Sep 2011

• Mon 19 Sep 09:14

  • Over, but not out

Aug 2011

• Mon 22 Aug 18:58

  • Quite a welcome at Poole Town Quay

• Fri 19 Aug 12:22

  • Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand hooooooooooo!

• Thu 18 Aug 11:57

  • This is Falmouth Coastguard...

• Wed 17 Aug 12:28

  • Of rain, plenty of it, and signs of land. And bread.

• Tue 16 Aug 09:54

  • Mouse in the mast

• Mon 15 Aug 11:55

  • Woolly weather in the final approaches

• Sun 14 Aug 11:53

  • Butting our way through dull grey waters

• Sat 13 Aug 10:37

  • Six hundred miles from the Lizard

• Fri 12 Aug 11:17

  • Cynthia the sqid strikes mahi...

• Thu 11 Aug 14:39

  • The tunny strikes twice...

• Wed 10 Aug 18:49

  • Captain's log: supplemental
  • Flapping through the night

• Tue 9 Aug 14:44

  • Walking a watery tightrope

• Sun 7 Aug 17:40

  • Mountaineering through the hydrangea forests of Faial

• Sat 6 Aug 12:50

  • Sten and Rosemarie, Sea Week and Portuguese hip-hop: a busy day

• Thu 4 Aug 22:01

  • Cloud bound on Pico

• Wed 3 Aug 20:08

  • Peek o' the volcano? Sadly not yet...

• Mon 1 Aug 23:58

  • Hiking through the hydrangeas on Flores

Jul 2011

• Sun 31 Jul 19:20

  • Photos from the Atlantic
  • Land ho!

• Sat 30 Jul 15:47

  • Thar she bloooooows... Hard 'a port!

• Fri 29 Jul 15:55

  • On a blistering spinnaker reach

• Thu 28 Jul 17:07

  • Slow boat to Flores

• Wed 27 Jul 15:44

  • First signs of civilisation, steaming up astern

• Tue 26 Jul 14:19

  • From fair winds to foul.. and back again

• Mon 25 Jul 17:24

  • Neptune unleashes his minions

• Sun 24 Jul 14:42

  • The Midatlantic Scrabble Circle

• Sat 23 Jul 17:29

  • Eeeeeeeeeeek, splooooosh, pfffffffffffffffffffft...

• Fri 22 Jul 15:35

  • Humming along in the sou'westerlies
  • Summer Daze of Chris

• Thu 21 Jul 15:21

  • Frolicsome fish fear fry-up

• Wed 20 Jul 14:38

  • Of swimming with the tuna and flying a woeful spinnakoo

• Tue 19 Jul 17:45

  • Scudding along through turquoise seas

• Mon 18 Jul 15:18

  • Life on the crest of a (big) ocean wave

• Sun 17 Jul 17:45

  • Atlantic-ho

• Sat 16 Jul 16:58

  • Into the Atlantic...

• Fri 15 Jul 18:29

  • Living like a Kennedy for a day in Martha's Vineyard

• Sun 10 Jul 22:46

  • Exploring Nantucket - the last of our American islands

• Sat 9 Jul 00:34

  • Whale hunting on passage to Nantucket

• Fri 8 Jul 00:56

  • position update

• Wed 6 Jul 21:45

  • FOG!
  • Of flies and yah hairdos

• Mon 4 Jul 03:08

  • Keeping up with the Gatsbys in East Hampton

• Fri 1 Jul 03:11

  • Alex's birthday in Manhattan
  • Position update

Jun 2011

• Mon 27 Jun 16:52

  • Statue of Liberty, Manhattan... Hell's Gate

• Sat 25 Jun 19:10

  • Neptune's breath and the crustacean's revenge

• Fri 24 Jun 02:27

  • Bzzzzzz. Bzzzzzzzzz. Pssssssssshhhhhhhhhh!

• Thu 23 Jun 13:17

  • Photo update
  • Anchored up in Noo Joyesey
  • Delaware: third state of our US tour

• Wed 22 Jun 19:02

  • Position update

• Tue 21 Jun 03:57

  • Pictures from Washington

• Mon 20 Jun 04:38

  • Walking through Washington

• Sat 18 Jun 05:33

  • In Annapolis with Anna

• Fri 17 Jun 21:40

  • A blistering sail at last

• Wed 15 Jun 23:49

  • Swimming with the crabs in the Venice of the Chesapeake
  • Goodbye Graham, hello America

• Sat 11 Jun 23:26

  • Sweet home Virginia..

• Fri 10 Jun 13:54

  • Bristling with weaponry

• Wed 8 Jun 04:04

  • Safe and sound in the Chesapeake

• Mon 6 Jun 16:43

  • It was a Dark And Stormy Night... no, really

• Sun 5 Jun 15:48

  • Mission Control, we have Gulf Stream. Repeat...

• Sat 4 Jun 18:51

  • The Girl Who Played with Lightning

• Fri 3 Jun 16:12

  • Donking north under blue skies, with thoughts tending south

• Thu 2 Jun 21:00

  • Leaving the Caribbean behind

• Wed 1 Jun 19:03

  • Edging north into the Gulf Stream

May 2011

• Tue 31 May 16:46

  • Back at Nassau HQ with Graham

• Sat 28 May 16:55

  • Colours of the Bahamas photos

• Fri 27 May 23:49

  • Another one that got away
  • Wandering around Warderick Wells

• Thu 26 May 02:44

  • Outraged of Summer Song: Rain

• Tue 24 May 12:52

  • Swimming pigs and slippery fish

• Mon 23 May 16:48

  • Three colours, turquoise, white and green
  • Snapshots of the Bahamas

• Sun 22 May 01:38

  • Sharks, conches and shipmates

• Fri 20 May 23:35

  • A whole day of fishing, but nothing to show for it
  • Position update

• Wed 18 May 23:24

  • Over the Yellow Bank when no-one was looking

• Mon 16 May 22:00

  • Going to America

• Sat 14 May 18:55

  • Vegas in the Tropics

• Thu 12 May 17:07

  • America... back on
  • America or bust... hmmmm, bust please

• Wed 11 May 14:50

  • Honeytraps and hairdos

• Mon 9 May 14:14

  • Thoughts on Cuba... from Edmund
  • Last thoughts on Cuba... from Timo
  • Photos from Cuba III
  • Photos from Cuba II
  • Cuba photos I

• Sun 8 May 13:04

  • Anchored up in the middle of nowhere

• Wed 4 May 23:19

  • Pelican ahoy...

• Tue 3 May 02:41

  • Radio silence...

Apr 2011

• Fri 29 Apr 17:03

  • Perfecting socialist society under the eyes of the imperialist hegemon
  • in the heart of Old Havana

• Sun 24 Apr 01:24

  • From Cuba's worst to Cuba's best

• Tue 19 Apr 13:16

  • Like born snorkelers

• Sun 17 Apr 13:16

  • Just like home...

• Sat 16 Apr 14:36

  • In Cuba... but not actually IN Cuba

• Thu 14 Apr 15:26

  • Guillermo shoots... and scores! Two-nil to the Cubans

• Wed 13 Apr 18:22

  • Please fasten bikini straps as we make our final approach to Cuba...

• Tue 12 Apr 19:45

  • Cuba off the port side, as far as the eye can see...

• Mon 11 Apr 14:00

  • Unmarked coral, fine on the starboard bow!

• Sun 10 Apr 17:11

  • Motoring along under wide, empty skies

• Sat 9 Apr 11:47

  • Wallowing off the Dom Rep

• Fri 8 Apr 19:07

  • Sailing on past Puerto Rico, where the mahi-mahi leap

• Thu 7 Apr 00:09

  • One last day of decadence in the capital-imperialistic BVI

• Sun 3 Apr 20:50

  • Not first... but not quite last, either.

• Sat 2 Apr 23:17

  • Nanny Cay racing update

Mar 2011

• Wed 30 Mar 13:42

  • Reeling them in one by one...

• Mon 28 Mar 19:42

  • The Escapees get ready to race

• Sun 27 Mar 04:24

  • Sliding on to Tortola to meet HMS Benelux

• Fri 25 Mar 20:08

  • A giant grown-up's playground

• Thu 24 Mar 20:01

  • Spinnaker, fish and fine weather... all the good things in one day!

• Wed 23 Mar 20:20

  • Sint Maarten or St Martin?

• Sat 19 Mar 18:22

  • Rocking and rolling all night long in Saba

• Thu 17 Mar 00:08

  • Trifecta of immigration issues

• Mon 14 Mar 18:50

  • First foot on Cuban territory

• Sun 13 Mar 17:03

  • Arm wrestling with the bureaucrats

• Fri 11 Mar 22:20

  • End of Eden
  • Photos from Montserrat

• Tue 8 Mar 00:49

  • Of volcanoes, cousins of brothers-in-law and barracuda

• Thu 3 Mar 23:59

  • 50 miles and a week later...

• Tue 1 Mar 23:38

  • The Caribbean returns...

Feb 2011

• Sun 27 Feb 22:44

  • Africa, fine on the port bow...

• Thu 24 Feb 12:45

  • Chilling in English Harbour

• Tue 22 Feb 12:21

  • HQ arrives in Antigua...

• Sun 20 Feb 21:01

  • Shipshape and awaiting inspection

• Sat 19 Feb 00:41

  • A whale past turtle o' clock?

• Thu 17 Feb 00:05

  • Goodbye Pointe a Pitre, hello Jacques Cousteau

• Mon 14 Feb 21:17

  • The apples of love...

• Fri 11 Feb 00:14

  • Guadeloupe proper, in style

• Wed 9 Feb 15:43

  • Bang. Crash. Sploosh. Now, repeat.

• Sat 5 Feb 21:27

  • To the Boiling Lake and back

• Thu 3 Feb 23:15

  • Getting down with the Midnight Groovers

• Wed 2 Feb 23:05

  • The most beautiful island yet?

• Tue 1 Feb 20:43

  • The croaking of a million frogs

Jan 2011

• Sat 29 Jan 22:32

  • Grockles and white sandy bottoms

• Wed 26 Jan 14:47

  • Bathing in the cloud forests

• Mon 24 Jan 19:21

  • Grockled up to le max

• Sat 22 Jan 23:00

  • Hitching a lift en francais

• Thu 20 Jan 16:51

  • Slack jawed with yokelish wonder

• Tue 18 Jan 18:21

  • Township rebellion... and nice waterfalls

• Sun 16 Jan 14:59

  • Anchored in the shade of a volcano

• Thu 13 Jan 13:47

  • Where the frigate birds soar

• Mon 10 Jan 22:56

  • Of squalls and chewy conches

• Sat 8 Jan 22:52

  • As far as the eye can see... underwater

• Fri 7 Jan 16:24

  • Of lubbers and lobsters

• Tue 4 Jan 23:23

  • Fresh pressed recruits

• Sun 2 Jan 18:04

  • And then there were two... but not for long

Dec 2010

• Thu 30 Dec 23:34

  • Of cocoa and volcanoes

• Tue 28 Dec 18:26

  • Tabitha finds her sea legs

• Sat 25 Dec 11:34

  • Throw another barracuda steak on the barbie

• Fri 24 Dec 13:20

  • On south past the Grenadines

• Thu 23 Dec 12:26

  • Bathing in sulphur springs

• Tue 21 Dec 23:05

  • Two landmarks in one day

• Sun 19 Dec 22:39

  • Sliding in 28th overall

• Sat 18 Dec 13:59

  • Rodney Bay
  • Photos 3
  • Photos 2

• Thu 16 Dec 17:22

  • Photos at last - part 1
  • Day 26 - Rum Punch for breakfast

• Wed 15 Dec 17:02

  • Day 25 - Land hoooooooo!

• Tue 14 Dec 15:24

  • Day 24 - Of nerves rediscovered and spinnakers

• Mon 13 Dec 15:48

  • Day 23 - Wafting along under blue skies

• Sun 12 Dec 13:50

  • Day 22 - Derring do on the high seas

• Sat 11 Dec 13:30

  • Day 21 - Things that go whooosh, bang, arggggh in the night

• Fri 10 Dec 12:38

  • Day 20 - Some competition at last

• Thu 9 Dec 14:09

  • Day 19 - All aboard the briny rollercoaster ride

• Wed 8 Dec 14:39

  • Day 18 - White water rafting

• Tue 7 Dec 12:36

  • Day 17 - Black, bloody mutiny, sir!

• Mon 6 Dec 14:15

  • Day 16 - Reflections from the Blue

• Sun 5 Dec 16:21

  • Day 15 - Closer to America than Africa

• Sat 4 Dec 10:09

  • Day 14 - What about the rest of the crew?

• Fri 3 Dec 14:19

  • Day 13 - spinnaker calms

• Thu 2 Dec 15:47

  • Day 12 - of flukes and fins

• Wed 1 Dec 12:33

  • Day 11 - Trades at last!

Nov 2010

• Tue 30 Nov 11:29

  • Day 10 - Motoring with the fishes

• Mon 29 Nov 13:15

  • Day 9 - Go WEST!

• Sun 28 Nov 13:01

  • Day 8 - Wind! Oh, no, my mistake...

• Sat 27 Nov 12:49

  • Day 7 - Off with the high horse, on with the donk

• Fri 26 Nov 16:08

  • Day 6 - Flukey winds and raw bonito

• Thu 25 Nov 14:16

  • Day 5 - Swimming with the dolphins
  • Day 4 - Squid and spinnakers

• Tue 23 Nov 13:29

  • Day 3 - supplemental
  • Day 3 - Reeling them in (boats not fish)

• Mon 22 Nov 11:30

  • Day 2 - approaching Morocco

• Sun 21 Nov 13:57

  • Last minute jitters

• Sat 20 Nov 10:30

  • The there were four... and a half

• Wed 17 Nov 08:37

  • Fogbound in London

• Tue 16 Nov 10:04

  • Stepping up a notch

• Sun 14 Nov 18:05

  • Then there were three

• Sat 13 Nov 11:17

  • Surf's up...

• Fri 12 Nov 09:51

  • Safe for sea

• Tue 9 Nov 19:52

  • Three months... and we've made it to the start line

• Mon 8 Nov 18:17

  • Man 0 Beast 2

• Sun 7 Nov 18:37

  • Back in the saddle

• Sat 6 Nov 19:44

  • Of orchids and hasty departures

• Fri 5 Nov 10:59

  • Forty miles and a world of difference...

• Wed 3 Nov 19:24

  • And still the winds blow...

• Mon 1 Nov 19:10

  • Tinned peas have neveer been so much fun

Oct 2010

• Sun 31 Oct 18:28

  • Mini break in Porto Santo

• Sat 30 Oct 18:15

  • Photos from Lisboa
  • Photos from before Lisboa
  • Land ho, cap'n!
  • Nasty, steep little seas

• Thu 28 Oct 15:40

  • Wind at last

• Wed 27 Oct 21:23

  • Thar she blows!

• Tue 26 Oct 19:49

  • Just me and the Dark Lord

• Sun 24 Oct 00:21

  • The lights of Lisbon at last

• Thu 21 Oct 19:15

  • Joao, Joao...

• Wed 20 Oct 20:57

  • Into a fish!

• Tue 19 Oct 21:42

  • Not smiling any more...
  • Inching south again

• Sun 17 Oct 18:24

  • Pictures from the Rias Bajas
  • Two days in porto

• Fri 15 Oct 07:44

  • Things that go bump in the night...

• Wed 13 Oct 20:25

  • Taste of the Caribbean

• Tue 12 Oct 18:25

  • Martini sailing at last...

• Mon 11 Oct 21:17

  • Martinis on the foredeck...

• Sun 10 Oct 19:00

  • Yesterday New Zealand, today Norway

• Sat 9 Oct 19:29

  • Peering over the parapet

• Fri 8 Oct 18:25

  • Inching closer to the end of the earth

• Thu 7 Oct 20:23

  • More squid

• Sun 3 Oct 15:41

  • Photos!
  • Of squid and DVDs

Sep 2010

• Thu 30 Sep 08:27

  • Wind on the nose... again

• Tue 28 Sep 18:57

  • Swimming with the crabs...
  • Gigantic tuna
  • Engine problems in Gijon

• Fri 24 Sep 09:00

  • San Vicente de la Barquera

• Mon 20 Sep 15:33

  • On the Spanish main

• Sun 19 Sep 08:55

  • Something goes splash in the night...

• Wed 15 Sep 13:38

  • Catching some Rés
  • Position update - Ile d'Yeu

• Thu 9 Sep 22:45

  • Sandy bottoms in Noirmoutier

• Wed 8 Sep 18:07

  • Across the Maginot line

• Tue 7 Sep 16:53

  • 30s chic in La Turballe
  • What? Houat...

• Sat 4 Sep 09:52

  • Three nights in Belle Ile

Aug 2010

• Tue 24 Aug 09:34

  • On the beach
  • Another world in the Glenans

• Sun 15 Aug 09:12

  • Lie in at last
  • Position update - 20.00 14/08
  • Position update - 18.00 14/08

• Fri 13 Aug 16:49

  • Moules au curry
  • All nighter

• Wed 11 Aug 18:55

  • On our way at last!

• Mon 9 Aug 22:23

  • Aiming for the water... and missing

• Sun 8 Aug 21:35

  • Explosion in a sail factory

• Sat 7 Aug 22:15

  • Sanding the hull

Jul 2010

• Fri 23 Jul 11:47

  • Ten more days to go