Previous Diary Entries
2024
  
    
Jan 2024
      
2023
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        Cruise Ship to CuracaoTue 23 Jan 12:00
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        St Vincent Grenadines to Aruba
Dec 2023
      
Nov 2023
      
Jul 2023
      
Jun 2023
      
2022
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        28.06.2023 Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
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        27.06.2023 Playa Mujeres, Lanzarote, Canary Islands
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        25.06.2023 Agadir, Morocco
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        24.06.2023 Essaouria, Morocco
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        23.06.2023 Safi, Morocco
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        22.06.2023 Puerto de Jorf Lasfar, Morocco
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        20.-21.06.2023 Yacht Club du Maroc, Mohammedia, Morocco
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        19.06.2023 Banco Arlett, Morocco
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        18.06.2023 Tangier, Morocco
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        01.06.2023 Gibraltar
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        31.05.2023 Malaga, Spain
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        30.05.2023 Adra, Costa Almeria, Spain
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        29.05.2023 Castillo de San Ramon, Spain
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        28.05.2023 near Cartagena, Spain
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        27.05.2023 Calpe, Costa Blanca, Spain
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        26.05.2023 Formentara, Spain
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        25.05.2023 Isla Cabrera, Spain
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        24.05.2023 Portocolom, SW Majorca, Spain
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        link to most recent photosWed 24 May 13:56
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        23.05.2023 Portocolom, SW Majorca, Spain
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        22.05.2023 Cala d'Or, SW Majorca, Spain
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        20.-21.05.2023 Cala Millor, Majorca, Spain
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        17.-19.05.2023 Cala Millor, Majorca, Spain
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        16.05.2023 Sant'Antioco, Sardinia, Italy
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        15.05.2023 Sant'Antioco, Sardinia, Italy
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        11.05.2023 Porto Ponte Romana, Sardinia, Italy
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        10.05.2023 Sant'Antioco, Sardinia, Italy
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        08.05.2023 Ustica, Sicily
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        07.05.2023 Vulcano, Italy
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        06.05.2023 Catania, Italy
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        05.05.2023 Bova Marina, Italy
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        04.05.2023 Le Castella, Italy
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        03.05.2023 Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy
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        02.05.2023 Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy
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        01.05.2023 Otranto, Italy
Oct 2022
      
Sep 2022
      
2018
  
2017
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        30.09.2022 Korcula, Croatia
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        29.09.2022 Dubrovnik, Croatia
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        28.09.2022 Ulcinj, Montenegro
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        27.09.2022 Vlore, Albania
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        24.09-26.09.2022 Gouvia, Corfu
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        Cleopatra Marina, Aktio, Greece
Jan 2017
      
2016
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        Back to BerlinWed 4 Jan 22:07
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        Marooned AshoreMon 2 Jan 06:48
Dec 2016
      
2015
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        Frohes Neues Jahr 2017Sat 31 Dec 20:24
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        Back to the Arabian Sea for New YearThu 29 Dec 18:56
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        View from the TopWed 28 Dec 16:53
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        Breakfast in the PalaceTue 27 Dec 16:51
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        Merry ChristmasSun 25 Dec 15:28
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        Goa to MuscatThu 22 Dec 17:21
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        On the Hippie TrailWed 21 Dec 22:27
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        BollywoodTue 20 Dec 17:40
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        Back OnboardMon 19 Dec 17:17
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        Waiting for a FlightSun 18 Dec 15:32
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        Day OffSat 17 Dec 22:10
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        Oh! CalcuttaFri 16 Dec 14:16
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        Ganga Reaches the SeaThu 15 Dec 18:51
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        The Empire Strikes BackWed 14 Dec 15:05
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        Mothers Ganga and Theresa MeetTue 13 Dec 13:59
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        On the Road to BiharMon 12 Dec 18:47
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        On the Grand Trunk RoadSun 11 Dec 17:44
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        Back on the river at AlahabadSat 10 Dec 17:33
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        All the President's MenFri 9 Dec 12:00
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        Ganga BeginsThu 8 Dec 18:11
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        Slowly up the HimalayasWed 7 Dec 19:56
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        Delhi Tuk TukTue 6 Dec 17:14
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        Off to DelhiMon 5 Dec 14:36
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        Bombay MixSun 4 Dec 19:00
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        Cruise from Valletta to MumbaiSat 3 Dec 16:21
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        Europe May-August 2016Tue 30 Aug 23:00
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        Graptolite - Back to Sea Again Soon
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        Mediterranean April 2016Fri 29 Apr 23:00
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        Middle East March/April 2016Fri 29 Apr 23:00
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        South Asia March 2016Wed 30 Mar 23:00
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        South East Asia February/March 2016Wed 30 Mar 23:00
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        Venice February 2016Sun 28 Feb 00:00
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        Australia January 2016Sun 31 Jan 00:00
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        UK January 2016Sun 31 Jan 00:00
Dec 2015
      
2011
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        Germany December 2015Thu 31 Dec 00:00
May 2011
      
Apr 2011
      
Mar 2011
      
Feb 2011
      
2010
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        Val Whitehead, Silver Heels II, 1948-2010Mon 14 Feb 21:56
Nov 2010
      
2009
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        Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz
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        Just One Cornetto
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        Graptolite - Death in Venice
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        Graptolite - Cruising the Renaissance
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        Graptolite - Turtles All The Way Down
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        Graptolite - Back on the Boat
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        Graptolite -A Reprieve for the Barnacles
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        Graptolite - Out of Africa Again
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        Graptolite - Safari Day 24 to 27
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        Graptolite - Safari Day 24 a Heikiblog
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        Graptolite - Safari Day 19 to 23
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        Graptolite - Safari Day 11 to 19
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        Graptolite - Safari Day 9 to 10
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        Graptolite - Safari Day 7 to 8
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        Graptolite - Safari Day 5 to 6
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        Graptolite - Safari Day 4
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        Graptolite - Safari Day 1 to 3
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        Graptolite - Weekend Cruise
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        Graptolite - Ships, Settlers and Swords
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        Graptolite - Something Old, Something New
Dec 2009
      
2008
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        Graptolite - Meets the Weihnachtsmann
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        Graptolite - Meets the Gypsy King
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        Graptolite - Bohemian Rhapsody
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        Graptolite - Over Cappadocia
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        Graptolite - Weather for Ducks
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        Graptolite - Tomorrow Belongs To Me
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        Graptolite - The Wurst of Times
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        Graptolite - Turkish Delights
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        Graptolite - Now in Turkey
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        Graptolite - Athens, Edinburgh of the South
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        Graptolite - Chalki Again
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        Graptolite - Dodecanese Revisited
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        Graptolite - Kos It's There
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        Graptolite - Well Greece'd
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        Graptolite - Another Volcano, Another Day
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        Graptolite - Greek Island Hopping
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        Graptolite - A Rhodes Less Travelled
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        Graptolite - A Collossal Time in Rhodes
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        Graptolite - Waltzing with Grapto Under the StarsTue 30 Jun 07:42
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        Graptolite - Land of the Midnight Sun
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        Graptolite - Mountains and Meze
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        Graptolite - The Full Cypriot
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        Graptolite - Out of Africa
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        Graptolite - Canal Trip
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        Graptolite - Suez and Busted
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        Graptolite - Suez or Bust
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        Graptolite - Dust Bunnies
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        Graptolite - Powerless
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        Graptolite - Are We Nearly There Yet?
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        Graptolite - Men At Work
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        Graptolite - Keeping Cool
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        Graptolite - Deliverance From Weevils
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        Graptolite - Hot Chocolate Camel
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        Graptolite - Roughing It To Hurghada
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        Graptolite - Temple of Doom
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        Graptolite - Beers, Burgers and Bellydancers
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        Graptolite - Dolphin Friendly
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        Graptolite - Reef Life
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        Graptolite - Fury Shoal
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        Graptolite - Borderline
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        Graptolite - Trooping of the Colours
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        Graptolite - Still in Sudan
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        Graptolite - A Bus to Port Sudan
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        Graptolite - Suakin Town
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        Graptolite - Slave Trading
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        Graptolite - Sudan Island Hopping
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        Graptolite - Another Day Another War Zone
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        Graptolite - Sheikh el Abu
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        Graptolite - Gin and Palaces
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        Graptolite - Howakil Bay
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        Graptolite - Cake & Cones
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        Graptolite - Eritrean Coast
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        Graptolite - Through the Bab el Mandeb
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        Graptolite - Aden
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        Graptolite - Still Transiting
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        Graptolite - Transits the Yemen Coast
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        Graptolite - Gulf of Aden
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        Graptolite - In the Dofar Mountains
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        Graptolite - Arrives in the Middle East
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        Graptolite - Going Like a Rocket
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        Graptolite - In the Heart of the Sea
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        Graptolite - More Arabian Nights
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        Graptolite - Arabian Sea
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        Graptolite - Prophet and Loss
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        Graptolite - Attacked by the Snot Monster
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        Graptolite - North to the Arabian Sea
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        Graptolite - Crewed Up
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        Graptolite - The Old Man and the Sea
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        Graptolite - No Time Atoll
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        Graptolite - The Last Resort
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        Graptolite - Curry in the Nozzles
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        Graptolite - Maldives Ahoy!
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        Graptolite - Ta-ta Touts & Tamils
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        Graptolite - Kandy & The Tooth Fairy
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        Graptolite - Tuk-Tuk and Arrak
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        Graptolite - Hello Ceylon
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        Graptolite - A Tiger in the Tank
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        Graptolite - The Legend of El Dorado
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        Graptolite - Nicobar Islands
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        Graptolite - Westbound to Sri Lanka
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        Graptolite - Welding the Team
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        Graptolite - Thai'd Up Again in Phuket
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        Graptolite - Another Shrimp on the Barbie
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        Graptolite - Phang Nga Bay
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        Graptolite - Happy New Year 2009
Dec 2008
      
2007
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        Graptolite - King Prawn of Siam
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        Graptolite - Gets a Happy Cat
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        Graptolite - Penang for Christmas
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        Graptolite - Towers in KL
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        Graptolite - Pink in Klang
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        Graptolite - Singapore Slings
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        Graptolite - In Dire Straits
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        Graptolite - Back in the North
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        Graptolite - South China Sea
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        Graptolite - Logging the Logs
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        Graptolite - Finds the Ginger People
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        Graptolite - in the Heart of Darkness
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        Graptolite - Java Sea Provisioning
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        Graptolite - Java Sea
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        Graptolite - Bali Bye Bye
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        Graptolite - All Aboard
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        Graptolite - Birds, Beasts and Crap Coffee
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        Graptolite - Chilling in the Heat
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        Graptolite - The Boss Gets a Watch
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        Graptolite - Mostly Repaired
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        Graptolite - Exhausted in Denpasar
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        Graptolite - Gets Some Surfer Culture
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        Graptolite - Bali Hi
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        Graptolite - Greasy Kebabs
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        Graptolite - Goodbye Possums
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        Graptolite - Ashmore Reef
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        Graptolite - Windless in the Timor Sea
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        Graptolite - Emigrates from Australia
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        Graptolite - The Road to Bali
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        Graptolite - Still in the Land of Oz
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        Graptolite - It's Still a Long Way to Tipperary
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        Graptolite - Back in the Water
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        Graptolite - Antifouled
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        Graptolite - Hot and Bothered
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        Graptolite - Hard on the Hard
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        Heiki's FarewellSun 7 Sep 12:57
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        Graptolite - Crewless in Darwin
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        Graptolite - It's a Long Long Way to Tipperary
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        Graptolite - Time & Tide
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        Graptolite - A Ray of Sunshine
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        Graptolite - Thursday on TI
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        Graptolite - North to the Torres Strait
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        Graptolite - Cook's Look
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        Graptolite - G'day Low Islets
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        Graptolite - Wind and Toad Generator
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        Graptolite - XXXX in Australia
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        Graptolite - Queensland in Sight
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        Graptolite - Pumping Iron
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        Graptolite - On Patrol in the Western Pacific
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        Graptolite - Wet and Windy
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        Graptolite - Looks Into The Abyss
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        Graptolite - Attack Ships On Fire
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        Graptolite - Wahoo!
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        Graptolite - Mal de Mer
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        Graptolite - Limping Towards Australia
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        Graptolite - Crewed But Not Ready To Go
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        Graptolite - Visits the Bat Cave
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        Graptolite - Up the Mast in Port Vila
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        Graptolite - A Few Drinkies Today
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        Graptolite - Has a Day at the Races
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        Graptolite - Sails to Port Vila
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        Graptolite - Climbs a Volcano
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        Graptolite - Crew Member Quits On Passage
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        Graptolite - Musket Cove to Port Resolution
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        Graptolite - In Sugar City
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        Graptolite - Hello & Goodbye Yasawa
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        Graptolite - Stuck in a Rut in Vanua Levu
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        Graptolite - Kava & Sari
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        Graptolite - In Fiji
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        Graptolite - Fiji Bound
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        Graptolite - Speaking in Tongs
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        Graptolite - The Tongan Two-Step
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        Graptolite - Tongan Feasts
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        Graptolite - Time Travellers
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        Graptolite - Snakes & Whales
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        Graptolite - A Niue Experience
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        Wildschwein in Pfefferminzsauce
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        Graptolite - Ketchup With The News
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        Graptolite - The Niue World
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        Graptolite - Island Night
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        Graptolite - Rarotonga, Wear The Fox Hat?
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        Graptolite - Island Hop, Skip and Jump
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        Graptolite - Oktoberfest in Atiu
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        Graptolite - Netting the Surf
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        Graptolite - On the Rocks
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        Graptolite - Meets Jaws
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        Graptolite - A Plain Vanilla Day
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        Graptolite - A Little Money Laundering
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        Graptolite - Baba Rara Cucu Dada
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        Graptolite - Fully Automatic Autopilot
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        Graptolite - Consultation in Moorea
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        Graptolite - Sleepy Sunday
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        Graptolite - Still Smiling
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        Graptolite - Gets Some Tattouage
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        Graptolite - Bonding Crew and Boat
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        Graptolite - Back in Pape'ete
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        Graptolite - Takes To The Air
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        Graptolite - Bora Bora. So Good They Named It Twice
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        Graptolite - Overnight to Raiatea
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        Graptolite - Cooking in Cooks Bay
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        Graptolite - Still In Pape'ete
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        Graptolite - Normal Service
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        Graptolite - More Wreckage
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        Graptolite - Not Going to Fakarava
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        Graptolite - Going to Fakarava
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        Graptolite - To The Blue Lagoon
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        Graptolite - The Biggest Catch Yet
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        Graptolite - Atoll Number Two
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        Graptolite - No Trouble Atoll
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        Graptolite - Ueberraschungen fuer den Gourmet
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        Graptolite - Manihi Shaken Not Stirred
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        Graptolite - Southwest to Tuamotu Islands
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        Graptolite - E aha te huru?
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        Graptolite - Summertime and the Living is Easy
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        Graptolite - 2644 Miles Out
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        Graptolite - Life is a Minestrone
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        Graptolite - 2329 Miles Out
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        Graptolite - 2140 Miles Out
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        Graptolite - Kurs Hawaii
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        Graptolite - 2025 Miles Out
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        Graptolite - The Easter Tunny
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        Graptolite - In The Middle of Nowhere
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        Graptolite - 1385 Miles Out
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        Graptolite - 1140 Miles Out
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        Summer of Graptolite Oh Yeah
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        Graptolite - Nehmen und Geben vom Meer
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        Graptolite - 420 Miles Out
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        Graptolite - Fishing for Compliments
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        Graptolite - Could Be Anywhere
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        Graptolite - Where Are We?
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        Graptolite - Loaded to the Gunnels
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        Graptolite - Explores More of the Galapagos
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        Graptolite - Santa Cruz
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        Graptolite - Sailing the Galapagos Islands
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        Graptolite - Meets the Locals
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        Graptolite - Arrived Galapagos
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        Graptolite - Motoring Along
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        Graptolite - Blood & Guts
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        Graptolite - Yo Sushi!
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        Graptolite - Current Affairs
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        Graptolite - Just Beagling Along
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        Still in Ecuador
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        Graptolite - La Libertad
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        Graptolite - Alongside Ecuador
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        Graptolite - Will Arrive at Daybreak
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        Graptolite - Captain's Log Supplemental
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        Graptolite - Nearly 0 degrees South
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        Graptolite - Getting Wet
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        Graptolite - Entering the Doldrums
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        Graptolite - Heading South
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        Graptolite - Goes to a Beach Barbie
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        Pacific Coast
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        The Pacific
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        Canal Tommorrow
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        Graptolite - Shelter Bay
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        Graptolite - Nearing Panama
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        Graptolite - More Speed
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        Graptolite - Full Speed Ahead for PanamaThu 31 Jan 15:36
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        Graptolite - Back on the Road Again
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        Fire in the Hole
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        Abuse of Power
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        Nae Haggis
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        Broken Stuff
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        So far so good
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        Off Again
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        WreckageWed 16 Jan 01:22
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        New video
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        A man; a plan; Panama
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        Crabbers depart
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        2008 plus 2
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        New Years Day
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        Happy New Year from Marigot Bay
Dec 2007
      
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        Clearing out of St Vincent Grenadines
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        Rocking and Rolling in Friendship Bay
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        Spiny Norman
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        Boxing Day
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        Grenadine Christmas
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        Wallilabou Bay
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        Put to PitonsSun 23 Dec 23:16
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        Stir crazy.
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        Normal Service
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        blog problemsThu 20 Dec 21:43
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        Arrived Rodney Bay, St Lucia
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        Falling Apart
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        Still crazy after all these waves
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        Captain's Log Supplemental
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        Nearly there ...
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        Finish line fever
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        St Lucia here we come
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        Monsters of the Deep
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        Daily Life
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        Half Way party
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        Half Way!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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        Pancake Day
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        Funny old day
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        Tuesday
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        Half way in sight
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        31 degrees west
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        1st December - White rabbits
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        29 degrees west
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        Friday
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        23 degrees west - its spitting!!
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        22 degrees west
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        19 degrees west
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        17 degrees westMon 26 Nov 16:28
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        ARC Day 1
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        Las Palmas, ARC minus 1Sat 24 Nov 19:17
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        Las Palmas, ARC minus 2
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        Las Palmas, ARC minus 3
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        Las Palmas, ARC minus 5
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        Las Palmas
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        Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
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        Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
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        Lanzarote
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        Isla Graciosa
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        Atlantic 70 nm NE of Canaries
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        Atlantic 200 nm NE of Canaries
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        Essaouira, Morocco
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        Essaouira, Morocco
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        Essaouira, Morocco
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        Safi, Morocco
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        Gulf of Cadiz
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        Vilamoura
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        Olhao
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        Olhao
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        Faro
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        Portimaio
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        Lagos
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        Lagos
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        Sines
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        Still in Cascais
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        Cascais
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        Cascais
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        Cascais
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        Cascais
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        Cascais
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        Still in Peniche
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        Peniche
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        Graptolite crew calling
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        Peniche
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        Ihla da Berlenga
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        Nazare
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        Nazare
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        Hi all from Lori
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        The Plot Thickens in Figueira da Foz
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        More Figueira da Foz
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        Still in Figueira da Foz
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        Figueira da Foz
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        Figueira da Foz
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        Leixoes
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        Viana Do Castelo
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        Ria de Arousa
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        Camarinas
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        La Coruna
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        La Coruna
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        Aproaching Spain
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        Bay of Biscay
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        Leaving Falmouth
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        FalmouthSun 2 Sep 21:09
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        Falmouth
 
      