Open Blue - Opening Post

Opening Post - January 2012

Open Blue

Tim & Manfreda Penfold

Wed 18 Jan 2012 21:26

Position 38:57:06N 20:45:55E

Here is the starting point for our adventure: Open Blue is currently in Cleopatra Marina, Preveza, Greece. As we write, we are sitting in our kitchen in wintery London and sunshine of Greece seems a long way away. There is so much to do before we set sail in April. Until then, here are some pictures of our 'shake-down' cruise in October 2011, when we finally decided this whole 'sailing with kids' thing might actually work.

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2013

Apr 2013

Fri 26 Apr 17:57
- St.Thomas, USVI 26/04/13
Wed 24 Apr 17:56
- Tortola, BVI 24/04/13
Sun 21 Apr 17:54
- Anegada, BVI 21/04/13
Thu 11 Apr 17:53
- Virgin Gorda, BVI 11/04/13
Sat 6 Apr 17:52
- Anguilla 06/04/13
Wed 3 Apr 17:51
- Saba 03/04/13

Mar 2013

Sat 23 Mar 18:49
- St.Barts 23/03/13
Wed 20 Mar 18:48
- St.Kitts 20/03/13
Fri 15 Mar 18:47
- Barbuda 15/03/13
Wed 6 Mar 18:45
- Antigua 06/03/13
Fri 1 Mar 18:44
- Guadeloupe 29/02/13

Feb 2013

Mon 25 Feb 18:43
- Iles des Saintes 25/02/13
Thu 21 Feb 18:42
- Dominica 21/02/13
Sun 10 Feb 18:41
- Martinique 10/02/13
Wed 6 Feb 18:39
- Rodney Bay again 06/02/13
Fri 1 Feb 18:09
- Bequia again 01/02/13

Jan 2013

Mon 21 Jan 18:08
- Tyrell Bay, Carriacou 21/01/13
Mon 7 Jan 18:06
- Grenada 07/01/13
Sat 5 Jan 18:05
- Petit St.Vincent 05/01/13

2012

Dec 2012

Mon 31 Dec 18:04
- Chatham Bay, Union Island 31/12/12
Fri 28 Dec 18:02
- Tobago Cays 28/12/12
Thu 27 Dec 18:00
- Canoan 27/12/12
Thu 20 Dec 17:57
- Bequia 20/12/12
Wed 19 Dec 17:57
- Wallilabou, St. Vincent 19/12/12
Mon 17 Dec 17:53
- Marigot Bay 17/12/12
Fri 14 Dec 16:50
- Finish. Rodney Bay, St Lucia 14/12/12
- 30 miles left - 14/12/2012
Thu 13 Dec 20:13
- 150 miles to go! 13/12/2012
Wed 12 Dec 15:11
- 2400 miles sailed - 12/12/2012
Fri 7 Dec 21:45
- a bit of everything - 07/12/2012
Wed 5 Dec 20:12
- Halfway! 05/12/2012
Mon 3 Dec 18:15
- Day 7 - 03/12/12
Sun 2 Dec 15:46
- Day 6 - 02/12/2012

Nov 2012

Fri 30 Nov 15:08
- Day 4 and a fish! 30/11/2012
Thu 29 Nov 17:07
- Next stop St. Lucia 29/11/2012
Tue 13 Nov 17:36
- Las Palmas, Gran Canaria 13/11/12
Sat 3 Nov 17:35
- Fuerteventura 03/11/12

Oct 2012

Thu 25 Oct 16:33
- Lanzarote 25/10/12
Wed 10 Oct 16:31
- Gibraltar 10/10/12
Sun 7 Oct 16:30
- Formentera 07/10/12
Fri 5 Oct 16:29
- Espalmador 05/10/12
Thu 4 Oct 16:28
- Ibiza town 04/10/12

Sep 2012

Sun 30 Sep 16:27
- Palma 30/09/12
Thu 27 Sep 16:26
- Porto Colom 27/09/12
Tue 25 Sep 16:24
- Cala Molto, Majorca 25/09/12
- Ciutadella 25/09/12
Sat 22 Sep 16:21
- Cala en Porte 22/09/12
Sun 16 Sep 21:46
- Mahon, Menorca 12/09/2012
Mon 10 Sep 16:10
- Ajaccio 10/09/12
Sun 9 Sep 16:10
- Cargese 09/09/12
Sat 8 Sep 16:06
- Girolata 08/09/12
Fri 7 Sep 16:05
- Calui 07/09/12
Thu 6 Sep 16:03
- Saleccia 06/09/12
Tue 4 Sep 16:02
- St. Florent, Corsica 04/09/12

Aug 2012

Thu 23 Aug 16:01
- Cala de Medici, Tuscany 23/08/12
Tue 21 Aug 15:59
- Elba 21/08/12
Sat 18 Aug 15:58
- San Ciprianu, Corsica 18/08/12
Wed 15 Aug 23:59
- Santa Maria 16/08/12
Tue 14 Aug 23:52
- Porto Pollo 15/08/12
Mon 13 Aug 23:49
- La Maddelena 14/08/12
Sun 12 Aug 23:41
- Porto di Palma, Caprera 13/08/12
Sat 11 Aug 23:38
- Porto Cervo 12/08/12
Fri 10 Aug 23:32
- Cala Liscia 11/08/12
Thu 9 Aug 23:23
- Isola Tavolara 10/08/12
Tue 7 Aug 23:00
- Porto Brandinchi 08/08/12
- Ottiolou 07/08/12
Mon 6 Aug 22:34
- Golfo di Orosei 06/08/12
Sun 5 Aug 22:14
- Arbatax 05/08/12
Sat 4 Aug 22:12
- Cap Ferrato 04/08/12
Fri 3 Aug 22:11
- Carbonara 03/08/12
Wed 1 Aug 22:07
- Cagliari 01/08/12

Jul 2012

Mon 30 Jul 21:58
- Porto Giunco, Sardinia 30/07/12
Sat 28 Jul 21:33
- Capo San Vito 28/07/12
Wed 25 Jul 21:06
- Palermo 25/07/12
Mon 23 Jul 19:49
- Cefalu 23/07/12
Sun 22 Jul 19:37
- Volcano 22/07/12
Fri 20 Jul 19:24
- Panarea 20/07/12
Thu 19 Jul 18:53
- Salina 19/07/12
Wed 18 Jul 16:19
- Lipari 18/07/12
Tue 17 Jul 15:51
- Milazzo 17/07/12
Mon 16 Jul 15:39
- Messina 16/07/12
Sun 15 Jul 15:30
- Taormina 15/07/12
Sat 14 Jul 15:25
- Catania, Sicily 14/07/12
Mon 9 Jul 20:04
- Sivota, Lefkas 09/07/2012
Sun 8 Jul 19:59
- Cephalonia 08/07/12
Sat 7 Jul 21:30
- Ay Nikolaos and the blue caves 07/07/2012
Fri 6 Jul 21:14
- Zakinthos 06/07/2012
Thu 5 Jul 21:01
- Kiparissia 05/07/2012
Tue 3 Jul 20:58
- Navarinou 03/07/2012
- Methoni 03/07/2012
Mon 2 Jul 20:37
- Finakounda 02/07/2012
Sun 1 Jul 20:33
- Koroni 01/07/2012

Jun 2012

Sat 30 Jun 15:59
- Kayio 30/06/2012
Fri 29 Jun 15:37
- Elafonissos 29/06/2012
Thu 28 Jun 15:15
- Monemvasia 28/06/2012
Wed 27 Jun 14:57
- Ieraka 27/06/2012
Sun 24 Jun 14:39
- Milos 24/06/2012
Fri 22 Jun 12:49
- Sifnos 22/06/2012
Thu 14 Jun 15:28
- Paros 14/06/2012
Wed 13 Jun 09:20
- Koufonisia 13/06/12
Sat 9 Jun 09:09
- Amorgos 09/06/12
Thu 7 Jun 20:31
- Skinousa 07/06/12
Mon 4 Jun 21:57
- Naxos 04/06/12

May 2012

Thu 31 May 20:17
- Mykanos 31/05/12
Wed 30 May 07:07
- Siros 30/05/12
Tue 29 May 07:05
- Kithnos 29/05/12
Mon 28 May 07:02
- Kea 28/05/12
Sun 27 May 06:57
- Ormos Anavissou 27/05/12
Fri 25 May 06:49
- Athens 25/05/12
Thu 24 May 20:45
- Aigina 24/05/12
- Corinth Canal 24/05/12
Wed 23 May 13:56
- Galaxhidi 23/05/12
Mon 21 May 20:55
- Big Monday (Messolonghi) 21/05/12
Sun 20 May 19:34
- Pandelimon 20/05/12
Sat 19 May 21:17
- Kioni 19/05/12
Wed 16 May 20:30
- Sivota 16/05/12
Tue 15 May 20:10
- Meganisi 15/05/12
Mon 14 May 08:44
- Lefkas and more rain
Fri 11 May 08:41
- Parga, and a thunderstorm
Tue 8 May 06:24
- Underway at last

Apr 2012

Thu 26 Apr 07:21
- The race is on!

Mar 2012

Wed 28 Mar 11:58
- A word on Blogs
- Time for an update

Feb 2012

Wed 29 Feb 12:43
- Getting closer

Jan 2012

Wed 18 Jan 21:26
- Opening Post - January 2012

Opening Post - January 2012

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