Oriole's Web Diary - English Harbour, Antigua

English Harbour, Antigua

Oriole

Thu 12 Dec 2002 21:26

Have just dropped anchor in English Harbour 14 days from the Cape Verde.
The backstay held up and although the last couple of days were rather
frustrating with lighter winds we are safely here and will now be able to
inspect the damage.

Blog Entries

2016

Jul 2016

Sat 23 Jul 11:33
- Oriole's last throw of the dice.

Apr 2016

Sat 23 Apr 16:32
- Antigua Classics Regatta etc
Sun 10 Apr 17:00
- Water water everywhere, nor any drop to drink!

Mar 2016

Mon 28 Mar 14:54
- Wet and windy in Dominica.
Sat 19 Mar 12:10
- Oriole abandoned!
Sun 6 Mar 15:36
- Luxury in Marigot

Feb 2016

Sun 28 Feb 14:30
- Idleness in Bequia
Sun 21 Feb 15:33
- Great sailiing and ivory hunting.
Wed 10 Feb 19:59
- Oriole dodges the pirates

2015

May 2015

Sat 23 May 01:26
- It could not have been better!

Apr 2015

Sun 19 Apr 13:46
- Going South.
Mon 13 Apr 22:42
- Farewell to Bequia
Sun 5 Apr 12:03
- Plans - what plans?

Mar 2015

Sat 28 Mar 20:45
- What has happened to ORIOLE?
Tue 10 Mar 17:27
- Oriole returns to her former glory.

2014

May 2014

Wed 7 May 21:39
- Picking up the bits.

Apr 2014

Mon 21 Apr 20:29
- Stumpy meets the Gestapo in Trinidad.
Sun 13 Apr 12:37
- Inconvenience! What inconvenience??
Sun 6 Apr 20:29
- Oriole trashed!

Mar 2014

Sat 29 Mar 23:25
- Benign conditions - no test for the leaks!
Sun 23 Mar 15:44
- Administrative exhaustion and rough passage.
Sun 16 Mar 13:06
- Ocean Cruising Club 60th Anniversary Meet in Prince Rupert's Bay, Dominica.
Sun 2 Mar 23:57
- Another minor crisis averted!

Feb 2014

Sun 23 Feb 18:21
- Visitors from HELL!
Mon 17 Feb 19:22
- All systems GO!
Sun 9 Feb 21:07
- Life goes slightly pear shaped.
Sun 2 Feb 21:30
- There IS always something!

Jan 2014

Sun 26 Jan 22:43
- What do we do?
Mon 20 Jan 15:13
- Whatever will happen next?
Mon 13 Jan 00:53
- Escape from Trinidad

2013

Dec 2013

Fri 27 Dec 21:42
- Southern Ocean Adventure

Apr 2013

Tue 16 Apr 19:31
- Living in a hot air dryer dryer.
Sun 7 Apr 21:36
- Wet and Dry
Mon 1 Apr 19:26
- Traditional local sloops and schooners

Mar 2013

Sun 24 Mar 16:47
- Bequia with reggae.
Sat 16 Mar 21:27
- What will the French get up to next?
Tue 12 Mar 00:25
- Trades still on strike.
Sun 3 Mar 15:05
- Escaped to the Saintes

Feb 2013

Sun 24 Feb 14:23
- Blog censored!
Sun 17 Feb 12:40
- Too much wind and no rugby!
Sun 10 Feb 12:56
- All quiet again.
Sat 2 Feb 22:54
- The Great Conch Hunt

Jan 2013

Sun 27 Jan 22:01
- There's always something!
Sat 19 Jan 16:41
- Crisis over!
Sun 13 Jan 22:54
- EMERGENCY BLOG!!!!!
Sat 12 Jan 11:45
- Somebody turned the switch!
Sun 6 Jan 21:20
- Wow!! De wind is back.

2012

Dec 2012

Mon 31 Dec 12:16
- Christmas in Bequia.
Sun 23 Dec 17:01
- Up through the Grenadines to Bequia.
Fri 14 Dec 15:13
- A month in Trinidad.

Apr 2012

Thu 12 Apr 23:21
- Fast and furious at the end.
Tue 3 Apr 19:08
- Great weather for diving

Mar 2012

Sun 25 Mar 22:09
- Cook's tour of the Grenadines
Tue 20 Mar 10:39
- Jet Maxima in control
Sun 11 Mar 21:52
- The old boots are off
Sun 4 Mar 21:40
- We don't do "weather windows".

Feb 2012

Sun 26 Feb 13:57
- Loads a wind.
Sun 19 Feb 20:15
- The weather is OK, it's just the forecasters!
Sun 12 Feb 21:59
- There has been rather a lot of wind!
Mon 6 Feb 00:25
- Something always needs fixing!

Jan 2012

Mon 30 Jan 15:35
- Is nothing sacred!
Sat 21 Jan 23:18
- Farewells.
Mon 16 Jan 12:14
- Romance blossoms in Antigua.
Sun 8 Jan 12:55
- Repeat - sailing is not a safe occupation.
Sun 1 Jan 14:53
- It's all change in Antigua

2011

Dec 2011

Sun 25 Dec 16:07
- Only just in time!
Sat 17 Dec 22:42
- Dangerous game this yachting.

Mar 2011

Sun 27 Mar 15:59
- Activity whirlwind to the end.
Mon 21 Mar 21:32
- The social whirl continues.
Sun 13 Mar 14:29
- All that glistens ..........
Sat 5 Mar 12:02
- Just 'im and 'er again.

Feb 2011

Mon 28 Feb 12:27
- Trades back in business again.
Sun 20 Feb 21:42
- Light winds and fair weather
Mon 14 Feb 13:25
- Forget the £5 notes.
Sat 5 Feb 16:20
- Tearing up 5 pound notes!

Jan 2011

Mon 31 Jan 11:26
- Away from the fleshpots
Sat 22 Jan 22:29
- Out and about.
Sun 16 Jan 23:04
- There's always something!
Mon 10 Jan 19:40
- Feels like home.
Sun 2 Jan 22:17
- Too much weather!

2010

Dec 2010

Mon 27 Dec 10:43
- Christmas in Bequia
Sun 19 Dec 19:46
- It's amazing how time flies

Apr 2010

Tue 27 Apr 17:29
- Is the Caribbean getting too hot to hold?
Sat 17 Apr 19:09
- There's more wind underwater?
Sun 11 Apr 13:19
- Bequia Easter Regatta

Mar 2010

Mon 29 Mar 11:17
- Mixed conditions.
Sat 20 Mar 18:44
- More French leave
Sun 14 Mar 18:25
- French leave.
Sat 6 Mar 16:42
- Rock and Roll City
Tue 2 Mar 14:44
- On the way south again

Feb 2010

Sun 21 Feb 19:10
- Liming in Nonsuch
Sun 14 Feb 16:26
- Wrecks and ashes
Sun 7 Feb 15:23
- M&M and R&R
Tue 2 Feb 15:27
- Sun,squalls,swells and WIND.

Jan 2010

Sun 24 Jan 17:52
- Not all bliss in paradise.
Mon 18 Jan 11:14
- Par - tee Time
Fri 1 Jan 16:56
- Christmas and New Year in Bequia

2009

Dec 2009

Thu 24 Dec 12:37
- Fast movers!

Apr 2009

Sun 26 Apr 14:22
- Signing off.
Sun 19 Apr 17:11
- Drawing to a close.
Mon 13 Apr 00:08
- When you're tired of floating try sinking!
Mon 6 Apr 19:53
- Southern Grenadines alias South Armagh.

Mar 2009

Mon 30 Mar 13:18
- Lobsters? Not at that price!
Sun 22 Mar 15:09
- Fast sailing, whales, turtles and guests.
Tue 17 Mar 21:54
- Goodbye to Antigua
Thu 5 Mar 14:40
- Frigates, sand and solitude.

Feb 2009

Mon 23 Feb 14:08
- Recharging the batteries.
Sat 14 Feb 15:46
- How do you leave Antigua?
Tue 10 Feb 20:16
- Falmouth for orders

Jan 2009

Wed 28 Jan 23:30
- Murder in Antigua
Sun 18 Jan 21:38
- Liming in Antigua
Tue 13 Jan 20:08
- Back with the fleshpots
Sun 4 Jan 21:07
- Making tracks

2008

Dec 2008

Mon 29 Dec 13:05
- Christmas in Bequia.
Tue 23 Dec 13:22
- Cruising mode at last.
Sun 14 Dec 12:28
- Ready to go?
Sun 7 Dec 17:52
- Hard work and frustration

Mar 2008

Sat 29 Mar 14:44
- All good things come to an end!.
Sat 22 Mar 14:39
- Liming in Grenada
Sun 16 Mar 15:52
- God is bowling googlies!
Mon 10 Mar 17:00
- De sun.......he come back!
Tue 4 Mar 23:07
- Don't laugh but.................the weather...................!

Feb 2008

Sun 24 Feb 14:28
- Time to move south
Sun 17 Feb 12:15
- Oriole with the superyachts.
Sun 10 Feb 16:23
- What is the attraction in Antigua?
Sun 3 Feb 13:52
- A leisurely circumnavigation of Antigua.
Fri 1 Feb 13:43
- FIRE DOWN BELOW!

Jan 2008

Sun 20 Jan 22:04
- Anchor is growing roots!
Sat 12 Jan 14:38
- Excellence through discipline!
Sat 5 Jan 21:22
- We still here man!

2007

Dec 2007

Sat 29 Dec 23:57
- Time to move, but not far!
Sun 23 Dec 15:29
- Peace in Antigua
Sat 15 Dec 21:35
- Stormy weather
Mon 10 Dec 15:19
- Finally underway

Apr 2007

Mon 23 Apr 11:14
- The calm before the storm.
Mon 16 Apr 15:50
- Wildlife and cricket.
Sun 8 Apr 16:18
- Southern Grenadines border area

Mar 2007

Sat 31 Mar 23:50
- Surgical Charter Party
Sun 25 Mar 17:17
- Liming in Bequia
Sun 18 Mar 23:35
- Bequia at its best.
Mon 12 Mar 20:29
- Catwalk in Bequia.
Sun 4 Mar 14:50
- Taking roots?

Feb 2007

Sun 25 Feb 16:59
- Do we love the French?
Sat 17 Feb 20:08
- Cold turkey on Oriole
Sat 10 Feb 18:52
- Could it be safer at sea?
Mon 5 Feb 17:24
- Superyachts plus plus

Jan 2007

Sat 27 Jan 22:07
- The charter must go on.
Sun 21 Jan 20:22
- Whistle stop charter
Sun 14 Jan 12:20
- All change!
Sun 7 Jan 15:46
- Reefs, islands and volcanos.
Tue 2 Jan 01:31
- Oriole abandons the fleshpots.

2006

Dec 2006

Sun 24 Dec 14:05
- Christmas preparations.
Sat 16 Dec 23:47
- Paradise regained.
Sun 10 Dec 20:52
- Overcast in paradise
Mon 4 Dec 12:29
- Still in Trinidad

Nov 2006

Mon 27 Nov 22:18
- Fitting out in Trinidad

Apr 2006

Tue 25 Apr 01:09
- Return to Trinidad
Sat 15 Apr 16:46
- Happy Easter from Grenada
Sun 9 Apr 15:55
- Relaxed Grenadine quicktour.
Sun 2 Apr 15:23
- The clans are gathering.

Mar 2006

Sun 26 Mar 15:41
- Oriole FOR SALE - briefly.
Sun 19 Mar 14:37
- Oriole and Mirabella V leave Antigua
Tue 14 Mar 16:25
- The long and the short and the tall
- What? no more Virgins.

Feb 2006

Sun 26 Feb 14:40
- First Class Passageros
Sun 19 Feb 19:10
- USVIs to BVIs
Sat 11 Feb 16:14
- Idyllic anchorages
Sun 5 Feb 17:18
- Gracias senorita

Jan 2006

Sun 29 Jan 19:01
- The wet and windy Virgins
Mon 23 Jan 16:49
- Hey man its blowing hard.
Sun 15 Jan 18:50
- Chilling out in Anguilla.
Sun 8 Jan 21:44
- Tropical Storm Zeta.
Sun 1 Jan 16:28
- Falmouth Harbour day working.

2005

Dec 2005

Sun 25 Dec 22:52
- Christmas greetings from Antigua
Sun 18 Dec 19:23
- Hard tack for Christmas
Sun 4 Dec 17:54
- Raining in Trinidad

Nov 2005

Sun 27 Nov 17:21
- What a twit!
Mon 21 Nov 11:51
- Waterborne at last

May 2005

Sun 1 May 19:29
- Laying up in Chagaramus, Trinidad

Apr 2005

Sun 24 Apr 15:56
- Hog Island, Grenada.
Sun 17 Apr 16:56
- Tyrrel Bay Carriacou.
Sun 10 Apr 18:56
- Mad social whirl.
Sun 3 Apr 15:41
- Fast and furious with noise and smoke.

Mar 2005

Sun 27 Mar 17:33
- Da wind, he com back!
Sun 20 Mar 22:56
- St Kitts ? next year
Sun 13 Mar 15:27
- Antigua
Sun 6 Mar 20:04
- Islands to Leeward.

Feb 2005

Sun 27 Feb 15:06
- Martinique East Coast
Sun 20 Feb 16:37
- Missing Photos
Fri 18 Feb 15:03
- Guests! Who'd have them?
Sun 13 Feb 14:20
- Still nah wind!
Sat 5 Feb 21:14
- Whar da trade winds man!

Jan 2005

Sun 30 Jan 15:37
- Oriole in St Lucia
Sun 23 Jan 23:07
- Oriole in the Grenadines
Sun 16 Jan 21:35
- Trinidad no longer!
Sun 9 Jan 15:14
- Growing roots in Trinidad
Sun 2 Jan 15:55
- Still in Trinidad

2004

Dec 2004

Sun 26 Dec 12:53
- Christmas in Trinidad
Sun 19 Dec 11:24
- Trinidad.
Sat 11 Dec 20:12
- Oriole back in her element.

Oct 2004

Sun 31 Oct 18:13
- Still fitting out at St David's
Sun 24 Oct 19:43
- Grenada Post Hurricane Ivan

Apr 2004

Sun 4 Apr 11:58
- Laid up.

Mar 2004

Sat 27 Mar 18:00
- Mother's Day?
Sat 20 Mar 23:09
- Liming in the Grenadines.
Sat 13 Mar 20:08
- Oriole on charter.
Sun 7 Mar 11:40
- Change over day

Feb 2004

Sat 28 Feb 18:36
- In the lee of the Windwards
Sat 21 Feb 20:48
- Quid pro quo.
Sat 14 Feb 21:19
- Islands which Brush the Clouds
Sat 7 Feb 18:18
- High pressure sailing
Sun 1 Feb 12:49
- Polluted in St Martin

Jan 2004

Sun 25 Jan 18:29
- Escape from English Harbour
Sun 18 Jan 17:03
- Sunshine, showers and almost no wind.
Sun 11 Jan 22:02
- Harbour rot cured
Sat 3 Jan 13:59
- Christmas winds.

2003

Dec 2003

Sat 27 Dec 18:51
- Retired to cure hangover.
Sun 21 Dec 19:51
- Bequia to Martinique
Sat 13 Dec 19:55
- Grenadine perambulation
Sat 6 Dec 19:38
- Tropical storms and white whales

Nov 2003

Sun 30 Nov 14:43
- Whar de sun gone mun?
Sat 22 Nov 16:57
- Chasing the World Cup
Sun 16 Nov 14:55
- Tyrell Bay, Carriacou.
Sat 8 Nov 16:05
- Certified divers
Sun 2 Nov 12:23
- Oriole launched

Apr 2003

Sun 6 Apr 20:01
- St David's Grenada. 12°00'N 61°40'W

Mar 2003

Sun 23 Mar 18:15
- Hog Island, Grenada 12°38'N 61°23'W
Sat 15 Mar 20:08
- Windward Bay, Mayreau, St Vincent Grenadines
Sat 8 Mar 23:02
- Admiralty Bay, Bequia, St Vincent. 13°00'N 61°15'W
Sun 2 Mar 23:36
- Anse de Piton, St Lucia 13°49'N 61°04'W

Feb 2003

Sun 23 Feb 22:10
- Marigot Bay, St. Lucia.
Sun 16 Feb 19:36
- Pigeon Island, Rodney Bay, St.Lucia.
Sun 9 Feb 20:46
- Anse de Ste Anne, Martinique
Sun 2 Feb 20:08
- Cul de Sac du Marin, Martinique, 14°26'N 60°54'W

Jan 2003

Sun 26 Jan 18:40
- Anse de Marin, Martinique.
Sat 18 Jan 23:41
- Ile Gozier, Guadaloupe.
Sun 12 Jan 21:04
- 12/01/03 Iles des Saintes
Sun 5 Jan 16:56
- Deshaies Bay, Guadeloupe

2002

Dec 2002

Tue 31 Dec 15:29
- Nelson's Dockyard, Antigua
Sun 29 Dec 22:07
- Anchorage off Green Island, Nonsuch Bay
- 29/12/02 Nonsuch Bay
Wed 25 Dec 14:48
- Antiguan life
Sun 22 Dec 22:23
- 22/12/02 Falmouth Harbour, Antigua
Sun 15 Dec 17:42
- English Harbour, Antigua.
Thu 12 Dec 21:26
- English Harbour, Antigua
Sun 8 Dec 16:58
- 08/12/02 17º03N 51º44W
Sat 7 Dec 15:23
- 16 39N 44 18W
Sun 1 Dec 16:42
- 1/12/02 17°05N 32º56W On Passage from Cape Verdes to?

Nov 2002

Sun 24 Nov 17:55
- (no subject)
- 16°53N 25º00W Mindelo Harbour, Cape Verde Islands
Sun 17 Nov 17:19
- Oriole leaves Lanzarote

Oct 2002

Sun 13 Oct 12:30
- Puerto Calero - Lanzarote 28°55'N 13°42'W
Sun 6 Oct 11:13
- Oriole 29°42'N 13°04W

Sep 2002

Sun 29 Sep 19:12
- Portimao - Algarve 37°07'N 8°31'W
Sun 22 Sep 11:25
- Alvor - Algarve 37°07'N 8°37'W
Sat 14 Sep 16:23
- Sunny Algarve!!
Sat 7 Sep 18:12
- Postcard from Cascais, Portugal

Aug 2002

Sat 31 Aug 15:10
- Oriole in Portugal
Sat 24 Aug 18:27
- Oriole in Portosin, NW Spain
Mon 19 Aug 15:14
- Oriole's progress from Plymouth - Camaret
Thu 8 Aug 15:16
- Introduction to Oriole's diary

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