Sep 2023

• Where is home?

  Sat 30 Sep 16:53

Dec 2022

• A year without moving…

  Sat 24 Dec 18:59

May 2021

• Flying home….

  Sun 16 May 23:54

Jan 2021

• New Year and new blog....

  Sun 17 Jan 14:04

Nov 2020

• A time for reflection

  

  Sat 28 Nov 23:41

• Circumnavigation

  

  Mon 23 Nov 15:21

• Night sailing.

  

  Sat 21 Nov 10:40

• Memories

  

  Wed 18 Nov 13:34

• Under 1000

  

  Mon 16 Nov 18:20

• Memories

  

  Sat 14 Nov 09:28

• Dawn and dolphins

  

  Wed 11 Nov 08:36

• Above the bear of Brazil.

  

  Mon 9 Nov 11:27

• Over the equator

  

  Sat 7 Nov 11:17

• South Atlantic

  

  Fri 6 Nov 13:41

• Practice

  

  Tue 3 Nov 14:59

Oct 2020

• Flying Scotsman and other things

  

  Sat 31 Oct 18:08

• To reef, or not to reef

  Thu 29 Oct 07:57

• Showers....

  

  Tue 27 Oct 17:47

• Routine

  

  Sun 25 Oct 10:41

• Fairwelll and adieu you fair St Helena

  

  Fri 23 Oct 13:01

• The big one

  Sat 17 Oct 19:07

• St Helena, preparing to depart...

  Tue 6 Oct 09:09

Sep 2020

• Changes...

  Thu 24 Sep 07:36

• Sadness and plans

  Mon 7 Sep 22:21

Aug 2020

• A day for reflections

  Wed 5 Aug 12:14

Jul 2020

• Decision from a rock in the South Atlantic

  Fri 31 Jul 17:04

Jun 2020

• The power of Pickles

  Tue 2 Jun 00:28

May 2020

• St Helena Day

  Fri 22 May 15:54

• Life ashore and plans

  Sun 3 May 11:17

Apr 2020

• St Helena and the slave trade

  Fri 24 Apr 18:07

• Dirt dwelling!

  Thu 2 Apr 17:01

Mar 2020

• Further thoughts and plans from Refuge Rock...

  Thu 26 Mar 16:51

• Refugee Rock Regatta

  Mon 23 Mar 15:55

• Anniversary and time ashore

  Mon 16 Mar 19:21

• St Helena

  

  Wed 11 Mar 10:42

• Land!

  

  Mon 9 Mar 16:13

• Days dont get better than yesterday...

  

  Sat 7 Mar 11:10

• Approaching the Greenwich Meridian

  

  Fri 6 Mar 06:16

• Fish for dinner!

  

  Tue 3 Mar 16:08

• 360 degree club

  Mon 2 Mar 08:31

Feb 2020

• Where did the Trades go?

  

  Sat 29 Feb 11:19

• Leaving Namibia

  

  Fri 28 Feb 06:29

• Walvis Bay, Namibia

  

  Fri 21 Feb 13:14

• Day Five...

  

  Tue 18 Feb 15:59

• The Skeleton Coast

  

  Mon 17 Feb 00:03

• First day

  

  Fri 14 Feb 07:51

• Preparing to depart

  

  Mon 10 Feb 08:09

Jan 2020

• Cape Town

  

  Sat 25 Jan 17:46

• The bottom of Africa

  

  Fri 24 Jan 06:41

• The bottom of Africa

  

  Fri 24 Jan 06:37

• South of Africa

  

  Thu 23 Jan 05:32

• Waiting for the weather

  

  Sat 18 Jan 13:45

• Port Elizabeth

  

  Wed 15 Jan 07:15

• On passage to Port Elizabeth

  

  Mon 13 Jan 15:50

• Farewell to Richards Bay

  

  Sat 11 Jan 05:58

• Safari so goody

  Thu 2 Jan 15:12

Dec 2019

• Sunday on the hard

  Sun 22 Dec 17:31

• South Africa.....

  

  Sun 15 Dec 11:54

Aug 2019

• South Africa

  

  Mon 26 Aug 15:38

• 50 miles to Africa

  

  Fri 23 Aug 09:25

• Tuesday. Mozambique Channel

  

  Tue 20 Aug 15:49

• The ups and downs of Blue Water sailing

  

  Fri 16 Aug 08:21

• Day four, approachhing Madagascar

  

  Thu 15 Aug 08:10

• Day two

  

  Tue 13 Aug 12:48

• Reunion Island

  

  Sun 11 Aug 03:32

• A lovely weekend with friends

  

  Mon 5 Aug 04:16

Jul 2019

• Grande Baie and Snow White

  

  Tue 30 Jul 05:36

• Port Louis

  

  Sun 21 Jul 15:50

• 07 Storms and washing machines

  Thu 18 Jul 13:44

• 06 Closing Rodriquez

  

  Thu 18 Jul 13:44

• 05 Swimming

  

  Thu 18 Jul 13:44

• 04 Things that go wrong and whales....

  

  Thu 18 Jul 13:44

• 03 Ocean bread

  

  Thu 18 Jul 13:44

• 02 Weather

  

  Thu 18 Jul 13:44

• 01 The long trip

  

  Thu 18 Jul 13:43

Jun 2019

• Fwd: Cocos Keeling

  Tue 25 Jun 04:25

• 02 Arrived Cocos Keeling

  

  Thu 20 Jun 08:18

• 01 Leaving Christmas

  Thu 20 Jun 07:37

• Christmas Island

  

  Fri 14 Jun 03:49

• 05 Closing Christmas Island

  

  Sat 8 Jun 04:38

• 04 Celebrations

  

  Sat 8 Jun 04:38

• 03 Sightings in the Indian Ocean

  

  Sat 8 Jun 04:38

• 02 Into the routine

  

  Sat 8 Jun 04:37

• 01 An amazing first day

  

  Sat 8 Jun 04:35

May 2019

• Ready to depart

  Sun 26 May 00:02

• A week to go....

  

  Sun 19 May 05:57

• A week of cleaning

  Sun 12 May 22:02

• Darwin, again

  Sun 5 May 07:07

Jan 2019

• This years plan

  Mon 7 Jan 14:05

Sep 2018

• Yet another major change of plan

  Tue 25 Sep 12:14

• Darwin again

  

  Sun 9 Sep 00:51

• Returning via Changi

  Tue 4 Sep 23:45

Jun 2018

• 11 Cullen Bay Darwin

  

  Mon 25 Jun 02:31

• 10 wind, wind wind

  

  Sun 24 Jun 00:38

• 9 Full rainbows

  

  Sun 24 Jun 00:38

• 8 Off to Darwin

  

  Sun 24 Jun 00:38

• 7 Thursday Island

  

  Sun 24 Jun 00:38

• 6 Dolphins and North, and whales

  

  Sun 24 Jun 00:38

• 5 Sunset off Papua New Guinea

  

  Sun 24 Jun 00:38

• 4 The dramas that are Ocean sailing

  

  Sun 24 Jun 00:37

• 3 Day five Vanuatu to Australia

  

  Sun 24 Jun 00:37

• 2 Vanuatu to Australia Day three

  

  Sun 24 Jun 00:37

• 1 Chasing wind off Vanuatu

  

  Sun 24 Jun 00:37

May 2018

• Port Villa, Efata. Vanuatu

  

  Wed 30 May 07:34

• Volcanoes and Cava ceremony

  

  Tue 29 May 04:52

• Port Resolution. Vanuatu

  

  Mon 28 May 21:14

• NZ to Vanuatu, Green Flash

  

  Sun 27 May 23:58

• NZ to Vanuatu day seven

  

  Sun 27 May 23:57

• NZ to Vanuatu Day four

  

  Sun 27 May 23:56

• Vanuatu bound

  

  Thu 17 May 05:13

• Waiting for weather

  

  Sun 13 May 09:55

• We have started home.....

  

  Sat 5 May 23:28

Apr 2018

• Counting down to departure

  

  Sun 29 Apr 19:06

• Nearly there.....

  

  Sun 22 Apr 03:27

• A better week!

  

  Sun 15 Apr 04:56

• Doubts and setbacks

  

  Mon 9 Apr 01:02

• Easter at the Bach

  

  Sun 1 Apr 06:23

Mar 2018

• First week jobs.

  

  Sun 25 Mar 04:18

• Back on board

  

  Wed 21 Mar 20:32

Dec 2017

• Happy Christmas

  Sat 23 Dec 10:21

Apr 2017

• All change

  

  Sat 1 Apr 21:36

Feb 2017

• The end of the road trip

  

  Sat 4 Feb 18:22

Jan 2017

• The journey to "Gentle Annie Campsite"

  

  Mon 30 Jan 07:04

• The road trip heads north....

  

  Sat 21 Jan 18:42

• The great New Zealand Road trip south....

  

  Sun 15 Jan 06:57

Dec 2016

• Christmas at the Bach

  

  Thu 29 Dec 08:30

• Dune surfing and next years plan

  

  Sun 18 Dec 19:36

• My wife

  

  Sat 10 Dec 21:12

• A month in New Zealand

  

  Wed 7 Dec 18:56

• Classic cars and dinghies

  

  Sun 4 Dec 04:24

Nov 2016

• Marinas, Rally and children

  

  Wed 30 Nov 20:03

• All Points Rally

  

  Wed 16 Nov 20:50

• First week

  

  Fri 11 Nov 20:54

• Safe and sound

  

  Fri 4 Nov 01:02

• 06 New Zealand

  

  Fri 4 Nov 01:02

• 05 Heading south for New Zealand

  

  Fri 4 Nov 01:01

• 04 The age of chivalry...

  

  Fri 4 Nov 01:00

• 03 Through the line.

  

  Fri 4 Nov 00:58

• 02 The good and the bad

  

  Fri 4 Nov 00:58

• 01 A great start

  

  Fri 4 Nov 00:57

Oct 2016

• Tonga...

  

  Sun 23 Oct 05:37

• 03 Moon set

  

  Wed 19 Oct 23:35

• 02 Frustration

  

  Wed 19 Oct 23:34

• 01 Farewell to Palmerston

  

  Wed 19 Oct 23:23

• Palmerston

  

  Mon 10 Oct 23:33

• 04 Palmerston oh Palmerston

  

  Sun 9 Oct 23:29

• 03. Second night....

  

  Sun 9 Oct 23:28

• 02 Cargo in the hold....

  

  Sun 9 Oct 23:26

• 01 Whales!

  

  Sun 9 Oct 23:25

• Off again

  

  Wed 5 Oct 18:43

• 04 Aitutaki

  

  Tue 4 Oct 00:44

• 03 Into the night

  

  Tue 4 Oct 00:43

• 02 The crew hard at work

  

  Tue 4 Oct 00:33

• 01 Mixed emotions

  

  Tue 4 Oct 00:32

Sep 2016

• Or maybe not.....

  

  Mon 26 Sep 02:46

• A change of scene

  

  Tue 20 Sep 09:01

• A perfect day sailing

  

  Wed 14 Sep 23:13

• Back to Raiatea

  

  Mon 12 Sep 05:39

• Sad day

  

  Sun 4 Sep 16:44

Aug 2016

• Tahaa

  

  Wed 31 Aug 21:53

• Raiatea

  

  Tue 23 Aug 07:25

• That sinking feeling...

  

  Mon 15 Aug 02:34

• Moorea

  

  Wed 10 Aug 04:29

• Papeete

  

  Mon 1 Aug 03:28

Jul 2016

• Fair well....

  

  Wed 27 Jul 19:37

• Tahiti...

  

  Mon 25 Jul 17:01

• Another day another Atoll

  

  Sat 23 Jul 00:47

• Wake boarding in an Atoll

  

  Wed 20 Jul 05:35

• Rangiroa

  

  Thu 14 Jul 05:35

• 02 Stars and wind

  

  Tue 12 Jul 06:22

• 01 Good bye Marquises

  

  Tue 12 Jul 06:05

• A truly amazing evening!

  Sun 3 Jul 07:33

• The Marquises

  

  Sun 3 Jul 07:28

Jun 2016

• All change....

  

  Mon 27 Jun 21:13

• Fun day on the beach in Tahuato

  

  Sun 26 Jun 20:13

• 12 Dry land and beer in the Marquises

  Mon 20 Jun 21:34

• 11 Landfall

  

  Mon 20 Jun 21:32

• 10 whale sighting

  

  Mon 20 Jun 21:31

• 09 The Demolition Derby continues

  

  Mon 20 Jun 21:29

• 08 records and things going wrong!

  

  Mon 20 Jun 21:28

• 07 700 miles to go....

  

  Mon 20 Jun 21:27

• 06 Of Moons and Roast Beef

  

  Mon 20 Jun 21:26

• 5 Halfway!

  

  Mon 20 Jun 21:25

• 04 Fun at sea.

  

  Mon 20 Jun 21:20

• 03 Mid Pacific checks

  

  Mon 20 Jun 21:12

• 02 One sixth of the way there.....

  

  Mon 20 Jun 20:16

• 01 Galapagos to Polynesia

  

  Mon 20 Jun 20:14

May 2016

• Isobela, Galapagos

  

  Sun 22 May 16:31

• Bad luck?

  

  Sun 15 May 13:45

• Isobela

  

  Sun 8 May 21:57

• Change of plan...

  

  Mon 2 May 17:04

Apr 2016

• Santa Cruz

  

  Sun 24 Apr 14:58

• Santa Fe

  

  Tue 19 Apr 23:05

• Galapagos

  

  Mon 18 Apr 00:16

• 7 Galapagos.

  

  Wed 13 Apr 21:43

• 6 South Pacific

  

  Wed 13 Apr 21:43

• 4 human contact

  

  Wed 13 Apr 21:37

• 3 playing in the sea

  

  Wed 13 Apr 21:37

• 2 First Pacific fish

  

  Wed 13 Apr 21:29

• 1 Record breaking first 24 hours.

  

  Wed 13 Apr 21:29

• And they are off.....

  Mon 4 Apr 16:26

Mar 2016

• Balboa

  

  Sat 12 Mar 02:28

Feb 2016

• Panama Canal

  

  Sun 21 Feb 20:44

• Gill's thoughts.....

  

  Sat 6 Feb 14:28

Jan 2016

• Panama....Panama

  

  Sun 31 Jan 18:12

• Bound for Panama

  

  Sun 31 Jan 02:29

• Antigua refit and Panama bound!

  

  Thu 21 Jan 11:26

• Happy New Year

  

  Sun 3 Jan 16:56

Dec 2015

• Of home and home and off again

  

  Sun 20 Dec 02:17

Nov 2015

• Long passages and goodbyes

  

  Thu 19 Nov 19:35

Oct 2015

• Holidays and friends

  

  Fri 23 Oct 11:03

• Grenada to St Lucia

  

  Fri 2 Oct 15:05

Sep 2015

• To Trinidad and back....

  

  Sun 20 Sep 13:03

• To Trinidad and back....

  

  Sun 20 Sep 13:00

• The hard

  

  Fri 11 Sep 23:53

• White rabbits, white rabbits, white rabbits

  Tue 1 Sep 18:54

Aug 2015

• All at sea....

  Sun 23 Aug 15:32

• The list goes on.....

  

  Mon 17 Aug 15:37

• Of Carnival and people....

  

  Thu 13 Aug 13:45

• Blue moons and Hashing

  

  Sun 2 Aug 11:40

Jul 2015

• My family and other animals...

  

  Mon 27 Jul 22:40

• Tobago

  

  Tue 21 Jul 03:26

• Grenada

  

  Sun 12 Jul 12:26

• A fun week...

  

  Tue 7 Jul 12:57

Jun 2015

• Not a happy bunny...

  

  Mon 29 Jun 12:50

• Union Island

  

  Sun 21 Jun 12:06

• Feeling low

  

  Mon 15 Jun 18:06

• Martinique

  

  Wed 10 Jun 10:45

May 2015

• AIS

  

  Fri 29 May 18:39

• Sorry it's late!

  

  Tue 26 May 21:34

• Father

  

  Mon 18 May 11:16

• Another week in Antigua

  

  Sat 9 May 17:39

Apr 2015

• Classics ends and Race Week begins....

  

  Sun 26 Apr 17:06

• Antigua Classics

  Sun 19 Apr 11:29

• A humbling experience

  Wed 15 Apr 15:26

• Falmouth

  

  Sat 11 Apr 10:47

• Falmouth Harbour

  

  Sat 4 Apr 11:27

Mar 2015

• Falmouth Harbour. Antigua

  

  Mon 30 Mar 17:25

• Two years afloat......

  Wed 25 Mar 21:45

• Portsmouth

  

  Fri 20 Mar 11:54

• Dominica

  

  Sun 15 Mar 16:14

• Portsmouth Dominica

  

  Mon 9 Mar 15:36

Feb 2015

• St Pierre. Martinique

  

  Sat 28 Feb 18:26

• Rodney Bay Marina

  

  Sat 21 Feb 20:41

• Rodney Bay Marina

  

  Sat 21 Feb 20:41

• "14.05.50N 60.57.80W"

  

  Sat 14 Feb 22:29

• "13.49.94N 61.09.71W"

  

  Mon 9 Feb 01:34

• "12.27.32N 61.29.50W"

  

  Mon 2 Feb 12:28

Jan 2015

• "12.38.61N 61.04.61W"

  

  Wed 28 Jan 14:04

• "12.38.61N 61.04.61W"

  

  Wed 28 Jan 14:04

Dec 2014

• "13.04.93N 59.36.74W"

  

  Mon 1 Dec 01:31

Nov 2014

• Humpback Whale sighting

  

  Mon 17 Nov 18:33

• "14.05.55N 60.57.46W"

  

  Mon 10 Nov 11:19

Oct 2014

• Friends and family

  

  Sun 26 Oct 16:21

Sep 2014

• The end of the summer.....

  Wed 24 Sep 18:12

• IGrace Darling......and Ivan "11.59.65N 61.45.73W"

  

  Sun 7 Sep 19:19

Aug 2014

• Dinghy concert and dogs "11.59.65N 61.45.73W"

  

  Thu 28 Aug 14:47

• Re: Photos of Carnival "12.02.63N 61.44.94W"

  

  Sat 16 Aug 10:47

• Carnival "12.02.63N 61.44.94W"

  

  Fri 15 Aug 00:20

• "12.27.44N 61.29.34W"

  

  Mon 4 Aug 16:41

• "12.32.05N 61.23.13W"

  

  Mon 4 Aug 14:47

Jul 2014

• "13.00.17N 61.14.65W"

  

  Fri 4 Jul 15:17

• "11.09.56N 60.50.46W"

  

  Tue 1 Jul 13:47

Jun 2014

• "15.22.63N 61.48.91W"

  

  Sun 15 Jun 11:34

May 2014

• Cheeki Rafiki

  Mon 19 May 15:13

• The best laid plans...

  

  Thu 15 May 14:10

• Antigua. "17.03.95N 61.53.06W"

  

  Sun 11 May 18:03

Apr 2014

• Whales

  

  Fri 25 Apr 02:52

• On the hard "17.07.67N 61.45.44W"

  

  Thu 3 Apr 02:23

Mar 2014

• Iles des Saintes

  

  Fri 21 Mar 20:20

• Mardi Gras in Matinique

  

  Thu 13 Mar 15:34

Feb 2014

• Round the Island Race...island four

  

  Mon 24 Feb 15:28

• Relaxing...

  Tue 4 Feb 18:46

Jan 2014

• Rodney Bay St Lucia. "14.04.32N 60.56.55W"

  

  Sun 26 Jan 17:36

• Stop press....stop press

  Mon 20 Jan 16:57

• "13:15:70N 59:38:70W"

  

  Sun 19 Jan 22:32

• "13:23:.60N 59:28.20W"

  Sun 19 Jan 17:19

• "14.10.01N 57:01:52W"

  

  Sat 18 Jan 16:26

• "14.14.89N 56.30.12W"

  

  Sat 18 Jan 11:36

• "15:23:40N 52:45:46W"

  

  Thu 16 Jan 22:11

• "15.59.75N 50.18.87W"

  

  Wed 15 Jan 19:25

• "16.23.05N 46.22.82W"

  

  Mon 13 Jan 16:51

• "17.08.18N 42.24.85W"

  

  Sat 11 Jan 18:37

• "17.13.51N 40.02.89W"

  

  Fri 10 Jan 20:12

• "17.43.07N 37.45.54W"

  

  Thu 9 Jan 16:07

• "18.12.95N 35.27.81W"

  

  Wed 8 Jan 19:43

• "18.46.33N 34.32.29W"

  

  Wed 8 Jan 10:38

• "19.46.84N 32.53.21W"

  

  Tue 7 Jan 19:44

• "20.51.24N 30.49.29W"

  

  Mon 6 Jan 19:35

• "22.50.44N 26.36.40W" Saturday 4th January 2014

  

  Sat 4 Jan 18:09

• "25.23.02N 21.31.34W"

  

  Thu 2 Jan 12:27

Dec 2013

• What dreams are made of

  

  Tue 31 Dec 10:41

• "32.44.494N 16.42.761W"

  

  Tue 10 Dec 22:42

• Near the big day

  Tue 3 Dec 08:58

Nov 2013

• Back to the boat and back to sea

  

  Sat 23 Nov 09:19

Oct 2013

• The final push west

  

  Wed 9 Oct 07:46

Sep 2013

• Stow away...

  

  Mon 16 Sep 23:54

• Peace descends

  

  Wed 4 Sep 13:38

Aug 2013

• Friends in France

  Fri 16 Aug 07:45

• Dicken's birthday

  

  Sat 10 Aug 05:59

Jul 2013

• The closest of close shaves....

  

  Tue 30 Jul 14:40

• Daring rescue

  

  Fri 26 Jul 15:01

• Three months in...

  

  Fri 26 Jul 14:57

• Rain and more broken bits....

  

  Fri 19 Jul 09:10

• A week at anchor...

  

  Thu 11 Jul 19:46

• The highs and lows of Menorca

  

  Mon 8 Jul 20:35

• Frustration and fun

  

  Thu 4 Jul 06:55

Jun 2013

• Keep calm...

  

  Thu 27 Jun 06:51

• Gale Bound

  

  Mon 24 Jun 10:57

• The things that make our world tick....

  

  Fri 14 Jun 08:39

• Broken auto helm

  

  Tue 11 Jun 07:28

• Gibraltar and Mediterranean mooring...

  

  Sun 9 Jun 08:14

• How far we have come!

  Fri 7 Jun 19:12

• Thoughts from a night watch

  

  Wed 5 Jun 18:44

• "38.41.42N 009.25.14"

  

  Sun 2 Jun 22:13

May 2013

• Sunday 26th May 2013

  

  Sun 26 May 13:46

• Sunday 25th May 2013

  

  Sun 26 May 11:00