Previous Diary Entries
2024
Apr 2024
2023
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Back in PLF after winter lay-up
Mon 22 Apr 16:39
May 2023
2022
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Windy and rainy weather in Brittany
Fri 12 May 17:47
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Back after a long stay in Blighty
Sat 22 Apr 15:36
Aug 2022
2021
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Piriac – Pornic – Cruesty – Vannes – Cruesty – Port Louis
Sat 27 Aug 08:30
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Lorient - Port Louis - Port Haliguen - Piriac
Fri 12 Aug 13:05
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In Lorient for new mainsail
Thu 4 Aug 16:00
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Pornic
Fri 24 Jun 11:10
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Les Sables d'Olonne
Wed 22 Jun 13:01
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Back in Brittany for a month, now in La Rochelle.
Tue 21 Jun 12:37
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Returned to PLF for 2/52
Fri 8 Apr 09:12
Sep 2021
2020
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Re-visiting old local haunts
Sat 4 Sep 16:16
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Back again again!
Tue 31 Aug 15:57
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Returned after two months in Wimbledon
Sun 29 Aug 16:42
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Survived Brexit and Covid, back in Port La Foret
Sat 26 Jun 09:43
Sep 2020
2019
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Back home for the Winter
Sun 20 Sep 15:24
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Pottering around South Brittany
Thu 27 Aug 12:00
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Squeezed into France days before we were told not to travel!
Wed 12 Aug 09:18
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A two mile sea trial to Concarneau
Sat 18 Jul 18:41
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Back in Port La Foret as soon as we were allowed to leave Blighty
Mon 13 Jul 18:38
Oct 2019
2018
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Back to PLF for 2 weeks of nesting
Fri 4 Oct 18:01
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Back in Port La Foret = complete circumnavigation in only 13.4 years (apart from Somalia)
Fri 6 Sep 09:45
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Lorient
Mon 2 Sep 15:58
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Four lovely hot days in Vannes, now in Crouesty
Sat 31 Aug 17:22
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Vannes again after 15 years
Mon 26 Aug 14:10
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Back in our old stamping grounds
Sat 24 Aug 15:59
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Left Ile d'Yeu for Pornic
Wed 21 Aug 15:06
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Port-Joinvile, Isle d'Yeu
Tue 20 Aug 14:34
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Sables D'Olone
Tue 20 Aug 14:22
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Briefly in Sables D'Olone
Tue 20 Aug 14:18
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Left La Rochelle with clean prop
Tue 20 Aug 14:15
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Back in La Rochelle
Thu 15 Aug 08:22
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Boat left in La Rochelle until early August
Fri 5 Jul 15:46
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Stay at La Rochelle for a break back home
Sun 30 Jun 12:27
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Gijon, 13 years on
Sun 23 Jun 11:13
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Shortish hop East to Ribidero
Thu 20 Jun 16:36
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steadily north against wind and swell
Thu 20 Jun 16:27
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La Corruna
Mon 17 Jun 19:03
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At last a decent hop Northwards
Mon 17 Jun 18:37
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Still in Muros, more breakages and foul weather
Thu 6 Jun 11:57
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Back in Reas and keen to go North
Fri 31 May 12:23
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Back in the Reas
Thu 4 Apr 19:45
Oct 2018
2017
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Journey's end for this year
Mon 1 Oct 13:58
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Penultimate (for us) Ria
Wed 26 Sep 13:20
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Trip across the bay
Fri 21 Sep 19:15
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Vilagarcia, the next Ria
Wed 19 Sep 19:07
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Baiona, the first of the Rias
Thu 13 Sep 15:20
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Porto, 2nd city as is Birmingham - but nicer
Mon 10 Sep 14:48
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Half way up Portugal
Wed 5 Sep 17:38
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Nazare, after 39 years
Sat 1 Sep 18:23
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Circumnavigation complete (sort of)
Tue 28 Aug 11:41
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Overnight to Lisbon
Mon 20 Aug 12:28
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Lagos (Portugal not Nigeria)
Sun 8 Jul 14:25
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Anchoring near Faro
Wed 4 Jul 14:23
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Go West old man (and woman)
Sat 30 Jun 14:20
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Back in the water at last
Sat 16 Jun 17:19
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Back in Cadiz (again) hopefully with guarded good news
Fri 11 May 11:13
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Still waiting in Cadiz
Sun 6 May 11:44
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Blown over by a tornado in Cadiz, big hole in hull
Tue 10 Apr 11:27
Sep 2017
2016
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Cadiz for the next 6 months
Tue 12 Sep 17:14
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Barbarte, back in the Atlantic
Sun 10 Sep 10:14
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next to, but thanks to the Foreign Office not in, Gibralter
Thu 7 Sep 10:02
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Costa del Crime
Sat 2 Sep 11:40
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Further south down the Costa del Sol
Tue 29 Aug 10:54
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Cartagena
Thu 24 Aug 10:34
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Back on mainland Spain
Tue 22 Aug 13:02
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FISHING NETS near Palma
Sat 17 Jun 09:03
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Soller with trams,trains and hotel
Wed 14 Jun 08:38
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Menorca to Mallorca
Sat 3 Jun 07:06
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Mahon / Menorca to Cuitadella
Thu 1 Jun 14:55
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Menorca (mahon)
Mon 29 May 14:35
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Fertilia to Mahon/Menorca
Wed 24 May 08:01
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return to Fertilia (again)
Wed 10 May 14:15
Sep 2016
2015
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back in Sardinia
Mon 26 Sep 11:49
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left Italy
Fri 15 Jul 11:24
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Syracuse
Sun 8 May 08:12
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Back in Gozo
Sat 23 Apr 14:28
Sep 2015
2014
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safely in GOZO = Malta
Tue 8 Sep 09:06
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drifting South
Thu 25 Jun 06:51
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through the Corinth canal
Sun 14 Jun 08:15
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safe in Athens
Tue 19 May 08:38
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mainland Greece (well Hydra)
Fri 8 May 06:43
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Greece
Mon 20 Apr 14:50
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Back on track
Sat 18 Apr 08:06
Oct 2014
2013
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Not much to say in Bozburan
Tue 7 Oct 15:15
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Bozburun
Mon 15 Sep 07:16
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back in Turkey
Thu 4 Sep 07:53
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back in Turkey
Fri 16 May 14:56
Oct 2013
2012
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6 weeks in Turkey, now back to the UK
Mon 14 Oct 08:41
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various old haunts, back to Ciftlik
Fri 12 Jul 16:19
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Orhaniye
Tue 2 Jul 18:00
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Ephesus and Pamukkale
Sat 29 Jun 10:08
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on our way to pastures new
Wed 19 Jun 09:08
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Back to Ogun's place
Sun 16 Jun 14:48
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Orhanye hopefully picture in the right place!
Sun 9 Jun 15:08
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Still in Marmaris - everything getting better
Tue 21 May 07:17
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Nesting in Marmaris
Sun 14 Apr 10:16
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Marmaris
Sun 7 Apr 12:06
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Boat Lagoon, hopefully with pictures
Sat 23 Feb 01:51
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Cambodia January 2013
Tue 12 Feb 10:09
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Thai islands off Phuket, Jumbo prawns
Tue 12 Feb 09:41
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West coast of Phuket
Mon 4 Feb 08:45
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back Boat Lagoon, Phuket
Wed 23 Jan 13:32
Dec 2012
2011
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Happy Face in Phuket
Wed 5 Dec 06:01
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Thailand
Mon 26 Nov 02:36
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Phuket
Fri 23 Nov 05:45
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Replacing the loo outlet
Fri 23 Nov 04:45
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Langkawi
Mon 19 Nov 01:01
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still in Pangkor
Mon 12 Nov 23:47
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back on the hard in Pangkor
Wed 11 Apr 01:27
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caves at Mo Muk
Sat 31 Mar 03:39
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staying in, and leaving, Phuket
Sat 24 Mar 01:26
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Phuket
Sat 3 Mar 03:30
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Langkawi - last stop before Thailand
Mon 20 Feb 04:42
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Pangkor to Penang
Wed 8 Feb 05:23
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half way to Thailand
Sun 29 Jan 11:03
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Left Pureri Harbour, now in Port Dickson
Fri 27 Jan 04:26
Oct 2011
2010
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Singapore
Fri 14 Oct 11:15
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rally is over, on the way to Singapore. Sadly left the superb "Sail Indonesia"
Fri 14 Oct 08:06
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from Borneo to Belitung
Mon 3 Oct 02:43
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orang utans
Sun 2 Oct 01:31
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Fw: Borneo : apologies to the Attenboroughs
Wed 28 Sep 07:51
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Borneo
Wed 28 Sep 01:42
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en route to Borneo
Sun 25 Sep 13:29
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from Lombok to Bali
Wed 14 Sep 00:48
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Dragons at last!
Sun 4 Sep 04:07
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SOG -0.2 at full revs
Fri 2 Sep 05:26
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Riung with no dragons
Fri 26 Aug 12:58
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one Indonesian anchorage to another
Mon 15 Aug 03:58
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leaving Lembata
Fri 12 Aug 04:10
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recovering from a gala dinner in Lembata
Tue 9 Aug 02:37
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moved NE in Indonesia
Thu 4 Aug 09:35
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now in Kupang, Indonesia - a new Continent! Joined "Sail Indonesia"
Wed 27 Jul 01:08
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half way to Timor
Mon 25 Jul 07:43
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leaving Darwin
Fri 22 Jul 23:41
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safely in Darwin
Sat 21 May 06:38
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At sea
Wed 18 May 03:07
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run aground in Northern Queennsland
Sat 14 May 06:01
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North Queensland coast (and breakdowns)
Thu 12 May 03:08
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Cairns
Thu 5 May 01:26
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Airlie Beach for new radar
Fri 29 Apr 22:36
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back on the sea
Mon 25 Apr 05:57
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sun in Queensland
Sun 10 Apr 23:46
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back in soggy Mackay for 2011
Mon 4 Apr 07:50
Nov 2010
2009
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still wet and windy in Oz
Mon 22 Nov 07:48
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internet free zone
Thu 18 Nov 23:27
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back in Oz, lots to do
Tue 9 Nov 07:44
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Sydney
Thu 12 Aug 08:14 -
in Australia
Sat 7 Aug 06:33
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inside Great Barrier Reef
Thu 5 Aug 06:22
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Great Barrier Reef
Wed 4 Aug 12:58
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half way to AUS
Sun 1 Aug 04:52
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duvet & oilies
Thu 29 Jul 02:02
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leaving New Caledonia
Tue 27 Jul 06:33
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lobsters
Sun 25 Jul 03:21
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New Caledonia
Thu 22 Jul 22:04
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windy weather
Sun 18 Jul 16:43
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crowded seas and dangerous volcanos
Sat 17 Jul 19:41
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Is it a bird, is it a plane?
Fri 16 Jul 16:39
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open sea
Thu 15 Jul 20:15
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Fiji to New Caledonia
Thu 15 Jul 03:00
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waiting for a weather window
Tue 13 Jul 05:27
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back in mainland Fiji, leaving in the next day or so
Sun 11 Jul 05:22
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Nirvana
Sun 4 Jul 20:02
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Fiji. Moved from 'soggy Suva' to the 'Island side'
Sat 3 Jul 04:21
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we are now half way round the world!
Mon 28 Jun 02:38
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Here be monsters:
Sun 27 Jun 20:23
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En route to Fiji after paella in Rapana Island, Nei' afu
Fri 25 Jun 14:18
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free at last
Sun 20 Jun 03:33
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starter motors
Thu 17 Jun 22:56
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Nei'afu,Tonga Sublime singing (not us) in church
Sun 13 Jun 03:51
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Tonga ignominy
Sat 12 Jun 06:54
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nearly there (Tonga that is)
Fri 11 Jun 11:51
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night watch
Wed 9 Jun 11:37
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en route to Tonga
Mon 7 Jun 18:31
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en route to Tonga
Sat 5 Jun 17:16
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Aitutaki
Tue 1 Jun 04:17
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Aitutaki
Sat 29 May 03:25
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Rarotonga after absolutely vile CPCZ weather
Mon 17 May 00:35
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left Bora Bora for Cook Islands
Tue 11 May 22:46
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Bora Bora
Fri 7 May 20:41
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Off at last, from Raiatea to Bora Bora
Wed 5 May 20:56
Oct 2009
2008
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Taha / Raiatea
Mon 26 Oct 19:08
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moving from one side of Huahine to the other
Mon 19 Oct 20:49
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Polynesia for now
Sun 18 Oct 04:14
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Moorea, complete with (no) Tsunami and engine failure X2
Thu 1 Oct 20:24
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moved at last! from Tahiti to nearby Moorea
Wed 30 Sep 03:09
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Back in Tahiti from UK
Sun 13 Sep 18:24
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settled in Tahiti
Sat 30 May 03:02
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Papeete, Tahiti
Fri 29 May 18:56
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end of the last long bit for a while - Rangirora in Tuamotus
Wed 20 May 22:32
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2 days out of the Tuamotus
Tue 19 May 06:02
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onwards to Tuamotus
Sun 17 May 04:13
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ARRIVED in Nuku Hiva, Marquesas. Guy left for UK
Sat 9 May 03:20
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250 to go
Sun 3 May 18:23
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5 days to go
Fri 1 May 03:31
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only about 8 days to go
Mon 27 Apr 19:32
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nearly 2/3 rds
Fri 24 Apr 22:55
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almost half way
Wed 22 Apr 00:35
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over 1/3 the way
Mon 20 Apr 23:05
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mid-Pacific (still)
Mon 20 Apr 02:09
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1st part of the big Pacific leg
Thu 16 Apr 00:31
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left Galapagos, en route to the Marquesas
Mon 13 Apr 19:02
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closer to Galapagos
Wed 8 Apr 00:26
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approaching Galapagos
Tue 7 Apr 00:05
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... crossed the equator
Sun 5 Apr 17:51
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... pacific ...
Sat 4 Apr 00:27
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Pacific - cont
Thu 2 Apr 23:17
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all quiet on the Pacific front
Wed 1 Apr 19:55
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Pacific Ocean at last.Australian chap gave us a 200l fuel bladder
Mon 30 Mar 23:40
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Through the Canal, now in Panama City. Guy has arrived
Sun 29 Mar 18:52
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Shelter Bay, Fort Sherman, Panama
Fri 13 Mar 18:30
Dec 2008
2007
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2/3rds the way to Panama
Thu 4 Dec 12:09
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left Curacao, en route to Panama
Sun 30 Nov 20:16
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Curacao
Tue 15 Apr 14:07
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now in Curacao
Fri 29 Feb 12:48
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still in Los Roques
Thu 21 Feb 13:29
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Los Roques
Wed 20 Feb 13:37
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Panulirus - tortuga
Sun 17 Feb 21:03
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piracy reports
Wed 13 Feb 20:44
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Still in Maragarita
Wed 13 Feb 15:40
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Islas de Margaritas
Thu 7 Feb 20:05
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Arrived in Margaritas, Venezaula
Tue 5 Feb 09:37
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from Grenada to Testigos islands, Venezula
Sun 3 Feb 18:58
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back on boat 2 weeks ago, now leaving Grenada
Fri 1 Feb 17:18
May 2007
2006
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end of trip in Phare Blue Bay, Grenada
Thu 31 May 16:05
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Union Island, Tobago Cays
Fri 25 May 15:38
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overnight to Bequia
Mon 21 May 15:42
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robbed in Martinique
Tue 15 May 22:56
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chic Martinique
Sun 13 May 22:20
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Dominica, May 11th
Fri 11 May 21:30
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aborted trip to Guadeloupe, in Dominica instead
Fri 11 May 21:27
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Long Gap! Catmarina in Antigua, after St Lucia,Martinique,UK,cricket WC,St Jame's
Fri 4 May 21:15
Dec 2006
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days 20 to 22, arriving early tomorrow morning!
Sun 17 Dec 21:13
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Days 14 to 16, 850 nm to go
Mon 11 Dec 21:45
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days 11-13
Fri 8 Dec 16:26
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1742 miles to St Lucia
Tue 5 Dec 15:19
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days 5 to 7
Sat 2 Dec 17:41
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day4_picture
Sat 2 Dec 15:44
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log entry PANULIRIS ARC239
Wed 29 Nov 14:53
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Fw: first try
Sat 30 Sep 15:37