Sep 2010
Wed 29 Sep 20:19
Up the mast again ""35:33.67N 14:22.38W"
Ian up mast at sea "36:07.60N 13:32.09W"
Tue 28 Sep 11:28
Dead Calm "37:34.72N 12:29.09W"
Mon 27 Sep 11:48
Day 7 Boarded by fish
At sea "39:28.80N 12:10.98W"
Sun 26 Sep 20:23
Madeira here we come "40:46.94N 11:21.64W"
"41:44.20N 11:27.22W"
Sat 25 Sep 19:43
My day "43:24.83N 11:39.28W"
Leviathan beheld
"44:29.22N 12:06.53W"
Fri 24 Sep 10:38
Fri 24th Sept "45:58.20N 11:39.10W"
Thu 23 Sep 12:48
Frans' new baby
Today's fun "48:21.9N 10:23.1W"
Night watch "49:24.49N 10:00.00W"
Wed 22 Sep 10:04
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 10:46
Day 2 "51:55.36N 05:51.74W"
Sun 19 Sep 19:21
The Journey begins
Sun 5 Sep 08:46
Pwllheli