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Perry's Maison: April 2008
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Friday, 25 April 2008. My first trip of a lifetime. So, you may ask, why has he started blogging now? It's simple really. I'm going to sail across the Atlantic. Well the bit of it between Bermuda and Horta in the Azores. I can't afford to not work for the two months the full trip will take, so I'm doing the Transat bit. To view a map of the route go to: This Link. There is also be a web page to track our progress - http:/ www.kemahportal.com/. When I work out how to drive the blog properly, I'll have a c...
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Perry's Maison: December 2007
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Friday, 7 December 2007. Isn't that the first thing you get your new programming language to write? I set this blog up to allow me to post to the Norton Dojo Blog - I'll work out how to link to it at some point. I may even post on here ;-D. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Blogs I read / Stuff to see. Robert Govier's Sailing BLog. Norton Dojo Original Goju Ryu Karate. Kemah Portal - See Eclipse Tracking Here. Ian Ibbo - the other Rottweiler from Karate! View my complete profile.
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Perry's Maison: Back in Blighty
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Friday, 13 June 2008. I actually got back last Friday. Early. At 0300. After a hire car dash back from T2 at Heathrow. Had to wake Tracy to let me in. Oops! But why did I need house keys at sea? Glad I'm back. I was away for quite a long time when viewed from a four year old's perspective. And they all missed me. Tracy posted on Facebook that she was pleased I was back. I may see them all at Cowes for the crew celebrations. I need to get my sleeping bag back! Hi - I enjoyed you're blog!
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Perry's Maison: Downwind checks through to Final approach.
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Wednesday, 4 June 2008. Downwind checks through to Final approach. Brakes off. Undercarriage down. Carb heat hot. Mixture rich. Fuel on and sufficient. Sorry, wrong type of flying. The previous watch, Dean and Lucy, woke us up at 0440 this AM as the wind rose to 8Kn. Time to fly the kite. Took time to set it all up properly before making a leisurely raise. All good. Flew it until 0740 until the heavens threatened to open. Got it down just before the rain came. And did it come! 40 miles to go.
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Perry's Maison: June 2008
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Friday, 13 June 2008. I actually got back last Friday. Early. At 0300. After a hire car dash back from T2 at Heathrow. Had to wake Tracy to let me in. Oops! But why did I need house keys at sea? Glad I'm back. I was away for quite a long time when viewed from a four year old's perspective. And they all missed me. Tracy posted on Facebook that she was pleased I was back. I may see them all at Cowes for the crew celebrations. I need to get my sleeping bag back! Wednesday, 4 June 2008. Flew it until 0740 un...
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Perry's Maison: Land Ahoy.
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Wednesday, 4 June 2008. Nearly there. 30 miles to go. Faial is now big in front of us. Well we think it's big as the largest thing we've seen has been a whale! Horta Beer. More beer. Sleep. Home. Nearly the end. 1886 miles so far. 30 or so to go. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Blogs I read / Stuff to see. Robert Govier's Sailing BLog. Norton Dojo Original Goju Ryu Karate. Kemah Portal - See Eclipse Tracking Here. Ian Ibbo - the other Rottweiler from Karate! Downwind checks through to Final approach.
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Perry's Maison: May 2008
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Saturday, 31 May 2008. I'm not sure what's been happening lately. It seems that I have been in a sleep - watch - sleep cycle. At about 17:30 yesterday, I hit my bunk. And slept. Lucy tried to raise me for dinner - pasta and sauce (A DEFINITE FAVOURITE) - but I was not to be woken. And it took her an age to wake me for my shift at 23:00. Even Rick was tired on the watch - I think he sang for the whole time he was at the wheel to try to keep awake! Then back to sleep for another 6 hours until the next watch.
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Perry's Maison: Where are they now ..
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Monday, 2 June 2008. Where are they now . Yesterday was a showering and laundry day; we have sufficient water to use the fresh water supply for this. Hoorah. The greasy feeling left after washing in salt water is just not nice. More dolphins - this time their timing was better and we weren't in the middle of a gybe! So we got video and pictures. We're all well and looking forward to a cheeky beer in Horta. Can't wait to get there now. Thanks for the comments and the emails. Ian and the GJR chaps.
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Perry's Maison: Steaming towards Horta
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Tuesday, 3 June 2008. Yesterday there was NO WIND. Well as close to not enough to push a heavy boat along as to call it zero. So we put the motor on. Did I tell you that we hit a whale. No. Well we were under sail and gybed. Thirty seconds later BANG. Just like hitting a road calming bump at speed. And a big black tail flipped us the fluke, as if to say "$(*& %R£$ tourists, don't you know which side of the sea to drive on? 135 miles to go. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Blogs I read / Stuff to see.
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