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12:00.196N 61:44.407W Hogs Island Bay, Grenada
Mon 16 Dec 20:10
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12:00.196N 61:44.405W
Mon 16 Dec 20:08
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10:40.575N 61:38.727W
Thu 5 Dec 15:00
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First two months in Brazil - whirlwinds and thunderstorms
Thu 7 Mar 20:40
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13:23.22S 38:59.34W
Wed 13 Feb 18:58
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Mon 28 Jan 18:46 -
pic - our celebratory beer on arrival after our transatlantic crossing... tasting good
Wed 9 Jan 13:41 -
pic - Ronnie putting out fenders outside Bahia Marina
Wed 9 Jan 13:40 -
pic - rich and poor housing along the bayside
Wed 9 Jan 13:39 -
pic - first views of Salvador from the sea - LAND!
Wed 9 Jan 13:38 -
we have arrived... phew and a half
Fri 4 Jan 21:04 -
Land...!!
Fri 4 Jan 13:51 -
Did you know our transatlantic passage was a sponsored sail?
Thu 3 Jan 11:23 -
Getting used to living at 20 degrees off horizontal, as we approach the Brazilian coast
Wed 2 Jan 17:14 -
pic - Ronnie enjoyinng the sunset
Wed 2 Jan 17:06 -
pic - the beautiful setting sunlight on our bow now heading south-west
Wed 2 Jan 17:06 -
pic - our two Scots enjoying Lou's special Hogmanay surprise
Wed 2 Jan 17:05 -
pic - Colin maintaining the solar panels (his work is never done)
Wed 2 Jan 17:04 -
Ronnie's blog - Never having done an overnight sail before...
Tue 1 Jan 12:11
Dec 2012
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pic - living life at an angle, crashing through the waves
Mon 31 Dec 18:36 -
great sailing... and a great cause - Association Vidas
Sun 30 Dec 19:30 -
pic - the GPS knowing that we've crossed the Equator
Sat 29 Dec 18:16 -
We’ve only gone and crossed the Equator…
Sat 29 Dec 18:15 -
pic - the sun rising after the night of the worst thundersqualls
Sat 29 Dec 14:41 -
pic - the southern edge of that nights thundersquall
Sat 29 Dec 14:40 -
pic - Lou's shock at having survived the thundersquall night
Sat 29 Dec 14:30 -
pic - Christmas night sunset
Sat 29 Dec 14:27 -
pic - Pelerin's skipper and first mate cheers
Sat 29 Dec 14:26 -
pic - Ronnie making sure he's not short-changed on the champers rations
Sat 29 Dec 14:26 -
pic - Lou opening the Christmas champers
Sat 29 Dec 14:25 -
pic - Ronnie and tinselled cockpit
Sat 29 Dec 14:25 -
pic - Colin's Che profile and 'B*****ks to Christmas" badge
Sat 29 Dec 14:24 -
Thundersqualls and tinsel - now 120nm north of the equator
Thu 27 Dec 15:45
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** Lou's Salty "12 Days of Christmas" **
Tue 25 Dec 11:44 -
Lightning - the new Christmas lights option!
Tue 25 Dec 11:34 -
... and a special hi to Ian from Colin & Lou!
Sun 23 Dec 19:17 -
Ronnies blog - Completely surrounded by water
Sun 23 Dec 16:45 -
pic - our curry and dahl supper - our chef supremo keeping up the culinary standards
Sun 23 Dec 13:10 -
pic - another of the gorgeous sunrises we're lucky enough to be sailing with
Sun 23 Dec 13:09 -
pic - the sea is seriously blue at 12degN, no photoshop used on these pics!
Sun 23 Dec 13:08 -
pic - Ronnie enjoying helming in the sunshine
Sun 23 Dec 13:07 -
pic - our forthcoming route - from Cape Verdes to Brasil
Sun 23 Dec 13:07 -
pic - leaving Cape Verdes - our last sight of land for approx 1900 nautical miles
Sun 23 Dec 13:07 -
Planning our weaving path through the doldrum
Sat 22 Dec 11:09
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Departed Cape Verdes
Thu 20 Dec 13:20 -
pic - Augustus Viera beautifully playing his 12-string guitar playing...
Wed 19 Dec 22:07 -
pic - beautiful hand-made guitars at the exhibition
Wed 19 Dec 22:02 -
pic - Ronnie and a Nautico wall fish
Wed 19 Dec 22:00 -
pic - our new best CapeVerdean friends
Wed 19 Dec 21:59 -
pic - the band at Club Nautica
Wed 19 Dec 21:58 -
pic - pint size pina coladas with our new friends off SY Keltia
Wed 19 Dec 21:57 -
pic - the corner shop with Mindello harbour in the background
Wed 19 Dec 21:56 -
pic - the wonderful veg market at Mindello
Wed 19 Dec 21:55 -
pic - Club Nautico bar figurehead
Wed 19 Dec 21:55 -
pic - Club Nautico interior - our new home sail club
Wed 19 Dec 21:54 -
Our stay in Mindelo, and departure
Tue 18 Dec 18:51 -
pic - the new crew member happily aboard
Mon 17 Dec 19:41 -
pic - ...and heads straight for the bar (for jet-lag medicinal reasons of course)
Mon 17 Dec 19:31 -
Ronnie has arrived!
Mon 17 Dec 19:28 -
pic - arriving into Mindelo harbour
Mon 17 Dec 16:19 -
pic - sailing into a CapeVerde sunset
Mon 17 Dec 16:19 -
The Cape Verdes are a revelation
Sun 16 Dec 18:12 -
Safe arrival in Cape Verde islands
Tue 11 Dec 17:51 -
p.s. whales!
Sun 9 Dec 15:40 -
Sailing out into the Atlantic – towards Cape Verde
Sun 9 Dec 15:32 -
pic - our other feathered hitch-hiker - the exclamatory paradise whydar bird (I think)
Sun 9 Dec 13:43 -
pic - one of our feathered hitch-hikers - the sandwich tern
Sun 9 Dec 13:41 -
pic - Colin showing what the sea-berth is for during one of his 3 hour off-watches
Sun 9 Dec 13:40 -
Dakar departure
Thu 6 Dec 14:31 -
Mixed messages
Tue 4 Dec 18:53 -
pic - the view from the sailing club, Cercle la Voile de Dakar
Sat 1 Dec 15:18 -
Officials and unofficials
Sat 1 Dec 13:55
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Safe arrival in Dakar, Senegal
Mon 26 Nov 19:58 -
pic - Dakar pirogue off to work
Mon 26 Nov 19:52 -
Safe arrival in Dakar, Senegal
Mon 26 Nov 19:51 -
15:51.210 18:14.581 position
Sun 25 Nov 16:52 -
pic - laundry a la high seas
Sun 25 Nov 16:48 -
Boarded by fish
Sun 25 Nov 16:41 -
pic - good morning sun
Sun 25 Nov 14:52 -
16 22.541N 18 22.212W
Sun 25 Nov 10:37
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pic - our intended route
Fri 23 Nov 16:21 -
pic - poling out the yankee
Thu 22 Nov 14:52 -
Out there
Wed 21 Nov 16:10 -
On passage to Dakar, at last
Mon 19 Nov 16:14 -
For those who've asked for a pic of our lovely Pelerin... and another
Thu 15 Nov 17:52 -
For those who've asked for a pic of our lovely Pelerin... a pic
Thu 15 Nov 17:48 -
The sky is alight in P.Calero - Pelerin is on the right of the pic
Wed 14 Nov 15:46 -
Best laid plans and all that
Wed 14 Nov 09:36 -
Thanks for all your best wishes. - great!
Mon 12 Nov 22:30 -
How come some things don't go wrong til you're just about to leave
Mon 12 Nov 17:40 -
Counting down to departure
Sat 10 Nov 13:07
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Setting up sat comms - test
Fri 2 Nov 14:58