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	<title>Simkins&#039; ARC Adventure 2009</title>
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		<title>A novel way to clean your hull</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the 1800s the primary business on Key West was wrecking and salvaging.  Many of its first western immigrants were shipwrecked off the coast of Key West and settled there.  In light of this historical tidbit and the rather pale chart indicating shallow waters and reefs all round, we decided it would be a good [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simkinsarc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9991644&amp;post=381&amp;subd=simkinsarc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Key West and the sad demise of Squiddly Diddly</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 11:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have such rose tinted glasses about Key West &#8211; this is my third visit there.  I&#8217;m sure it can&#8217;t all have been cocktails and sunsets and also I have a vague recollection of it being excruciatingly hot and humid on one of those occasions, but my memory gladly smooths over any rough edges and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simkinsarc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9991644&amp;post=368&amp;subd=simkinsarc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dominican Republic to Key West</title>
		<link>http://simkinsarc.wordpress.com/2011/02/11/dominican-republic-to-key-west/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 1 – Day of the Whale We left the Dominican Republic bright and early on Sunday morning and despite all of our protestations that we were going to have another swim in the pool before leaving, none of us were up early enough of course.  We’d done a little shopping in the local town [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simkinsarc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9991644&amp;post=362&amp;subd=simkinsarc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Katharine</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Leaving Ocean World</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</media:title>
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		<title>The epic dinghy adventure</title>
		<link>http://simkinsarc.wordpress.com/2011/02/08/the-epic-dinghy-adventure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A big hello to all our avid readers, yes both of you!  Katharine has asked me, her younger brother, to write a blog.  She told me that I had to do it because my last blogs were very funny.  I think she is rather exaggerating my comedy ability and hasn’t realised the extreme pressure a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simkinsarc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9991644&amp;post=359&amp;subd=simkinsarc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Katharine</media:title>
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		<title>Bravissimo!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 01:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once clear of the islands surrounding Tortola the wind increased to 15 knots, the sun was shining and the sea had a gentle swell. We unfurled the genoa, hoisted the blooper and raised the mizzen. We were tracking along at 7.5 knots in what I can only describe as the perfect day for sailing. As [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simkinsarc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9991644&amp;post=352&amp;subd=simkinsarc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Katharine</media:title>
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		<title>Giant mermen off the port bow!</title>
		<link>http://simkinsarc.wordpress.com/2011/01/29/giant-mermen-off-the-port-bow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2011 12:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here we are in the Dominican Republic, in a marina somewhere near Puerto Plata I think. We arrived on Thursday evening in the dark which was interesting considering all but one of the starboard buoy lights marking safe passage into the marina was out. As we rounded the harbour wall we could see a large [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simkinsarc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9991644&amp;post=345&amp;subd=simkinsarc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Katharine</media:title>
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		<title>Soper’s Hole and the Painkillers</title>
		<link>http://simkinsarc.wordpress.com/2011/01/24/soper%e2%80%99s-hole-and-the-painkillers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’ve arrived in Tortola!  We left St. Maarten by the 4.30pm bridge and sailed off on a course of 285˚ more or less into the sunset. I was feeling all bubbly and excited again at the thought of sailing and all the lovely destinations yet to be arrived at! Sarah &#38; I celebrated by polishing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simkinsarc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9991644&amp;post=339&amp;subd=simkinsarc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Katharine</media:title>
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		<title>Chilling in St Maarten</title>
		<link>http://simkinsarc.wordpress.com/2011/01/22/chilling-in-st-maarten/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2011 15:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I poked my head up through the companionway bright and early the next morning to find Maximillian bobbing gently on her mooring and blue skies above.  It can be disorienting arriving somewhere at night time but it’s almost worth it for the surprise of your location when the daylight comes.  Simpson Bay is a large [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simkinsarc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9991644&amp;post=333&amp;subd=simkinsarc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Katharine</media:title>
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		<title>Returning to sunnier climes</title>
		<link>http://simkinsarc.wordpress.com/2011/01/21/returning-to-sunnier-climes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[5.10am on a Saturday morning is not a time of day that I’m usually acquainted with.  But when there is the promise of Caribbean sunshine at the same hour in the pm, I can certainly make an exception.  Dad and I were off to the boat again to continue the epic (for us!) journey begun [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simkinsarc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9991644&amp;post=328&amp;subd=simkinsarc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Katharine</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Inside Maximillian</media:title>
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		<title>Laying up Maximillian for hurricane season</title>
		<link>http://simkinsarc.wordpress.com/2010/05/04/laying-up-maximillian-for-hurricane-season/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 17:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We were up bright and early on Friday and lowering the genoa and mizzen sail before 8am, the best time of day to be doing jobs as it gets so hot so early.  The lowering wasn&#8217;t a problem, but folding the huge genoa on deck was harder work.  Soon we were moving into the dock [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simkinsarc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9991644&amp;post=309&amp;subd=simkinsarc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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