Previous Diary Entries
2024
Jun 2024
2023
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Day 11 - Azores to UK
Wed 12 Jun 16:44
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Day 10 - Azores to UK
Tue 11 Jun 17:21
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Day 9 - Azores to UK
Mon 10 Jun 16:57
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Day 8 - Azores to UK
Sun 9 Jun 17:00
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Day 7 - Azores to UK
Sat 8 Jun 17:15
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Day 6 - Azores to UK
Fri 7 Jun 17:12
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Day 5 - Azores to UK
Thu 6 Jun 17:15
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Day 4 - Azores to UK
Wed 5 Jun 17:21
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Day 3 - Azores to UK
Tue 4 Jun 17:14
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Day 2 - Azores to UK
Mon 3 Jun 17:21
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San Miguel, Ponta Delgada to UK, Poole
Sun 2 Jun 15:29
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Day 4 - Ponta Delgada Marina - 24hr delay leaving
Sat 1 Jun 10:11
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Day 3 - Ponta Delgada Marina
Fri 31 May 15:10 -
Day 2 - Ponta Delgada
Thu 30 May 09:55 -
Day 20 9cont'd) - Arrived Ponta Delgada
Tue 28 May 08:00
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Day 20 - Almost there
Mon 27 May 19:15
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Day 19 - Engine Off - Code 0 Up - Boarded by Portugese Marine Police
Sun 26 May 18:48
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Day 18 - Engine On
Sat 25 May 19:16
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Day 17 - Back to 8 knots or less wind
Fri 24 May 18:58
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Day 16 - Fast and Lumpy night
Thu 23 May 18:43
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PS. 666nm to go
Wed 22 May 16:03 -
Day 15 - The wind is here
Wed 22 May 16:00
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Day 14 - In a lull not on any forecast
Tue 21 May 20:23
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Day 13 - Good 24 hours tracking towards destination
Mon 20 May 20:19
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Day 12 - Steady Progress - Which way?
Sun 19 May 20:21
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Day 11 - Code 0 Up
Sat 18 May 20:24
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Day 10 - Still slow
Fri 17 May 20:49
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Day 9 - Back to slow progress
Thu 16 May 20:41
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Day 8 - Going North
Wed 15 May 21:03
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PS. 1591nm to go
Tue 14 May 20:27 -
Day 7 - Good 24 hour run
Tue 14 May 20:25
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Day 6 - Maintenance to do
Mon 13 May 21:10
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Day 5 - Code Zero Up
Sun 12 May 17:35
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Day 4 - still painfully slow and hot
Sat 11 May 20:40
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Day 3 - Wind gotten lighter
Fri 10 May 20:30
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Day 2 - Very Hot and Sweaty below
Thu 9 May 20:05
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Left Antigua for the Azores
Wed 8 May 21:28
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Jolly Harbour - Last Day in the Caribbean?
Tue 7 May 19:55 -
Jolly Harbour
Mon 6 May 19:58 -
Jolly Harbour
Sun 5 May 19:37
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Nelson's Dockyard - Packing to leave
Sat 4 May 19:10 -
ASW - Day 5
Sat 4 May 03:11 -
ASW - Day 4 Racing
Fri 3 May 01:36 -
ASW - Lay Day
Wed 1 May 22:18 -
ASW - Day 3
Wed 1 May 01:43
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ASW - Day 2
Mon 29 Apr 22:11 -
ASW Day !
Sun 28 Apr 20:36 -
Almost Round Antigua Race
Sat 27 Apr 20:32 -
Day 3 Nelson's Dockyard
Fri 26 Apr 19:50 -
Nelson'sDockyard
Thu 25 Apr 18:11 -
Nelson's Dockyard
Wed 24 Apr 19:10 -
Day 3 Freemans Bay
Tue 23 Apr 21:34 -
Day 2 Freeman Bay
Mon 22 Apr 21:10 -
Antigua -Freemans Bay
Sun 21 Apr 17:47
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St Barts - Antigua - Unofficial Race
Sat 20 Apr 19:51
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Day 5 - St Barts - Gustavia
Fri 19 Apr 20:21 -
Day 4 - St Barts - Gustavia
Thu 18 Apr 20:52 -
Day 3 - St Barts - Gustavia
Wed 17 Apr 22:06 -
Day 2 -St Barts - Gustavia
Wed 17 Apr 00:49 -
Day 2 - St Barts - Gustavia
Mon 15 Apr 20:54 -
Saint Barthelemy (St. Barts) - Gustavia anchorage
Sun 14 Apr 21:08
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Day 3 - Sint Maarten Again
Sat 13 Apr 22:01 -
Day 2 - Sint Maarten Again
Fri 12 Apr 20:28 -
Day ! - Sint Maarten Again
Thu 11 Apr 22:10 -
Day 0 - Sint Maarten again
Wed 10 Apr 21:21
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Tortola to Sint Maarten
Tue 9 Apr 20:25
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Day 8 - Nanny Cay
Mon 8 Apr 19:37 -
Day 7 - Nanny Cay - Day 3 Regatta
Sun 7 Apr 21:21 -
Day 6 - Nanny Cay Marina - Day 2 Regatta
Sun 7 Apr 00:39 -
Day 5 - Nanny Cay - BVI Regatta Day 1
Fri 5 Apr 20:39 -
Day 4 - Nanny Cay - Rest Day
Thu 4 Apr 18:42 -
Day 3 - Nanny Cay - Scrub Island Race
Wed 3 Apr 20:30 -
Day 2 - Nanny Cay Marina - Round Tortola Race
Tue 2 Apr 20:57 -
Day 1 - Nanny Cay Marina
Mon 1 Apr 20:46
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Day 0 - Nanny Cay
Sun 31 Mar 21:40
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Nanny Cay - Day 0
Sun 31 Mar 18:21
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Day 2 - Gerner Bay, Litte Harbour
Fri 29 Mar 20:27 -
Jost van Dyke, Little Harbour, Garner Bay
Thu 28 Mar 19:08
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British Virgin Islands - Tortola
Wed 27 Mar 20:44
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St Kitts & Nevis to BVI's Tortola
Mon 25 Mar 18:22
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Port Zante - St Kitts & Nevis
Fri 22 Mar 19:44
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Day 2 - Martinique to Nevis & St Kitts
Thu 21 Mar 19:13 -
Martinique to St Kitts & Nevis
Wed 20 Mar 19:54
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Day 9 Marina du Marin
Wed 20 Mar 11:41 -
Day 7 - Marina du Marin
Sun 17 Mar 19:13 -
Day 6 - Marina du Marin
Sat 16 Mar 16:57 -
Day 4 - Marina du Marin
Thu 14 Mar 16:42 -
Day 2 - Marina du Marin
Tue 12 Mar 20:46 -
Marigot Bay to Marina Du Marin, Martinique
Mon 11 Mar 21:13
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Marigot Bay
Sun 10 Mar 20:04 -
Rodney Bay to Marigot Bay
Fri 8 Mar 18:38
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Arrival Rodney Bay Marina
Thu 7 Mar 13:34
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St Maarten to St Lucia - Day 2 - John goes for a swim
Tue 5 Mar 21:33
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St Maarten to St Lucia - Day 1
Mon 4 Mar 21:21
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Daiy 4 Heineken Regatta
Sun 3 Mar 20:29 -
Day 3 Heineken Regatta
Sat 2 Mar 21:41 -
Heineken Regatta Day 2 - RTI St Martin
Fri 1 Mar 20:22
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Day 1 Hieneken Regatta
Thu 29 Feb 20:38 -
Day 1 - Sint Maarten
Tue 27 Feb 21:25
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On the way to Sint Maarten
Mon 26 Feb 22:00
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Another Day Nelson's Harbour Post C600
Sun 25 Feb 22:08 -
Nelson's Dockyard - Post Retirement C600
Sat 24 Feb 20:44
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Day 3 - C600 - Caught fishing net around keel
Wed 21 Feb 11:46
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C600 - Day 2
Tue 20 Feb 17:01
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Day 13 -Nelson's Dockyard
Sun 18 Feb 17:25 -
Day 12 - Nelson's Dockyard
Sat 17 Feb 20:08 -
Day 10 - Nelson's Dockyard
Thu 15 Feb 19:51 -
Day 9 - Nelsons Dockyarrd
Wed 14 Feb 21:58 -
Day 8 - Nelson's Dockyard
Tue 13 Feb 21:44 -
Day 7 - Nelson's Dockyard
Mon 12 Feb 19:36 -
Day 6 - Nelson's Dockyard
Sun 11 Feb 19:48 -
Day 5 - Nelson's Dockyard
Sat 10 Feb 20:19 -
Day 4 - Nelson's Dockyard
Fri 9 Feb 20:36 -
Day 3 - Nelson's Dockyard
Thu 8 Feb 22:26 -
Day 2 - Nelson's Dockyard
Wed 7 Feb 21:57 -
Day 1 - Nelson's Dockyrd
Tue 6 Feb 21:32 -
Day 22 - Arrival Antugua
Mon 5 Feb 18:32
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Day 21 - Oops engine stops
Sun 4 Feb 19:24
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PS Day 20 - Perisher Start
Sat 3 Feb 21:31 -
Day 20 - Kept moving. Just!
Sat 3 Feb 19:58
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Day 19 - Frustration gets worse
Fri 2 Feb 20:24
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Day 18 - Night time shennanigans
Thu 1 Feb 20:05
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Day 17 - Was good until an hour ago
Wed 31 Jan 20:22
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Day 16 - Still sunshine and wind
Tue 30 Jan 19:24
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Day 15 - Sunshine and Showers
Mon 29 Jan 19:21
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Day 14 - Frustrating Progress
Sun 28 Jan 19:17
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Day 13 - Rudder Stock Top Bearing fitting moving
Sat 27 Jan 17:46
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Day 12 - Early morning Sail
Fri 26 Jan 19:32
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Day 11 - Motoring Again
Thu 25 Jan 20:38
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Day 10 - Very Slow day
Wed 24 Jan 18:03
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Day 9 - Harold not seeing Rudder Feedback position
Tue 23 Jan 21:18
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Day 8 - Wind Moderated
Mon 22 Jan 18:15
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Fwd: Day 8 - Still Starboard Gybe
Sun 21 Jan 19:04
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Day 8 - Still Starboard Gybe
Sun 21 Jan 18:59
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Day 6 - Wind Starting to Veer
Sat 20 Jan 17:15
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Day 5 - Still Sailing
Fri 19 Jan 17:39
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Day 4 - Sailing at last
Thu 18 Jan 17:06 -
Day 3 - Glassy Sea Everywhere
Wed 17 Jan 17:49
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Day 2 - Lots of motoring - Defects log growing
Tue 16 Jan 17:43
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Day 1 - Gran Canaria to Antigua (belatedly)
Mon 15 Jan 16:53
Nov 2023
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Update Las Palmas post all traumas
Wed 1 Nov 16:23
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Day 13 - Arrived in Las Palmas
Wed 1 Nov 15:35
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Day 12 - The saga continues
Wed 1 Nov 14:43
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Day 11 - Beam reaching
Wed 1 Nov 12:30
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Day 10 - Another day at sea
Wed 1 Nov 11:01
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Day 9/10 - Making progress at last
Wed 1 Nov 09:34
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Day 9 - Not a good day
Mon 30 Oct 18:14
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Day 8 - Standard Sails Up
Sun 29 Oct 16:47
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DAY 7 - Going Nowhere all very down
Fri 27 Oct 11:26
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Day 6 - The sea stole more stuff
Fri 27 Oct 10:48
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Day 5 - Orange sails up - water in the bilges
Sun 22 Oct 22:03
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Day 4 - Windier Wetter and sea getting bigger
Sun 22 Oct 20:51
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Day 3 - Around Ushant - Off continental shelf
Sun 22 Oct 19:57
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Day 2 - Squalls - Reefs - Under the weather
Sun 22 Oct 18:22
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Day 1 - Leaving Poole
Sun 22 Oct 17:15
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Test of Blog from Emulator
Sun 15 Oct 11:55
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AZAB Completed
Thu 29 Jun 09:51
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Day 8 - Nearly there
Tue 27 Jun 15:41
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Day 7 - A breakage today
Mon 26 Jun 16:19
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Day 6 - Hooray a little bit of Reaching
Sun 25 Jun 16:28
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Day 5 - A few hours reaching
Sat 24 Jun 16:59
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Day 4 - Downwind Rocking & Rolling
Fri 23 Jun 16:41
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Day 3 - Gybes, reefs
Thu 22 Jun 17:29
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Day 2 - Wet & Windy
Wed 21 Jun 18:55
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Day1 - Return leg Started
Tue 20 Jun 21:36
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AZAB Return Leg
Tue 20 Jun 07:52
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Arrived Ponta Delgado
Sun 11 Jun 15:05
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Day8 - Should be last one, on this leg at sea
Sat 10 Jun 16:35
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Day7 -Lots of sail trimming - No new breakages
Fri 9 Jun 17:34
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Day6 - Fast with big sea
Thu 8 Jun 18:23
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Day5 - Suspect losing ground
Wed 7 Jun 17:33
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Day4 - Good Sleeping - Good Progress
Tue 6 Jun 16:45
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Day3 - Very light and not enjoyable
Mon 5 Jun 16:47
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Day 2 - Downwind following seas
Sun 4 Jun 16:59 -
AZAB started - B&G autopilot very drunk
Sat 3 Jun 17:23
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Poole to Falmouth for AZAB start.
Tue 30 May 21:12
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Nearly time to leave Parkstone
Sun 28 May 08:37