Previous Diary Entries
2022
2021
Dec 2021
2020
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A time for new thinking
Sun 26 Dec 22:30
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Time for philosophy
Wed 26 May 15:38 -
And now for something completely different...
Tue 18 May 12:41
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Lockdown ends when the clock strikes 13
Wed 10 Mar 19:06
Dec 2020
2019
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End of year review
Thu 31 Dec 01:30
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Be on The Right Side of History
Sat 28 Nov 18:32
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Another pointless quarantine
Sat 24 Oct 13:41 -
A hilly area
Tue 13 Oct 17:55 -
Alentejo break
Tue 13 Oct 10:08 -
The Great Barrington Declaration
Mon 12 Oct 07:52
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We are very distressed - please help by reading on....
Sun 20 Sep 09:20
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Ashore in Grenada
Thu 13 Aug 16:48
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Ready for a hurricane
Sun 26 Jul 18:03 -
The world has gone mad!
Sun 12 Jul 19:26
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Quarantine No 2, but first another fire!
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A month goes by ...
Sat 9 May 15:23
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Freedom - but for how long?
Wed 8 Apr 18:43
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Quarantine day 7
Sat 28 Mar 21:08 -
Quarantine view
Sun 22 Mar 22:15 -
Quarantine!
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Extraordinary times
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Drama in Deshaies - death of a boat
Thu 12 Mar 16:34
Dec 2019
Nov 2019
2018
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And, finally ... San Francisco
Wed 6 Nov 17:58 -
Sierra Nevada highlights
Sun 3 Nov 20:01
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California here we come
Wed 30 Oct 17:46 -
The Grand Canyon
Mon 28 Oct 20:31 -
Beautiful Bryce
Sat 26 Oct 17:40 -
Geological Wonderland: Capitol Reef and Highway 12
Thu 24 Oct 21:25 -
And then there were three
Mon 21 Oct 17:27 -
Mesa Verde and more canyons
Sun 20 Oct 17:57 -
Natural Bridges and Canyonlands
Thu 17 Oct 22:38 -
On to Dinoland
Mon 14 Oct 21:16 -
The Grand Tetons
Fri 11 Oct 15:52 -
There's still time to see Yogi and Booboo
Tue 8 Oct 21:26 -
Onward to the world's largest volcano (Yellowstone NP)
Sun 6 Oct 21:21 -
still in Washington
Tue 1 Oct 22:22
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A few days in Washington State
Sat 28 Sep 17:48
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Onward to the Cape Verdes
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Christmas in La Gomera (again)
Tue 8 Jan 20:59
Dec 2018
Nov 2018
Oct 2018
Jul 2018
2017
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The stick goes up
Thu 5 Jul 14:57
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The truth (and the screws) will out
Wed 30 May 16:48
Sep 2017
2016
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The end of an era
Thu 21 Sep 07:37
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Final destination
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Lynn Rival weather report
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Lynn Rival weather report
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Lynn Rival weather report
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Lynn Rival weather report
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Lynn Rival weather report
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Lynn Rival weather report
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broken arms and all that
Fri 14 Jul 17:54
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Vila do Porto
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Lynn Rival weather report
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Lynn Rival weather report
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Lynn Rival weather report
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Lynn Rival weather report
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Lynn Rival weather report
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Lynn Rival weather report
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Lynn Rival weather report
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Lynn Rival weather report
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Lynn Rival weather report
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Lynn Rival weather report
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Lynn Rival weather report
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Lynn Rival weather report
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Lynn Rival weather report
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Lynn Rival weather report
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Lynn Rival weather report
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Lynn Rival weather report
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Lynn Rival weather report
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Lynn Rival weather report
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Lynn Rival weather report
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Lynn Rival weather report
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Ready for an Atlantic crossing?
Thu 18 May 22:04 -
Deconstructing Mystic
Sat 6 May 12:50
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Happy New Year - and all change
Thu 19 Jan 15:09
Dec 2016
Nov 2016
2015
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barren Bonaire
Fri 25 Nov 20:44 -
Arrived Bonaire
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On passage
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Moving on
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finally - farewell to the Empire State
Sat 5 Nov 18:43 -
USA - the Federal City
Thu 3 Nov 20:00 -
Fall in the USA - 2
Thu 3 Nov 16:15 -
Fall (autumn) in the USA - 1
Tue 1 Nov 01:00
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Summer in the USA - 2
Sun 30 Oct 00:06 -
Summer in the USA - 1
Wed 26 Oct 02:02
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Manhattan
Sun 11 Sep 14:37
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Summer break
Tue 2 Aug 16:10
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Return to the EU
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Green Island
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Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta
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Guadeloupe
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Back in the EU - Iles des Saintes
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Farewell Dominica
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Dominica - 2
Thu 24 Mar 16:51 -
Dominica - 1
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Land of the blessed
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The Grenadines
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Fish are jumping
Thu 25 Feb 02:51 -
Arrived Carriacou, Grenada
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A sorry tale - but you get to see a lot of pics of Lynn Rival
Tue 2 Feb 17:34
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New year in trinidad
Sun 17 Jan 00:42 -
Christmas in Tobago
Wed 13 Jan 17:29
Dec 2015
2014
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In the boatyard
Tue 15 Dec 21:32
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swim stop?
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Obgridao amigos!
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On passage
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On passage
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On passage again - leaving Brasil
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Natal
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Arrived Fernando de Noronha
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Jacare
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Oficina Brennand
Thu 20 Aug 23:54 -
Recife
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Tamandare
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Brasil's hidden gems
Thu 6 Aug 18:57
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The sea lion coast - and a few whales
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On the move
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Tango time!
Thu 5 Mar 17:56 -
Another exciting night out - crossing the border (twice) for Carnaval
Mon 2 Mar 21:06
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Corned beef and more carnaval
Thu 26 Feb 21:29 -
Catch up time
Wed 25 Feb 20:39
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the missing pics
Thu 1 Jan 12:14
Dec 2014
2013
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an idle November?
Mon 1 Dec 12:51
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In the footsteps of Tristan Jones!
Sun 26 Oct 19:10 -
Up to the High Plain - and to Lake Titicaca
Sun 19 Oct 22:24 -
Cuzco
Thu 16 Oct 17:11 -
Up again, even higher
Wed 15 Oct 16:16 -
Up to Machu Picchu
Mon 13 Oct 17:35 -
the sacred Valley of the Incas
Sun 12 Oct 21:56 -
Peru: so much to tell . . .
Mon 6 Oct 20:49
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where did August go?
Wed 3 Sep 15:52
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Winter in Uruguay
Thu 10 Jul 19:01
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wrinkly backpacking in Argentina - the very end?
Sat 5 Apr 21:14
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Wrinkly backbacking in Argentina - 9 - horns and towers
Sat 29 Mar 16:46 -
Wrinkly backpacking in Argentina - 8 - we've found the ice, where's the gin?
Tue 18 Mar 16:11 -
Wrinkly backpacking in Argentina - 7 - fin del mundo
Thu 13 Mar 17:10 -
A diversion
Sat 1 Mar 16:09
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Wrinkly backpacking in Argentina - 8 (subtitle: a foot in Chile)
Tue 21 Jan 21:13 -
Wrinkly backpacking in Argentina - 7
Tue 21 Jan 16:53 -
Wrinkly backpacking in Argentina - 6
Sun 19 Jan 18:17 -
Wrinkly backpacking in Argentina - 5
Fri 17 Jan 01:31
Dec 2013
2012
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Wrinkly backpacking in Argentina - 4
Wed 18 Dec 12:41 -
Wrinkly backpacking in Argentina (and Paraguay) - 3
Mon 16 Dec 17:38 -
wrinkly backpacking in Argentina - 2
Sun 15 Dec 22:59 -
wrinkly backpacking in Argentina - 1
Sun 15 Dec 18:32
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Angry birds - and new bicycles
Sun 17 Nov 21:04 -
Third (boom) time lucky!
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Montevideo
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A week in Sao Paulo
Wed 21 Aug 23:13 -
more Ilha Grande
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Baia da Ilha Grande - another holiday
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It's winter in Brazil
Wed 24 Jul 19:01
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Passing thoughts
Sun 24 Mar 15:14 -
12:54.847S 038:29.481W
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13:07.9S 037:48.8W
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12:23.5S 036:32.3W
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11:24.7S 034:50.5W
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10:08.4S 033:35.2W
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08:41.8S 032:03.0W
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06:58.5S 030:09.1W
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05:05.1S 028:40.1W
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03:08.7S 027:28.3W
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01:38.1S 026:43.2W
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00:03.8S 026:29.9W
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Goodbye Cape Verde islands
Thu 7 Mar 23:03 -
01:34.8N 026:30.3W
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03:04.2N 026:30.0W
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04:53.8N 026:26.0W
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Exploring Brava
Mon 4 Mar 23:49 -
06:45.9N 026:23.3W
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08:30.3N 026:21.2W
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10:23.3N 025:59.0W
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12:35.8N 025:36.4W
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14:03.2N 025:01.4W
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Santiago to Brava via Fogo
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More island hopping
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Carnaval in Mindelo
Wed 13 Feb 19:29 -
An uphill leg - and some island hopping
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At anchor 16:45.203N 24:45.316W
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At sea 16:35.07N 24:23.4W
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Santiago
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At anchor 14:54.862N 23:36.510W
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At anchor 15:16.907N 23:45.328W
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A day trip to Santo Antao
Fri 25 Jan 14:00 -
Goodbye Canaries. Hello Cape Verdes
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At sea 18:17.2N 23:50.8W
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At sea 20:14.4N 22:52.9W
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At sea 21:58.4N 21:30.9W
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At sea 24:04.4N 20:10.5W
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At sea 26:19.2N 18:32.6W
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Getting ready to leave Europe
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La Gomera
Tue 1 Jan 22:37
Dec 2012
2011
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Sunny Tenerife
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28:29.7N 16:12.5W
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At sea 29:23.8N 16:11.9W
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At sea 31:17.8N 16:31.9W
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Misty Madeira
Sun 9 Dec 17:05
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A short hop to 32:44.5N 16:42.7W
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An out of season tour of Porto Santo
Thu 29 Nov 17:23 -
Welcome to sunny Madeira!
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At sea 33:04.6N 13:20.9W
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More Morocco
Mon 19 Nov 08:43 -
All aboard that train . . .
Sat 10 Nov 18:59 -
Welcome to Morocco
Thu 1 Nov 11:15
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Lagos to Rabat N34:01.8 W6:49.3
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Lisbon to Lagos 37:06.5N 08:40.5W
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Pictures from Portugal
Sat 13 Oct 09:22 -
Porto to Lisbon N38:45.41 W9:05.55
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Vigo to Porto 41:08.5N 8:39.05W
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Crossing Biscay: Falmouth to Vigo
Sat 22 Sep 10:07 -
Arrived Vigo 42:14.5N 08:43.4W
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At sea 43:58.2N 09:06.5W
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At sea 46:11.6N 08:19.7W
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At sea 47:35.2N 06:39.6W
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At sea 49:03.4N 05:54.7W
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Thank you
Thu 13 Sep 17:16 -
and they're off!
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At sea 50:11.00N 03:37.00W
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Finally...
Tue 21 Aug 20:17
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Engine on board
Mon 16 Jul 19:54
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Getting to the bottom of it
Sun 17 Jun 08:22
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Finished?
Wed 11 Apr 20:16
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Progress?
Mon 2 Jan 19:14
Dec 2011
2010
2009
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SOS
Fri 2 Dec 10:52
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Today in history
Mon 14 Nov 20:59
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Race against time
Sat 15 Oct 20:26
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A marathon week
Sat 10 Sep 17:56 -
work in progress
Sun 4 Sep 10:00
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Welcome to Yorkshire
Tue 9 Aug 07:59
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Deck work
Wed 6 Jul 14:33
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Restoration work has begun
Sat 16 Apr 19:20
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Reunions with sailing friends
Tue 15 Feb 21:20
Oct 2009
2008
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ABANDON SHIP!
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PIRATE ATTACK
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Farewell Seychelles
Wed 21 Oct 07:29 -
Turtle watching
Sun 18 Oct 16:09 -
Back to the simple life
Wed 7 Oct 08:42
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Dodging the rain
Sun 2 Aug 14:27
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Mid winter in the Seychelles
Wed 22 Jul 14:28 -
Praslin
Mon 6 Jul 13:31
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Another few weeks in paradise
Thu 25 Jun 14:15 -
Normal service resumed
Fri 5 Jun 15:10
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Photos
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Easter in the Seychelles
Tue 14 Apr 07:51 -
Seychelles cruising
Fri 3 Apr 15:42
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Record-breaking passage
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deep water
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ITCZ - still
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ITCZ
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Change of plan
Wed 11 Mar 14:59 -
Maldives landfall
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the list
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Back in the water
Sun 22 Feb 12:01 -
A new sailing year begins with anti-fouling
Tue 10 Feb 08:00
Dec 2008
2007
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Haul out
Sat 20 Dec 11:17 -
Sea trials
Mon 8 Dec 13:47
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Sight-seeing in Kerala
Wed 26 Nov 13:05 -
Cochin
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Kerala cruising
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Goan sailing
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Getting ship-shape
Thu 23 Oct 10:39 -
Goan again
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Back to Blighty
Tue 10 Jun 18:01
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Goan go slow
Mon 19 May 18:09 -
Getting to know Goa
Thu 1 May 15:11
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Mumbai to Goa
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Forts of India Regatta
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Bustling Bombay
Sat 12 Apr 14:10 -
Arrival in Mumbai
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An empty sea
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Passage to India
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18:49.06N 58:31.53E
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Still kicking our heels in Salalah
Sat 22 Mar 10:40 -
Oman
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Yemen
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13:29.92N 47:18.93E
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12:47.58N 44:58.93E
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12:39.5N 43:27.7E
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Slow progress
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12:58.10N 42:50.850E
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Eritrea continued
Dec 2007
2006
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Christmas base
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How the wind blows
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A taste of ancient Egypt
Mon 3 Dec 13:50
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Routemap
Wed 24 Oct 16:32 -
Photos
Wed 24 Oct 16:31 -
A week in Cyprus
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Cyprus beckons
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Photos
Wed 10 Oct 16:28 -
Rally route so far
Wed 10 Oct 16:20 -
The Rally begins!
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Photos
Fri 5 Oct 16:12
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The Lycians
Wed 26 Sep 18:53 -
Routemap
Sun 23 Sep 22:36 -
Photos
Sun 23 Sep 22:33 -
September cruising - 2
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September cruising - 1
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Afloat at last
Tue 22 May 21:12
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Landlocked
Mon 15 Jan 12:22 -
End of season and a new year beckons
Nov 2006
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route map 13
Mon 13 Nov 16:42
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Climate change
Thu 5 Oct 15:47
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Kalymnos
Tue 26 Sep 15:41 -
Routemap
Wed 20 Sep 17:18 -
Volcanoes, bacon butties and goat stew
Mon 18 Sep 15:37 -
Routemap
Thu 14 Sep 17:06 -
Nisiros
Sun 10 Sep 17:12 -
Astypalea
Tue 5 Sep 16:05
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Return to the Dodecanese
Tue 29 Aug 12:05
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Time to come home
Mon 17 Jul 17:53 -
Patmos
Sun 9 Jul 17:54 -
Samos and beyond
Sun 2 Jul 19:32
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Routemap: Kusadasi, Samos and beyond
Fri 30 Jun 21:51 -
A brief visit to Turkey
Mon 26 Jun 22:33 -
Missing photos from last entry
Sat 24 Jun 13:56 -
Routemap:across the Aegean
Wed 21 Jun 18:09 -
Skiros
Sun 18 Jun 20:00 -
Stormy weather
Mon 12 Jun 18:58 -
Gulf of Volos
Sun 4 Jun 18:22 -
Routemap: Cruise of Northern Sporades
Sun 4 Jun 18:08
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Northern Sporades
Tue 30 May 18:31 -
Routemap
Wed 24 May 16:40 -
Khalkidikhi
Mon 22 May 15:30 -
Limnos and Thassos
Thu 18 May 17:11 -
Afloat at last
Fri 12 May 15:32
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off we go again
Sun 9 Apr 22:25
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A new sailing year beckons
Tue 10 Jan 08:44 -
Lynn Rival on land for the winter
Tue 10 Jan 08:25 -
Haul out at Ayvalik
Tue 10 Jan 08:24 -
Bergama - asklepion
Tue 10 Jan 08:24 -
Bergama - amphitheatre
Tue 10 Jan 08:23 -
Kucukkuyu
Tue 10 Jan 08:22