Previous Diary Entries
2011
Sep 2011
2010
-
Over, but not out
Mon 19 Sep 09:14
-
Quite a welcome at Poole Town Quay
Mon 22 Aug 18:58
-
Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand hooooooooooo!
Fri 19 Aug 12:22
-
This is Falmouth Coastguard...
Thu 18 Aug 11:57
-
Of rain, plenty of it, and signs of land. And bread.
Wed 17 Aug 12:28
-
Mouse in the mast
Tue 16 Aug 09:54
-
Woolly weather in the final approaches
Mon 15 Aug 11:55
-
Butting our way through dull grey waters
Sun 14 Aug 11:53
-
Six hundred miles from the Lizard
Sat 13 Aug 10:37
-
Cynthia the sqid strikes mahi...
Fri 12 Aug 11:17
-
The tunny strikes twice...
Thu 11 Aug 14:39
-
Captain's log: supplemental
Wed 10 Aug 18:49
-
Flapping through the night
Wed 10 Aug 09:40
-
Walking a watery tightrope
Tue 9 Aug 14:44
-
Mountaineering through the hydrangea forests of Faial
Sun 7 Aug 17:40 -
Sten and Rosemarie, Sea Week and Portuguese hip-hop: a busy day
Sat 6 Aug 12:50
-
Cloud bound on Pico
Thu 4 Aug 22:01 -
Peek o' the volcano? Sadly not yet...
Wed 3 Aug 20:08
-
Hiking through the hydrangeas on Flores
Mon 1 Aug 23:58
-
Photos from the Atlantic
Sun 31 Jul 19:20 -
Land ho!
Sun 31 Jul 15:26
-
Thar she bloooooows... Hard 'a port!
Sat 30 Jul 15:47
-
On a blistering spinnaker reach
Fri 29 Jul 15:55
-
Slow boat to Flores
Thu 28 Jul 17:07
-
First signs of civilisation, steaming up astern
Wed 27 Jul 15:44
-
From fair winds to foul.. and back again
Tue 26 Jul 14:19
-
Neptune unleashes his minions
Mon 25 Jul 17:24
-
The Midatlantic Scrabble Circle
Sun 24 Jul 14:42
-
Eeeeeeeeeeek, splooooosh, pfffffffffffffffffffft...
Sat 23 Jul 17:29
-
Humming along in the sou'westerlies
Fri 22 Jul 15:35
-
Summer Daze of Chris
Fri 22 Jul 15:18 -
Frolicsome fish fear fry-up
Thu 21 Jul 15:21
-
Of swimming with the tuna and flying a woeful spinnakoo
Wed 20 Jul 14:38
-
Scudding along through turquoise seas
Tue 19 Jul 17:45
-
Life on the crest of a (big) ocean wave
Mon 18 Jul 15:18
-
Atlantic-ho
Sun 17 Jul 17:45
-
Into the Atlantic...
Sat 16 Jul 16:58 -
Living like a Kennedy for a day in Martha's Vineyard
Fri 15 Jul 18:29
-
Exploring Nantucket - the last of our American islands
Sun 10 Jul 22:46 -
Whale hunting on passage to Nantucket
Sat 9 Jul 00:34
-
position update
Fri 8 Jul 00:56
-
FOG!
Wed 6 Jul 21:45 -
Of flies and yah hairdos
Wed 6 Jul 21:24
-
Keeping up with the Gatsbys in East Hampton
Mon 4 Jul 03:08 -
Alex's birthday in Manhattan
Fri 1 Jul 03:11
-
Position update
Fri 1 Jul 03:11
-
Statue of Liberty, Manhattan... Hell's Gate
Mon 27 Jun 16:52
-
Neptune's breath and the crustacean's revenge
Sat 25 Jun 19:10
-
Bzzzzzz. Bzzzzzzzzz. Pssssssssshhhhhhhhhh!
Fri 24 Jun 02:27 -
Photo update
Thu 23 Jun 13:17 -
Anchored up in Noo Joyesey
Thu 23 Jun 13:09
-
Delaware: third state of our US tour
Thu 23 Jun 13:08
-
Position update
Wed 22 Jun 19:02
-
Pictures from Washington
Tue 21 Jun 03:57 -
Walking through Washington
Mon 20 Jun 04:38 -
In Annapolis with Anna
Sat 18 Jun 05:33
-
A blistering sail at last
Fri 17 Jun 21:40
-
Swimming with the crabs in the Venice of the Chesapeake
Wed 15 Jun 23:49
-
Goodbye Graham, hello America
Wed 15 Jun 01:39
-
Sweet home Virginia..
Sat 11 Jun 23:26
-
Bristling with weaponry
Fri 10 Jun 13:54
-
Safe and sound in the Chesapeake
Wed 8 Jun 04:04
-
It was a Dark And Stormy Night... no, really
Mon 6 Jun 16:43
-
Mission Control, we have Gulf Stream. Repeat...
Sun 5 Jun 15:48
-
The Girl Who Played with Lightning
Sat 4 Jun 18:51
-
Donking north under blue skies, with thoughts tending south
Fri 3 Jun 16:12
-
Leaving the Caribbean behind
Thu 2 Jun 21:00
-
Edging north into the Gulf Stream
Wed 1 Jun 19:03
-
Back at Nassau HQ with Graham
Tue 31 May 16:46
-
Colours of the Bahamas photos
Sat 28 May 16:55 -
Another one that got away
Fri 27 May 23:49 -
Wandering around Warderick Wells
Fri 27 May 00:29
-
Outraged of Summer Song: Rain
Thu 26 May 02:44
-
Swimming pigs and slippery fish
Tue 24 May 12:52 -
Three colours, turquoise, white and green
Mon 23 May 16:48 -
Snapshots of the Bahamas
Mon 23 May 01:37
-
Sharks, conches and shipmates
Sun 22 May 01:38 -
A whole day of fishing, but nothing to show for it
Fri 20 May 23:35
-
Position update
Fri 20 May 22:43
-
Over the Yellow Bank when no-one was looking
Wed 18 May 23:24 -
Going to America
Mon 16 May 22:00 -
Vegas in the Tropics
Sat 14 May 18:55 -
America... back on
Thu 12 May 17:07 -
America or bust... hmmmm, bust please
Thu 12 May 02:27
-
Honeytraps and hairdos
Wed 11 May 14:50 -
Thoughts on Cuba... from Edmund
Mon 9 May 14:14 -
Last thoughts on Cuba... from Timo
Mon 9 May 14:14 -
Photos from Cuba III
Mon 9 May 14:14 -
Photos from Cuba II
Mon 9 May 13:58 -
Cuba photos I
Mon 9 May 12:48 -
Anchored up in the middle of nowhere
Sun 8 May 13:04
-
Pelican ahoy...
Wed 4 May 23:19 -
Radio silence...
Tue 3 May 02:41
-
Perfecting socialist society under the eyes of the imperialist hegemon
Fri 29 Apr 17:03 -
in the heart of Old Havana
Fri 29 Apr 13:17 -
From Cuba's worst to Cuba's best
Sun 24 Apr 01:24 -
Like born snorkelers
Tue 19 Apr 13:16 -
Just like home...
Sun 17 Apr 13:16 -
In Cuba... but not actually IN Cuba
Sat 16 Apr 14:36
-
Guillermo shoots... and scores! Two-nil to the Cubans
Thu 14 Apr 15:26
-
Please fasten bikini straps as we make our final approach to Cuba...
Wed 13 Apr 18:22
-
Cuba off the port side, as far as the eye can see...
Tue 12 Apr 19:45
-
Unmarked coral, fine on the starboard bow!
Mon 11 Apr 14:00
-
Motoring along under wide, empty skies
Sun 10 Apr 17:11
-
Wallowing off the Dom Rep
Sat 9 Apr 11:47
-
Sailing on past Puerto Rico, where the mahi-mahi leap
Fri 8 Apr 19:07
-
One last day of decadence in the capital-imperialistic BVI
Thu 7 Apr 00:09
-
Not first... but not quite last, either.
Sun 3 Apr 20:50
-
Nanny Cay racing update
Sat 2 Apr 23:17
-
Reeling them in one by one...
Wed 30 Mar 13:42 -
The Escapees get ready to race
Mon 28 Mar 19:42 -
Sliding on to Tortola to meet HMS Benelux
Sun 27 Mar 04:24
-
A giant grown-up's playground
Fri 25 Mar 20:08 -
Spinnaker, fish and fine weather... all the good things in one day!
Thu 24 Mar 20:01
-
Sint Maarten or St Martin?
Wed 23 Mar 20:20 -
Rocking and rolling all night long in Saba
Sat 19 Mar 18:22
-
Trifecta of immigration issues
Thu 17 Mar 00:08
-
First foot on Cuban territory
Mon 14 Mar 18:50
-
Arm wrestling with the bureaucrats
Sun 13 Mar 17:03
-
End of Eden
Fri 11 Mar 22:20
-
Photos from Montserrat
Fri 11 Mar 11:26 -
Of volcanoes, cousins of brothers-in-law and barracuda
Tue 8 Mar 00:49
-
50 miles and a week later...
Thu 3 Mar 23:59
-
The Caribbean returns...
Tue 1 Mar 23:38
-
Africa, fine on the port bow...
Sun 27 Feb 22:44
-
Chilling in English Harbour
Thu 24 Feb 12:45 -
HQ arrives in Antigua...
Tue 22 Feb 12:21 -
Shipshape and awaiting inspection
Sun 20 Feb 21:01
-
A whale past turtle o' clock?
Sat 19 Feb 00:41
-
Goodbye Pointe a Pitre, hello Jacques Cousteau
Thu 17 Feb 00:05
-
The apples of love...
Mon 14 Feb 21:17 -
Guadeloupe proper, in style
Fri 11 Feb 00:14
-
Bang. Crash. Sploosh. Now, repeat.
Wed 9 Feb 15:43
-
To the Boiling Lake and back
Sat 5 Feb 21:27 -
Getting down with the Midnight Groovers
Thu 3 Feb 23:15 -
The most beautiful island yet?
Wed 2 Feb 23:05
-
The croaking of a million frogs
Tue 1 Feb 20:43
-
Grockles and white sandy bottoms
Sat 29 Jan 22:32
-
Bathing in the cloud forests
Wed 26 Jan 14:47 -
Grockled up to le max
Mon 24 Jan 19:21 -
Hitching a lift en francais
Sat 22 Jan 23:00 -
Slack jawed with yokelish wonder
Thu 20 Jan 16:51 -
Township rebellion... and nice waterfalls
Tue 18 Jan 18:21
-
Anchored in the shade of a volcano
Sun 16 Jan 14:59
-
Where the frigate birds soar
Thu 13 Jan 13:47 -
Of squalls and chewy conches
Mon 10 Jan 22:56
-
As far as the eye can see... underwater
Sat 8 Jan 22:52
-
Of lubbers and lobsters
Fri 7 Jan 16:24
-
Fresh pressed recruits
Tue 4 Jan 23:23 -
And then there were two... but not for long
Sun 2 Jan 18:04
Dec 2010
-
Of cocoa and volcanoes
Thu 30 Dec 23:34
-
Tabitha finds her sea legs
Tue 28 Dec 18:26 -
Throw another barracuda steak on the barbie
Sat 25 Dec 11:34
-
On south past the Grenadines
Fri 24 Dec 13:20
-
Bathing in sulphur springs
Thu 23 Dec 12:26
-
Two landmarks in one day
Tue 21 Dec 23:05
-
Sliding in 28th overall
Sun 19 Dec 22:39 -
Rodney Bay
Sat 18 Dec 13:59 -
Photos 3
Sat 18 Dec 13:58 -
Photos 2
Sat 18 Dec 13:51 -
Photos at last - part 1
Thu 16 Dec 17:22 -
Day 26 - Rum Punch for breakfast
Thu 16 Dec 16:45
-
Day 25 - Land hoooooooo!
Wed 15 Dec 17:02
-
Day 24 - Of nerves rediscovered and spinnakers
Tue 14 Dec 15:24
-
Day 23 - Wafting along under blue skies
Mon 13 Dec 15:48
-
Day 22 - Derring do on the high seas
Sun 12 Dec 13:50 -
Day 21 - Things that go whooosh, bang, arggggh in the night
Sat 11 Dec 13:30
-
Day 20 - Some competition at last
Fri 10 Dec 12:38
-
Day 19 - All aboard the briny rollercoaster ride
Thu 9 Dec 14:09
-
Day 18 - White water rafting
Wed 8 Dec 14:39
-
Day 17 - Black, bloody mutiny, sir!
Tue 7 Dec 12:36
-
Day 16 - Reflections from the Blue
Mon 6 Dec 14:15
-
Day 15 - Closer to America than Africa
Sun 5 Dec 16:21
-
Day 14 - What about the rest of the crew?
Sat 4 Dec 10:09
-
Day 13 - spinnaker calms
Fri 3 Dec 14:19
-
Day 12 - of flukes and fins
Thu 2 Dec 15:47 -
Day 11 - Trades at last!
Wed 1 Dec 12:33
-
Day 10 - Motoring with the fishes
Tue 30 Nov 11:29
-
Day 9 - Go WEST!
Mon 29 Nov 13:15
-
Day 8 - Wind! Oh, no, my mistake...
Sun 28 Nov 13:01
-
Day 7 - Off with the high horse, on with the donk
Sat 27 Nov 12:49
-
Day 6 - Flukey winds and raw bonito
Fri 26 Nov 16:08
-
Day 5 - Swimming with the dolphins
Thu 25 Nov 14:16
-
Day 4 - Squid and spinnakers
Thu 25 Nov 13:57
-
Day 3 - supplemental
Tue 23 Nov 13:29 -
Day 3 - Reeling them in (boats not fish)
Tue 23 Nov 09:42
-
Day 2 - approaching Morocco
Mon 22 Nov 11:30
-
Last minute jitters
Sun 21 Nov 13:57 -
The there were four... and a half
Sat 20 Nov 10:30 -
Fogbound in London
Wed 17 Nov 08:37 -
Stepping up a notch
Tue 16 Nov 10:04 -
Then there were three
Sun 14 Nov 18:05 -
Surf's up...
Sat 13 Nov 11:17 -
Safe for sea
Fri 12 Nov 09:51 -
Three months... and we've made it to the start line
Tue 9 Nov 19:52
-
Man 0 Beast 2
Mon 8 Nov 18:17
-
Back in the saddle
Sun 7 Nov 18:37
-
Of orchids and hasty departures
Sat 6 Nov 19:44 -
Forty miles and a world of difference...
Fri 5 Nov 10:59
-
And still the winds blow...
Wed 3 Nov 19:24 -
Tinned peas have neveer been so much fun
Mon 1 Nov 19:10
-
Mini break in Porto Santo
Sun 31 Oct 18:28 -
Photos from Lisboa
Sat 30 Oct 18:15 -
Photos from before Lisboa
Sat 30 Oct 18:08 -
Land ho, cap'n!
Sat 30 Oct 17:57
-
Nasty, steep little seas
Sat 30 Oct 00:33
-
Wind at last
Thu 28 Oct 15:40
-
Thar she blows!
Wed 27 Oct 21:23
-
Just me and the Dark Lord
Tue 26 Oct 19:49
-
The lights of Lisbon at last
Sun 24 Oct 00:21
-
Joao, Joao...
Thu 21 Oct 19:15
-
Into a fish!
Wed 20 Oct 20:57
-
Not smiling any more...
Tue 19 Oct 21:42
-
Inching south again
Tue 19 Oct 09:36
-
Pictures from the Rias Bajas
Sun 17 Oct 18:24 -
Two days in porto
Sun 17 Oct 18:12 -
Things that go bump in the night...
Fri 15 Oct 07:44
-
Taste of the Caribbean
Wed 13 Oct 20:25
-
Martini sailing at last...
Tue 12 Oct 18:25
-
Martinis on the foredeck...
Mon 11 Oct 21:17
-
Yesterday New Zealand, today Norway
Sun 10 Oct 19:00
-
Peering over the parapet
Sat 9 Oct 19:29 -
Inching closer to the end of the earth
Fri 8 Oct 18:25
-
More squid
Thu 7 Oct 20:23 -
Photos!
Sun 3 Oct 15:41 -
Of squid and DVDs
Sun 3 Oct 15:30
-
Wind on the nose... again
Thu 30 Sep 08:27
-
Swimming with the crabs...
Tue 28 Sep 18:57
-
Gigantic tuna
Tue 28 Sep 09:31
-
Engine problems in Gijon
Tue 28 Sep 09:29
-
San Vicente de la Barquera
Fri 24 Sep 09:00
-
On the Spanish main
Mon 20 Sep 15:33
-
Something goes splash in the night...
Sun 19 Sep 08:55
-
Catching some Rés
Wed 15 Sep 13:38
-
Position update - Ile d'Yeu
Wed 15 Sep 13:28
-
Sandy bottoms in Noirmoutier
Thu 9 Sep 22:45
-
Across the Maginot line
Wed 8 Sep 18:07
-
30s chic in La Turballe
Tue 7 Sep 16:53
-
What? Houat...
Tue 7 Sep 16:29
-
Three nights in Belle Ile
Sat 4 Sep 09:52
-
On the beach
Tue 24 Aug 09:34
-
Another world in the Glenans
Tue 24 Aug 09:34
-
Lie in at last
Sun 15 Aug 09:12
-
Position update - 20.00 14/08
Sun 15 Aug 09:11
-
Position update - 18.00 14/08
Sun 15 Aug 09:11
-
Moules au curry
Fri 13 Aug 16:49
-
All nighter
Fri 13 Aug 16:48
-
On our way at last!
Wed 11 Aug 18:55
-
Aiming for the water... and missing
Mon 9 Aug 22:23 -
Explosion in a sail factory
Sun 8 Aug 21:35 -
Sanding the hull
Sat 7 Aug 22:15
-
Ten more days to go
Fri 23 Jul 11:47