Emerald Tales

Spring / Summer 2013: leaving the UK to head south towards the Med

05/18/2013	Dover to Eastbourne
05/17/2013	Burnham-On-Crouch to Dover
05/15/2013	Something good from bad
05/13/2013	Stuck
05/01/2013	Back in her natural home
02/22/2013	Introducing Pearl
02/18/2013	Inside our liferaft
02/08/2013	The Last Steel Tank is Out
02/01/2013	Teabag Tank Removal
01/25/2013	Lift out time
01/01/2013	Happy 2013!
07/08/2012	No more Tracks of my Tears!
05/09/2012	The Princess and the Pea bed
04/11/2012	Maybe useful for anyone planning a sail to Scotland?
02/22/2012	Attempts to beat condensation and evil mould
01/31/2012	The never ending forepeak job
12/16/2011	Winter Jobs Update
10/16/2011	Don't try this at home
10/05/2011	Highs and Lows of our UK Circumnavigation via the Orkney Islands
10/02/2011	The Winter Mud Home
09/26/2011	Our last sea passage of the season
09/26/2011	Tack, tack, tack
09/22/2011	Bringing it all back Home
09/20/2011	A good sail
09/18/2011	Furthest east
09/18/2011	Too many pubs, so little time
09/18/2011	A few hours sailing – at last!
09/06/2011	Stowaways and an Eventful Trip
09/05/2011	South, West, North and Centre
08/30/2011	Big Swell
08/30/2011	Sightseeing in the Borders
08/30/2011	Heading on South
08/22/2011	A Tale of Two Halves
08/20/2011	Wicker’s World
08/17/2011	Scottish Rainbows
08/17/2011	Furthest North Attained!!
08/16/2011	Exploring the Orkney Islands 8: Vintage Rally
08/12/2011	Exploring the Orkney Islands 7: Dounby Show
08/12/2011	Exploring the Orkney Islands 6: Kirkwall and Deerness
08/06/2011	Running from the weather
08/04/2011	Exploring the Orkney Islands 5: Italian Chapel
08/04/2011	Exploring the Orkney Islands 4: Scapa Flow
07/31/2011	Exploring the Orkney Islands 3: Maeshowe
07/29/2011	Exploring the Orkney Islands: 2
07/27/2011	Exploring the Orkney Islands: 1
07/26/2011	Across the Sea to the Orkney Islands
07/25/2011	Cape Wrath: Turning Point
07/22/2011	Bound for Cape Adventure
07/20/2011	Change of plan – back to the Outer Hebrides
07/18/2011	Two More Days in Gairloch
07/17/2011	Gairloch
07/14/2011	Looking forward to a few days of pontoon living
07/11/2011	Puffin-tastic
07/10/2011	Operation Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee
07/04/2011	Deer, Beaches, Hitching and Ancient History in N. Uist
07/03/2011	Furthest West in Wizard Pool
07/02/2011	Skye Scarecrows
07/01/2011	Majestic and wild Skye!!
06/30/2011	Remotest pub in mainland Britain
06/28/2011	Local Hero Location Spotting
06/25/2011	Rain, rain, rain and more rain
06/23/2011	No Pishnish in the Mishnish
06/22/2011	Peaceful anchorage in Sound of Mull
06/21/2011	Laundry faff in Oban
06/19/2011	Spiky Corryvreckan
06/16/2011	Gale 8 in Jura
06/12/2011	Whisky tasting on Islay
06/10/2011	Wildlife on Rathlin
06/09/2011	Waterfalls at Glenarriff Forest Park
06/08/2011	Tornadoes, funnel clouds and hail in Northern Ireland!!
06/04/2011	A brief hint of scorchio in Northern Ireland
05/27/2011	Nearly foiled by rush hour
05/20/2011	Big Seas again and Stronger winds!!
05/18/2011	Big Seas and Strong winds
03/20/2011	The Verb :To Helmut
03/02/2011	Measure twice cut once
02/27/2011	Have we bottled it?!
02/20/2011	Rave On!
02/14/2011	Ohhh Suits you sir!
01/27/2011	The Leak Hunter, anyone got a bandana?
01/16/2011	Like looking for needles in a haystack
11/29/2010	Ice Ice Baby!
11/17/2010	Is it a weapon?!
10/26/2010	Alcoholic fruits of foraging
10/15/2010	Settling into our winter home
09/28/2010	Frolics in the Fal
09/19/2010	The Circle is closed!!
09/16/2010	Rounding the Cape!!!
09/12/2010	Would you believe it!! The Weather Forecast wasn't even close!
09/11/2010	Rolly~Dodgy time to go!!
09/09/2010	Second Time Lucky!
09/02/2010	'Heading to Ardglass in the Jam jar'
08/26/2010	'I wish I was in Carrickfergus'
08/25/2010	Off to Norn Iron ~under sail!!
08/23/2010	Trapped! on an island with 8 whiskey distilleries and a brewery!
08/17/2010	Why we don't like Scottish seaweed
08/16/2010	Hubble bubble boil and trouble!
08/08/2010	Afternoon tea
08/06/2010	Hello Nessie!
08/05/2010	Our first flight of locks
08/05/2010	Welcome to the Caledonian Canal
08/05/2010	Scottish Top Gun
08/01/2010	Warm Welcome to Whitehills
07/29/2010	Scotland ahoy!
07/27/2010	North Sea Crossing
07/26/2010	130Nm to go, heading towards the Forties oil field
07/23/2010	Wild Winds, big seas
07/19/2010	Getting out of Dodge!!
07/17/2010	Emerald saved from the rocks!
07/15/2010	Rolly Rolly Squally Squally
07/14/2010	Norwegian Wood (sic) and Furthest North
07/12/2010	Country number 6 please
07/09/2010	Wild Strawberries and Rasberries discovered on a deserted island!
07/02/2010	No Rissotto in Grotto
06/29/2010	Thunder expected, strong winds in the forecast but the crew is in fine spirits
06/26/2010	Eat your heart out Karate Kid, you only did cars pah!
06/25/2010	No sign of Batman!
06/21/2010	Like Tahiti but with blondes?!
06/20/2010	Concrete Quays and Old American Cars
06/17/2010	Furthest East and 1000Nm already this season
06/16/2010	Repairs- Emerald meets McGyver
06/15/2010	The Bard was wrong! There is Nothing Rotten in the State of Denmark!
06/15/2010	Royalty and Viking Ships at Roskilde
06/13/2010	Racing the gales to Copenhagen
06/10/2010	Ironing out the gremlins
06/03/2010	Hello Mr Blue Sky and the Friendly Cows
06/03/2010	Anchored in Zanzibar...sort of!
06/03/2010	Not sure if my amateur radio account has been blocked?!
06/01/2010	Tenuous Anchorage, wind GO NORTH!
05/31/2010	Pile problem not as severe as first feared!
05/31/2010	Local youf noise and expensive place!
05/31/2010	Test Message via HF pactor email
05/25/2010	Happy Birthday Mummy Wright
05/25/2010	The island named after a chocolate?
05/25/2010	Sailing on a Run
05/19/2010	The sun shines and the wind blows
05/19/2010	A night on Sonderborg Town Quay
05/15/2010	Wind and Pile problems!
05/15/2010	British Kiel Yacht Club to Straderod Bugt, Denmark 46Nm travelled
05/15/2010	Flemhudersee to Kiel 10Nm travelled
05/07/2010	Gieselau Canal to Rendsburgh 16Nm travelled
05/07/2010	Cuxhaven to the Gieselau Canal 40Nm travelled
05/03/2010	Nordeney to the River Elbe~ Cuxhaven 65Nm travelled
05/01/2010	A few days in Nordeney
04/29/2010	Whatever happens, Don't tell them your name Pike!!!
04/26/2010	Cycling in Vlieland
04/25/2010	Den Helder to Vlieland 34Nm travelled
04/25/2010	Ijmuiden to Den Helder 36Nm travelled
04/24/2010	River Orwell to Ijmuiden Holland 133nm travelled
04/24/2010	River Roach to River Orwell 36nm travelled
04/18/2010	Lazy day at Anchor
04/14/2010	Brandy Hole
04/12/2010	East Coast Bashing
04/10/2010	An anchorage all to ourselves
04/08/2010	There'll be blue birds over...... 46.2nm travelled
04/07/2010	Emerald is Cruising!!! 21.7nm travelled
03/28/2010	Lots happening
03/13/2010	Work work work!
02/22/2010	Just another manic Monday
01/20/2010	Memories of why we do this
01/11/2010	The completed cupboard
01/07/2010	New Year Job List
12/24/2009	Merry Xmas
12/19/2009	A year and a day older
11/30/2009	Can you tell what it is yet?
11/26/2009	Stormy Weather and Stowaways
11/20/2009	Introducing IGOR!!!!!!!!!!!!
11/08/2009	Probably the best G&T in the world?
10/07/2009	Summer cruise summary
10/03/2009	Marina bound
09/29/2009	First fish
09/29/2009	Newtown crowds and swimming
09/24/2009	Farewell to Studland
09/22/2009	Foraging
09/21/2009	Salcombe to Studland Bay
09/15/2009	Hope Cove to Salcombe
09/15/2009	Yealm River to Hope Cove
09/15/2009	Cawsand to River Yealm
09/15/2009	Fowey to Cawsand
09/09/2009	Escaped the Fal to Fowey
09/01/2009	Hurricane Bill strikes part 2
09/01/2009	Ex hurricane Bill Strikes! part 1
08/31/2009	Up the Fal
08/21/2009	The old and the new
08/19/2009	Galago's place of birth
08/12/2009	Just a photo
08/12/2009	Chugging our way to Cawsand 39 Nm travelled
08/12/2009	Daring for the Dart!
08/08/2009	Seal spotted!
08/08/2009	Seal spotting at Bow Creek
08/05/2009	Lazy Days and Castles
08/04/2009	The Dart Night
08/03/2009	Weymouth to Dartmouth via Portland Bill
08/02/2009	The home of Darts, 180!!
07/27/2009	We left Studland, no we really did!
07/24/2009	Anchoring muppets
07/23/2009	Wonderful Bloomers!!!
07/19/2009	Anchoring etiquette
07/18/2009	Fabulous Tart
07/17/2009	Wind, yes, more wind, yes, ok that's enough wind now!
07/15/2009	Sleepless in Studland
07/14/2009	Studland Bay
07/12/2009	Hotel California
07/06/2009	Days of ups and downs
07/01/2009	We did it!!!!!!!!!
06/30/2009	T minus tomorrow
06/23/2009	Of Anchors and men
06/19/2009	Starship Emeraldprise Lift off!
06/18/2009	Homegrown's all right with me
06/15/2009	Nice Crumpet!
06/01/2009	Happy Emerald Day, 'slogosphere'
05/31/2009	Green is good
05/27/2009	Strike out of Brighton
05/25/2009	Crack!
05/18/2009	Scurvy prevention
05/11/2009	Varnishing into the wind
05/04/2009	Food to last
04/30/2009	Beware the Sneezing Pig!
04/19/2009	It isn't all glamour and tropical islands!
02/19/2009	First week of retirement
02/11/2009	Starship 'Emeraldprise'
02/08/2009	Surviving the winter
01/24/2009	Heating and toasty toes
12/02/2008	Stone Masonry!
12/01/2008	Heating up
11/26/2008	All day erection
10/29/2008	Refleks install coming along
10/12/2008	A piece of boating history.
10/10/2008	Just a quickie
10/10/2008	Master Blaster.
09/30/2008	Chained and spliced
09/28/2008	Chain Plated
08/29/2008	Duran Duran
08/17/2008	I've Retired!
07/25/2008	My end's gone green ;-/
07/18/2008	Dive! Dive! Dive!
07/17/2008	A little piece of Histoire
06/13/2008	Forty days and forty nights
06/02/2008	Mast shhhhhhhhhh!
05/23/2008	For George
04/11/2008	Well we've really gone and done it now
02/11/2008	74 Days
02/10/2008	Firewood
02/07/2008	Mystic Ink
12/21/2007	Its cold
10/11/2007	Plans smans
10/08/2007	Ab-zorbing!!!!!!!!!
08/30/2007	Interface farce
08/07/2007	Good, Good, Good, Good Vibrations
08/01/2007	First Last Day
07/11/2007	Getting the SSB working with Pactor
07/02/2007	First Weather fax
07/01/2007	Second post attempt via SSB
07/01/2007	First post via ssb
06/28/2007	The end
06/27/2007	Keen to be green
06/26/2007	Who needs a sextant!
06/24/2007	Showers and Meters
06/23/2007	Dinghy Wheels and Freezer Deals
06/22/2007	Spirit of Tradition - Midwinter celebrations
06/20/2007	Refits and Weddings
03/08/2007	Planks & Tanks
02/19/2007	Water tank debate
02/13/2007	There's a hole in my bucket...
02/08/2007	Pipes and curses
01/29/2007	Sprouts
01/26/2007	Dodgers, Victuals and Colin�s second Law of Boat ownership
01/15/2007	Another Countdown
01/12/2007	Countdowns and Bells
01/11/2007	First of 2007
11/11/2006	Engine Woes
11/01/2006	Skip is home
11/01/2006	First Log Day