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Richard & Alison Brunstrom
Tue 19 Jan 2016 03:20
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Sadly our time in SA has come to an end, with so much left to see. But needs must, and we depart today for St Helena 1600nm and ten days away.
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2016
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