| 12º 9.228' N | 68º 16.758' W | Penny Lane | 3 nights (465 miles) downwind from Bequia to Bonaire, one of the best dive spots in the world. This is a nice friendly, Dutch island, with a dive site on to the Coral Reef every few yards. Anna flew back to the UK for a few days leaving Sam and I here, catching up on school and work, and enjoying the occasional dive. | over 7 years ago | Show
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| 10º 40.758' N | 61º 38.094' W | Penny Lane | A one night run down from Grenada to Chaguaramas with just Pete and Sam, to avoid a tropical storm that will probably not hit Grenada anyway, but just might. So we've come to Trinidad for a couple of days. Back in Grenada soon! Lots of friends down here for the same reason, at night the sea was like Picadilly Circus! | over 7 years ago | Show
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| 11º 59.85' N | 61º 45.75' W | Penny Lane | For the first time in 2 years we left Penny Lane, and flew back to the UK to see family and friends. The boat in the capable hands of Donal, our cruising partner from Millport II, and we look forward to coming back to the boat and seeing our friends again in early July. | about 8 years ago | Show
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| 12º 29.058' N | 61º 29.034' W | Penny Lane | Sandy Island in Carriacou, only just of Hillsborough but a very beautiful anchorage with a white sand beach, and a very attractive coral reef for snorkeling. We were here with the excellent crew of Salmagal and their family, and tried a little more spinnaker flying with them. During the night the wind came up and the anchorage was quite rolly by the morning, so we came back round to Tyrrell Bay to find an anchoring spot in flat water. | about 8 years ago | Show
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| 12º 0.024' N | 61º 45.54' W | Penny Lane | And so to Grenada, where we ended up skipping past St Georges in a day and getting to Prickly Bay, close to the airport to drop off Ben, Nic and Annika. And as a bonus we found our friends there - the Millies, Finally My Darling, and Calypso just for starters. Nice to see y'all again! | about 8 years ago | Show
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| 12º 27.426' N | 61º 29.154' W | Penny Lane | Really enjoyed Carriacou, though we didn't get to stay all that long. The Carnival was on including the amazing Shakespeare Mass, a unique Shakespearean verbal-jousting event in the street. After two nights we were off again, passing over Kickem-Jenny, an active underwater volcano on the way down to Grenada. | about 8 years ago | Show
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| 12º 35.73' N | 61º 24.93' W | Penny Lane | Enjoying Union Island now, getting some work done, the town is a buzzing little place. Met a feller who is a local, but used to live in Hammersmith and work as the conductor on the No 27 bus. Ben, Nicky and Annika have gone ashore for some shore time in a rather nice place, the wind has dropped to almost nothing so its hot, but we're expecting big blow on Saturday, then its off down to Grenada soon. | about 8 years ago | Show
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| 12º 37.95' N | 61º 21.336' W | Penny Lane | Now out on the beautiful Tobago Cays, shallow clear water over white sand, with Coral reefs all around, protecting us from the Atlantic rollers. Lots of Turtles here and we saw a Stingray yesterday, Ben also catching up on his windsurfing as the trade wind comes straight in off the Atlantic. | over 8 years ago | Show
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| 12º 38.082' N | 61º 23.49' W | Penny Lane | Arrived in this delightful little island just to the West of Tobago Cays. People here have been very friendly, Anna and I ran round it, it was about 5k including some bush tracks. Looking forward to seeing the Tobago Cays in the next few days. | over 8 years ago | Show
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| 12º 52.716' N | 61º 11.322' W | Penny Lane | Now at the island of Mustique with Ben, Nicky and Annika. Its an attractive island but with security everywhere. Last night the anchorage was very rolly leaving some uncomfortable, but the forecast is for the swell to settle down, so we're hopeful of a better sleep tonight. | over 8 years ago | Show
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| 13º 17.586' N | 61º 14.328' W | Penny Lane | Chateaubelaire, a beautiful bay and not often visited town. I'd recommend it for an authentic Caribbean experience. On the way back we'll visit the cave paintings by the original Carib Indians. But for now we're off to St Lucia. | over 8 years ago | Show
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| 13º 0.258' N | 61º 14.556' W | Penny Lane | Bequia for New Year with the Naematonas, a wonderful place, full of boats, tall ships, we like this place! | over 8 years ago | Show
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| 13º 57.966' N | 61º 1.416' W | Penny Lane | This time in the inner lagoon at Marigot Bay, there's quite a swell running outside, though we did get a delightful sail down the coast from Castries in a 15-25 knot north-easterly, genoa only but still licking along. Markets were great in Castries too, a very colourful spot. | over 8 years ago | Show
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| 14º 0.9' N | 60º 59.7' W | Penny Lane | Day stop in Castries for the Market, tucked round in Vigie creek which seems quiet enough. | over 8 years ago | Show
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| 14º 4.314' N | 60º 57.138' W | Penny Lane | Put Penny Lane into Rodney Bay for a few days while we visit Simon, Imogen and Miri on land, first night in a land bed for months! St Lucia really is very beautiful, even if some of the towns - like Soufriere are a bit dodgy. | over 8 years ago | Show
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| 14º 28.044' N | 60º 52.374' W | Penny Lane | Back to Le Marin where our Caribbean adventure started in January. Found our old friends on Neptune II and 3 Little Birds, this year's Atlantic Odyssey rally already starting to come in, we'll catch up with some work here before moving on to St Lucia in a few days. | over 8 years ago | Show
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| 14º 36.018' N | 61º 4.152' W | Penny Lane | More upwind, Fort de France, phew. | over 8 years ago | Show
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| 16º 18.438' N | 61º 47.742' W | Penny Lane | Back with an old friend - Deshaies, after a rather wet and salty upwind slog from the BVIs. 48 hours of motor-sailing to windward, past Saba, St Eustacia, St Kitts and Nevis, Redonda, Montserrat, and finally relieved to be back in Deshaies, Guadeloupe. Currently drying out. Sam and Simon have gone back to see the Parrots. | over 8 years ago | Show
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| 18º 30.108' N | 64º 21.63' W | Penny Lane | We finally got into North Sound a little after midnight on the 25th, after a long crossing, though not excessively grueling weather-wise. By listening to the various forecast sources and diving into Beaufort NC for shelter at one point, we had a crossing where the winds never exceeded 35 knots. We did get a bug in the diesel lines however and had to rig our own diesel system from a jerry can, so we are now in North Sound tidying up after that, with much appreciated help from some of the other boats in the Salty Dawg rally. | over 8 years ago | Show
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| 34º 42.876' N | 76º 39.858' W | Penny Lane | Back in Beaufort NC again! | over 8 years ago | Show
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| 35º 16.47' N | 75º 19.86' W | Penny Lane | A great sail last night and today, now motoring, but diverted into Beaufort NC tomorrow due to some potentially poor weather coming up, so we'll go back in there to wait it out. Just approaching the dreaded cape Hatteras now, 8.7 miles to the buoy on the Outer Diamond Shoal, conditions calm and winds light. | over 8 years ago | Show
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| 36º 40.392' N | 75º 46.392' W | Penny Lane | | over 8 years ago | Show
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| 37º 1.26' N | 76º 20.25' W | Penny Lane | | over 8 years ago | Show
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| 37º 1.47' N | 76º 20.394' W | Penny Lane | In Hampton with the Salty Dawgs, waiting for a weather window to exit the mouth of the Delaware Bay. Lots of jobs to do, planning for a trip of approx 10 days and ending up at the Bitter End in Virgin Gorda, if we can get the right winds to let us sail south and East. | over 8 years ago | Show
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| 38º 51.036' N | 76º 21.102' W | Penny Lane | Finally we head South from Annapolis, only 13 miles on Sunday afternoon to anchor off Kent Farm Point. Good strong northerly so we'll be up early for the ride South. | over 8 years ago | Show
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| 38º 57.816' N | 76º 28.83' W | Penny Lane | And so to Back Creek Annapolis, for another work catch up, see our Majestic and Milly friends, and start some serious preparations for the voyage south in November. | over 8 years ago | Show
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| 39º 30.846' N | 75º 34.056' W | Penny Lane | Anchored back at our favourite spot, off Reedy Island with the view of the Nuclear Power Station, waiting for the morning tide through the C&D Canal. Great company with a couple of crews preparing for the Salty Dawg Rally. | over 8 years ago | Show
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| 40º 49.542' N | 73º 42.678' W | Penny Lane | Back at Port Washington again, still with the Millies. Spent most of our time catching up on work in the most amazing, air conditioned, fast-internet library. | over 8 years ago | Show
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| 41º 11.016' N | 73º 7.32' W | Penny Lane | We enjoyed the hospitality of the Housatonic Boat Club in Stratford, leaving Penny Lane in their care for 2 nights while visiting our good friends in Connecticut. | over 8 years ago | Show
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| 40º 49.542' N | 73º 42.678' W | Penny Lane | After an exciting run up the East River we caught up with our friends on Millport II in Port Washington, spent just one night in this excellent and well protected anchorage, and then headed on up Long Island sound to meet up with the Westheads in Connecticut. | over 8 years ago | Show
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| 40º 47.412' N | 73º 58.998' W | Penny Lane | Stopped for a few nights at the 79th Street Boat Basin, on a mooring ball in the very strong currents of the Hudson River. Here we met up with Liz, Maddy and Lilly and their family, and had a great base for seeing the sites of New York City. | over 8 years ago | Show
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| 40º 34.956' N | 73º 54.0' W | Penny Lane | First stop in the New York area was Jamaica Bay, for an overnight anchorage on our way up from New Jersey to the Big Apple. A nice bay this, but we set off early for the run through the Narrows into New York. | over 8 years ago | Show
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| 38º 57.198' N | 74º 54.204' W | Penny Lane | Spent some time in Cape May New Jersey carrying out repairs and maintenance to Penny Lane, with the crew at Canyon Club Marina. They are not really used to sail boats, its all about sport-fishing here, but they looked after us well and got us tidied up and heading for New York again soon. | over 8 years ago | Show
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| 38º 57.954' N | 76º 28.788' W | Penny Lane | America's centre of sailing, and what a welcome. Boats everywhere, music sessions, we aim to come back here for longer on the way South, for now on to New York. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 38º 19.296' N | 76º 27.378' W | Penny Lane | Made it to Solomons in Maryland, another lovely anchorage on the Cheesecake bay, nearing Anapolis the sailing centre, and Washington, the other one! | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 37º 50.256' N | 76º 16.674' W | Penny Lane | Another pretty Chesapeake village and bay, known for its huge and rapacious fishing fleet. Also for the smell of the fish oil factory, but we managed to anchor upwind and not smell it. Witnessed an exploding electrical box on a telegraph which went up with a huge electrical bang and smoke, started a small fire in the street below, and had to be put out by the Fire Brigade. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 37º 32.364' N | 76º 20.154' W | Penny Lane | What a brilliant Anchorage in Fishing Bay, loads of space, very pretty, Ospreys everywhere as usual. For the first time since the Bahamas we got back in the water (no Alligators), Sam and the boys had a play, and Penny Lane got a much needed clean around the waterline. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 37º 1.416' N | 76º 20.412' W | Penny Lane | One night in Hampton Virginia, not much space to anchor, battleships and aircraft carriers everywhere on the run out of Norfolk, and got ticked off by the US military for taking photographs :) | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 35º 31.932' N | 76º 37.332' W | Penny Lane | A two night stop in Belhaven on the way up the ICW a bi of a storm blowing outside so we're catching up on jobs, seeing the Millport crew, and preparing for the next leg towards Norfolk VA. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 33º 21.93' N | 79º 17.052' W | Penny Lane | Georgetown has been another treat, topped off by being visited by our old friends the Currans, who moved over here from Cornwall. Georgetown is a smaller Charleston architecturally, very old, on a brand of the Waccamaw River. Slightly spoiled by a large factory overlooking the anchorage, nevertheless the rest of the town is beautiful, friendly, and a great place to spend a few days. Its also getting very hot now, we're ready to get back to sea for a while and head north, looking forward to catching up with friends, and cooling down a bit! One night we anchored out of the town, very near to an Osprey nest, and watched the Ospreys nest-building with huge sticks, hunting, and eyeing us with a rather cautious hostility. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 32º 50.484' N | 79º 44.964' W | Penny Lane | A stunning overnight stop, sheltered, silent, surrounded by marshland this place was so rich with life. Manatees, Dolphins all around us, the usual spectacular Pelican dive-bombing show, we paddle-boarded and marvelled at all these. Started early in the morning to get to Georgetown, and saw three Aligators, wondered whether we should really have been paddle-boarding. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 32º 46.662' N | 79º 57.354' W | Penny Lane | Into Charleston after a night at sea, and what a city! We spent several days here, visited the Yorktown carrier, historic district of the city, music, culture, friendly people this place has everything. Also the cradle of the civil war, so altogether an educational visit. We were here for the festivities and Fireworks on July the 4th, and then continued north up the ICW. Anna is already plotting her return to Charleston. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 29º 53.316' N | 81º 18.516' W | Penny Lane | Stopped for several days in St Augustine, a very historic early Spanish settlement. Our last port in Florida, we also met up with the Hatton family on Millport II, caught up on a lot of work, and headed off towards South Carolina and the north from here. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 29º 18.846' N | 81º 3.792' W | Penny Lane | A wide shallow river with nowhere much to anchor, but we found a spot. Night lightening like you wouldn't believe, moved on early in the morning to make progress up the ICW. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 28º 8.478' N | 80º 36.468' W | Penny Lane | Anchored near West Marine for essential supplies! | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 28º 24.504' N | 80º 37.794' W | Penny Lane | Arrived in Cape Canaveral. Busy port with numerous cruise ships. Pretty sure I spotted a manatee as we entered. We have been on the look out for these for a while now, but now joy to date. Passed the Coast Guard as we entered, seriously huge gun fixed on the bow of the boat. We have definitely arrived in the US! Spent a night in a marina, what a luxury, hot showers and a swimming pool. Spent a while trying to sort out the issue with our cruising permit, customs guys were really helpful though so hopefully we will be legal here now. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 26º 32.76' N | 77º 3.516' W | Penny Lane | One night in Marsh Harbour to restock before heading off-shore to the US. Filled the dive tanks, then sailed up along the coast, very calm seas and just about enough wind to sail. Very relaxing. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 26º 24.954' N | 76º 59.676' W | Penny Lane | Day anchorage, Pete did a short dive with Sam, but short of air so not a long dive. We then snorkeled on the reef. Probably the best snorkeling I have experienced, saw a reef shark, nurse shark and swam with a turtle. Huge shoals of fish and pretty scenery. Would be a great spot of a shallow dive, but current very strong so to be avoided unless at slack tides. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 26º 22.164' N | 76º 59.052' W | Penny Lane | Anchored near to Tops'l Bill, caught a nice snapper just as we were coming through the reef. Maybe should have taken our sails down earlier or taken the fishing line in earlier. Lots of running around to haul fish in, drop sails and avoid reefs! But it was worth it, fish was very tasty. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 25º 30.9' N | 76º 50.502' W | Penny Lane | This bay on Royal Island is one of the most sheltered anchorages there is, and we're sharing it with our pirate mary Tops'l Bill on Flying Dragon. Heading across to the Abacos in the morning with an early start to make the 55 miles. Today I took the dinghy into Spanish Wells, which was a long dinghy run, for internet top up, potatoes, petrol, and so on - that's a nice little town there, surrounded by very shallow water! | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 25º 4.524' N | 77º 18.57' W | Penny Lane | Presently in Nassau harbour, no wind at the moment but expecting a blow to come in the next few days so need a decent place to hide. Had a fabulous day being shown around Nassau by Gwen, a local Bahamian lady who offered to drop us down to DHL to pick up some documents. She ended up taking us around Nassau for the whole day. What a delightfully generous host she was. Feel like I have got to know much more about the Bahamas. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 25º 5.016' N | 77º 13.062' W | Penny Lane | One night stop on the south side of Rose Island. Glad to have made it up to Nassau at last. Motored sailed to get here. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 24º 23.802' N | 76º 37.302' W | Penny Lane | | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 24º 23.898' N | 76º 37.302' W | Penny Lane | | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 24º 10.248' N | 76º 25.2' W | Penny Lane | | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 24º 11.028' N | 76º 27.48' W | Penny Lane | Wow what a day. Iguano beach in the morning, in and out off two narrow cuts for our anchorages, Thunderball Grotto (aka James Bond) and swimming pigs on the beach. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 23º 46.35' N | 76º 6.264' W | Penny Lane | Quite anchorage close to the abandoned marine research centre. Explored here, very sureal, felt like a ghost town. There were lodgings that still had herbs in the cupboard and soap in the shower. The laboratories had a variety of chemicals lying around. Would be interesting to find out a bit more about the history. Sam and Pete gathered some coconuts to eat. Visiting the Iguano Beach in the morning. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 23º 31.23' N | 75º 45.3' W | Penny Lane | Night sail to George Town, Exumas. Rolly windy sail. Arrived at dawn to negotiate the numerous unmarked reefs, looked a bit intimidating on the chart but quite straight forward in reality. Meant to be a very sociable place for cruisers.
Now anchored and everyone catching up on their sleep (apart from me!).
Staying in this anchorage for two nights. Had a visit from a dolphin who swam around our boat for about 20 minutes. We all got into the sea and watched him lazily swim around us. He came within several metres. Amazing experience. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 23º 45.27' N | 75º 21.378' W | Penny Lane | | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 23º 20.58' N | 75º 2.31' W | Penny Lane | | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 22º 58.44' N | 74º 51.15' W | Penny Lane | Little Bay, Bahamas. Anchored here on our own, no people, houses or too many mosquitos. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 21º 5.118' N | 73º 38.946' W | Penny Lane | Overnight stop, first attempt at visual pilotage, ie how to avoid the coral. Mosquito hell here, time to move on swiftly. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 20º 57.384' N | 73º 41.124' W | Penny Lane | Bahamas, Mathew Town. 3 nights at sea, longest trip the 3 of us have done without crew. Lovely crossing, caught two mahi mahi. Lots of sushi and fish eating. Checked in here, lots of paperwork to fill out. Locals are so friendly, everyone has waved and said hello. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 18º 12.252' N | 67º 9.564' W | Penny Lane | Checked out, provisioned, spent all day wondering around town trying to find internet.... | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 18º 4.35' N | 67º 11.376' W | Penny Lane | Still looking for manatees. No sightings :-( | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 17º 57.402' N | 66º 17.484' W | Penny Lane | Salinas, Puerto Rico. Caught up with ~S/V Tangent, Heidi, Andy, Drew and Evelyn. Met them through FB group for kids boats. Hung out with them for a few days, Sam got to play in the pool with the kids. Hired a car and explored Puerto Rico, awesome drive up through the hills and walk in the national park. Visited San Juan for dinner.
Hoping to see manatees, no sightings. Pete very sad :-( | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 18º 18.426' N | 65º 17.868' W | Penny Lane | Culebra. Hired a golf cart to explore the island. Saw turtle nests on the beach. Randomly met two kid boats in the bay, Blue and Abracadabra. Sam had a sleep over and watched the last of the Hobbit films. Bumped into my first WWS. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 18º 19.686' N | 64º 56.94' W | Penny Lane | Back to St Thomas to enjoy their carnival. Super colourful, lots of hip grinding dancing. Everyone out to party. Said goodbye to Neptune :-( | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 18º 20.502' N | 64º 47.472' W | Penny Lane | Anchored around the corner from Cruz Bay, walked around the headland to check in with the serious US immigration officials. Took a bus trip around the island. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 18º 25.5' N | 64º 36.99' W | Penny Lane | Road Town. Caught the ferry to St John to get our US visa waiver. Lots of provisioning, popped up the coast to a local dive shop to buy ourselves some kit. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 35º 18.504' N | 64º 30.894' W | Penny Lane | Dived on the RMS Rhone with the FMD's. Anchored on Cooper Island. Prolonging the good byes with the Finally's who will be heading south soon as we head north. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 18º 19.026' N | 64º 36.918' W | Penny Lane | Hanging out with the Finally's. Had Happy hour on the Willy T, a boat anchored in the bay. Famous for people jumping topless off the top. Sam did just that, about 50 times at least! | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 18º 26.496' N | 64º 45.576' W | Penny Lane | Entrance through a tight reef. Lots of diving with FMD. Lots of happy hours and BBQ's. Spectacular runs up on the hill.
With Neptune, FMD, Three Little Birds, Herbert and Angelica. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 18º 25.728' N | 64º 39.534' W | Penny Lane | Cane Garden Bay. Spent several nights here on and off. First caught up with the FMD's who are flying solo without Capt Col. Met Maverick, crew presently without guests so we got to party of on a super yacht. Wow what a boat. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 18º 29.562' S | 64º 21.348' W | Penny Lane | Anchored just around the corner from the Bitter End Yacht Club marina holiday complex. Lots of trails, went running with Maria and Venessa. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 18º 29.898' N | 64º 23.232' W | Penny Lane | Visited the Baths during the day, lovely big boulders along the shore. Sailed passed Richard's island (Necker). Went to the Pirate show, Pete won a booby prize for his conch blowing fart!
With Joy and crew, Neptune and Three Little Birds. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 35º 18.444' N | 64º 31.938' W | Penny Lane | Trellis Bay, BVI's. Pick up Granny Katharine and Mary. Full moon party. Meet our new kid boat friends. Party party party!
With Neptune, FMD, Joy and crew, Distant Drums (Three Little Birds). | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 18º 2.112' N | 63º 5.202' W | Penny Lane | St Martin, Simpsons Lagoon. Stayed in a marina so we could get work done and do some serious provisioning. We have been warned food is super expensive north of here so time to stock up. Sam hanging out with Carlos and Julia from Cool Change. Cycled around the lagoon. Sam went to the cinema with the just the other kids.
With Cool Change, FMD and Neptune. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 35º 17.898' N | 62º 51.288' W | Penny Lane | St Barts, super yacht central. Pretty town, only stopped for one night as keen to settle down in St Martin to get some work done. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 17º 17.556' N | 62º 43.68' W | Penny Lane | With FMD and Neptune. Stocked up, had a drink at a local bar. Felt a bit uncomfortable, quite a seedy spot. Visited a settlers house. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 17º 16.368' N | 62º 40.464' W | Penny Lane | Caught up with FMD. Happy hour at the bar, Sam fed monkey nuts. Saw mongoose. Pete and I did a run in the morning. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 17º 8.658' N | 62º 37.866' W | Penny Lane | Anchored and checked in. With the Neptuneers. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 16º 48.174' N | 62º 12.39' W | Penny Lane | The wonderful Montserrat, devastated by a volcano in 1997. Half the island is now an exclusion zone. We visited some areas that are covered in ash, including a hotel that is a foot deep in it. Paperwork still scattered around in the reception area from that time. Surreal place to visit.
And with their Irish settler heritage they celebrate St Patrick's Day, so we joined in. Gorgeous friendly people, colourful, fun, weird but wonderful.
I love Guinness and Goat Water! | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 16º 18.45' N | 61º 47.832' W | Penny Lane | Deshaies, Guadaloupe. Be warned, the holding here is not good for your anchor. Ours worked fine, boats around us did not. Blew up during the night and chaos reigned, near misses (for us) and hit for our friends. Nerve wracking. Not much sleep.
Visited the botanical gardens. Cute parrots landing on you for the sugar syrup. Sam loved this :-)
With FMD's. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 16º 10.416' N | 61º 46.776' W | Penny Lane | Caught up with FMD, had our first dive for ages, thanks to the Finallys. For me it was 10 years, Pete slightly less. Dived on Pigeon Island, so many fish and wonderful underwater scenery. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 15º 52.194' N | 61º 35.01' W | Penny Lane | Dramatic change from Dominica. We could not be in the south of France. Really chi-chi, very expensive. Toured island on a golf cart, walked to the top of the hill. Lovely snorkeling. Sam had a sleep over with Carlos on Cool Change. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 15º 34.494' N | 61º 27.588' W | Penny Lane | Caught up with Cool Change crew and Sam's new best mate Carlos. Met a Cornish sailor Susie with two dogs, Sam helped her walk them in the morning. Walked around the fort. Very poor area, would like to spend more time exploring inland. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 35º 15.468' N | 61º 26.874' W | Penny Lane | Sunset bay with the very expensive Belgian beer cafe. With FMD. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 15º 16.818' N | 61º 22.554' W | Penny Lane | Dominica. Anchored and walked into town. Huge amounts of poverty, fascinating place through. Feel like we have stepped back in town. Got a bit unnerved by the chap walking down the street with the big machete. Guess it is for coconuts or something similar. FMD's turned up. Shopped in the market. Did the trip up to the waterfalls from here. Clambered over rocks to make it to the pool under the fall. Boys all went skinny dipping! | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 14º 36.03' N | 61º 4.206' W | Penny Lane | Overnight stop, walked through town, quite run down. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 14º 30.246' N | 61º 5.214' W | Penny Lane | Saw our first turtles, snorkeled right over them. Happy hour at the beach bar with FMD and Roxy. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 13º 57.978' N | 61º 1.614' W | Penny Lane | Marigot Bay, St Lucia. Got hassled by the boat boys trying to sell us stuff. Ran into the Roxy crew. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 14º 5.262' N | 60º 57.66' W | Penny Lane | Rodney Bay, St Lucia. Celebrated Valentines day in a small beach restaurant. Gregory sold us fruit and veg from his sinking boat! | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 14º 27.822' N | 60º 52.632' W | Penny Lane | Whoop whoop!! 2620 nautical miles, 19 days at sea. Two fish and 5 happy crew. We made it. Very very happy. Time to party!! | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 28º 40.734' N | 17º 46.026' W | Penny Lane | One night at sea, very rolly sea, wasn't very pleasant. Arrived for the start of the Cornell Atlantic Odyssey. Super excited to get here and catch up with old friends, the Neptuneers and Finally My Darling.
So much work to do, provisioning for 3 weeks at sea. Last minute boat preparations and all the socializing. Got to much for me and I got a bug. Nervous time, setting out across the Atlantic.
Oscar, extra crew arrives. Leave two days after the rally start as we are not ready, last meal on shore a McDonalds. Yuk! Whose idea was that Oscar! | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 28º 27.99' N | 16º 14.664' W | Penny Lane | 6 days at sea, great trip. Lots of dolphins. Stopped here for New Year. Got ripped off by the marina. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 36º 7.272' N | 5º 26.16' W | Penny Lane | Stopped the boat sinking by removing the bow thruster and adding lots and lots of fibre glass to the leaking spot. Spent our wedding night here on the boat with a jack russell that wanted to bite Sam. Oh so romantic! | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 36º 8.868' N | 5º 21.288' W | Penny Lane | Giblraltar, almost like being in the UK! Morrisons super market, red phone boxes, fish and chips, british cops. Did our official rename and got Poseidens blessing for the name change. Collected all our lovely new booty, filled up with cheap diesel. Went up the rock to see the apes and spectacular view to Africa, picked up an Irish hitchhiker Adam. Noticed the boat was sinking.........
Anything else?
Oh yes, of course, we got married! | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 36º 41.724' N | 2º 47.436' W | Penny Lane | Overnight sail to Almerimar. Work in earnest to get our boat ready for the Atlantic crossing. Antifoul, new fridge, full engine service, clean diesel injectors, water maker inlet, checked the keel bolts. New strips and most importantly, a new name. Penny Lane is born.
We rented an apartment for 2 weeks to do this work. Shopped like mad getting everything sent to Gibraltor tax free. New main sail, Iridium Go, TV etc.
Pete played in a band, met Remy and Valerie, spent some nights with them. Met English couple that we bought our Aries off. Very social spot. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 38º 54.672' N | 1º 26.244' E | Penny Lane | Ibiza town. Party town, hippy town! What a fun place. We stayed for over a week (fast internet), my computer died but got fixed by Israel. What a lovely chap, he introduced us to his family and friends. We got completely embraced by these friendly home schooling hippy people. We spent a day at a gathering, with trantric meditation, earth dance, channeling for the Arcturians and Andromedans! Saw the cult leader and his bling covered hareem. Sam got a crystal that cleans the atmosphere. Met Kim and her family and hung out with them.
I love Ibiza, could have stayed forever :-)
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| 39º 2.37' N | 1º 38.436' E | Penny Lane | Anchored on our own in this spectacular bay. High cliffs, spectacular rocks, lovely snorkeling. Clare and Neil kayaked, we followed on the dinghy. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 39º 4.524' N | 1º 35.658' E | Penny Lane | Anchored for the night, swam over to say high to the Australian boat we have been stalking - Finally My Darling, they mentioned the Cornell Sailing rally in January they are doing. The Atlantic crossing plan is beginning to form. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 39º 6.288' N | 1º 30.27' E | Penny Lane | Picked up Clare and Neil, anchored for the night. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 41º 22.716' N | 2º 11.13' E | Penny Lane | Joined the Miss Behaving crew for a few days partying in Barcelona. Soaked up the culture in this fantastic city. Visited Gaudi cathedral and park. Could have stayed much longer but the winds are turning, need to get out of hear before we are trapped! Said good bye to Miss Behaving crew, not sure when we will see them again :-( | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 39º 32.688' N | 2º 22.956' E | Penny Lane | Stop off for on the way to Barcelona. Very rolly. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 39º 28.47' N | 2º 31.29' E | Penny Lane | Great caves here, dug out for the rocks of the cathedral in Palma. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 39º 31.908' N | 2º 35.232' E | Penny Lane | Spent several weeks anchored here on an off. Geo caching and meeting fellow people at anchor. At Last, guys from the Oyster rally and our new super yacht friends.
Pete and Sam spent a day partying with them, drinking tequila (not Sam!) and strawberry daquiris. They know how to party. Got to use their Sea Bob. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 39º 33.942' N | 2º 38.238' E | Penny Lane | Spent several weeks here in total. Firstly anchored under the cathedral. Simon, Imogen and Miri joined us here. Had lots of fun hanging out with Emmie, Chris and Lily. Met up with further Lawton clan, walks in the hills, doggie walks, nights of tapas. Lots of running and playing in the park. So much fun. Palma is a super cool city. I could live here!
Re-rigged the boat with the help of Steve the rigger. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 39º 25.026' N | 3º 15.834' E | Penny Lane | Met with the Lady Bear crew here, after quite a drought of no kids. Sam had a lot of fun playing with Arthur. Celebrated my birthday in a cheap bar watching English footy. Love the expat scene! | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 39º 32.436' N | 3º 20.25' E | Penny Lane | Rolly anchorage, nothing eye catching about the town. Time to move on. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 35º 39.81' N | 3º 27.186' E | Penny Lane | I am confused, I thought I was in Spain. Why is everyone speaking German! This is the spot all Germans come on holiday, time for some schnitzel. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 39º 46.176' N | 3º 19.848' E | Penny Lane | Overnight stop after arriving Mallorca. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 39º 52.668' N | 4º 18.486' E | Penny Lane | Best anchorage in ages, flat, flat, flat. Sleep, sleep, sleep!
Arrived in town by coincidence when they were having a fiesta. This involved stallions rearing amongst drunken crowds trying to touch the heart of the horse. Whilst it was rearing with legs dangling in the air dangerously. These Spanish are nuts. Local drink was gin and something else (?), strong and tasty. Lots of fireworks. What a fun time to visit here. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 39º 51.774' N | 4º 8.676' E | Penny Lane | Deep steep sided inlet, mediterranean moored in a tight space. Cliffs had lots of caves in the sides that have been lived in historically. Bit of a nudist hippy gay retreat. Much cavorting going on, had to avert ones eyes occasionally! Neptune 2 were due to join us but it was too tight for them to stop. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 39º 58.83' N | 3º 49.98' E | Penny Lane | Long walk into town, but worth is as historical and lots of great buildings. Sam bought a massive lego set, first toy shop we have seen in months. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 40º 0.27' N | 4º 11.97' E | Penny Lane | Hola Espana! Fabulous crossing south to Menorca. 15 knot beam reach, flat seas, stars out. Very protected anchorage, great for sleep after rolly anchorage in France. Had a curry in an English run restaurant and played pool. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 43º 6.318' N | 5º 56.148' E | Penny Lane | Anchored and walked into town. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 43º 16.14' N | 6º 39.828' E | Penny Lane | Anchored for the night. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 43º 16.356' N | 6º 38.28' E | Penny Lane | San Tropez, Katie, Gren and the girls visiting for a week. Very pretty town but oh so touristy. Watched the rich and the even richer in their super yachts dressed up and looking the part. Lots of staff shining their super yachts. We reckon we spotted 4 or 5 of the top ten super yachts in the world between here and Cannes. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 43º 31.404' N | 7º 2.406' E | Penny Lane | Visited a fort on the hill here. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 43º 32.808' S | 7º 1.02' E | Penny Lane | Cannes, famous for the film festival. Really touristy, lots of hand prints in the pavement from movie stars. It was super hot. Kids took the open top bus back to our anchorage. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 43º 30.444' N | 6º 56.658' E | Penny Lane | Spent several nights here, picked up Liz and Stewart and the girls. Sam found some high rocks to jump off. I banned him from going off the super high one. Super yachts galore, private jets, helicopter pads on your boats deck, yet to see any celebs up close. Fireworks every night. Good tracks for running.
Broke our autopilot, could only turn to the right so had to keep turning right all the way back to the anchorage which was on the left. We did lots of circles. Pete fixed it easily :-) | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 43º 30.756' N | 7º 2.85' E | Penny Lane | Rolly anchorage, nice islands to walk around. Good monastry with a winery. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 43º 39.324' N | 7º 10.914' E | Penny Lane | Home for Xadi for a week whilst we go home to the UK to do some work. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 42º 33.738' N | 8º 47.01' E | Penny Lane | Walked around the old town in Calvi, windy streets and walled city. I snorkeled over the anchor whilst Pete was setting it to see how that works. Always good to have a well set anchor, especially after witnessing the boat dragging the day before. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 42º 34.326' N | 8º 43.716' E | Penny Lane | Stopped at the marine reserve on the way up here, fabulous snorkeling (saw an eel swimming around), rock formations rival Devils Causeway. Anchored here for the night, probably the biggest blow we have had coming through. Witnessed one boat dragging. Fire fighting planes used this spot to refill their water, amazing site watching them practise. They came super close to our boat. Picked up Serge and Denise for a few days. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 42º 21.132' N | 8º 35.82' E | Penny Lane | Rolly anchorage, got our stern anchor out for the first time. Helped a bit but our technique still to be honed. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 41º 55.65' N | 8º 44.838' E | Penny Lane | Ajaccio, anchored near the cruise ships. Vibrant town, music in the streets, delicious food markets. And birthplace to, get ready for it, drum roll.....Napolean Bonaparte. Or as he is known in this boat, Boney. Visited his house and his statues. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 41º 23.85' N | 9º 7.506' E | Penny Lane | Brief catch up with the Miss Behaving crew. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 41º 23.436' N | 9º 9.342' E | Penny Lane | Visited by Jim and Jill and weather bound in Bonifacio. Historic town, amazing views from my cliff top runs. Witnessed some of the poorest and scariest boat handling ever seen before! The wind whips down through the anchorage making any boat maneuvers slightly challenging.
Enjoyed our stay and all the delicious fresh croissants but glad to leave the clutches of this harbour. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 41º 13.62' N | 9º 22.608' E | Penny Lane | Great snorkeling, saw a cuttle fish for the first time. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 41º 10.77' N | 9º 23.28' E | Penny Lane | Good for provisioning. Free mooring buoys outside the marina. Had to sneak in at siesta time to get a fill of water! Pete took the bus to Olbia to pick up the solar panels and bring them back to the boat. Quite a mission getting them onto the boat from the dinghy. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 41º 11.556' N | 9º 24.414' E | Penny Lane | Overnight anchorage. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 41º 13.038' N | 9º 28.836' E | Penny Lane | Great snorkeling. With Miss Behaving. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 41º 11.058' N | 9º 27.948' E | Penny Lane | With Miss Behaving, also bumped into At Last at this anchorage. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 41º 11.46' N | 9º 27.162' E | Penny Lane | Great all round protective anchorage. Got told off for filling up with water off the pier. Went cycling, visited Garibaldi's house. Miss Behaving crew met us here and we cruised together for a week or so. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 41º 10.428' N | 9º 28.158' E | Penny Lane | Anchored under an old fort. Explored it, fascinating spot. Poor holding for anchor! | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 41º 6.18' N | 9º 33.864' E | Penny Lane | Anchored for the night. Good snorkel. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 41º 0.714' N | 9º 35.13' E | Penny Lane | Deserted anchorage for Pete's birthday. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 40º 59.364' N | 9º 35.514' E | Penny Lane | Quite anchorage, good play on the beach. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 40º 55.302' N | 9º 30.42' E | Penny Lane | Olbia Town. Tied up to the old town wall for free, waiting for Granny Katharine and Hollies arrival. Biked up to the airport to meet them. Airports are not designed to be biked too.
Lots of boat work, good industrial area for parts and boat stuff. Hired a car to explore inland, went to the outlaw town with numerous paintings. Great for provisioning. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 40º 50.58' N | 9º 43.398' E | Penny Lane | Two nights at sea. Saw the most amazing display from a pod of dolphins playing in the water. Nice quite anchorage. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 38º 5.214' N | 13º 32.46' E | Penny Lane | Anchored outside an old fishing harbour. Preparing for a trip across to Sardinia. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 38º 2.292' S | 14º 1.926' E | Penny Lane | Hiding from the blow in a marina. Cute old town, little streets, quite touristy. Sam has his first haircut (unwillingly) for ages on the pier. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 38º 33.696' N | 14º 34.92' E | Penny Lane | Stop off before heading back to Sicily. Sam and Pete climbed up through an ancient city through thorny scrub. I ran up to the top of the hill. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 38º 46.656' N | 15º 10.074' E | Penny Lane | A night cruise past Stromboli to view the molten lava spewing into the sky. Spectacular. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 38º 37.68' N | 15º 3.948' E | Penny Lane | Panarea. What a beautiful little island. Everyone used golf carts to get around as the roads are so narrow. We walked all around the island with our new friends. Met a couple who had a small holding on the island and they invited us around to visit. Kids road their donkeys and Sam loved all the farm animals.
I love this island! | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 38º 28.104' N | 14º 57.462' E | Penny Lane | Rolly and noisy anchorage. Glad to leave the next day. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 38º 25.182' N | 14º 57.258' E | Penny Lane | Met another kid boat who we hung out with for a few days. Climbed the smoking volcano, swam in the mud pools, bubbling hot water coming out of the sea. Fish delivered to our boat by passing fisherman. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 38º 22.14' N | 14º 59.736' E | Penny Lane | Arrived in the dark, used our powerful spotlight to make sure we did not go too close to the rocks! Woke up in the morning to an amazing view of Mt Etna. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 37º 50.814' N | 15º 17.25' E | Penny Lane | Taomina. Rolly anchorage, super yachts in abundance. Very beautiful town. Avoid the icecream, I got food poisoning. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 36º 46.884' N | 14º 32.778' E | Penny Lane | Marina Di Ragusa, our home for the winter. Long awaited arrival, there are live aboard kid boats here. Miss Behaving with Sam's new best friend Riley. Gosh these live aboards are social, curry nights, music nights, concerts, easter egg hunts. Many fun memories. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 37º 3.588' N | 15º 16.776' E | Penny Lane | Ciao Italia! Safely arrived before the big blow came in, we were escorted into the harbour by a pod of dolphins. Keen to get tied up safely in the marina but did not want to spend too much money. The marina guys directed us onto the fuel pier where we stayed for free for over a week waiting for our next weather window.
Siracusa - Wow! What a beautiful city. The food market is to die for, supper friendly locals and delicious food everywhere. Fresh pasta, lives snails, fresh calamari.
A big square with a marble bridge and the museum of Archimedes. Culture, food and spectacular architecture, what more could you want :-) | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 39º 45.99' N | 19º 56.898' E | Penny Lane | Waiting for a decent weather window to get to Sicily. Last minute preparations for our first big crossing in Xadi. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 39º 37.842' N | 19º 53.748' E | Penny Lane | Tied up in the old town dock, free spot. Visited the town and castle. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 39º 14.172' N | 20º 7.974' E | Penny Lane | Big blow and seas getting here, pleased to get in the harbour. Place is a ghost town. Found a kids park for Sam to play in. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 38º 49.914' N | 20º 42.576' E | Penny Lane | Headed up to Lefkas as a big blow coming through. Got a great free dock. Met Ian (South African), French crew with kids and lots of other live aboards. Our first taste of the live aboard lifestyle, friendly bunch. Preparing for our trip to Sicily. Sam met a tiny black kitten that was looking for a new home.......and Toto the dog. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 38º 39.714' N | 20º 45.576' E | Penny Lane | All charter boats went home yesterday and we have the Ionian to ourselves. Greeks also close everything until the next season. Feels like a ghost town. Everyone else is safely tucked up into a marina as this is what you should be doing at this time of year. We are still cruising and it is spectacular. Why has everyone gone, what is about to happen to the weather...........
First mate nervous, skipper happy....... | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 38º 40.032' N | 20º 47.892' E | Penny Lane | Meganissi. Gate crashed the charter yachts gathering, they had kids and we were in need of social time. More spectacular bike rides. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 38º 37.35' N | 20º 55.914' E | Penny Lane | Kalamos. Arrived after dark, a challenge for the first mate but not the skipper! More English kids, Sam very happy. Last week of the charter season. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 38º 26.952' N | 20º 41.478' E | Penny Lane | Kioni. Moored in a cute harbour, met our first kid boat, yay! They were only chartering but lovely family from the New Forest and some kid time for Sam at last. Cats galore on the harbour wall, along with all their poo, nice! Ran our boat batteries flat, bailed out by a kind English couple with a generator. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 38º 21.924' N | 20º 42.99' E | Penny Lane | Vathy. Visited the caves of the nymphs. Looked like it used to be a bit of a tourist spot, but now desolate. Pete and Sam ventured into the caves, looked very dangerous to me, I stayed outside. They returned safely! | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 38º 27.552' N | 20º 39.864' E | Penny Lane | Frikes, Ithiaca - at last. Pete is very excited to be at the home of Odysseus. Biked up the hill, stunning views. Watched a very old lady catch an octopus and bludgeoning it! Sam walked up to the castles on his own. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 38º 27.678' N | 20º 34.56' E | Penny Lane | Fiskardo. A beautiful town, the only one on Kefalonia that was not destroyed in the earthquake. Stayed for a few days. Sam biked around a lot, a sweet old Greek lady approached us to give him a present. She had done specifically into the shop and bought him a banana and a BIG bar of chocolate. Amazing, so friendly :-) | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 38º 18.144' N | 20º 36.054' E | Penny Lane | One night stop. Attractive little harbour. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 38º 15.204' N | 20º 38.892' E | Penny Lane | Sami. Pete and I did a spectacular bike ride up through the hills and through olives groves. Caught the bus here to the other side of the island to see the sink holes (ocean water pouring into holes) and more importantly found the South African shop that sold Red Bush tea. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 38º 8.82' N | 20º 46.806' E | Penny Lane | Kefalonia. Finally a Greek island. Sam has a good ride around on his bike. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 38º 15.138' N | 21º 44.01' E | Penny Lane | Patras marina. Stocked up on supplies, visited a Greek winery. Met our first English cruiser, invited him around for dinner. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 38º 22.14' N | 22º 4.488' E | Penny Lane | Trizonia Marina. An abandoned marina, very surreal, we were moored next to a sunken ketch. Thinks were falling to pieces everywhere and the place looked deserted - although lots of boats moored, many looked abandoned. When you looked closer there were actually quite a few people living on their boats. Pete befriended by George the Greek, came home slightly inebriated later on! Super windy getting here, the wind really funneled down this channel. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 38º 17.208' N | 22º 34.932' E | Penny Lane | First night at anchor, only boat in the bay, walked up a hill on Sam's request. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 38º 0.708' N | 22º 45.168' E | Penny Lane | Overnight stop after transiting the Corinth Canal | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 37º 44.718' N | 23º 25.686' E | Penny Lane | Aegina Island. First stop, only managed to get the main sail stuck in the mast, put a hand through the rotten spray dodger and break the diesel return pipes. An interesting start. Time to stop for repairs! | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 37º 56.226' N | 23º 38.904' E | Penny Lane | Sept 13th 2013 - My birthday! The day we moved aboard our Moody 425 named Xadi. 3 long weeks later before we could move out of the marina, Greek paperwork took forever. The beginning of the adventure. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 20º 56.898' N | 73º 40.77' W | Penny Lane | Mathew Town, Bahamas. Brief stop to check in. Hot walk down to customs and immigration and lots and lots of paperwork to fill in. Super friendly locals, but with only 1000 people living on this island anyone new is notable! | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 21º 4.878' N | 73º 38.976' W | Penny Lane | After check in at Mathew Town we heading up here for the night hoping for a less rolly anchorage. Went for a walk on shore early evening and literally got eaten alive by mosquitos. Full on run back to the boat. The mosquitos came to get us in the night as well......... | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 22º 58.398' N | 74º 51.144' W | Penny Lane | Little Harbour, Long Island. Small beautiful anchorage, had to practice the visual pilotage on entry to avoid the coral. Nerve wracking, but actually loads of depth once we were in. First time for ages we have been on our own in such a lovely spot. No internet though! | almost 9 years ago | Show
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| 23º 6.198' N | 74º 57.102' W | Penny Lane | First plot for Penny Lane on Farkwar, is at Clarence Town on Long Island, Bahamas.
We'll see if we can put our previous positions in to show where we've been, still investigating this system at the moment.
Biked to Deans Blue Hole yesterday. Deepest blue hole in the world at 206 metres. They hold a lot of free diving competitions here. Feels like the abyss when you swim over it. Pete and Sam did some cliff jumping. | almost 9 years ago | Show
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