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Chatty log

All good sailors keep an official navigation and weather log. Added to this, John began drawing and writing about fish we caught, things seen along the way etc. One day Caroline said 'why don't we write all that stuff in a separate log, we'll call it the 'Chatty log'. And so the 'Chatty Log' was born.

Our first Chatty Log was a hand-written scrapbook, photographs pasted in, covering the voyage from Italy to San Diego in 1991. This has never been transcribed to electronic form, and rests peacefully in a drybox in John's office.

By the time we left on our second voyage, the digital age aboard had dawned. The 1995 log of our trip from San Diego to Singapore was typed into a laptop. We've uploaded some excerpts with pictures for you to read if you're interested.

Now, in this new millenium, the Chatty Log with images describing our daily lives and (mis)adventures aboard Jocara has matured into a weblog, or 'blog', periodically uploaded onto this site whenever we can get to a post office to airmail a new CD.

This is our journal. Live it with us.

Log segment	Click me column!	Also, see Places/Projects
Last leg to Singapore 25 - 30 August Plenty of problems to cope with during the last days, like getting stuck in a fishing net!
Passage to Langkawi 10 - 24 August A long noisy passage with mostly motoring and a little sailing. A big treat: spermwhale sighting!
Repairs in Malé 23 July - 9 August A yard at a rubbish island builds a short temporary mast for Jocara.		Tsunami in the Maldives, an interview
Dismasted! 11 - 22 July DISASTER! Jocara lost her mast, rigging and sails overboard during a squall!		Dismasting report
Gan, Maldives 17 June - 11 July The engine seized on the way to Gan. Repairs!
Chagos 18 May - 16 June 2005 Cruiser's paradise!		Chagos info Fluorescence
Passage to Chagos 04 - 17 May 2005 Relaxed passage, lot of motoring
Seychelles 04 Apr. - 03 May 2005 Turtle research, hatchlings and adventurous diving		Seychelles Cousin Island Cousin Wildlife Cousin Warden Hawksbill Turtles Hatchling Release Hatchling Rescue
Passage to Seychelles 21 Mar. - 03 April 2005 A slow passage with lots of fish and dolphins
Zanzibar 09 Feb. - 20 Mar. 2005 Hangin' with dolphin researchers in Menai Bay		Zanzibar Menai Bay Dolphins Dimbani School
Tanga 23 Jan. - 08 Feb. 2005 Coelacanths, picnics and school visits		Tanga Coelacanths Tanga International School Popatlal
Safari 14-22 Jan. 2005 A few days in big game parks and climbing Mt Meru		Safari Meru
Mayotte to Tanga 24 Dec. 2004 - 13 Jan. 2005 Windless days, an invisible Tsunami, stormy squalls, Pemba Island		Mayotte Misali Tanga
Rodrigues to Mayotte 22 Nov. - 24 Dec. 2004 St Brandon's pristine atolls, northern tip of Madagascar and the beautiful lagoon of Mayotte		Rodrigues St Brandon Mayotte Lemurs
Rodrigues 20 Oct. - 22 Nov. 2004 Shoals Rodrigues, coral reef surveying, school visits, wooden boatbuilders and welders		Rodrigues Shoals Jefferson Met Station
Passage from Cocos Keeling to Rodrigues 30 Sept. - 19 Oct. 2004 The long trek of 2000 n.m. across the Indian Ocean		Cocos Keeling Rodrigues
Sunda Straits to Cocos Keeling 06-29 Sept. 2004 Krakatau, Ujong Kulon Park and the wild run to Cocos Keeling		Sunda Strait Krakatau Cocos Keeling
Singapore to Sunda Strait 08 Aug. - 05 Sept. 2004 Shake-down through Indonesia to Merak and the gateway to the Indian Ocean		Sunda Strait