Blackdog's Web Diary - Made it to west Palm Beach !

Made it to west Palm Beach !

Blackdog

Wed 30 Apr 2025 20:57

44 hours to get here. Wind on the nose the whole way apart from the last 50 miles. Next stop Bermuda!

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2025

Apr 2025

Wed 30 Apr 20:57
- Made it to west Palm Beach !
Sun 13 Apr 23:22
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Sat 12 Apr 21:12
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Tue 8 Apr 14:38
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Mon 7 Apr 00:17
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Sun 6 Apr 14:56
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Fri 4 Apr 02:15
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Thu 3 Apr 00:45
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Tue 1 Apr 20:29
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Mar 2025

Sun 30 Mar 19:56
- Nearly ready !
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Fri 28 Mar 19:43
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Thu 27 Mar 23:00
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- Only 2 days to go but still missing a saltwater pump for the engine ! Hopefully here tomorrow!
Wed 26 Mar 19:17
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2019

Feb 2019

Tue 26 Feb 19:02
Mon 25 Feb 18:44
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Sun 24 Feb 15:20
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Sat 23 Feb 18:48
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Fri 22 Feb 13:37
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Thu 21 Feb 14:07
Mon 18 Feb 18:43
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Sun 17 Feb 21:28
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Sat 16 Feb 21:04
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Fri 15 Feb 18:48
Thu 14 Feb 21:19
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2018

Dec 2018

Mon 31 Dec 19:52
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Fri 28 Dec 14:25
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Thu 27 Dec 13:53
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Sun 23 Dec 16:53
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Mon 10 Dec 14:16
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Wed 5 Dec 20:32
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Nov 2018

Fri 30 Nov 15:12
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Tue 27 Nov 14:26
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Mon 26 Nov 21:19
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Sun 18 Nov 17:28
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Fri 16 Nov 15:40
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Thu 15 Nov 06:47
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Oct 2018

Wed 31 Oct 22:16
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Tue 30 Oct 13:50
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Mon 29 Oct 13:07
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Sun 28 Oct 20:38
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Sat 27 Oct 14:23
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Thu 25 Oct 15:38
Wed 24 Oct 15:30
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Mon 22 Oct 20:17
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Fri 19 Oct 22:23
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Aug 2018

Mon 27 Aug 21:00
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Sat 25 Aug 20:33
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Fri 24 Aug 16:23
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Thu 23 Aug 20:12
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Sun 19 Aug 18:10
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Thu 9 Aug 19:51
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Wed 8 Aug 14:58
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Fri 3 Aug 21:00
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Thu 2 Aug 19:48
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Jul 2018

Mon 30 Jul 21:00
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Sun 29 Jul 16:32
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Sat 28 Jul 18:52
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Tue 24 Jul 21:11
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Sun 8 Jul 23:34
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Jun 2018

Fri 29 Jun 14:11
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Mon 25 Jun 12:30
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Sun 24 Jun 17:32
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Thu 21 Jun 17:19
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Wed 20 Jun 14:28
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Mon 18 Jun 17:14
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Sun 17 Jun 15:05
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Sat 16 Jun 13:36
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Mon 11 Jun 20:53
Sun 10 Jun 23:06
Fri 8 Jun 17:43
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Thu 7 Jun 20:28
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May 2018

Wed 30 May 21:06
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Apr 2018

Wed 11 Apr 15:11
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Mar 2018

Fri 30 Mar 14:38
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Jan 2018

Tue 23 Jan 18:38
Mon 22 Jan 16:13
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Wed 10 Jan 12:06
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Tue 9 Jan 17:18
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Mon 8 Jan 19:56
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Sun 7 Jan 17:17
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Sat 6 Jan 16:55
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Thu 4 Jan 13:56
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Wed 3 Jan 17:44
Tue 2 Jan 19:02
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2017

Jul 2017

Sat 8 Jul 16:59
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Thu 6 Jul 20:31
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Mon 3 Jul 19:11
Sat 1 Jul 12:38
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Jun 2017

Tue 27 Jun 13:09
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Mon 26 Jun 12:15
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Sun 25 Jun 22:32
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- Slow going
Sat 24 Jun 11:07
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Fri 23 Jun 18:12
- On our way to Newport R.I.
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Thu 22 Jun 13:40
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Wed 21 Jun 19:06
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Tue 20 Jun 21:47
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Mon 19 Jun 15:51
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Fri 16 Jun 12:32
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Wed 14 Jun 18:13
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Mon 12 Jun 19:38
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Sun 11 Jun 16:34
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Sat 10 Jun 19:05
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Fri 9 Jun 12:21
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Thu 8 Jun 22:17
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Wed 7 Jun 14:45
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Tue 6 Jun 13:49
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Mon 5 Jun 20:09
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Sat 3 Jun 14:25
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May 2017

Wed 31 May 14:06
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Mon 29 May 20:18
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Sun 28 May 12:40
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Sat 27 May 12:56
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Fri 26 May 11:45
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Thu 25 May 18:07
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Sat 20 May 18:41
Thu 18 May 12:25
- Less than 200 miles to go !
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Wed 17 May 10:06
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Tue 16 May 17:35
Mon 15 May 10:32
Sun 14 May 09:55
- Position update
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Fri 12 May 20:14
- Departure delayed 24 hours due to no wind !
Tue 9 May 20:05
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Mon 8 May 09:54
- Getting ready for the trip to Bermuda
Thu 4 May 12:06
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Apr 2017

Wed 26 Apr 12:34
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Tue 25 Apr 20:54
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Mon 24 Apr 13:10
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Thu 20 Apr 20:13
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Wed 19 Apr 22:21
Tue 18 Apr 22:18
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Mar 2017

Wed 29 Mar 20:12
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Thu 23 Mar 13:37
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Tue 21 Mar 16:48
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Sun 12 Mar 13:38
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Sat 11 Mar 20:46
Fri 3 Mar 13:09
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Feb 2017

Wed 22 Feb 19:57
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Mon 20 Feb 22:39
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Tue 14 Feb 13:10
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Mon 13 Feb 22:47
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Sat 11 Feb 15:17
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Fri 10 Feb 11:57
Thu 9 Feb 12:49
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Wed 8 Feb 21:24
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Tue 7 Feb 20:55
Sun 5 Feb 14:43
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Sat 4 Feb 13:40
- Heading south again
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Fri 3 Feb 12:16
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Jan 2017

Tue 31 Jan 01:53
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Mon 30 Jan 13:15
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Sun 29 Jan 17:36
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Sat 28 Jan 22:56
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Wed 25 Jan 22:20
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Tue 24 Jan 16:23
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Tue 17 Jan 20:05
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Tue 10 Jan 23:24
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Mon 9 Jan 15:16
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Sun 1 Jan 16:01
- Back in St. Lucia

2016

Dec 2016

Sun 25 Dec 14:49
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Fri 23 Dec 18:23
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Tue 20 Dec 14:05
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Fri 16 Dec 15:51
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Thu 1 Dec 20:11
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Nov 2016

Wed 30 Nov 20:31
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Tue 29 Nov 19:03
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Mon 28 Nov 19:17
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Oct 2016

Fri 28 Oct 05:13
- Position update

Sep 2016

Sat 24 Sep 18:11
- Position update
Sat 17 Sep 15:19
- Position update

Aug 2016

Thu 4 Aug 15:03
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Tue 2 Aug 20:23
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Jul 2016

Sat 23 Jul 16:39
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Mon 18 Jul 19:23
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Thu 14 Jul 20:16
Tue 12 Jul 14:17
- Position report
Sun 10 Jul 14:16
- Position report
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Sat 9 Jul 14:15
- Position report
- Finally left Bequia !
Tue 5 Jul 17:54
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Mon 4 Jul 20:14
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Sun 3 Jul 20:11
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Jun 2016

Fri 24 Jun 12:35
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Thu 23 Jun 22:14
- Polling day in the UK
Wed 22 Jun 20:06
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Sun 19 Jun 18:01
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Sat 18 Jun 12:52
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Thu 16 Jun 12:40
Tue 14 Jun 20:29
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Sat 11 Jun 14:09
- Arrived St. Vincent
Fri 10 Jun 11:58
- Quick visit to Marigot Bay
Thu 9 Jun 13:24
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Sun 5 Jun 21:36
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Fri 3 Jun 14:21
- Back in St. Lucia

May 2016

Thu 26 May 19:32
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Wed 25 May 14:43
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Thu 19 May 20:25
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Tue 17 May 22:10
- Arrived in Martinique
Thu 12 May 02:47
- Les Saintes
Sun 8 May 16:33
- Anse La Barque
Tue 3 May 17:04
- Guadeloupe

Apr 2016

Sat 30 Apr 17:28
- Antigua Race Week and preparing to head south

Mar 2016

Wed 23 Mar 19:16
- Back in Antigua
Thu 10 Mar 19:01
- St. Kitts
Tue 8 Mar 06:00
- Virgin Gorda to St. Maarten
Sat 5 Mar 19:08
- Sue Atkins visit

Feb 2016

Tue 16 Feb 13:03
- Latest news from the Islands
Thu 11 Feb 14:54
- Virgin Gorda, B.V.I's. A long awaited update !
Sun 7 Feb 15:15
- Road Bay Anguilla
Wed 3 Feb 17:00
- Simpson Bay, St. Maarten
- Ile Fourchue

Jan 2016

Sat 30 Jan 19:00
- Gustavia. St.Barts
Fri 29 Jan 19:22
- Leaving Antigua
Sun 3 Jan 13:21
- Happy New Year from Antigua

2015

Dec 2015

Mon 21 Dec 18:30
- Hello from Antigua
Sat 19 Dec 18:15
- On our way to Antigua
Mon 14 Dec 13:24
- Position reports
Sun 13 Dec 19:51
- Getting used to the heat
Fri 11 Dec 11:51
- Greetings from St. Lucia !!
Tue 8 Dec 19:31
- 200 miles to go!
- Fw: Not far now !
Sat 5 Dec 20:30
- Where's the damn wind gone ?!
Fri 4 Dec 20:51
- Rolling, rolling, rolling...!
Thu 3 Dec 13:40
- Wish we hadn't sold our mid size spinnaker now...
Wed 2 Dec 11:17
- Over halfway and into the tropics !
Tue 1 Dec 01:20
- Skip cocks up the tactics

Nov 2015

Sun 29 Nov 13:52
- Day 7- I think
Sat 28 Nov 02:28
- Day 5- Wheelbarrows, dogs and landrovers
Thu 26 Nov 19:51
- Day 4, relatively quiet !
Wed 25 Nov 13:14
- Day 3: Moving along nicely
Tue 24 Nov 01:58
- An interesting first 24 hours !
Sat 21 Nov 13:40
- Departure day minus 1
Sun 15 Nov 09:08
- photo from Las Palmas
Fri 6 Nov 20:02
- Checked in !

Oct 2015

Sun 25 Oct 18:11
- Wet and wild trip
Fri 16 Oct 19:05
- Sun, sea,sangria..and a run in with the local security forces
Mon 12 Oct 11:18
- Slow slow, quick quick, slow
Sun 11 Oct 11:02
- Squalls, calms and sail changes
Wed 7 Oct 07:38
- Had a whale of a time !
Mon 5 Oct 19:29
- Departing Porto Santo

Sep 2015

Sat 26 Sep 11:15
- Land Ho !
Fri 25 Sep 11:03
- Slow but steady progress
Thu 24 Sep 10:51
- Half way !
Wed 23 Sep 10:58
- Lexioes to Madeira
Mon 21 Sep 16:59
- Getting ready for the trip to Madeira
Fri 18 Sep 19:59
- latest position
Wed 16 Sep 13:35
- Fireworks, Fiestas and Fog
Thu 10 Sep 14:39
- Position report
Tue 8 Sep 10:26
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Tue 1 Sep 15:24
- Latest position

Aug 2015

Mon 31 Aug 08:15
- L'aberwrach to La Coruna
Sun 30 Aug 09:15
- Arrived in La Coruna
Sat 29 Aug 05:58
- Latest update
Fri 28 Aug 07:28
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Wed 26 Aug 07:34
- Roscoff to L'Aberwrach
Tue 25 Aug 13:18
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- Roscoff to L'Aberwrach
Sun 23 Aug 20:22
Sat 22 Aug 12:00
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Fri 21 Aug 19:55
- We are leaving the U.K. !
Sat 8 Aug 08:00
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Jul 2015

Sun 26 Jul 15:35
- Americas Cup
Fri 17 Jul 16:04
- First blog of our 5 year adventure !