Previous Diary Entries
2024
Jul 2024
2023
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Day 4: Becalmed in Biscay
Thu 18 Jul 22:34
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Day 3 Drheam Cup More Upwind
Thu 18 Jul 01:05
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Drheam Cup T-2
Sun 14 Jul 20:25
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It’s the Final Countdown
Sun 14 Jul 20:21
Nov 2023
2022
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Position Report Only
Sun 5 Nov 20:41
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Antigua : I see no ships …yet
Mon 10 Apr 11:33
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BVI Regatta
Sun 2 Apr 10:43
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Gremlins Banished
Wed 22 Mar 02:06 -
More BVI and some hairy marinas
Sun 19 Mar 23:39 -
Jost Van Dyke 2
Fri 17 Mar 12:04 -
The Soggy Dollar Bar
Thu 16 Mar 00:59
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Cruising in the BVIs
Sat 11 Mar 20:45
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Day 3 Heineken Regatta Round the Island
Sun 5 Mar 11:49 -
St Maarten Regatta
Sat 4 Mar 11:48
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Day 5 and the Finish of C600
Sat 25 Feb 20:34
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Day 4: islands in the Sun
Fri 24 Feb 11:12
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Day 3: That was a real smoking volcano
Thu 23 Feb 00:23
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C600 Day 2
Wed 22 Feb 13:09
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It’s Race day again C600
Tue 21 Feb 01:58
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Antigua: Pre-race preparations
Sun 19 Feb 12:03
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Death in Paradise: Guadeloupe
Tue 14 Feb 20:32
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We are sailing: Bequia to Antigua
Mon 13 Feb 22:31
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Last day in Bequia
Sun 12 Feb 20:22 -
Stormbound in Bequia
Sat 11 Feb 20:33 -
Tobago Cays to Bequia
Fri 10 Feb 15:51
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Sparrows Beach Bar and Tobago Cays
Wed 8 Feb 00:08
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Union Island / Carriacou
Mon 6 Feb 18:33
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Cruising Mode to Phare Bleu
Sun 5 Feb 20:58
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Day 21+ Port Louis
Sun 5 Feb 19:20 -
Day 20.5 The finish and arrival
Sat 4 Feb 22:32
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Fwd: Day 20: Land Ahoy
Sun 29 Jan 21:50
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Day 19: The race that just keeps giving
Sun 29 Jan 21:48
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Day 18: More Sun More Sea
Thu 26 Jan 20:21
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Day 18:You shall have a fishy…
Wed 25 Jan 15:44
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Day 17:Things that go bump in the night
Tue 24 Jan 15:35
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Day 15.5: Are we sure we wanted more wind?
Mon 23 Jan 11:46 -
Day 15: We’ve got wind …and in a good way
Sun 22 Jan 20:37
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Day 14: what a night dot dot dot
Sat 21 Jan 17:17
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Day 13: Thunderbolts and Lightening..very very frightening
Fri 20 Jan 14:29
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Day 12: We need to drink more water
Thu 19 Jan 17:02
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Day 11: Let’s go fly a kite
Thu 19 Jan 00:40
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Day 10.1: Feeling hot hot hot
Wed 18 Jan 13:19
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Day 10: Somewhere over the rainbow
Tue 17 Jan 22:52
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Day Nine: Patience is a Virtue
Mon 16 Jan 21:05
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Day 8: Riding Wild Horses
Sun 15 Jan 21:06
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Day 7: More drama this time with the mainsail
Sat 14 Jan 20:35
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Day 5.1: The real Day 5 blog
Fri 13 Jan 14:23
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Day 4:
Thu 12 Jan 10:10
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Day 4:
Thu 12 Jan 10:05
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Day 3: Purple Mist throws us the biggest challenge ever
Wed 11 Jan 18:36 -
Day 2.5: Starry Starry night
Wed 11 Jan 03:19
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Day 2: There’s a hole in my wind and my spinna ker
Tue 10 Jan 22:58
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Day 1 - Champagne Sailing
Mon 9 Jan 22:08
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Day 0 Pictures
Mon 9 Jan 11:17 -
Day 0 - We are racing
Mon 9 Jan 10:54
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Day T minus 1….Yikes it’s tomorrow
Sun 8 Jan 00:12 -
Day minus 2: Calmness has descended
Sat 7 Jan 00:09 -
Day T minus 3 It’s all about efficient stowage
Fri 6 Jan 00:34 -
T minus 4: Starting to feel a bit like a rock star …..with lots more jobs completed
Wed 4 Jan 23:16 -
Day minus 5: Relaunch of Purple Mist
Tue 3 Jan 23:41 -
Day Minus 6: Arrival in Lanzarote
Mon 2 Jan 22:05
Oct 2022
2021
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It’s a wrap
Thu 13 Oct 13:41 -
Last day on Purple Mist
Wed 12 Oct 22:14 -
Day 27: More boat jobs
Tue 11 Oct 23:35 -
Day 26: Boat jobs in the sunshine in Lanzarote
Mon 10 Oct 22:02
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Day 24: More Squid Less Mainsail
Sun 9 Oct 19:07
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Day 23: Here’s looking at you blue eyes
Sun 9 Oct 04:09
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Day 21: Long Leg to Lanzarote
Thu 6 Oct 21:17
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Day 20: Lounging in Lagos
Wed 5 Oct 20:46
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Day 19: Anchored in Baleeira
Tue 4 Oct 21:21
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Day 18: Sliding along to Sines
Mon 3 Oct 21:13
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Day 16/17: Chilling In Cascais
Sun 2 Oct 19:50
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Day 15: Celebration it’s Cascais
Fri 30 Sep 19:47
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Day 14: Peniche
Thu 29 Sep 22:02
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Day 13: Ashore in Figueira
Wed 28 Sep 21:41 -
Day 12: Life is a beach in Portugal
Wed 28 Sep 07:05
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Day 11: Spain to Portugal
Mon 26 Sep 22:07
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Baiona
Sun 25 Sep 21:00
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More Spanish Rias: Muxia to Muros
Sat 24 Sep 21:07
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Muxia
Fri 23 Sep 22:02
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Day 7: A Coruna and so far no Orcas
Thu 22 Sep 21:34
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Day 6: Orcas and High Wind delay passage onwards
Wed 21 Sep 21:19 -
Day 5: Hola! Arrival in Spain
Tue 20 Sep 10:07
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Night 3: Starry starry night
Mon 19 Sep 01:24 -
Day 3: Across Biscay we go
Sun 18 Sep 11:29
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Night 2 : Problems problems or xxxxing Electronics
Sun 18 Sep 04:29
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Day 2: Call for Grandma Clanger the Sat Comms are down
Sat 17 Sep 23:11
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Lanzarote Day 1 : Here comes the sun
Sat 17 Sep 18:21
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Race Report: Jog Alderney
Wed 20 Jul 10:10
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Race Report Morgan Cup
Mon 27 Jun 10:09 -
Race Report Myth of Malham
Wed 8 Jun 10:09
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Race Eastbourne to Cowes
Mon 18 Apr 21:26
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Race Report JOG Eastbourne
Mon 18 Apr 20:30
Dec 2021
2020
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Day 7: Fly like the Wind
Wed 8 Dec 12:03
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Day 7: Final Countdown
Wed 8 Dec 12:02
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Day 6: Here is looking at you Blue eyes
Wed 8 Dec 12:02
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Day 5 The stars they are coming out tonight
Wed 8 Dec 11:42
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Day 5: Clean Boat Clean Hair
Mon 6 Dec 12:30
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Day 5- I don’t like Jamaica I love it
Mon 6 Dec 02:06
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Day 4 part 2
Sun 5 Dec 15:40
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Day 4 Atlantic Challenges
Sun 5 Dec 09:00
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Rock rock til you stop
Sat 4 Dec 21:20
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Day 3: sun sun sun here it comes
Sat 4 Dec 13:04
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Day 2 Spanish Coast
Fri 3 Dec 16:49 -
Starry starry night
Fri 3 Dec 02:08
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Waiting for a star to fall
Wed 1 Dec 19:14
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Wooy I’m going to Ibiza
Tue 30 Nov 04:05
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Race Report: JOG Lonely Tower RORC Spring Series 1
Wed 7 Apr 21:31
Oct 2020
2019
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RORC Autumn Series Race 3
Mon 12 Oct 20:01
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RORC Autumn Series Race 2 Report
Sat 26 Sep 20:11
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RORC 2H Autumn Series - Race 1
Tue 8 Sep 19:18
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RORC Race the Wight
Sun 2 Aug 18:15
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Race Report: JOG Great Escape.
Sat 25 Jul 08:26
Sep 2019
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Don’t stand so close to me.. Race report final JOG Inshore
Sun 29 Sep 19:30 -
Position Report only
Mon 23 Sep 19:50
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Don’t stop me now..we are off to Weymouth
Mon 23 Sep 18:19
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Position Report only
Sun 11 Aug 19:34
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Fastnet 2019 complete
Thu 8 Aug 04:30
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Morning has broken
Wed 7 Aug 06:57
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What a difference a day makes, 24little hours
Wed 7 Aug 01:36
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Rock rock til you drop, rock rock never stop.
Tue 6 Aug 04:36
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It’s a new day, it’s a new day
Mon 5 Aug 04:38
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Sparking Dolphins
Sun 4 Aug 09:44
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Round the Bill on a favourable tide
Sun 4 Aug 09:22
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Serious Boat Totty
Sat 3 Aug 13:59 -
Here I go again ....
Fri 2 Aug 18:25
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Position Report only
Tue 30 Jul 21:22
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Early one morning just as the sun was rising ...Jog Weymouth
Tue 30 Jul 21:11
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Plastic....not so fantastic
Tue 23 Jul 17:50
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I was lost in France ...St Malo race
Tue 23 Jul 15:34
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Homeward Bound
Tue 23 Jul 06:52
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Thank you for the Music
Sat 29 Jun 08:20 -
Let’s get this party started
Fri 28 Jun 10:10 -
Speed. Where did it go ?
Fri 28 Jun 06:40 -
The Vang goes Bang
Thu 27 Jun 17:27 -
Wet wet wet
Thu 27 Jun 13:19 -
Ground control to Major Tom
Thu 27 Jun 10:18 -
Life at an angle
Wed 26 Jun 10:01 -
The calm before the storm
Tue 25 Jun 15:21 -
Climb every mountain
Tue 25 Jun 09:11 -
Food glorious food
Mon 24 Jun 18:55 -
Red sky in the morning
Mon 24 Jun 11:27 -
The stars they’re coming out tonight they ’re lighting up the sky tonight
Mon 24 Jun 00:11 -
Riding along on the crest of a wave
Sun 23 Jun 15:57 -
The boys are back in town
Sun 23 Jun 09:03 -
..and Venus was her name ...maybe
Sat 22 Jun 22:12 -
Sun sun sun...here it comes
Sat 22 Jun 15:08 -
Oh what a beautiful morning
Sat 22 Jun 08:39 -
Fade to Grey
Fri 21 Jun 23:33 -
50 shades more grey
Fri 21 Jun 12:53 -
50 shades of grey
Thu 20 Jun 22:12 -
Everybody is surfing, surfing USA
Thu 20 Jun 14:06 -
Squid for breakfast?
Thu 20 Jun 09:35 -
99 Red balloons (or 1 red fender)
Thu 20 Jun 05:15 -
Go West, life is peaceful there
Wed 19 Jun 14:45 -
Oh what a beautiful morning
Wed 19 Jun 14:35 -
By the light of the Silvery Moon
Wed 19 Jun 04:47
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And we are off
Tue 18 Jun 15:02 -
Azores
Mon 17 Jun 13:10 -
Boat Damage
Thu 13 Jun 12:25 -
We made it to Ponta Delgardo!
Tue 11 Jun 08:37
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It’s slow but it’s sunny
Sun 9 Jun 17:34
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Land Ahoy!
Sun 9 Jun 11:58 -
Have we caught up anyone yet?
Sun 9 Jun 02:42
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Purple Mist still rolling along
Sat 8 Jun 20:50
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A Rollercoaster 24hrs
Sat 8 Jun 15:06 -
Champagne Sailing
Fri 7 Jun 11:38
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It’s Ok to be inside the boat too
Thu 6 Jun 22:50
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Surfing through the waves...it’s wet
Thu 6 Jun 16:15
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Well this is more like it
Thu 6 Jun 07:32
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What a difference a day makes
Wed 5 Jun 16:55
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Wednesday it’s all about avoiding the storm
Wed 5 Jun 09:41 -
Tuesday 2am
Tue 4 Jun 10:11 -
Sunday Evening
Mon 3 Jun 07:44
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Sunday 2nd June - at sea
Sun 2 Jun 12:15
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Pictures from the last day
Fri 31 May 16:49 -
Last day of Preparations
Fri 31 May 13:50 -
Inspection Day
Thu 30 May 06:47 -
First Bgan Blog
Wed 29 May 08:21 -
Arrival in Falmouth
Wed 29 May 06:16
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Fowey
Mon 27 May 19:32
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Salcombe
Sun 26 May 19:58
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Dittersham
Sun 26 May 11:05
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Dartmouth
Sun 26 May 07:32
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Portland Bill
Sat 25 May 17:29
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Isle of Purbeck , Are we racing or not?
Sat 25 May 16:50
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Delivery to Falmouth Weymouth Bay
Sat 25 May 16:30
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Race Report Yarmouth to Cowes
Mon 20 May 07:05
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Race to Yarmouth with Jog
Sat 18 May 20:47
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Azab Yellow Brick tracker link
Mon 13 May 13:58
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Cruising in Chichester harbour with RBYC
Sun 12 May 11:29
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Cervantes Race, an adventure with assymetrics
Sun 5 May 13:01
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New Electronics
Fri 3 May 16:13
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Oysters in the River Hamble ?
Sun 28 Apr 12:27
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Position report only
Sat 27 Apr 17:32
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Position report only
Sat 27 Apr 17:31
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Getting Ready for Azab our 300mile qualifier
Sat 27 Apr 16:44
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Pictures from the JOG Cherbourg Race
Sat 27 Apr 16:11
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Race Report JOG Cowes Cherbourg April 2019
Sat 27 Apr 16:07