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Profile

Owner / Skipper:

Chris & Lyn Darch

Nationality:

British

Make / Model:

Custom Build

LOA (feet):

One Line "Mission Statement":

UK to NZ

Previous Diary Entries

2011

May 2011

The Return of the blogger

Sat 7 May 23:13

2010

Dec 2010

Edlevice

Sun 5 Dec 20:50

Nov 2010

Hi Di Hi

Fri 26 Nov 06:29
The Hobbit saga

Fri 5 Nov 23:04

Oct 2010

Hobbiton

Wed 20 Oct 21:08
Spring has Arrived

Sun 3 Oct 20:10

Sep 2010

Windy Wellington

Wed 22 Sep 21:54
Shakers

Tue 7 Sep 22:23

Aug 2010

More from the South

Mon 30 Aug 03:17
Heating in the Southern Hem

Mon 16 Aug 22:56
There she blows

Sun 8 Aug 22:14
Return of the Veg man

Tue 3 Aug 02:33

Jun 2010

Reporting in Pt II

Wed 16 Jun 21:53
Reporting in Pt 1

Mon 14 Jun 23:13

Apr 2010

Air tickets to Ashes

Thu 22 Apr 19:52
The Weekly Rant

Tue 13 Apr 20:19
Fans

Thu 1 Apr 04:38

Mar 2010

Autum in the southern Hem

Mon 29 Mar 19:12
News from Wellywood

Tue 16 Mar 19:20
20 20

Wed 3 Mar 08:24

Feb 2010

Back to Welly

Wed 24 Feb 19:14
Great Train Jourey of the dark incontinent

Thu 18 Feb 22:40
Home at Last

Fri 12 Feb 01:31
Position pm 10/02/2010

Fri 12 Feb 01:08
Home Leg the Cook Straits

Tue 9 Feb 18:23
Onward to the Cape

Mon 8 Feb 21:06
The West Coast of NZ

Sun 7 Feb 21:50
Opua bay of Islands to Wellington

Sat 6 Feb 18:53

Jan 2010

Manawaora Bay

Sun 31 Jan 23:14
Parekura Bay

Sat 30 Jan 01:18
Urupukapuka Island

Sat 30 Jan 00:39
Back to the Bay

Wed 27 Jan 20:15
Tales of the expected

Thu 21 Jan 01:25
The Road Trip North

Thu 21 Jan 00:51

2009

Dec 2009

Yo Ho Ho

Fri 25 Dec 05:45
Meery Crimbo

Wed 23 Dec 06:57
Back to the Bay

Fri 18 Dec 08:22
Santa in the sun

Thu 3 Dec 05:48

Nov 2009

A Long Wait

Sat 28 Nov 06:17

Oct 2009

Rescue Me

Mon 26 Oct 23:47
One year on

Thu 15 Oct 18:25
Tidal Waves

Sat 3 Oct 18:44

Sep 2009

Refurb of Flats

Thu 24 Sep 05:50
Spring Sun

Mon 14 Sep 19:51
Update from 40 deg S

Tue 8 Sep 18:50

Aug 2009

Spring down Under

Mon 31 Aug 20:00
Shocker

Thu 27 Aug 13:56
The last furlong

Tue 11 Aug 19:44
North to South PIII

Thu 6 Aug 20:36
North to South Pt II

Wed 5 Aug 18:52
North to South Island Pt I

Wed 5 Aug 08:37

Jul 2009

Holiday break

Mon 20 Jul 10:13
News update from down under

Fri 10 Jul 22:26

Jun 2009

Dust and Rubble

Thu 25 Jun 09:28
Warm and Sunny

Fri 19 Jun 19:02
Hobbiton

Tue 16 Jun 19:32
Rip out

Sun 14 Jun 05:16
Napier Art Deco Capital of the world famous in NZ

Mon 8 Jun 19:17
Cold Front 2

Mon 8 Jun 18:53
Cold Front

Sat 6 Jun 05:36

May 2009

Big Splash

Mon 18 May 02:04
Pic Three

Sun 10 May 23:19
Pics Two

Sun 10 May 22:50
Photo gallary

Sun 10 May 06:21
Letter from Aoetearoa

Thu 7 May 06:31
Thoughts from abroad

Sat 2 May 05:19

Apr 2009

Foul Weather

Sat 25 Apr 05:14
The Last Leg

Sat 18 Apr 06:04
Photo Ashby's boat yard

Tue 7 Apr 05:27
A tale of good weather

Sun 5 Apr 03:52

Mar 2009

Leter from NZ 2

Sat 28 Mar 19:59
Letter from New Zealand

Sat 21 Mar 19:11
Back on the hard

Sun 15 Mar 01:07
bay pics

Thu 5 Mar 20:42
Back in Paradise

Wed 4 Mar 19:24
Bay of Islands

Sun 1 Mar 18:34

Feb 2009

Back in the Bay

Mon 23 Feb 18:23
The long road back

Tue 17 Feb 19:50
Whitangi WE

Sat 7 Feb 22:50
Back Garden Makeover

Sun 1 Feb 23:39

Jan 2009

Houses and horses

Mon 26 Jan 06:06
Houses and huts

Wed 21 Jan 18:41
Skull attack

Sun 18 Jan 17:49
Kia Ora

Wed 14 Jan 18:19
The great house hunt

Fri 9 Jan 19:22
Doctors Drains Taps and Plumbers

Mon 5 Jan 01:21
Happy New Year

Thu 1 Jan 18:16

2008

Dec 2008

Midd Festive Break

Mon 29 Dec 18:07
Blogamas Day

Wed 24 Dec 22:10
Yule tide greetings form Down Under

Sun 21 Dec 02:43
Yo Ho Dong

Fri 19 Dec 19:08
Update

Wed 17 Dec 18:51
Sea and Land

Mon 15 Dec 19:34
Wellington a week on

Sun 14 Dec 18:55
NZ pics

Fri 12 Dec 17:45
Back to Welly

Fri 12 Dec 17:45
Party time

Wed 10 Dec 21:43
Wellington

Tue 9 Dec 17:53
Long trail South

Wed 3 Dec 07:45
Back in the Bay

Mon 1 Dec 08:29

Nov 2008

Big Town

Sat 29 Nov 08:05
Wild and Windy

Tue 25 Nov 07:03
One Week on

Sun 23 Nov 07:51
Last day's of sun

Fri 21 Nov 14:11
Usless facts

Tue 18 Nov 18:16
Load out

Mon 17 Nov 09:51
The joys of being alongside at last

Sat 15 Nov 18:04
Home at last

Fri 14 Nov 08:21
Easy as she goes

Mon 10 Nov 20:11
Swinging on a cloud burst

Sun 9 Nov 23:01
Wrough rider

Sat 8 Nov 21:24
Wind at last

Fri 7 Nov 20:55
Another day on passage to home

Thu 6 Nov 22:12
All in one day

Wed 5 Nov 20:29
THE LAST PASSAGE

Tue 4 Nov 20:25

Oct 2008

The Last Dance

Fri 31 Oct 18:57
The last anchorage

Wed 29 Oct 07:46
Away again

Mon 27 Oct 19:54
Goat Island

Sun 26 Oct 22:06
Lazy Days

Sat 25 Oct 06:33
Sandy Attols

Fri 24 Oct 23:32
Lifuka Island

Wed 22 Oct 22:34
Another Attoll

Tue 21 Oct 16:14
Days to do are getting few

Mon 20 Oct 08:50
Art Ark

Sun 19 Oct 08:45
Moving on

Sat 18 Oct 09:21
Coral gardens

Fri 17 Oct 11:27
Marina cave

Thu 16 Oct 09:36
Swallow caves

Tue 14 Oct 17:40
Back to Anchor

Mon 13 Oct 09:10
tonga vava'u

Sun 12 Oct 16:06
tongan feast

Sun 12 Oct 15:38
whale watching tonga

Sun 12 Oct 15:33
Back to work

Fri 10 Oct 08:23
Fw: Sunny days are here again

Fri 10 Oct 07:06
Dive Dive

Mon 6 Oct 08:31
Disapointment

Sat 4 Oct 08:48
Whales

Fri 3 Oct 08:09

Sep 2008

Happy Hr

Tue 30 Sep 07:52
Wild night

Sat 27 Sep 22:41
Tonga luvvley jubbley

Fri 26 Sep 23:15
Paradise again

Thu 25 Sep 21:57
Yesterday

Wed 24 Sep 23:50
Tonga Yo

Wed 24 Sep 06:36
Wet Wet Wet

Tue 23 Sep 00:24
Lazy Jacks

Sun 21 Sep 21:07
Weather & Food

Sun 21 Sep 04:45
Early Morning Rise

Fri 19 Sep 21:35
French Onion soup

Thu 18 Sep 23:15
What wind

Wed 17 Sep 23:14
Ode to Tonga

Wed 17 Sep 00:35
Life in the tumble dryer

Mon 15 Sep 20:47
Day one o Tonga

Sun 14 Sep 23:34
Depart Bora Bora

Sun 14 Sep 05:06
pics

Sat 13 Sep 10:38
Bora Bora Black out

Sat 13 Sep 06:27
Sore Bones

Thu 11 Sep 10:20
Five Guys and a bitch

Wed 10 Sep 17:40
Cannons

Sun 7 Sep 12:56
Dinghy day

Fri 5 Sep 19:43
Another day in Bora

Thu 4 Sep 08:44
Gusty Bora Bora

Wed 3 Sep 20:29
Nick Nick in Bora Bora

Mon 1 Sep 07:39

Aug 2008

bora bora 1

Sun 31 Aug 16:54
bora bora 2

Sun 31 Aug 16:53
bora bora 3

Sun 31 Aug 16:50
The First Trek

Sat 30 Aug 14:20
Bora Bora and the doggies

Fri 29 Aug 01:44
Bora Bora and the Coral heads

Wed 27 Aug 21:04
Sunday Sailing

Wed 27 Aug 10:47
Bora Bora

Wed 27 Aug 10:43
Position

Tue 26 Aug 21:28
Starfish and reefs

Fri 22 Aug 22:37
huahine pics 1

Fri 22 Aug 14:31
huahine pics 2

Fri 22 Aug 14:28
Baboons and Huahine

Tue 19 Aug 22:55
moorea pics

Mon 18 Aug 09:59
Good bye Moorea hello Huahine

Sun 17 Aug 06:24
Last day in Moorea

Fri 15 Aug 21:00
View from afar

Thu 14 Aug 22:47
Moorea more more

Thu 14 Aug 09:03
More Moorea

Thu 14 Aug 03:30
Moorea

Wed 13 Aug 04:29
Moorea Cooks Bay

Tue 12 Aug 05:43
Depart Tahiti - Arrive Moorea

Mon 11 Aug 05:03
Lyn and the Lift

Fri 8 Aug 06:11
tahiti pics 1

Thu 7 Aug 19:35
tahiti pics 2

Thu 7 Aug 19:33
Day seven Tahiti

Thu 7 Aug 05:51
Day Five and Six

Tue 5 Aug 17:31
Tahiti Day 3 and 4

Sun 3 Aug 18:48
A Day missed

Fri 1 Aug 21:52

Jul 2008

Tahiti Day Two

Wed 30 Jul 17:08
Arrival Tahiti

Tue 29 Jul 03:25
Windless and wine less

Sun 27 Jul 23:43
Depart for Tahiti

Sat 26 Jul 23:38
Calms and Warm Rain

Fri 25 Jul 01:20
Rain at last

Wed 23 Jul 03:26
pics marquesas

Wed 23 Jul 02:09
pics marquesas 2

Mon 21 Jul 19:44
pics diving galapagos

Mon 21 Jul 19:36
galapagos pics 2

Mon 21 Jul 00:29
pics from galapagos 1

Mon 21 Jul 00:27
Pics

Sun 20 Jul 06:39
A Rum punch

Sat 19 Jul 20:12
Rangiroa

Wed 16 Jul 06:26
Day four Slow slow

Mon 14 Jul 21:16
Squalls and roller furlers

Sun 13 Jul 17:40
Astro

Sat 12 Jul 20:43
Day Two Nuke to Rang

Fri 11 Jul 21:27
Day one Nuka Hiva to Tuamotos

Thu 10 Jul 19:03
Happy Wednesday

Thu 10 Jul 08:05
Up ad Over

Tue 8 Jul 17:59
Rock pools

Sun 6 Jul 21:49
Anaho Bay

Fri 4 Jul 23:38
NoNos Bay

Wed 2 Jul 22:02
Shark bay

Wed 2 Jul 02:58

Jun 2008

Rain and wind uh

Mon 30 Jun 02:14
More rock and roll

Sun 29 Jun 08:05
Taiohae Bay Nuka Hiva

Sat 28 Jun 04:00
Ua Poa day 2

Fri 27 Jun 03:41
Ua Pou

Wed 25 Jun 22:00
Bay Hanamenu

Tue 24 Jun 04:09
All shipshape

Mon 23 Jun 18:55
Maintanance Day

Sun 22 Jun 18:18
Calm anchorage

Sat 21 Jun 18:39
Up Hill Down Dale

Fri 20 Jun 04:14
Aloa

Thu 19 Jun 03:19
Hiva Oa

Wed 18 Jun 04:09
Arrival Hiva Oa

Mon 16 Jun 21:32
Penultimate Day 20 Galap to Marq

Sat 14 Jun 20:39
Day 19/20 312 nautical miles from land.

Fri 13 Jun 23:36
Galley Poo Poo Day 17

Thu 12 Jun 23:09
Day Sixteen the roll continues

Wed 11 Jun 21:49
Conkers in the Sky Day 16

Tue 10 Jun 23:17
Day 15 on the high seas

Mon 9 Jun 18:45
Day Fourteen Galap to Marq

Sun 8 Jun 21:40
Day thirteen galap to Marq

Sat 7 Jun 20:33
Ships at Dusk

Fri 6 Jun 17:49
Day Twelve Galap to Marq

Thu 5 Jun 17:45
Trial by Bloggers Day ten Galap to Marq

Wed 4 Jun 16:40
Day nine Galap to Marq

Tue 3 Jun 17:48
I was framed!

Mon 2 Jun 19:29
Day Seven Galap to Marq

Sun 1 Jun 23:30

May 2008

Day six Galap to Marq

Sat 31 May 13:51
Day No Five

Fri 30 May 15:21
Day Four

Thu 29 May 13:30
Day Three

Wed 28 May 15:19
Day Two

Tue 27 May 19:54
Day two Galap to Marq

Tue 27 May 18:22
Galapogus to Marquisers Day One

Mon 26 May 12:45
Brown underpants

Mon 26 May 12:25
Day Eight Galapogus

Fri 23 May 03:22
Day Seven Galapogus

Thu 22 May 01:58
Day Six Galapogus

Mon 19 May 14:02
Galapogus Day 3 and 4

Sun 18 May 13:47
Galapogus Day Two

Thu 15 May 14:32
Galapogus Day One

Wed 14 May 18:01
Acadamy Bay Galapogis

Wed 14 May 00:44
Day Eight Panama to Galapogus

Mon 12 May 20:16
Panama Canal

Sun 11 May 16:26
Day No 7 , Panama to Galapogus

Sun 11 May 16:18
Day 6 Panama to Galapagos

Sat 10 May 19:23
Day Five Pan to Golap

Fri 9 May 17:00
Day Four Pan to Galap

Thu 8 May 16:42
Day three Panama to Galapogus

Wed 7 May 16:11
Day 2 Pamama to Galapogus

Tue 6 May 12:30
Depart Panama day 1

Mon 5 May 12:21
Isla Contradore Las Perlas

Fri 2 May 13:10
Las Perlas Isles

Thu 1 May 11:49

Apr 2008

Outward Bound at last

Wed 30 Apr 12:44
Progress in the Lazaret

Sat 26 Apr 11:43
Auto pilot update

Thu 24 Apr 11:21
Balboa a plesant suprise

Sun 20 Apr 12:27
The Pacific chapter begins

Thu 17 Apr 23:38
Big day minus Two

Wed 16 Apr 02:19
More O'dore Colon

Sun 13 Apr 11:42
Odour de Colon

Fri 11 Apr 13:28
Panama City

Wed 9 Apr 15:29
Exploring in my shorts

Sun 6 Apr 17:30
Banking Panama Style

Thu 3 Apr 13:59
Transit merryground

Tue 1 Apr 23:57

Mar 2008

Releif from Irigation

Mon 31 Mar 14:01
A day out to Gatun Locks

Sat 29 Mar 14:00
The booze cruise so far.

Sat 29 Mar 13:15
Photos

Fri 28 Mar 11:44
Free Zone

Thu 27 Mar 13:35
San Blas Island Photos

Mon 24 Mar 17:23
photo test

Mon 24 Mar 16:56
Two heads are better than One

Mon 24 Mar 14:35
Another Colonic Interigation

Sun 23 Mar 13:32
Ikes Colonic interigation

Thu 20 Mar 22:46
The Pilots Underpants

Thu 20 Mar 01:29
Happys days in Colon????

Wed 19 Mar 14:24
Strangers in the night again .. a repete of an old favorate

Mon 17 Mar 17:31
At Anchor

Sun 16 Mar 13:25
Colonic paperwork

Sat 15 Mar 13:48
Christobel Panama canal entrance

Fri 14 Mar 02:24
Portobello

Thu 13 Mar 01:00
Paradise lost

Sun 9 Mar 23:08
Arrival

Sat 8 Mar 21:45
Day Five Martinuque to Panama

Thu 6 Mar 11:55
Day 4

Wed 5 Mar 13:50
position day 3

Tue 4 Mar 12:23
day 3

Tue 4 Mar 06:32
Day TWo to Panama

Mon 3 Mar 11:43
1st day

Sun 2 Mar 11:30

Feb 2008

NZ visas

Sun 24 Feb 11:07

Jan 2008

The Fable of the Gen set

Wed 30 Jan 23:39
The Martinuque shuffle

Sun 20 Jan 01:21
Still Alive Just

Tue 8 Jan 12:43

2007

Dec 2007

Just another day in Paradise

Tue 25 Dec 22:45
End Of Passage phase

Fri 21 Dec 14:41
Rum Punches and rain

Sun 16 Dec 11:14
The end of pond jumping

Thu 13 Dec 23:35
Wednesday again Dec 12

Wed 12 Dec 14:35
Zephyrantes Day 15

Tue 11 Dec 13:35
Day 14

Mon 10 Dec 12:44
zEpHeR dAiRy DaY 13

Sun 9 Dec 13:33
Day Twelve

Sat 8 Dec 14:20
Day 11

Fri 7 Dec 13:38
Day 10

Thu 6 Dec 13:34
Day 9 (it seems longer)

Wed 5 Dec 10:05
Day Eight

Tue 4 Dec 11:18
Day 7

Mon 3 Dec 15:08
Day Six

Sun 2 Dec 10:48
day 5

Sat 1 Dec 11:51

Nov 2007

Day 4

Fri 30 Nov 09:54
Day 3

Thu 29 Nov 09:54
Fw: Position DAY 1

Wed 28 Nov 17:14
Position Day 2

Wed 28 Nov 10:02
Departing Cactus Island

Mon 26 Nov 07:43
Fw: Cactus Culture

Sun 18 Nov 20:53
Back to Blighty

Sun 11 Nov 18:05

Oct 2007

Good bye Madeira Hello Lanzarote

Tue 9 Oct 20:39

Sep 2007

Have a glass of Madeira My Dear

Thu 27 Sep 13:08
Position Madeira Quinta Do Lorda

Tue 18 Sep 20:22
The owl and the pussy cat went to sea in a beautiful awlgrip boat

Sat 15 Sep 22:39
Position Porto Santos

Fri 14 Sep 15:17
Close encounters of a fishing kind

Fri 7 Sep 12:59

Aug 2007

Strangers in the night exchanging glances wondering what the chance is theyed be dancing through the night

Fri 31 Aug 19:34
The Current bun returns

Sat 25 Aug 20:19
Postiion 25 08 2007

Sat 25 Aug 09:10
Position

Thu 23 Aug 13:53
The Baby Blake and the pickled onion

Wed 22 Aug 20:25
Musical fuel berths and tha saga of Sada

Sat 18 Aug 15:37
Noahs Progress The pilgrims tale

Mon 13 Aug 19:22
La Coruria

Thu 9 Aug 18:32
Position Ria De Cederia

Mon 6 Aug 19:41
Noahs Progress Another Tale from the rain

Sun 5 Aug 13:47
Position Ria De Vivero

Sat 4 Aug 10:16

Jul 2007

position

Thu 19 Jul 16:56
Fw: Noahs Progress

Mon 16 Jul 09:13
position update

Wed 4 Jul 21:56

Jun 2007

Position

Sat 30 Jun 11:38
Test transmisiion

Sat 30 Jun 11:21

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