Vega - Will we ever get away?

Will we ever get away?

Vega

Irving & Cate Benjamin

Mon 14 May 2012 07:54

Boat provisioned, cleaned (more or less), gas/electrics/plotter/VHF etc etc all checked - and wind Beaufort 6 today!!! Maybe tomorrow, maybe next day, ....

Great day at Oliver's 18th Birthday gig yesterday, but now itching to go.

Blog Entries

2012

Aug 2012

Wed 22 Aug 21:24
- Day 99 Wed 22 Aug Ramsgate to Dover - we're Home!
Tue 21 Aug 21:58
- Day 98 Tue 21 Aug Lowestoft to Ramsgate
Mon 20 Aug 08:31
- Day 97 Mon 20 Aug Lowestoft
Sun 19 Aug 14:09
- Days 95-96 Sat 18- Sun 19 Aug Grimsby to Lowestoft.
Fri 17 Aug 14:04
- Day 94 Friday 17 Aug Whitby to Grimsby
Wed 15 Aug 14:01
- Days 92-93 15-16 Aug Getting our teeth into Whitby
Tue 14 Aug 12:13
- Day 91 Tue Aug 14 Sunderland to Whitby
Mon 13 Aug 11:33
- Day 90 Mon 13 Aug Amble to Sunderland
Sun 12 Aug 11:19
- Day 89 Sun 12 Aug Eyemouth to Amble
Sat 11 Aug 08:38
- Day 88 Sat Aug 11 Arbroath to Eyemouth
Fri 10 Aug 21:01
- Day 87 Fri Aug 10 Peterhead to Arbroath
Thu 9 Aug 13:47
- Day 86 Thu 9 Aug Whitehills to Peterhead
Wed 8 Aug 19:08
- Day 85 Wed 8 Aug Wick to Whitehills
Tue 7 Aug 18:20
- Day 84 Tue 7 Aug Stromness to Wick
Mon 6 Aug 09:04
- Days 81-83 Sat 4 - Mon 6 Aug : Orkney Interlude
Fri 3 Aug 21:20
- Day 80 Fri 3 Aug Kinlochbervie to Stromness, Orkney
Thu 2 Aug 19:49
- Day 79 Thu 2 Aug (Matthew's 40th birthday!) Gairloch to Kinlochbervie
Wed 1 Aug 08:42
- Day 78 Wed 1 Aug Portree to Gairloch

Jul 2012

Tue 31 Jul 21:40
- Day 77 Tue 31 July Plockton to Portree, Skye
Mon 30 Jul 00:31
- Day 76 - Monday 30 July Inverie to Plockton.
Sun 29 Jul 00:26
- Day 75 Sunday 29th July Tobermory to Inverie, Loch Nevis, again!
Sat 28 Jul 00:22
- Day 74 Sat 28 July Oban to Tobermory
Fri 27 Jul 06:00
- Day 70-73 Tue 24- Fri 27 July Oban, Glasgow and Largs
Thu 19 Jul 16:31
- Days/65-66 Thu/Fri July 19-20: Last Day of the Malts: Tobermory-Oban
Wed 18 Jul 07:08
- Day 64 Wed 18 July Inverie to Tobermory
Tue 17 Jul 12:33
- Day 63 Tue 17 July Plockton to Inverie, Loch Nevis
Mon 16 Jul 11:48
- Day 62 Mon 16 July Kyleakin to Plockton
- More home news
Sat 14 Jul 23:41
- Day 61 Sun 15 July Portree to Kyleakin
- What's happening at home? Family news
Fri 13 Jul 23:11
- Day 60 Sat July 14 Loch Dunvegan to Portree, Skye
- Day 59 Fri 13 July Loch Harport to Loch Dunvegan
Thu 12 Jul 11:02
- Day 58 Thu 12 jul Rum to Loch Harport
Wed 11 Jul 10:38
- Day 57 Wed July 11 Isle of Rum
Tue 10 Jul 10:33
- Day 56 Tue July 10 Eigg to Rum
Mon 9 Jul 10:32
- Day 55, Mon July 9 Tobermory to Eigg
Sun 8 Jul 22:10
- Dy 54 Sun July 8, Oban to Tobermory
Sat 7 Jul 21:23
- Day 53 Sat July 7 Kerrera
Thu 5 Jul 23:06
- Day 52 Fri July 6 The Malts Crew assemble
- Days 44-51 Thu June 28 - Thu July 5 Benj alone in Oban

Jun 2012

Wed 27 Jun 21:27
- Day 43 Wed 27 June Glasgow to Calgary or Oban
Tue 26 Jun 21:18
- Day 42 Tue June 26 Oban to Glasgow
Sun 24 Jun 21:10
- Day 40 Sun June 24 Oban - farewell to Delta Force
Sat 23 Jun 21:01
- Day 39 Sat June 23 Wet in Oban with DF+4
Fri 22 Jun 20:34
- Day 27 Friday June 22 Benj's Birthday and Delta Force arrival
Thu 21 Jun 20:23
- Day 36 Thu 21 June Back to Oban
Wed 20 Jun 20:14
- Day 36 Wed 20 June Oban to Loch Aline
Tue 19 Jun 19:59
- Day 35 Tue 19 June Colonsay to Oban
Mon 18 Jun 22:01
- Day 34 Mon 18 June Colonsay to Oronsay and back, on foot
Sun 17 Jun 10:41
- Day 33 Sun 17 June Port Ellen to Scalsaig, Isle of Colonsay.
Sat 16 Jun 10:29
- Day 32 Sat16 June Day trip to Bowmore
Fri 15 Jun 10:20
- Day 31 Fri 15 June Port Ellen
Thu 14 Jun 09:58
- Day 30 Thursday June 14th Ballycastle to Port Ellen
Wed 13 Jun 22:15
- Day 29 Wed 13 June The Dark Hedges, Ballycastle
Tue 12 Jun 22:08
- Day 28 Tue 12 June Rained off in Ballycastle
Mon 11 Jun 11:03
- Day 27 (Mon 11 June) cont: Rope Bridge and Giant's Causeway
- Day 27 Mon 11 June Glenarm to Ballycastle
Sat 9 Jun 22:09
- Day 25 Sat June 9 Bangor to Glenarm
- Days 23-25 Thu-Sat 7-9 June Bangor/Belfast Gales Gales Gales (and rain)
Wed 6 Jun 15:30
- Day 22 Wed 6 June Ardglass to Bangor
Tue 5 Jun 14:45
- Day 21 Tue 5 June Howth to Ardglass (NI)
Mon 4 Jun 14:34
- Day 20 Mon 4 June Dun Laoghaire to Howth
Sun 3 Jun 12:34
- Days 17-19 Fri-Sun 1-3 June Dublin Days

May 2012

Thu 31 May 11:09
- Day 16 Thu 31 May Arklow to Dunlaoghaire
Wed 30 May 15:15
- Day 15 Wed 30 May Kilmore Quay to Arklow.
Tue 29 May 15:06
- Day 14 May 29 Milford Haven to Kilmore Quay
Mon 28 May 14:40
- Day 13 May 28 Cate's Birthday - rest day in Milford Haven
Sun 27 May 21:00
- Day 12 May 27 Padstow to Milford Haven
Sat 26 May 05:55
- Days 10-11 25-26 May Padstow rest days
Fri 25 May 22:11
- Day 9 into 10 24/25 May Newlyn to Padstow
Thu 24 May 18:11
- Day 9 Thursday 24 May Falmouth to Newlyn
Wed 23 May 20:46
- Day 8 Wed 23 May Plymouth to Falmouth (Mylor Yacht Haven)
Tue 22 May 14:30
- Day 7 Tue 22 May Dartmouth to Plymouth
Mon 21 May 21:00
- Day 6 Mon 21 May 'Rest Day' Kingswear/Dartmouth
Sun 20 May 21:28
- Day 5 May 20 - Weymouth to Dartmouth
Sat 19 May 22:35
- Day 4 - 19 May Poole to Weymouth
Fri 18 May 08:56
- Day 3 Fri 18 May Chichester to Poole
Thu 17 May 21:28
- Day 2 Eastbourne - Chichester Thu May 17
Wed 16 May 19:00
- Off at last! Dover-Eastbourne Wed 16th May
Mon 14 May 07:54
- Will we ever get away?
Wed 9 May 18:00
- Back in Wellington Dock
Sun 6 May 18:10
- Progress??

Apr 2012

Fri 27 Apr 11:34
- The Good, the Bad and the Downright Careless
Tue 24 Apr 18:00
- Work started at last
Sun 22 Apr 08:36
- Sunny Sunday
Sat 21 Apr 11:00
- (Almost) 'On Dover Beach'

Will we ever get away?

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