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Nigel Backwith

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Blog Entries

2013

Dec 2013

Thu 12 Dec 22:46
- I'm closing my Yahoo email account

2011

Dec 2011

Thu 29 Dec 23:24
- 40:54.96N 09:31.58E Merry Christmas - Oboe in Olbia - crew in Devon!

Aug 2011

Fri 19 Aug 13:30
- 41:40.30N 09:23.15E Italia Italia Italia
Sun 14 Aug 11:14
- 42:15.21N 11:06.41E A Day With The Pope And Our Escape From Rome
Wed 10 Aug 09:18
- 41:44.25N 12:14.86E When in Rome ...
Wed 3 Aug 16:19
- Join me on Twitter

Jul 2011

Thu 28 Jul 11:41
- 39:06.80N 09:31.30E New Friends
Wed 27 Jul 11:41
- 39:07.40N 09:30.40E No Sleep All Night
Fri 22 Jul 21:10
- 39:12.00N 09:07.60E Torquoise Water, Pink Flamingos, White Sands
Thu 14 Jul 18:27
- 39:12.00N 09:07.60E Home and Away!

Jun 2011

Fri 24 Jun 21:28
- 39:56.27N 9:42.20E Settled in Arbatax, Sardinia
Wed 15 Jun 09:22
- 42:48.84N 10:19.77E The Perfect Guests and the Perfect Storm!

May 2011

Sun 29 May 11:14
- 39:09.02N 009:05.7E Cagliari-our passage ends and the cruising season begins
Wed 25 May 15:00
- 39:02.62N 008:04.5E Palma, Mallorca and beyond
Wed 18 May 19:07
- 38:57.90N 001:13.3E Hotel California
Thu 12 May 10:55
- 36:41.75N 002:47.5W Puerto Almerimar - Costa del Sol
Wed 11 May 07:50
- 36:41.75N 002:47.5W Beating Into the Med.
Fri 6 May 21:14
- 36:32.40N 006:17.00W Another Day Another Crew
- 36:51.70N 007:38.42W Oboe Has Never Been Here Before!

Apr 2011

Tue 26 Apr 08:06
Fri 22 Apr 17:47
- 43:22.07N 008:23.72W Sublime To The Ridiculous
Tue 19 Apr 13:19
- 44:41.67N 008:06.01W Biscay At Its Remarkable Best
Sun 17 Apr 11:58
- 48:53.97N 006:09.78W Couldn't Wait Any Longer
Thu 14 Apr 18:01
- 50:21.05N 003:34.61W Back On The Road Again!

2010

Sep 2010

Fri 10 Sep 12:34
- 45:56.6N 000:57.4W La Rochelle For The Winter

Jun 2010

Mon 14 Jun 13:19
- 50:21.0N 003:35.0W Midday (BST) Fix 14 June 2010 An Emotional Landfall
Sun 13 Jun 10:02
- 50:19.5N 004:57.3W Midday (BST) Fix 13 June 2010 Yo Ho Ho And A Bottle Of Rum!
Sat 12 Jun 14:26
- 48:56.0N 008:29.9W Midday (BST) Fix 12 June 2010 The Truth, The Whole Truth And Nothing But The Truth!
Fri 11 Jun 12:58
- 47:46.5N 011:43.2W Midday (BST) Fix 11 June 2010 What Is Normal Anyway?
Thu 10 Jun 13:25
- 46:54.1N 015:03.4W Midday (BST) Fix 10 June 2010 The Winds They Are A' Blowin'
Wed 9 Jun 21:39
- 46:20.9N 017:40.6W Midday (BST) Fix 9 June 2010 "Are We Nearly There Yet?"
Tue 8 Jun 10:59
- 45:20.7N 020:45.8W Midday (BST) Fix 6 June 2010 Love 'em Or Hate 'em!
Mon 7 Jun 12:27
- 43:35.6N 022:33.3W Midday (BST) Fix 7 June 2010 Three Reefs In A Sail (oh and a storm jib!)
Sun 6 Jun 12:09
- 42:00.3N 024:57.3W Midday (BST) Fix 6 June 2010 Three Men In A Boat (oh and a boy!)
Sat 5 Jun 12:51
- 40:10.4N 027:24.2W Midday (BST) Fix 5 June 2010 Easing Back Into It
Fri 4 Jun 13:11
- 38:31.9N 028:37.5W Midday (BST) Fix 4 June 2010 Dartmouth Here We Come
Tue 1 Jun 12:21
- 38:27.36N 29:28.92W Midday (BST) Fix 1 June 2010 Wet 'n Wild

May 2010

Mon 31 May 13:08
- 38:20.0N 032:34.5W Midday (BST) Fix 31 May 2010 Changing Mood
Sun 30 May 13:39
- 38:08.0N 035:19.8W Midday (BST) Fix 30 May 2010 Locked On And Counting Down
Sat 29 May 11:28
- 37:27.6N 037:27.6W Midday (BST) Fix 29 May 2010 Who Let The Dogs Out!
Fri 28 May 12:14
- 36:17.0N 040:10.7W Midday (BST) Fix 28 May 2010 Zen Dog
Thu 27 May 13:02
- 34:48.3N 043:03.0W Midday (BST) Fix 27 May 2010 To Boldly Go ...
Wed 26 May 15:32
- 32:45.6N 044:45.8W Midday (BST) Fix 26 May 2010 Happy Birthday To You, Happy Birthday To You
Tue 25 May 15:36
- 32:45.1N 047:13.3W Midday (BST) Fix 25 May 2010 "If Life Gets Any Better Than This I'm Not Sure I'll Be Able to deal With It"
Mon 24 May 12:43
- 34:03.3N 049:03.4W Midday (BST) Fix 24 May 2010 Rain Rain Go Away Come On Mother's Washing Day
Sun 23 May 16:18
- 35:25.0N 051:0.0W Midday (BST) Fix 23 May 2010 An Uncomfortable Day
Sat 22 May 14:05
- 36:39.7N 053:11.0W Midday (BST) Fix 22 May 2010 Run Away! Run Away!
Fri 21 May 13:16
- 36:14.0N 055:56.8W Midday Fix 21May 2010 This is British Warship D92 - Identify Yourselves!
Thu 20 May 14:20
- 34:50.6N 059:10.7W Midday Fix 20 May 2010 Pull Over For A Hamburger
Wed 19 May 12:14
- 34:22.9N 062:03.5W Midday Fix 19 May 2010 A Day At Sea
Tue 18 May 14:07
- 33:01.2N 064:09.7W Midday Fix 18 May 2010 Bye Bye Bermuda
Mon 17 May 16:39
- 32:22.8N 064:40.6W Midday Fix 17 May 2010 Hardship Posting Or What?
Sun 16 May 20:40
- 32:18.6N 064:35.6W Midday Fix 16 May 2010 Probably The Best Sail In The World!
Sat 15 May 12:41
- 30:11.3N 064:00.6W Midday Fix 15 May 2010 Portuguese Men O'War
Fri 14 May 13:05
- 28:10.1N 062:59.2W Midday Fix 14 May 2010 Bermuda Here We Come
Thu 13 May 11:42
- 25:59.3N 062:51.9W Midday Fix 13 May 2010 Didn't Anyone Tell You? Sailing Is A Watersport!
Wed 12 May 11:48
- 23:36.5N 062:25.9W Midday Fix 12 May 2010 Dolphins Do It On Porpoise!
Tue 11 May 12:01
- 21:21.1N 062:17.4W Midday Fix 11 May 2010 Getting Closer to New York!
Mon 10 May 11:46
- 19:02.8N 061:48.2W Midday Fix 10 May 2010 A Step Into The Unknown
Mon 3 May 17:47
- 17:04.6N 061:53.2W First Two Night Passages to Antigua

Apr 2010

Fri 30 Apr 13:25
- 12:31.8N 061:23.1W We're On Our Way Home!
Sun 25 Apr 02:19
- 12:32N 061:25W Preparing Oboe
Thu 15 Apr 17:15
- 13:00.4N 061:14.5W The Lucky Prize Winners!
Fri 2 Apr 10:59
- 12:02.66N 061:44.83W Flaming Sambuca!

Feb 2010

Fri 26 Feb 19:21
- 12:32.10N 061:23.20W What Do You Think Of Oysters?
Wed 10 Feb 20:50
- 12:02.66N 061:44.85W Oboe In The Hands Of Strangers

Jan 2010

Wed 20 Jan 22:46
- 11:59.95N 061:45.69W Tiffin With Jonty!
Thu 14 Jan 13:39
- 12:28.91N 061:27.45W Upwind, Downwind - Round and About Again
Sat 9 Jan 17:36
- 12:36.29N 061:27.07W Re-energised, Friends on Board and Exploring New Venues
Mon 4 Jan 02:05
- 14:04.58N 060:56.89W The Race Is On - Martinique and Back
- 13:00.47N 061:14.43W New Year's Eve - Before and After

2009

Dec 2009

Tue 29 Dec 18:34
- 12:37.89N 061:21.32W Sailing with the Howes Family - Displaced Brits from New Jersey, with a lot of Welsh in them!
Sat 26 Dec 13:54
- 13:08.03N 061:12.19W We Wish You a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Wed 23 Dec 02:19
- 13:08.03N 061:12.19W At Anchor in Young Island Cut, St Vincent
Sun 20 Dec 19:37
- 12:52.73N 061:11.36W Two Nights on Mustique
Fri 18 Dec 14:04
- 12:38.10N 061:23.88W Nudging Into The Tobago Cays
Sat 12 Dec 18:39
- 13:00.48N 061:14.44W Hello Patrick, Isabella and Silas!
Fri 11 Dec 02:46
- 13:00.48N 061:14.44W An Eventful Evening in Bequia
Tue 8 Dec 14:13
- 13:0.4N 061:14.1W Gingerbread Cafe Bequia
Sun 6 Dec 02:30
- 13:51.00N 0061:03.80W Back in Business!

Aug 2009

Tue 11 Aug 14:33
- 17:03.97N 61:53.01W Sitting Out The Hurricane Season

Feb 2009

Thu 26 Feb 22:38
- 17:00.80N 61:46.40W Double Handed to Nonsuch Bay
Tue 17 Feb 16:43
- 17:03.96N 61:53.07W
Mon 16 Feb 08:58
- 17:08.28N 62:37.97W Planning our escape from Nevis!
Thu 12 Feb 16:45
- 17:08.55N 62:37.75W Storm Bound on Nevis
Sat 7 Feb 23:33
- 17:17.50N 62:43.69W Homeward Bound
Wed 4 Feb 17:24
- 18:26.45N 64:45.90W Whales off the Port Beam
Mon 2 Feb 13:00
- 18:23.08N 64:30.88W Winners and Losers

Jan 2009

Sat 31 Jan 00:34
- 18:25.42N 64:37.06W Pirate Night at Marina Cay Island
Thu 29 Jan 15:30
- 18:19.06N 64:36.89W The Pirates of the Caribbean (Not!)
Wed 28 Jan 00:25
- 18:25.72N 64:39.66W Storms and Squalls As We Island Hop
Mon 26 Jan 01:49
- 18:04.01N 63:05.80W Guess Where We Are!
Thu 22 Jan 00:01
- 17:09.27N 62:37.93W We've Escaped Antigua!
Mon 19 Jan 20:15
- 17:07.59N 061:53.25W Building the Team
Sun 18 Jan 19:47
- 17:00.50N 061:45.84W Hello Again!

2008

Dec 2008

Sat 13 Dec 22:00
- 14:04.51N 60:57.01W The Chequered Flag
Fri 12 Dec 22:32
- 14:45.9N 58:05.9W A Special Blog for Class 5S Wessex Primary School
- 14:53.9N 55:21.2W Just Another Day in the Office
Wed 10 Dec 23:41
- 14:56.5N 52:20.5W In the Zone
- 15:08.2N 49:15.71W Red,White & Blue
Tue 9 Dec 00:22
- 15:11.6N 46:32.7W Domestic Bliss
Sun 7 Dec 22:50
- 15:26.6N 43:58.4W Flying the Red Kite over the Blue Atlantic
Sat 6 Dec 22:48
- 15:46.5N 41:49.9W Running Hot and Cold ...
Fri 5 Dec 15:46
- 15:58.9N 38:30.6W Every Cloud has a Silver Lining
Tue 2 Dec 21:43
- 16:39.7N 31:32.9W Experience Building by the Day
- 17:00N 28:30W Fish and spinnakers, champagne and whisky .....

Nov 2008

Sun 30 Nov 17:24
- RE: 17:26.10N 25:56.50W Pointing at St Lucia - Yippee!
Fri 28 Nov 20:45
- 19:42.80N 21:50.70W The Chocolate Melted So We Headed West
Thu 27 Nov 20:13
- 21:23.60N 19:37.40W Rocking & Rolling towards the Cape Verde Islands
Wed 26 Nov 13:38
- 23:20.09N 18:28.50W South, South, South
Tue 25 Nov 13:38
- 24:34.40N 17:19.40W Gently Sliding Down The African Coast
Mon 24 Nov 15:38
- 26:09.64N 16:14.98W Champagne Sailing without the Champagne
Sun 23 Nov 11:18
- 28:07.75N 15:25.54W All set for the off!
Wed 19 Nov 16:08
- 28:07.75N 015:25.54W The Food Arrives - What a Stowage Headache!
Sun 16 Nov 20:12
- 28:07.75N 015:25.54W The Count Down Begins with a Parade

Oct 2008

Fri 31 Oct 22:21
- 28:07.74N 15:25.55W Las Palmas. The ARC Fleet Assembles
Wed 29 Oct 23:14
- 28:51.46N 13:49.01W Lanzarote Marina Rubicon
Mon 27 Oct 09:33
- 30:45.083N 013:23.752W 460Nm Out of Sight of Land
Sun 26 Oct 08:46
- 33:24.00N 012:37.00W Off the African Coast

Sep 2008

Tue 30 Sep 14:02
- 37:06.40N 008:40.40W The End of the First Leg of the Journey
Mon 29 Sep 20:37
- 37:36.70N 009:11.63W Five Hours to Cape St Vincent
Sat 27 Sep 22:21
- 38:41.58N 009:24.90W Arrived at Cascais
Fri 26 Sep 18:49
- 39:58.81N 009:20.9W The Best Day So Far - Heading for Cascais
Thu 25 Sep 17:34
- 41:11.17N 008:42.33W Leixões
Wed 24 Sep 22:45
- 42:22.3N 009:08.5W Heading for Portugal
Mon 22 Sep 18:48
- 43:22.10N 008:23.70W La Coruna Day 2
- 43:22.10N 008:23.70W La Coruna
Sun 21 Sep 07:34
- 45:49.20N 007:30.20W Biscay Day 2
Fri 19 Sep 20:36
- 47:46.76N 005:57.90W Biscay Day 1
Thu 18 Sep 21:32
- 49:27.8N 003:33.6W Motoring South West in a Flat Calm
- 50:42.50N 01:00.7W Departed Northney, Hayling Island

Aug 2008

Tue 5 Aug 21:14
- 50:50.00N 00:58.00W Oboe Resting in Home Port of Northney

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