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SV Meriva: 01/15/15

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Thursday, 15 January 2015. Varnish on, varnish off, varnish on. We reached the end of the hurricane season, frantically trying to get work completed before we launched. The high UV has been attacking the varnish as quick as I have been applying it and it has taken a lot of determination to keep on top of it. I'm still not sure who's winning. It's either to hot, midday, to dusty or raining! We worked out that our boat contains the following woods. Pitch pine.Scandinavia.bilge planking and garboards. Lignu...

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SV Meriva: 05/15/15

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Friday, 15 May 2015. St Martin to cooler climates. It seems that our days are full, how did we ever find time to work? For those of you who think we sit under an awning drinking gin and tonics watching the sunset.you are nearly right, we drink Mount Gay Rum with pineapple juice and coconut milk! Provisioning means several trips to the supermarket as it won't fit in the dinghy and if it does it's likely to get wet.not a problem except when you are stocking crackers and cous cous. Last but by no means leas...

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SV Meriva: Antigua. Classics 2015

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Thursday, 14 May 2015. Antigua. Classics 2015. Well we'd done it once, so we thought why not? It's the best test of the the boat prior to crossing the Atlantic, and Classics is fun. This year, we had our crew.good friends who know boats, Keith from Time Out Boat Yard, St Martin, and Linda and Andy off SV Coromandel. We were a brilliant team well lubricated in the evenings on Mount Gay Rum, but ready for the start of the race the following morning. Man ' prepared himself for the first race of the year.

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SV Meriva: 06/13/15

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Saturday, 13 June 2015. After buying food, more food and even more food just in case, we finally left St Martin on Dad's birthday, 16th May. It was easy motoring up the Anegada passage, past Tintemare and around Dead Man's Cay off Anguilla. Our friends on Coromandel had an earlier start and although we were in radio contact it would be a few days before our paths crossed again. The sunsets were amazing, it looked like it was setting behind a forest. Not that we would see one of them for a while. A few da...

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SV Meriva: Antigua or bust

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Thursday, 30 April 2015. We left Nevis and decided to continue along the volcanic trail or there would be a mutiny on board! Fortunately the weather was brilliant and we sailed past the island of Redonda towards Monserrat. My dubious captain would scare anyone who came near us! Unfortunately the sun protection failed .a lesson in the strength of the tropical sun and someone ended up with a burnt nose. The haze isn't out of focus, it's smoke and ash. We only stayed one day in Monserrat as we were expectin...

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SV Meriva: 09/07/14

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Sunday, 7 September 2014. After three difficult months, my Mum died but I was pleased to be able to spend time with her. It was also good to be able to spend quality time with all of my girls. I have missed them all. Our travels were on put hold, but that was fine as Tristan had plenty of jobs to do on Meriva. I flew back to St. Martin towards the end of August.as soon as it turned cooler and the summer was over in the UK.pure coincidence! Tristan had been busy with constructing frames for the boat.b...

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SV Meriva: 03/21/15

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Saturday, 21 March 2015. Back on the broomstick. We finally cut the umbilical chord on March 9th ( would have been Mums 90th birthday), and inched our way out of TOBY , with a little help from our friends. True to form, Meriva ground to a halt as Tristan avoided the ferry. We were stuck aground. Keith was brilliant and nudged, badgered and like us probably cursed her out of the mud and into the channel. Marigot bay with Cranky in the background. Followed by another . One scopoderm patch and I felt fantas...

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SV Meriva: 10/09/14

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Thursday, 9 October 2014. Tristan on the dolly and Sue on spanners. Its hard to believe that I have been back over six weeks. We haven't stopped working nor visited the beaches since the first day I arrived back. The lagoon is not very inviting for a swim as there is a sewage works not far and it's full of algal mat, not to mention what gets discharged into it. It took me back to the days in the yard at Mylor. We had to rivet the frames where the old strap floors were. Tristan played all day hold...Day o...

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SV Meriva: 03/09/14

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Sunday, 9 March 2014. We seemed to have spent an awful long time in Prickly Bay, Grenada, but we had repairs to do on the boat before we could sail anywhere. The simple jamming furler, turned into to a major furler rebuild, which escalated into a replacement masthead fitting which required the mast being craned off and then on again. We took time out to sail in Grenada Classics on our friends boat, Desiderata which was brilliant fun. Which being English in an island obsessed by cricket, had to be done&#4...

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SV Meriva: 05/31/14

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Saturday, 31 May 2014. At the back of the pack. It's been rather a long time since I wrote a blog.mainly as it has been a problem getting internet and getting our rather antiquated laptops on line. Although the hurricane season officially starts tomorrow, our plan is still to return across the Atlantic this season , we are just a little bit behind everyone else. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. At the back of the pack. Lynn Rival's voyages - News Feed. Yes, finally we have left!