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Previous Diary Entries

Date Subject Position
2011
Aug 2011
Thu 25 Aug 17:26 I will think no more of the sea...
Jul 2011
Fri 15 Jul 12:13 A unexpected and dramatic end to Melvyn's Adventure 50:43.00N 2:00.00W
Jun 2011
Sat 04 Jun 08:47 Safe in The Azores 38:31.09N 28:37.50W
Fri 03 Jun 14:59 The sailor would appear to be safe....
May 2011
Mon 30 May 22:13 Yet to arrive in The Azores
Apr 2011
Tue 26 Apr 19:09 Preparing to sail The Atlantic
Tue 19 Apr 14:45 Turtle Cove Marina 21:47.10N 72:13.60W
Sun 10 Apr 10:43 Quiet anchorage in Turks & Caicos Islands 21:29.50N 71:32.30W
Mar 2011
Wed 30 Mar 13:13 British Virgin Islands 18:26.50N 64:45.00W
Thu 10 Mar 17:17 White sand...turquoise seas...80deg (you have to feel sorry for him) 23:06.10N 74:57.60W
Thu 03 Mar 19:48 Eleuthera Island 25:20.90N 76:29.60W
Thu 03 Mar 19:38 Devil's Cave 25:36.17N 77:44.01W
Feb 2011
Sat 26 Feb 10:15 The Bahamas 26:29.70N 78:41.60W
Tue 01 Feb 23:29 Fort Lauderdale (Mile 1063.9 ICW) 26:07.10N 80:06.50W
Jan 2011
Fri 28 Jan 20:55 So many bridges.....! 26:26.70N 80:03.90W
Mon 24 Jan 22:47 Still in Stuart
Tue 18 Jan 19:51 It's taken a 1,000 miles....but finally "I get it" 27:20.00N 80:25.83W
Thu 13 Jan 23:00 Vero Beach 27:39.50N 80:22.20W
Sun 09 Jan 21:59 The Space Coast
Thu 06 Jan 00:12 Titusville, Florida (Mile 878 ICW) 28:37.20N 80:48.60W
Sun 02 Jan 20:21 New Year's Day on the beach
2010
Dec 2010
Thu 30 Dec 21:38 New Smyrna Beach (Mile 846 ICW) 29:01.64N 80:55.23W
Sat 25 Dec 20:23 Christmas Day in St Augustine, Florida
Wed 22 Dec 21:47 Florida....at last! Mile 778.6 ICW 29:53.50N 81:18.60W
Sun 19 Dec 19:03 Brunswick, Georgia 31:09.10N 81:29.90W
Mon 13 Dec 22:57 Savannah, Georgia
Fri 10 Dec 15:32 Georgia.....but STILL cold! 32:01.50N 81:02.80W
Mon 06 Dec 22:03 Georgetown and Carolina Gold
Sun 05 Dec 02:12 South Carolina....but still cold! 33:39.90N 79:04.20W
Fri 03 Dec 19:23 Holden Beach (Mile 283 ICW) 34:13.00N 78:15.60W
Nov 2010
Tue 30 Nov 19:37 (Near) Surf City (ICW Mile 267) 34:23.20N 77:38.30W
Sat 27 Nov 22:27 New Bern
Wed 24 Nov 20:45 Beaufort, North Carolina
Sun 21 Nov 20:35 Seventy Degrees Fahrenheit
Sat 20 Nov 23:29 Basking in the Carolina sun....eat your heart out! 34:42.90N 76:39.80W
Mon 15 Nov 21:55 Norfolk (Mile 0) to Pungo Ferry (Mile 28.5) 36:37.10N 76:02.90W
Sat 13 Nov 17:41 Norfolk - and the start of the ICW proper! 36:50.60N 76:27.50W
Thu 11 Nov 21:31 Colonial Sightseeing
Mon 08 Nov 18:18 Bad seas on Chesapeake Bay 37:32.40N 76:20.20W
Sat 06 Nov 18:45 Kilmarnock as viewed from a bicycle!
Thu 04 Nov 19:35 Kilmarnock, Virginia 37:41.90N 76:21.00W
Tue 02 Nov 18:24 Oxford - East Chesapeake Bay 38:41.60N 76:10.10W
Mon 01 Nov 12:53 Zarafina back in the water 38:57.70N 76:28.93W
Oct 2010
Sun 31 Oct 18:45 Washington
Sat 30 Oct 12:06 Historic Annapolis 38:57.70N 76:28.93W
Fri 29 Oct 17:59 Bad news: Zarafina very poorly; Good News: We sleep in real beds 38:57.70N 76:28.93W
Wed 27 Oct 21:59 Chesapeake Bay 38:57.70N 76:28.93W
Tue 26 Oct 03:20 Will it...? Won't it....? Aaaagh! 39:32.70N 75:42.60W
Sat 23 Oct 02:53 Cape May...and not a whale to be seen 38:57.60N 74:52.00W
Thu 21 Oct 02:05 Out of Atlantic City....and back again! 39:22.90N 74:25.30W
Wed 20 Oct 19:17 We went to Atlantic City....and found it was closed! 39:22.70N 74:25.50W
Tue 19 Oct 16:10 Atlantic City 39:22.70N 74:25.52W
Mon 18 Oct 00:32 Grounded...Plan B 40:06.40N 74:03.10W
Sun 17 Oct 16:00 Into the Intercoastal Waterway....and out again 40:03.09N 74:02.90W
Sat 16 Oct 13:47 Stuck on Staten Island 40:32.60N 74:08.30W
Sun 10 Oct 16:10 New York! New York! 40:45.30N 73:51.40W
Sat 09 Oct 16:00 Bridgeport....closed for the winter 41:09.40N 73:12.80W
Fri 08 Oct 01:20 Old Saybrook, Connecticut 41:17.00N 72:21.00W
Mon 04 Oct 21:14 Snug...but not warm! 41:23.17N 71:30.98W
Fri 01 Oct 19:27 Rained upon in Marion 41:42.47N 70:45.56W
Sep 2010
Wed 29 Sep 20:58 Marion.....Just As You Imagine a Cape Cod Town 41:42.47N 70:45.56W
Mon 27 Sep 08:00 From Salem to Sandwich....via Hell! 41:46.24N 70:30.22W
Sat 25 Sep 17:00 Hawthorne Cove Marina, Salem...the eagle has landed 42:31.20N 70:52.18W
Fri 17 Sep 19:26 More bad weather 43:48.55N 66:08.58W
Sat 11 Sep 15:21 Halifax, Nova Scotia 44:32.00N 63:37.00W
Wed 01 Sep 09:25 'Sailor's Paradise'
Aug 2010
Tue 31 Aug 20:53 Windy! 46:05.70N 60:45.10W
Mon 23 Aug 20:24 Unexpected stopover in Newfoundland 46:17.30N 60:26.20W
Fri 06 Aug 15:37 Heading South
Wed 04 Aug 20:58 Sightseeing in Reykjavik 64:09.00N 21:56.50W
Jul 2010
Wed 28 Jul 08:04 Puffin in the Basket...? 63:21.54N 20:12.27W
Thu 22 Jul 20:39 Heading for Iceland 58:37.70N 6:12.60W
Tue 20 Jul 17:44 Stornoway...at last! 58:12.60N 6:23.40W
Wed 14 Jul 06:02 Still(!) on the Whisky Trail 57:18.30N 6:21.40W
Jun 2010
Sat 26 Jun 20:26 The Whisky Trail 56:25.10N 5:29.80W
Tue 22 Jun 07:14 Isle of Man 54:13.60N 4:41.50W
Wed 09 Jun 18:48 Day of Departure 50:43.16N 2:00.15W