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Hi, tony its me Martin.. Goodrich. Well actaually now I live in Aberystwyth with Nick. I'm having alot of fun. Well it sounds like you've got alot of work aheah of you, but atleast your enjoying your self and living life to the max...
Keep up the good work (skipper) aye aye lad!. (ha Ha!) all the best mate looking forward to some more stunning photo's as I have a fairly fast internet connection. See ya

Martin.

Hi there Anthony, what's this?? Having a mid life identity crisis? We know it's really you...you've been talking to yourself on long passages to often....time to head North!! (Hope you resolve your difficulties)

Tony Meakin,
Identify your self or be deleated.

Tony

Who are you? this is like a mirror universe....heeeelllp me.....there can be only one Tony Meakin and that is me!!!

Tony....change your name.

Tony M

Jammie
There is broad band here and the connections are as good as English cities so it shouldn't take for ever.

Todd,
You have been living life on the line good luck at Bundaburg and if you meet Richard Clifford (he has a duck egg blue 35 foot slop) who said he would stop at Burnett heads boat yard ask him what he would have done in your situation as. He writes artticals on anchoring for Adard Coles "Heavey Weather Sailing".

Tony

Hi Tony,

Uploading photos is much slower than downloading them, so you need a very good connection - I don't know how it is in that part of the world!  Ideally each picture should be no bigger than the screen so reduce the file size.

I will do some work on the site and make sure the uploading is as robust as possible.

J.

Read through all your reports… Very good information… Thanks!  As you may know by now, I am a season behind you with Salmonberry on the hard, for what I can put together for a refit, or revamp, so to speak, so I may continue a little more prepared on the next leg of the trip. Salmonberry landed on the rocks in a gale, this was the four time for me, in all these years while sailing without an engine! Although, again I am able to say that it was not pilot error… It was at forty-knots when I turned hard into the wind, and through the leads, at 1 in the morning to drop the hook- it stuck! While preparing another anchor, for insurance, ten minutes later, I broke free and landed perfectly in the middle of a boat ramp, dead on high tide! When I pulled up the hook up, I found a rock lodge perfectly in the claw of my Bruce. No damage! Just another valuable lesson. 1 out of 4 (may be one could be diputed, as error or equipment failure, mostly error)in 7 years not bad for not having an engine, but it does make me think… What If? Cheers Tony, All the best, your friend, Todd

To All
Have now reached Malaysia and have a mobile phone connection on Malaysia Code then 0146 156294 so give me a text. However form Monday I will be moving north for about a week heading for Lancowe on the Thai border.
Will try to put another report on before I leave. The photos are a nightmare with seamingly no one able to up load the stuff going back a year. Any body seeing Jamie Knight please ask him if he can help.

Tony

Hi Tony, would have liked to have seen you in a sarong. Very becoming! You can contact us on keithandpam.twoeasy (at) hotmail.co.uk we have flown back to the UK from Spain to go to the Southampton Boat Show and will return to Ria de Viveiro on 22^nd Sept to repair the p/side engine and re-enforce the forstay to the hulls which is trying to tear the front off the boat! but I (Keith) can fix it.

Monsoons and Tsunami's you're in big waters now so be careful!!  There are new owners in the Til now, all change there, you won't recognise it before long - miss the previous owners though, they didn't charge so much for a G&T!  Take Care, lots fo cuddles Danielle x

To All
Am off to Borneo in the morning so will be off line for 4 or 5 days.I will write a report on Bali while I'm at sea.

Tony

Simmon Banks
The fish just love your music your CD "This is what we do" has caugh me loads of Tuna and is an indispensable part of my ipod. Have you done another CD in the last 3 years??? as I need to catch different fish. What about a boogie woogy CD bassed around the Fats Walla numbers he never recorded. He was always surounded by Sharks so I may catch some big fish.
Matt and Heather have moved to a new restraunt in Crediton.
Will not find you a mermaid unless you provide proof that you can aford the allomony.

Brian Carver
You should try sailing around Indonesia the paper work is endless and the currents are very trying. Give my regards to Steve hope to see you when I get back to the UK.

Tony

Hey Tony,

Keep going!  I'm still cheering for you.

Hi Tony  -  was speaking with Steve(SH golf club) and he told me about your sailing adventures and gave me the web site. Amazing, particularly as I only sail in the Greek Islands ( no tides and gentle winds). Steve says hi and suggests we meet up at Hostelrie on your return.

Hello Tony,
Hope all's well with you, very impressed with your adventure - I always knew you were completely bonkers! Have heard of a reported sighting of you in The Hosteltrie not so long ago, or was it a hologram?
Still battering the ivories, spending most time at sea (all?).
Keep well, send me a mermaid!
Best wishes, Simon

To All
Will be off line for about 25 days as Im off to Singapoe tomoeeow.

James
This is what happens when you upset Flat Stanley. Good luck with the University. 

Hey there Tony - Good to hear you and Cariad have made it to Darwin.  As you may or may not remember - I was scheduled to arrive in Bundaberg in June on Evening Star (the trimaran next to m/v Curly). We departed on a Friday (never depart on a friday). Roughly 150nm off the New Cal coast the forestay chainplate decided to fracture.  A clean fracture I might add.  With that we nearly lost our mast and totally lost the roller furling unit as it was flying out of control like a lose spinaker.  Couldn't get the sail off the forstay because it was fouled in the extrusion.  Needless to say we had to make an emergency stop in Noumea.  Kept the mast up but had to get a brand new furler, chainplate, and stay.  We were stuck there for nearly a month.  The boat's finally now in Bundy.  As for me - I'm in Hawaii seeking further university studies and living the good life on the weekends/sailing in the local events.    If you should decide once you round the Cape of Good Hope not to turn right, but to keep on going - I'm here in Honolulu and could help you get a berth in Waikiki.  All the best and careful crossing the street, automobile bumpers are just not built well these days, as you already know!
-James   

Pam & Keith
Thanks I will try that on the photos. Having major problems with getting clearance for Cariad into Indonesia and may have it go straight to Singapore 2,000 miles or Christmass Island 1,500 as the Monsoon is only 7 weeks away. Keep going south but I will not get to the Caribean next year due to the delays here. Watch out for U boats at Loriante. Could you let me have your email address as I have some confidential information to pass to you.

Tony

Hi Tony, we managed to miss the Petit Pot de Buerre okay and moored up next to Cariad of Barry! Keith went to speak with the skipper to find he had a picture from a yachting magazine on board from May 2004, clearly showing you and Keith on the coach roof. We took a photo copy and will get it to you sometime. We have now moved down to Lorient and enjoying this boating way of life immensly. We are able to load our pictures up onto our website by resizing through Coral Paintshop, crunch to 150 picture size & 96% resolution and it seems to work very well. Keep on trucking & mind out for the kangaroos

Hey Tony, I'm a friend of a friend, Todd. Very interested in your adventure, my parents circumnavigated the globe in their 50's and had a terrific time. They were from the UK. Whereabouts are you from originally ? Loved the photo's. Hope to hear from you  Jill