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ALLURES 45 TIMELESS ODYSSEY
Who:
The Crew; Martyn & Veronica (mostly), Dylan and Tayo (occasionally) and other good friends.
Port:
Portsmouth
Favorites
A video from Caveman in Denmark
Boat tracker and mini-blog
Click here to send us a free SMS to the satellite phone. Use number ( 2 B updated)
Dolphins and sharks video
Tayo's little video. Sardinia and Corsica
Timeless Odyssey position on Marine Traffic
Turks and Caicos and over to the Bahamas...
St Maarten, The BVIs and Passage to Tur...
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Photo Albums
Turks and Caicos and over to the Bahamas with Mike on board
01 April 2024
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George Town
St Maarten, The BVIs and Passage to Turks and Caicos.
28 March 2024
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Not here we are in the Bahamas now
A long overdue blog
23 March 2024
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Nowhere near where this blog is about
2024 Plans
18 December 2023
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Still in the Blighty
The Grenadines, Carriacou, Grenada and on to Trinidad
29 March 2023
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Shagheranus
Heading South and through the Windward islands to the Grenadines
18 March 2023
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The Grenadines
Some time with our kids and then a small delay before we head south
18 February 2023
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Deshaise
The Caribbean at last. The first month: Antigua, Barbuda and Guadeloupe.
08 February 2023
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Falmouth, Antigua
An Atlantic crossing (Mindelo, Cape Verde to Jolly Harbour, Antigua)
03 January 2023
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Morris Bay, Antigua
Al Gomera and a passage to, and a sojourn in Cape Verde
12 December 2022
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Mindelo
Briefly Las Palmas and then on to Tenerife
06 December 2022
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The Canary Islands
Lanzarote and Fuerteventura
13 November 2022
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Strugging to find a marina on Tenerife
Madeira … a stunning island to spend 7-10 days on, and then a passage to the Canaries.
30 October 2022
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La Graciosa
Almerimar to Porto Santo and Madeira
25 October 2022
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Quinto do Lorde Marina, Madeira
About to head out ....here we go....watch this space.
27 September 2022
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Still in Pommieland
A passage to Menorca, briefly the Balearics, on to Mainland Spain and our final destination for this trip, Almerimar
24 June 2022
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Almerimar
Valetta to Sardinia (790Nm behind us approximately 550Nm to Almerimar)
24 May 2022
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Calasseta
A Passage to Malta and several days in Valletta
05 May 2022
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Marina di Valletta
Special blog. A humanitarian crisis, a first hand account
04 May 2022
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Valletta
Greek vibes are cool. The prep job. (2100km, 1134Nm as the crow flies and approximately 1500Nm sailing) to Almerimar)
25 April 2022
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Fiskardo
Heading West, interim destination Almerimar (135Nm from Gib, 1500Nm from Preveza
09 April 2022
Greece Season 4 (Blog 5)
15 October 2021
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Preveza
Greece Season 4 (Blog 4)
26 September 2021
Greece Season 4 (Blog 3)
26 September 2021
Greece Season 4 (Blog 2)
13 September 2021
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Mandraki
Greece Season 4 (Blog 1)
17 August 2021
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Meganisis
Ionian 2020 Blog 4 (27 October 2020)
01 November 2020
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Boat in Preveza
Ionian 2020 Blog 3…… “The sea took my Vespa”…(12 October 2020)
15 October 2020
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Sailing Holidays Pontoon, Nidri
Ionian Blog 2 (28 September 2020)
01 October 2020
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Posted from Two Rock Bay
Ionian Blog 1 (September 2020)
18 September 2020
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Plataria, Greece
Peloponnese Blog 6 (written much later)
17 January 2020
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Preveza
Peloponnese Blog 5 (19 August 2019)
30 August 2019
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Gulf of Corinth
Peloponnese Blog 4 (9 August 2019)
21 August 2019
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Preveza but blog about Saronic Gulf
Peloponnese Blog 3 (15 July 2019)
25 July 2019
Peloponnese Blog 2 (24 June 2019)
07 July 2019
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Elafonisos
Peloponnese Blog 1
28 June 2019
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Ag. Nikolaos, Zakynthos
The 2019 short season about to kick-off
11 June 2019
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Cleopatra Marina (but we are still in London)
Eastern Med Blog 4, The Ionian South of Lefkas canal (June/July 2018)
15 July 2018
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Cleopatra Marina
Eastern Med Blog 3, The Ionian (June 2018)
23 June 2018
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Fiskardho
Eastern Med Blog 2 (May/June 2018)
17 June 2018
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Lefkas or thereabouts
Eastern Med Blog 1 (May 2018)
31 May 2018
Heading for a shorter sailing season
03 May 2018
Western Med Blog 13 (A summary of the sailing season, out-takes, highlights, must do, should avoid, cultural quirks, etcetera.)
28 October 2017
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Back in London, reflecting on a season past
Western Med Blog 12 (Down the ‘shin’ of Italy, the Aeolian islands and touch and go in northern Sicily before returning to the Aeolians and going through the Straights of Messina)
19 October 2017
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Ragusa for the winter
Western Med Blog 11 (Pontine islands and southwards down the leg of Italy)
08 September 2017
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Pontine islands, Amalfi Coast and southwards
Western Med Blog 10 (Around the northern tip of Corsica, the Tuscan islands and on “the road” to Rome)
08 September 2017
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Tuscan Islands and Rome
Western Med Blog 9 (Up the West Coast of Corsica)
15 August 2017
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Northern Corsica
Western Med Blog 8 (Maddalena Archipelago and Southern Corsica)
02 August 2017
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Bonifacio
Western Med Blog 7 (Pottering around northern Sardinia and a visit to Bonifacio before returning to Pommieland for a graduation)
24 July 2017
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Maddalena archipelago
Western Med Blog 6
05 July 2017
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Castelsardo
Western Med Blog 5 (Magnificent Mallorca)
24 June 2017
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Cala Santandria, Menorca
Western Med Blog 4 (The Balearic Islands: Ibiza, Formentera, a crossing to Mallorca and the stunning NW coastline)
11 June 2017
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Sóller
Link to Daughter Tayo's You Tube Vlog
05 June 2017
Western Med Blog 3 (Calpe and onwards to the Balearic Islands)
03 June 2017
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Formentera
Western Med Blog 2 (Cartagena, Mar Menor, Torrevieja, Alicante and north to Calpe)
26 May 2017
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Calpe
Western Med Blog 1 (Amerimar northwards up the Costa Blanca)
16 May 2017
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Cartagena
Mini-blog tester. Almerimar
06 May 2017
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Almerimar
Getting ready to go back to the boat
11 April 2017
Holland to the Costa del Sol/Costa Blanco border, a summary; reflections on a journey in retrospect.
29 September 2016
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Madrid on the way back to London
Med Bound Blog 14: The last few nautical miles to the close of the season for us.
29 September 2016
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Amliramar
Med Bound Blog 13 (Andalusia, British and Spanish enclaves, the Costa del Sol and fun with the boys)
22 September 2016
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Marina de Est
Med Bound Blog 12 (The Algarve to the Spanish border)
03 September 2016
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Portuguese Spanish Border
Med Bound Blog 11 (The length of Portugal accompanied by girl power and later Jimmy)
27 August 2016
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Portemao, Algarve
Med Bound Blog 10 (Atlantic Spain, Galacia and the beautiful Rías)
11 August 2016
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Baiona
Med Bound Blog 9 (Biscay crossing; Veronica's account thereof))
29 July 2016
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La Coruña, Spain
Med Bound Blog 8 (World class cruising ground, weather to match and Biscay crossing)
28 July 2016
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A Coruna, Spain
Med Bound Blog 7
10 July 2016
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Benodet
Med Bound Blog 6
27 June 2016
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Helford Estuary
Med Bound; Blog 5
19 June 2016
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Fowey
Med Bound, Blog 4 (from Torquay)
10 June 2016
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Torquay
Med Bound Blog 3
28 May 2016
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Gosport
Med bound, blog 2
23 May 2016
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Eastbourne
The Blog begins again; progress and setbacks
15 May 2016
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Willemstadt
Planning and sailing, stretch goal the Southern Mediterranean Coast of Spain
26 April 2016
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London
A Statistical Summary of our Baltic Cruise
26 October 2015
Baltic B-Log, 02 October 2015 (The west side of Ijsselmeer, testing probability theory in Hoorn, back out to sea at Ijmuiden and the end of the Baltic Odyssey and the sailing season)
02 October 2015
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We are home in London but the boat is in The Netherlands for winter
Baltic B-Log, 19 September 2015 (Looking for ancestral roots alongside the “Mast-up” canal route and on to Dokkum)
19 September 2015
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Dokkum
A video from Mike Cave
10 September 2015
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Posted from back home in London.
Baltic B-Log, 10 September 2015 (Back in Holland, taking a pause before starting the “Mast-up” canal route)
10 September 2015
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Delfzijl
Baltic B-Log, 5 September 2015 (Back through the Kiel canal to the world of tides and WOW)
05 September 2015
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Cuxhaven
Baltic B-Log 31 August (Back to Kiel and closing the Swedish and Danish circle)
31 August 2015
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British Kiel Yacht Club
Baltic B-Log (bashing to wind and into the neck of the Lille Bælt)
29 August 2015
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Fredericia, Denmark
Baltic B-Log (to 26 August, around the knob of Jutland and on to Tunø)
26 August 2015
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Tunø
Baltic B-Log (Trollhätte canal and across the Kattegat)
23 August 2015
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Bønnerup
Baltic B-Log (Ups and downs in the Göta canal the second half)
17 August 2015
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Vänerborg
Baltic B-Log (8 August onwards, Göta canal)
13 August 2015
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Vadstena
Baltic B-Log to 7 August (Back through Stockholm, Lake Märalen and onto the start of the Göta Canal)
12 August 2015
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The last of the Stockholm Archi
Sorry about lack of blog but they are on my laptop and we have had no Wifi on the Göta canal yet
11 August 2015
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Motala
Last stage of East Baltic by Veronica
04 August 2015
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Saltsjöbaden
Baltic B-Log (That delightful Krok place to Härsö)
03 August 2015
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Saltsjöbaden
Baltic B-Log (Stockholm, Vaxholm and onward to Krokholmsviken)
28 July 2015
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Långvik on Möja island
Baltic B-Log (Sandhamn to Stockholm for the first time on Friday 24 July 2015)
25 July 2015
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Stockholm
Baltic B-Log (Nynäshamn and bumbling through the rocks to Sandhamn)
22 July 2015
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Sandhamn , Stockholm Achipelago, Sweden
Baltic B-Log (the unfortunate demise of Nespresso; Baltic desert islands; and a night crossing)
16 July 2015
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Nynäshamn
Baltic B-Log to the morning of Monday 13 July (Gotland and Fårö, pronounced nothing like Tayo's boyfriend and fellow crew members surname)
15 July 2015
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Gotland, Fårö and on to Gotsk Sandon ( but the location is where we next found WiFi)
Baltic B-Log 7 to 9 July (Kalmar into the Wilderness and a crossing to Gotland)
10 July 2015
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Visby, Götland
Baltic B-Log July 5 th and 6 th......lightning is frightening.
07 July 2015
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Kalmar, Sweden
Baltic B-Log 4 July
05 July 2015
Baltic B-Log 1,2,3 July 2015 (Borgholm and onto Sweden)
05 July 2015
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Grönhögen
Baltic B-Log days 27 through to 1 July (back to Pommieland for Tayo's commem....and then on to Sweden)
01 July 2015
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Hasle, Borgholm, Denmark
Baltic B-Log, Days 23 and 26 (Kiel to Vordingburg and on to Koge just south of Copenhagen)
26 June 2015
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Through Denmark to Koge near Copenhagen
Baltic B-Log Day 23 (Kiel Canal)
24 June 2015
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Kiel Canal
Baltic B-Log Days 18 and 19 (A seriously Odd island to the Kiel canal)
20 June 2015
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Brunsbuettel
Baltic B-Log days 15 and into day 17
18 June 2015
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Helgoland
Vee's Version on reaching Germany
16 June 2015
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Borkum
Baltic B-Log days 13 and 14 (Vlieland and Lauwersoog)
14 June 2015
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Lauwersoog
Baltic first fortnight musings
13 June 2015
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Vlieland.
Baltic B-Log Days 10 and 11. The Great Shallow Lakes of Holland to Harlingen
12 June 2015
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Harlingen
Baltic B-Log Day 8 (loosing sense of time actually Day 9)
09 June 2015
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IJmuiden
Baltic B-log Day 7 and 8
08 June 2015
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Den Haag
Baltic B-Log Day 5 and 6
06 June 2015
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Breskens
Baltic B-Log Days 3 and 4
04 June 2015
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Calais
What to do on an off day...
02 June 2015
Baltic B-Log Day 1 & 2
02 June 2015
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Brighton
Baltic log Day zero minus 4 and counting
28 May 2015
Less than a month to go to the start of our 3-4 month Baltic Odyssey
05 May 2015
Water maker instalment 2
20 March 2015
Planning for the Baltic cruise
17 March 2015
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On various planning tools in London
Water Maker installation
17 March 2015
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Portsmouth, UK
The first year (before starting the blog page)
16 March 2015
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Solent, English Channel and Brittany
ALLURES 45 TIMELESS ODYSSEY
Who:
The Crew; Martyn & Veronica (mostly), Dylan and Tayo (occasionally) and other good friends.
Port:
Portsmouth
Favorites
A video from Caveman in Denmark
Boat tracker and mini-blog
Click here to send us a free SMS to the satellite phone. Use number ( 2 B updated)
Dolphins and sharks video
Tayo's little video. Sardinia and Corsica
Timeless Odyssey position on Marine Traffic
Turks and Caicos and over to the Bahamas...
St Maarten, The BVIs and Passage to Tur...
View Post List
Photo Albums