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Jock Hamilton
Mar 72 min read
6th and Cienfuegos again
The sail back yesterday was, actually, idyllic. There wasn’t quite enough wind with it being from astern but we never stopped, managed at...
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Jock Hamilton
Mar 63 min read
5th and Cayo Blanco again
Dawn broke to Sarah and I having a cup of tea in the cockpit. It was quite calm now but Sarah was still feeling queezy, poor girl. Of...
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Jock Hamilton
Mar 53 min read
4th and Cayo Blanco again
Once awake, it seemed like a quiet day wind-wise but if anything was to be achieved, we needed to get going. The passports of arriving...
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Jock Hamilton
Mar 52 min read
Birthday and crew C arrive 3rd march
I opened my cards in the morning thanks, and a birthday present of new flip flops from Sue as my current safety flip flops are beginning...
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Jock Hamilton
Mar 49 min read
28th to 2nd cleaning and swimming day then havana
My keyboard seems to have decided to misbehave and the shift and backspace keys are now performing incorrect functions so forgive the...
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Jock Hamilton
Feb 295 min read
Botanics 27th
We did a few jobs yesterday. We cleaned out the fridge a little, I went up the mast and refreshed the halyard lead and as my battery...
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Jock Hamilton
Feb 273 min read
Trinidad 26th
We had arranged for our Yoga Champion’s friend to pick us up at the marina at 0900. Inevitably at 0830 we were asked to swap places with...
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Jock Hamilton
Feb 274 min read
Cienfuegos 26th
Once we were all stirring aboard yesterday, we asked if it would be possible to come alongside the pontoons to get fuel and water, and...
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Jock Hamilton
Feb 263 min read
Arrival Cienfuegos 24th
Yesterday’s winds were supposed to be light and on the nose so when I got up at about 0700 and we had 9 knots from the NE there was...
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Jock Hamilton
Feb 262 min read
Cayo Balnco 21st Feb
We went to Cayo Blanco de Casilda yesterday, another nice but slightly more leisurely sail. The wind had been due to be light so, when I...
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Jock Hamilton
Feb 242 min read
More Teaspoon Flotsam (The Alternative Jock blog)
Disaster befell today as Jennifer threw overboard a perfectly serviceable bit of leek, only partially rotted and still quite edible....
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