nick o. posted an article on Nick & Rosie Sail round the world - Jul 2, 2009, 11:06 am
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nick o. posted an article on Nick & Rosie Sail round the world - May 15, 2009, 9:35 am
It is great to be back , living in Hamble ,having space and been near our friends - many of whom we have seen in the last 3 weeks since we arrived . Rosie believed the garden was over grown set to work on that , I have a huge list of DIY tasks, but we are happy to be spending time in the country.  ...
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nick o. posted an article on Nick & Rosie Sail round the world - Apr 5, 2009, 3:16 pm
Below is the last of our quarterly newsletters , we will keep the blog going for a little while to keep you posted of our return to the UK  -  we are very excited about getting back to work and seeing friends and family in person. For now we have just finished the BVI spring regatta , on b...
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nick o. posted an article on Nick & Rosie Sail round the world - Mar 30, 2009, 2:22 pm
Now we always said it was not the Volvo Ocean Race  -  but there were prizes to be had  . As the final results were added up for the 30 odd legs of our lap arround the world  -  the final prize giving turned into a long night - as we were presented with a selection of trophies for Winning overa...
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nick o. posted an article on Nick & Rosie Sail round the world - Mar 29, 2009, 11:53 am
Well its all over red rover, 1 years planning and 18 months sailing - I have shot over 6,000 pictures and have the wonderful job of editing that down to around 80 - 100 for our final book. Looking back over the last year is incredible - we were so green in the beginning. We didn't know how ...
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nick o. posted an article on Nick & Rosie Sail round the world - Mar 28, 2009, 3:17 pm
At 13.00 local time today Saturday 28th March - Kealoha 8 and her original crew crossed the finish line in Rodney Bay - St Lucia - completing her 1st circumnavigation of the world. Now we really will party!   David Daniel Rosie Nick Jens Adrian  
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nick o. posted an article on Nick & Rosie Sail round the world - Mar 22, 2009, 5:55 pm
Sorry for the delay in updating the Blog  ...once again we have been having so much fun..and what with Ireland winning the Grand Slam !!!   Tobago & Trinidad were great - watching the cricket at the test, three days for David & Daniel and then a draw, and meeting the locals in Kings Ba...
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nick o. posted an article on Nick & Rosie Sail round the world - Mar 8, 2009, 9:36 am
After 2020 miles of the north Atlantic & Caribbean sea - we finally arrived at 19.20 local time in the lovely Caribbean Island of Tobago - our first return to the Caribbean sea since January 2008 - with near perfect trade wind conditions all the way here - with a boat speed average of over 9 knots w...
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nick o. posted an article on Nick & Rosie Sail round the world - Mar 3, 2009, 12:22 pm
What a surprise we had this morning - a response from our message in a bottle - prior to leaving, all those months ago we received a gift pack of a "message in a bottle kit" bottle, scroll and sealing wax - which was stowed on board until we could find a suitable time and place to dispatch it to ...
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nick o. posted an article on Nick & Rosie Sail round the world - Mar 2, 2009, 4:11 pm
Last night at the relatively early hour of 21.10 we again crossed the equator - returning to our home half on the top of the planet - hard to believe that we have spent 382 days in the southern hemisphere enjoying the many delights and tropical places. It serves as a reminder of really how little of...
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nick o. posted an article on Nick & Rosie Sail round the world - Mar 1, 2009, 12:04 pm
Brazil at Carnival time was curious blend of widespread underlying poverty masked by the vivid colours and unbelievable raw energy that is carnival. The poverty was manifested by many very beautiful but decrepit buildings, much unemployment and sadly many thefts from crew. Fortunately all esca...
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