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<urlset xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9 http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9/sitemap.xsd"><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2010/03/14/sri-lanka-at-a-glance/</loc><lastmod>2024-05-06T01:49:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2010/03/28/sri-lanka-report/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/img_3405.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3405</image:title><image:caption>Sima says hello to our friend, a stray dog, who was no longer getting up to greet us.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/img_3403.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3403</image:title><image:caption>Under the smiling face of President Rajapaksa, Sima chats it up as we clear paperwork to come in to the country.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/img_3402.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3402</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/img_3400.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3400</image:title><image:caption>No bribes allowed!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/img_3394.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3394</image:title><image:caption>We came to rely upon our Tuk Tuk driver, who ferried us around Galle for the days that we were there.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/img_3390.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3390</image:title><image:caption>In some countries, feral cats and dogs roam the streets.  In Galle, it  was cows that predominated.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/img_3387.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3387</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/img_3384.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3384</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/img_3374.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3374</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/img_3369.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3369</image:title><image:caption>A Sri Lankan fisherman uses all of his appendages to repair a net.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-06-13T01:38:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2010/04/04/approach-to-the-maldives/</loc><lastmod>2023-02-11T23:47:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2010/04/02/second-day/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/altoda102_lg.webp</image:loc><image:title>altoda102_lg</image:title><image:caption>This is what a shiny new damper plate is supposed to look like</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/img_3429-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3429-2</image:title><image:caption>A calm sunset after the seas calmed. True, we have no photo of the rough seas that we were battling earlier, because no one feels like taking pictures when you're living inside a washing machine!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/img_3429.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3429</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/img_3428.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3428</image:title><image:caption>We were able to transcribe their clicking noises onto this piece of paper.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/img_3427.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3427</image:title><image:caption>These behemoths often come quite close to us, though the ocean is wide open.   We were seeing a good amount of his bow straight on before he passed.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/img_3422.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3422</image:title><image:caption>Yet more proof that boats come in all shapes and sizes  An outrigger for stability lashed to a thin hull, and a superstructure made of tree branches. My favorite part is the comfortable seat amidship!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/img_3415.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3415</image:title><image:caption>A visit in mid-ocean.  Most probably a gannet?</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/img_3411.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3411</image:title><image:caption>Right?</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/img_3408.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3408</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-02-11T23:46:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2010/04/01/first-day/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/img_7180.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_7180</image:title><image:caption>Our Dolphin Friends started off slowly with their play.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/img_0560.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0560</image:title><image:caption>Dolphins run side-by-side under Leander's bow. They jumped and darted about the front of the boat, as dolphins sometimes do.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/img_4921.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4921</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-02-11T23:46:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2010/03/29/off-to-the-maldives-or-yemen/</loc><lastmod>2023-02-11T23:45:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2010/03/13/between-cup-and-lip/</loc><lastmod>2023-02-11T23:24:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2010/04/10/uligan-the-maldives/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-31T03:10:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2010/04/05/arrival-at-uligan/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-31T03:09:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2010/04/24/o-man-were-almost-there/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-22T22:59:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2010/04/21/on-passage-boring-days-are-the-best/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-22T22:57:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2010/04/18/halfway-home-if-home-were-oman/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-22T22:54:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2010/04/14/off-the-coast-of-india/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/img_3522.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3522</image:title><image:caption>Another guest hitches a ride aboard Leander.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/img_3519.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3519</image:title><image:caption>Even in a wide-open ocean, boats sometimes pass a little too close for comfort.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/img_3514.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3514</image:title><image:caption>Why not take rest aboard Leander?  There's not much else around for hundreds of miles.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/img_3510.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3510</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/img_3509.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3509</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/img_3508.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3508</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/img_3506.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3506</image:title><image:caption>Sunset at the end of a calm day at sea.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/img_3499.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3499</image:title><image:caption>Sima happily reading her Kindle, before the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad accident befell it.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/img_3496.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3496</image:title><image:caption>Our earlier visitor was later joined by several of his friends.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/img_3493.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3493</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-22T22:51:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2010/04/19/indian-ocean-high-in-the-arabian-sea/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-22T22:47:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2010/04/29/salalalah-salalalalalah-doh-doh-salalalah-salalalalalah/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/img_3613.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3613</image:title><image:caption>We departed on April 28, and celebrated Sima's birthday -- April 29 -- at sea!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/img_3609.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3609</image:title><image:caption>The lighthouse at Ras-Rayut, visible as we turn the corner out of the port of Salalah.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/img_3601.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3601</image:title><image:caption>Passerby on the docks frequently gave us friendly waves.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/img_3594.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3594</image:title><image:caption>An Omani Navy ship was berthed nearby.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/img_3592.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3592</image:title><image:caption>Sima raises the Omani courtesy flag upon clearing in.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/img_3583.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3583</image:title><image:caption>As always, the locals quickly warmed to Sima.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/img_3581.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3581</image:title><image:caption>Leander anchored in the midst of Salalah's commercial port, with the city itself visible in the background, and the Dhofar mountain range beyond that.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/img_3575.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3575</image:title><image:caption>These locals were good bowlers, especially given the handicap of the local garb.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/img_3562.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3562</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/img_3558.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3558</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-25T19:45:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2010/05/16/armed-adventure/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ha2.png</image:loc><image:title>HA2</image:title><image:caption>Haitham Alaini</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-19T22:49:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2010/05/03/pirate-alley-day-5-160-miles-northeast-of-aden-15-miles-from-the-yemeni-coast/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/leander-route-salalah-to-aden.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Leander Route Salalah to Aden</image:title><image:caption>Leander's route, traced in red here, through the Gulf of Aden and along the bottom of the Arabian Peninsula, from Salalah, Oman, in the east, to Aden, Yemen, in the west.  The Red Sea points north, to the left, with the narrow opening, Bab el Mandab, just east of Djibouti.  </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-19T22:48:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2016/06/16/home-is-where-the-boat-is/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_3486.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3486</image:title><image:caption>The locals mostly kept to themselves, and we interacted with many from a distance.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_3482.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3482</image:title><image:caption>The main drag, with roads of sand. The majority of the island was not but a few feet above sea level. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_3480.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3480</image:title><image:caption>An aptly-named "unicorn fish," moving by in the crystal-clear water. You need not fear the pointy nose. Instead, look out for the two razor-blade like protrusions just forward of their back fin, which can open up a good slice on your leg with the flip of its tail. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_3477.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3477</image:title><image:caption>At anchorage in the Maldives, as a squall rolls by.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_3469.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3469</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_3455.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3455</image:title><image:caption>Sunset, and rest, anchored in the Maldives.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_3446.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3446</image:title><image:caption>There are certainly many ways to skin a cat, when it comes to designing a sailing craft.  This one was of interest -- the single lanteen-rigged sail and the low rail made this vessel a real work of art.  It seems to be built for nothing more than an afternoon stroll about the island, but I would not want to wander to far offshore in her. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_3651.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3651</image:title><image:caption>We later saw the boats encircling a school of dolphins, at high speed.  Note the fellow in the foreground trying to get our attention. We did not return the gesture, as this was one of the few places in the world where we had no desire to be social.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_3648.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3648</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/img_3647.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3647</image:title><image:caption>This skiff passed us by at close quarters -- a false alarm.  </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-06-19T22:07:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2010/05/24/aden-yemen/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_3903-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3903</image:title><image:caption>We came to trust and love Salem ("Saleem.")</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_3900.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3900</image:title><image:caption>At the entry to the secure marina where we were staying, an armed guard patrols the streets in advance of the President's visit.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_3898-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3898</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_3689.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3689</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_3685.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3685</image:title><image:caption>This was the more common street fashion worn by all women past puberty.  Lest there be any confusion, that is phone she is holding, and not a glass of wine.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_3678.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3678</image:title><image:caption>This fellow regularly kept the area around the marina free of garbage and debris, which he carefully and conscientiously swept into the sea on a daily basis.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_3674.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3674</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_3671.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3671</image:title><image:caption>Paul chewing Qat with the Port Captain, Hamoud.  Salem took this picture.  Sima, as a woman, was not permitted entry. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_3670.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3670</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_3668.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3668</image:title><image:caption>It was not uncommon to see cars, like this taxi, kept on the road long after their expiration date.  </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-05-31T01:14:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2010/05/25/suakin-sudan/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_4159.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4159</image:title><image:caption>The local raptors found Leander's mast a great place from which to hunt.  They weren't always quiet, and we were in fear that they would damage the delicate wind equipment. No such harm befell us.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/suakin.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Suakin</image:title><image:caption>We could have taken a picture of hundreds of doors just like this.  Not something you could pick up at Home Depot.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/suakin-122.jpg</image:loc><image:title>suakin-122</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/suakin-46.jpg</image:loc><image:title>suakin-46</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_4139.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4139</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_4139-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4139 (2)</image:title><image:caption>A view of Suakin</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_4119.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4119</image:title><image:caption>The local baker.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_4114.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4114</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_4094.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4094</image:title><image:caption>The ruins of the old town.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_4091.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4091</image:title><image:caption>The children had easy smiles . . .</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2022-03-30T02:13:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2010/05/27/marsa-shinab-sudan-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_4286.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4286</image:title><image:caption>The sun looks like the moon. And it sometimes feels, actually, like we're living on a moonscape.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_4238.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4238</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_4230.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4230</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_4228.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4228</image:title><image:caption>Our black and white wading birds.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_4218.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4218</image:title><image:caption>Using our trusty bird book, we learned it was a stork passing overhead.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_4212.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4212</image:title><image:caption>Our nearby shade tree.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_4208.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4208</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_4206.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4206</image:title><image:caption>Sima aloft as we nudge into a marsa.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_4200.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4200</image:title><image:caption>Sunset on a windy day, with the dust kicked up.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img_4189.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4189</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2022-03-16T01:10:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2010/05/30/marsa-shinab-sudan/</loc><lastmod>2021-06-25T16:10:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2010/06/02/khor-el-morob-sudan/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/img_4367.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4367</image:title><image:caption>The clearly-noticeable entry into the inlet.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/img_4449-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4449</image:title><image:caption>Friend or foe?</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/img_4442-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4442-2</image:title><image:caption>Bashir and his family picnicking in the shade.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/img_4381.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4381</image:title><image:caption>It can be hard to make out the bottom in the glare of the sun.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/img_4482.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4482</image:title><image:caption>On the other hand, when the dust kicks up, the sun disappears.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/img_4470.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4470</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/img_4465.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4465</image:title><image:caption>And the moon glows not white, but pink, in the dust-filled sky.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/img_4464.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4464</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/img_4449.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4449</image:title><image:caption>It was hard to tell what these fellows were up to.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/img_4437.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4437</image:title><image:caption>Some camels wander by.  </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-06-25T01:23:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2010/06/07/dangerous-reef-foul-bay-egypt/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/img_4362.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Leander bashing up the Red Sea.</image:title><image:caption>Leander bashing up the Red Sea.  Hours and hours of this can take its toll.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/img_4491.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4491</image:title><image:caption>Sailing along the African coast at the end of the day.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/img_4489.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4489</image:title><image:caption>Talk about finding a needle in a haystack!  This reef is practically invisible until you are right on top of it. It no doubt claimed many a ship in the days before GPS.  We're smack out in the middle of the Red Sea here.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/img_4488.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4488</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/img_4487.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4487</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/img_4484.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4484</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-04-04T02:15:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2010/07/17/egypt-and-egyptians-part-one/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/img_4632.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4632</image:title><image:caption>Abdul Seman ("Baba") is second from right.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/img_4539.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4539</image:title><image:caption>The Bedouins whom we came to know were nattily dressed and exceptionally friendly.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/img_4531.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4531</image:title><image:caption>Paul and Sima pose under an Accacia tree near Marsa Alam.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/img_4523.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4523</image:title><image:caption>Sima hoists the courtesty flag, welcoming Leander to Egypt.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/img_5189.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5189</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/img_5175.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5175</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/img_5172.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5172</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/img_5158.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5158</image:title><image:caption>Smiles came easy to these girls at a wedding, a common trait among Egyptians.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/img_5116.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5116</image:title><image:caption>We had to share space with some very big ships.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/img_5113.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5113</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-27T03:06:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2010/07/20/egypt-and-egyptians-part-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/img_4769.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4769</image:title><image:caption>This is Djeser-Djeseru, the mortuary temple built by and for great Egyptian female pharoh.  It was the first building in the Valley of the Kings, and the was the first buiding on the site. The building is about 3,500 years old, pre-dating the Parthenon by a full 1,000 years. Impressive today, it glittered with precious metals and lush gardens in its day.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/img_4749.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4749</image:title><image:caption>The dry air gave us some of the least distorted sunsets we have ever seen.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/picture3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Picture3</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/picture2.png</image:loc><image:title>Picture2</image:title><image:caption>We sometimes marvel at an ornate thousand year-old Christian cross found in the peat in England, or a Viking hairpin of equal date.  This workmanship predates those relics by another two thousand years.  The Egyptians were skilled craftsman and artists.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/img_4839.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4839</image:title><image:caption>Trash along the train tracks grew in size as we got closer to the center of Cairo.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/img_4914.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4914</image:title><image:caption>Sima says hello to two local child vendors. We wanted to get them hats!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/img_4907.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4907</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/img_4906.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4906</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/img_4905.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4905</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/img_4904.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4904</image:title><image:caption>We try, with these photos, to convey a sense of the size of the pyramids. Here, note the multi-story dwellings in the foreground, dwarfed by the massive Great Pyramid just beyond. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-27T03:05:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2010/06/08/sataya-dolphin-reef-red-sea-off-the-coast-of-egypt/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/img_4509-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4509-2</image:title><image:caption>Dolphins swam slow laps for hours on end in dolphin reef. How slow did they go? That's a snorkeler just behind them. Note the reef in background. Beyond that the sea is rough and nasty. Inside the reef we rest at ease. As do the dolphins. Until they are chased by snorkelers.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/img_4523.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4523</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/img_4509.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4509</image:title><image:caption>Dolphins swam slow laps for hours on end in dolphin reef. How slow did they go?  That's a snorkeler just behind them.  Note the reef in background.  Beyond that the sea is rough and nasty.  Inside the reef we rest at ease.  As do the dolphins. Until they are chased by snorkelers.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/img_4499.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4499</image:title><image:caption>At a calm anchorage, Sima has time to try out a new bread recipe.  </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-27T02:48:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2010/07/15/its-a-beautiful-day/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/img_5014.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5014</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/img_5000.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5000</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/img_4995.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4995</image:title><image:caption>Juzur Ashrāfī Light, at the end of the Red Sea, at the entry into the Gulf of Suez.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-27T02:46:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2010/06/12/dances-with-dolphins/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/img_4503-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4503</image:title><image:caption>Our HEPCA hosts.  Hani is the male furthest left, letting out the loud whistle.   Maria is next to Sima. Amina is top-most, and Maddalina is furthest left.  They were exceptionally kind and welcoming to us. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/img_4501-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4501</image:title><image:caption>Sima speaks with some of the HEPCA researchers.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/img_4980.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4980</image:title><image:caption>Hani, our Egyptian friend running the HEPCA boat (see below) had a smile -- and a nature -- that could light up a room.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/img_4505.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4505</image:title><image:caption>Hani had a smile -- and a nature -- that could light up a room.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/img_4503.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4503</image:title><image:caption>Hani had a smile -- and a nature -- that could light up a room.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/img_4501.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4501</image:title><image:caption>Sima speaks with some of the marine biologists aboard the HEPCA boat.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-03-15T01:08:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2010/10/22/home-for-a-visit/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/img_5395-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The extended Family Robertson and guests at Nahant Beach August 2010.</image:title><image:caption>The extended Family Robertson and guests at Nahant Beach August 2010.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/img_3383.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3383</image:title><image:caption>Paul and Sima -- some eight months pregnant -- outside of the U.S. Supreme Court, where the reception for Sima's good friend Meg was held. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/img_3374.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3374</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-20T01:56:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2010/10/31/finike-to-fethiye/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/img_6047.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_6047</image:title><image:caption>The view from the boat yard in Fethiye.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/img_6041.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_6041</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/img_5997.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5997</image:title><image:caption>All that reading about heavy weather has caused Samet's eyelids to become, well, heavy, although the seas on this day were anything but.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/img_5976.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Turkish coast.</image:title><image:caption>The Turkish coast.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/img_5961.jpg</image:loc><image:title>This cloud and its twin set of hills seem to have a natural affinity.</image:title><image:caption>This cloud and its twin set of hills seem to have a natural affinity.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/img_5953.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5953</image:title><image:caption>Leander at Setur Marina in Finike.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/img_5950.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5950</image:title><image:caption>For the first time in many years, Leander met a sister ship.  The script is more clever than ours, with a tip of the hat to the mythical Leander, who swam the Hellespont to meet his lover, hero.  Not surprising to meet Leander in this neck of the woods, as we come to Leander's home in Turkey.    </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/img_5946.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The streets of Finike.</image:title><image:caption>Finike is all in for Turkish Independence Day.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/img_5944.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Post parade rest.  That trumpet on the left could use a shine.</image:title><image:caption>Post parade rest.  That trumpet on the left could use a shine.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/img_5938.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5938</image:title><image:caption>Student as Turkish soldier.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2021-02-16T03:45:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/cruisers-that-we-follow/</loc><lastmod>2021-02-15T13:52:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2011/06/12/ali-takes-to-life-at-sea-2/</loc><lastmod>2020-10-19T22:23:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2011/08/31/refrigerator-parry/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/img_9304-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_9304</image:title><image:caption>The re-sized grate inserted in the freezer, after cutting, cleaning, sanding, and oiling.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/img_9361.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_9361</image:title><image:caption>Refrigerated things!  Including a bottle of cold bubbly to celebrate the fact that we have the ability to make cold bubbly!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/img_9358.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Done!!  Hallelujah!!  Frozen things!!</image:title><image:caption>Done!!  Hallelujah!!  Frozen things!!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/img_9305.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The baskets cleaned up and inserted in the fridge.</image:title><image:caption>The baskets cleaned up and inserted in the fridge.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/img_9301.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_9301</image:title><image:caption>The old baskets were too big for the newly sized fridge, and so I needed to cut them down and then sand them smooth.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/img_9304.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_9304</image:title><image:caption>The re-sized grate inserted in the freezer, after cutting, cleaning, sanding, and oiling.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/img_9231.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_9231</image:title><image:caption>The separating wall in place, with holes now cut in the middle, sealed with epoxy and epoxy paint.  This will be a "spillover" fridge.  That is to say, all the cooling takes place in the freezer section, and cold then "spills over" through the holes cut in the divider.  The holes can be opened and closed with plugs to get an appropriate balance.  The covered plug for the drain can be seen as a gray circle at the bottom of this picture, and it has cleaned up nicely.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/img_9051.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_9051</image:title><image:caption>After the Polystyrene was packed in, there was still a small, uneven gap between the top layer and the ledge where the new stainless steel floor would sit.  I used spray foam as needed to fill the remaining, uneven gap, sanding down these uneven globs to a flat surface.  Can you tell that spray foam is messy to work with in open spaces?</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/img_9009.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_9009</image:title><image:caption>Here is the fridge interior with a piece of the old Styrofoam still floating about.  Envision a brick wall made with this stuff, although the pieces were in genaral larger, and you have a sense of the disorderly nature of our previous setup.  The teak grating sat upon the lip that runs along the wall to the left and right, and the small black dot in the floor is a drain, useful for when this was an actual ice box.  I'm going to fill the space up to the lip with layers of extruded Polystyrene cut to fit the space, covered with a new stainless steel floor.  Note the metal bracket and spring support at the top left, used to prop the door to open.  In addition to being yet another source through which cold air would escape, it is a terrible practice to prop the fridge doors open for any length of time.  These will be removed.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-10-19T22:02:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2011/06/23/ourcuprunnethover/</loc><lastmod>2020-10-19T21:53:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2011/10/05/a-walk-in-the-dark/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/img_0684.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0684</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/img_0589.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0589</image:title><image:caption>The path became easier to follow as we moved to the middle of the island.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/img_0742-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Done, and just the last kilometer down hill to our berth at Pali is left!</image:title><image:caption>We finally finished up in the early evening. The boat is another kilometer down the hill from this sign, at the Pali marina.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/img_0740-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alexander asleep on Sima's  feet.</image:title><image:caption>Alexander was fast asleep.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/img_0729-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0729</image:title><image:caption>We were now hiking in the darkness, but with a quarter moon and a flashlight, we were good to go.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/img_0724-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The light fades behind one of the island's peaks.</image:title><image:caption>The sun sets behind one of the island's peaks.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/img_0722-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sima works to keep Alexander entertained.</image:title><image:caption>Alexander was beginning to fuss.  Sima, walking backward, works to entertain Alexander, who was facing forward in his carrier on Paul's chest.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/img_0717-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0717-2</image:title><image:caption>A roadside fatality marker, with the island of Tilos in the background. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/img_0712.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0712</image:title><image:caption>There is a distinct similarity between the Christian churches of the Greek islands and the Muslim mosques of Turkey.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/img_0715-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Looking back at Nikia, a blaze of white in the fading sun.</image:title><image:caption>Nikia shines white as we walk out of town.  </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-10-19T03:27:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2011/11/02/what-do-you-mean-im-not-just-having-a-bad-dream/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/img_0473.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0473</image:title><image:caption>Leander at anchor in Xerokampos.  We are the sailboat on the far right, and the boat furthest to the left is Jope's.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/img_0281.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_0281</image:title><image:caption>Our anchorage in Pandeli.  We are two boats this side of the gulet, with the tan sail cover.  Can you see the wind on the water?</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/img_0401.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Our anchorage in Pandeli, on Leros.  Pretty but boisterous.</image:title><image:caption>Our anchorage in Pandeli, on Leros.  Pretty but boisterous.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-10-19T03:14:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2011/11/03/buried-treasure/</loc><lastmod>2020-10-17T02:03:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2012/05/06/springfixings/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/img_3224.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3224</image:title><image:caption>Leander, her winter's work complete, at mooring in Vathi, on the Greek island of Kalymnos, in the Aegean.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-10-16T01:43:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2012/06/27/highs-and-lows-in-the-aegean/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_3235.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Leander at anchor on Kalymnos.</image:title><image:caption>Leander at anchor on Kalymnos.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-10-13T02:29:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2012/07/15/greece-is-the-word/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_3717.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sima enjoying sunset near the western exit to the Corinth Canal</image:title><image:caption>Sima enjoying sunset near the western exit to the Corinth Canal</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_3696.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Leander moves through the Corinth Canal</image:title><image:caption>Leander moves through the Corinth Canal</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_3649.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alexander goes out for a run, while Sima keeps a close eye.</image:title><image:caption>Alexander goes out for a run, while Sima keeps a close eye.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_3589.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sima adjusts Alexander while exploring the Acropolis.</image:title><image:caption>Sima adjusts Alexander while exploring the Acropolis.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_3340.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3340</image:title><image:caption>Leander moored on Patmos.  We took this picture hiking back from the hospital clinic!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_3326.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3326</image:title><image:caption>While we were home for two weeks in the U.S., birds were busy in Leander's sails, building nests; we found two.  They were carefully done, and we hated to remove them-- but you've got to put up sails if you're a sailboat!  The interior was layered with down, to have something warm and soft next to the wee ones.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-10-12T02:50:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2012/07/18/italy-in-greece/</loc><lastmod>2020-10-11T01:57:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2012/07/21/who-is-this-kid/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/img_4069.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4069</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-10-10T02:11:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2012/08/05/cruising-along-the-italian-coast/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_4601.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sometimes, it was quite easy to tell that we were in Fwannnce.</image:title><image:caption>Sometimes, it was quite easy to tell that we were in Fwannnce.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_4616.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fishing in the mud near Port St. Louis, France.</image:title><image:caption>Fishing in the mud near Port St. Louis, France.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_4603.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4603</image:title><image:caption>For the first time in years, Leander found herself among other boats from "MA."   We didn't have the heart to tell her that she wasn't, after all, at home, as the initials stand for "Marseille," not "Massachusetts."</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_4561.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sima and Alexander catch up on some reading.</image:title><image:caption>Sima and Alexander catch up on some reading.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_4528.jpg</image:loc><image:title>France!!!!!  An ancient tower on the north of Corsica.</image:title><image:caption>France!!!!!  An ancient tower on the north of Corsica.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_4520.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4520</image:title><image:caption>The Costa Concordia on its side off the island of Giglio.  The captain had detoured to do a sort of "fly by" close to the island's main town as a favor to  the mayor.  Not unlike the Titanic, the ship passed too close to a rock that seemed harmless, but which actually protruded underwater a good deal further than it appeared.  It tore a long hole along the side of the ship, and she began to sink at once.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/messina-plus3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alexander showing Dad the sights.</image:title><image:caption>Alexander showing Dad the sights.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_4449.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4449</image:title><image:caption>And the best part of Rome was that we had it all ourselves!  Can you find Sima? She's at the center, just behind the map.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_4440.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Trevi Fountain.  We couldn't believe how life-like the sea gull appeared.</image:title><image:caption>The Trevi Fountain.  We couldn't believe how life-like the sea gull appeared.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/img_4313.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4313</image:title><image:caption>This is the biggest elevator we've ever been in, at the Vatican .  With us is Angela, a baby sitter who helped watch Alexander so we could better enjoy the sights.   Alexander still needed some "mommy-time" every now and then.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-10-10T01:47:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2012/10/23/inland-france/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/img_4734-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A village on the Rhone.</image:title><image:caption>A village on the Rhone.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/img_4794-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Morning at La Roche-de-Glun.`</image:title><image:caption>Morning at La Roche-de-Glun.`</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/img_4815.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Paul and Alexander feed the ducks at La Rouche de Glun.</image:title><image:caption>Paul and Alexander feed the ducks at La Rouche de Glun</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/img_4963.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alexander covers up while out for a stroll with Sima.</image:title><image:caption>Alexander covers up while out for a stroll with Sima.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/img_5149.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5149</image:title><image:caption>Leander prepares to enter 4.8 kilometer tunnel.  Pretty incredible, that our humble sail boat is some 1,000 feet above sea level, going through a mountain.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-09-27T03:31:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2012/11/15/happy-halloween/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_5453-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5453-2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_5390-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>From below, the city's cathedral really feals lke a stairway to heaven.</image:title><image:caption>From below, the city's cathedral really feals lke a stairway to heaven.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_5418-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A street in Riems at nightfall.</image:title><image:caption>A street in Riems at nightfall.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_5385.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5385</image:title><image:caption>Riems' famous smiling angel.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_5420.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5420</image:title><image:caption>Riems as night falls.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_5500-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alexander reaches to get the bag of goodies that Klaus had prepared.</image:title><image:caption>Alexander reaches to get the bag of goodies that Klaus had prepared.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_5536.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5536</image:title><image:caption>With a carved pumpkin and decorated tangerines, Leander is Halloween Ready!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_5500.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alexander reaches to get the bag of goodies that Klaus had prepared.</image:title><image:caption>Alexander reaches to get the bag of goodies that Klaus had prepared.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_5370.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The days are stil warm, to which this rower on the canal near Riems can attest.</image:title><image:caption>The days are stil warm, to which this rower on the canal near Riems can attest.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-09-26T14:03:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2012/11/19/big-day/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_5807-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Several minutes after being sick, Alexander was back replacing needed carbs.</image:title><image:caption>Several minutes after being sick, Alexander was back replacing needed carbs.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_5803.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5803</image:title><image:caption>Our marina in Dunkirque
</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/img_5798.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5798</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-09-26T01:39:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2012/11/20/old-england/</loc><lastmod>2020-09-26T01:28:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2013/01/06/all-in-a-days-work/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_2999.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2999</image:title><image:caption>I'm pretty good at bringing pumps back to life, but this one was beyond saving.  Most "marine" pumps are not that at all, and fail to keep the water separate from the mechanics, which is just about all the "marine" label is supposed to do. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_2956-001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2956-001</image:title><image:caption>The transmission usually lives here. It was pulled in Marmaris and taken to a repair shop. The fellow was vouched for -- "He knows all about transmissions!"  He didn't, and what was a minor click was "repaired" into a catastrophic failure. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_4639-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mast wiring before being pulled.</image:title><image:caption>Mast wiring before being pulled.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_5786-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Paul and a crane operator work to stuff Leander's mast back through the deck.</image:title><image:caption>Paul and a crane operator work to stuff Leander's mast back through the deck.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_4645-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4645</image:title><image:caption>The wind generator blades, removed and waiting on the cockpit floor for cleaning and storage.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_5560-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5560</image:title><image:caption>Clearances on the bridges and tunnels were low, so Leander's mast had to come down, as did the wind generator.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_3074-002.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The purtiest passerelle in the Med!</image:title><image:caption>The purtiest passerelle in the Med!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_3563-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3563</image:title><image:caption>The transmission was trashed by the not-so-able repair shop in Marmaris.  Here, the broken parts laid out on a bench in Athens.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_3821-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The tachometer removed.  Anyone got a spare one of these laying around?!</image:title><image:caption>Anyone got a spare one of these laying around?!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_3820.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3820</image:title><image:caption>The tachometer removed.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-09-21T01:20:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2013/01/06/bird-life-in-france/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_5703-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A cormorant takes wing.</image:title><image:caption>A cormorant takes wing.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_5705-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gulls following a boat.</image:title><image:caption>Gulls following a boat.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_5661-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A seabird flits over Leander.</image:title><image:caption>A seabird flits over Leander.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_5674-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5674</image:title><image:caption>Birds of a feather flock together.  The coots take wing early, while the ducks just sit and wait.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_5582-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5582</image:title><image:caption>Birds would take different defensive actions as Leander approached on the waterways.  Some flew away long before we arrived, while some took flight at the last minute.  Cormorants and some ducks would dive, and some, such as this one, would meld into the underbrush.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_5587-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A gaggle of Grey Geese.</image:title><image:caption>A gaggle of Grey Geese.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_5273-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A crow watches us pass.</image:title><image:caption>A crow watches us pass.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_5681-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A goose going about daily grooming.</image:title><image:caption>A goose going about daily grooming.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_5619-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Neck tucked in, this Grey Heron waits for lunch.</image:title><image:caption>Neck tucked in, this Grey Heron waits for lunch.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_5480-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5480</image:title><image:caption>Alexander feeds a swan.  They seemingly had no fear, and this one, in fact, took a nibble on Alexander's finger, before Sima's flashing hand, seen in the upper left, was able to pull him away.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-09-20T01:04:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2013/01/06/london-calling/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_5978-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>30 November 2012 -- Alexander celebrates his second birthday.</image:title><image:caption>30 November 2012 -- Alexander celebrates his second birthday.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_5969-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Leander's neighbor at St. Katherine's dock, the Tower Bridge, lit up at night.</image:title><image:caption>Leander's neighbor at St. Katherine's dock, the Tower Bridge, lit up at night.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_5912-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5912-2</image:title><image:caption>Leander wedged in between the dock and the beach at the Queenborough hammerhead.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_5917-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>High and dry. The tides on the Swale, near Queenborough were significant.</image:title><image:caption>High and dry. The tides on the Swale, near Queenborough were significant.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_5869-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5869</image:title><image:caption>This boat has been under water for a LONG time, even though the wreck looks relatively new.  This is the wreck of the SS Richard Montgomery.  It's filled with explosives, and the signs that you can just barely make out in this photo say, in effect, stay the heck away.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_5864-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5864</image:title><image:caption>Remants from WW II, the Maunsell Sea Forts at Shivering Sands, in the Thames Estuary.  They looked like something out of Mad Max or Star Wars.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_5928-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5928</image:title><image:caption>He's a seaman!  In the old days, when the seas got rough, Alexander would continue to play and, sometimes, get sick.  But he's learned now to get down, take a break, catch his breath.  Here, he's down waiting for calmer seas.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_5852-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5852</image:title><image:caption>Waitng at Ramsgate, Sima made a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner, for which Alexander expresss his thanks!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_6019-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A relaxed Alexander settles into the bustle of London traffic.</image:title><image:caption>A relaxed Alexander settles into the bustle of London traffic.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_59331.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_5933</image:title><image:caption>Moving up the Thames, Leander passes by the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-09-19T02:31:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2013/05/04/youre-going-to-need-a-bigger-boat/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc02354.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC02354</image:title><image:caption>The morning after delivery, and after a hard night of nursing, the hospital treated Sima to the skimpiest breakfast that I have ever seen.  This was just wrong.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc02148.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC02148</image:title><image:caption>Thirty minutes after delivery, Sima was showered and ready to go.  Here, the pediatrician had taken Aylin momentarily to clear some fluid from her airways.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc02040.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC02040</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc02056.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sima chats with the doula and nurse midwife upon arrival at the hospital.</image:title><image:caption>Sima chats with the doula and nurse midwife upon arrival at the hospital.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/00017.mts_.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Boarding the bus.</image:title><image:caption>Boarding the bus.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc01724.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Getting an NST.</image:title><image:caption>Getting an NST.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc01836.jpg</image:loc><image:title>At a park in Istanbul with Brian and Coralie.</image:title><image:caption>At a park in Istanbul with Brian and Coralie.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/aylin.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Aylin</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc02494-001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Aylin.</image:title><image:caption>Aylin</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc02311.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alexander wants to play with his new sister.</image:title><image:caption>Alexander wants to play with his new sister.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-09-19T01:33:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2013/07/21/arrival-at-stromness-orkneys/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/lts-house-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lt's House</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/robertsons-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Robertsons</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/whats-in-a-name.jpg</image:loc><image:title>What's in a Name</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/bess-a.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bess A</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/leander-passing-pentland-firth.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title><image:caption>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc05667.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC05667</image:title><image:caption>A home, currently in ruins, on a property called "Groundwater," in Orphir Parish.  If the research is correct, the Robertsons who lived here were likely close cousins of Paul's own family.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/socer-game.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Socer Game</image:title><image:caption>Soccer Game</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-09-01T02:32:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2013/07/20/to-the-orkneys/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/robertsons-new-holland-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Robertsons New Holland</image:title><image:caption>Alexander finding a tractor brand he likes at a Caithness County Fair.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/1074418_10152099517072178_1965203192_o.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1074418_10152099517072178_1965203192_o</image:title><image:caption>Robert Inglis in his exceptionally well-kept Morris Minor. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/1077528_10152099515717178_987798929_o.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1077528_10152099515717178_987798929_o</image:title><image:caption>Fresh!  Alexander trying to make time with Betty Boop.  He thought, in the end, that she was a little bit stiff.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-09-01T02:17:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2013/10/10/orcadian-light/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc06622-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC06622</image:title><image:caption>A whale-tail cloud walks as snow squall toward our berth.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc06497-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC06497</image:title><image:caption>The sun was never high in the sky in Orkney, but often seemed remarkably bright, as one were moving across a brightly lit stage.  Shadows were long.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc06497-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC06497</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc06622-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC06622</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc06620-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC06620</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc06622.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC06622</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc06620.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC06620</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc06615-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC06615</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc06562-001-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC06562-001</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc06615-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC06615</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-08-22T14:09:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/ships-log/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/img_4097.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Leander at anchor in Sudan, Africa, outside of the ruins of Suakin.</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-08-22T12:26:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2013/10/30/alexander-the-brave/</loc><lastmod>2020-08-17T02:26:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2013/11/04/results/</loc><lastmod>2020-08-17T02:10:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2014/09/09/another-fish-story/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc08628-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The anchorage at Stokken, in the south of Norway.</image:title><image:caption>The anchorage at Stokken, in the south of Norway.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc08628.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The anchorage at Stokken, in the south of Norway.</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-24T02:42:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2014/09/20/august-in-norway/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc08248.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC08248</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc08246-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC08246</image:title><image:caption>Aylin, and her tangle of curls, in a tangle of moss.  We do not find it surprising that folk who live among woods like this are inclined to believe in the existence of trolls.  One half expected on of the little fellows to stroll out from behind a tree at any moment, as surprised to see us as we to see him.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc08234.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC08234</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc08231-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC08231</image:title><image:caption>The seas eventually calmed as we closed on the Norwegian coast, and we arrived safely in Egersund. Although this part of the country is indeed rocky, it is inviting nonetheless.  Here are pictures from a hike in the hills around Egersund.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc08227.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC08227</image:title><image:caption>Though just a three-day sail away, Norway was not Orkney.  The mountains were more dramatic, the greens a deeper and richer shade, the houses colorful and wooden, and the countryside covered with conifers.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc08224.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC08224</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc08221.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC08221</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc08206.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC08206</image:title><image:caption>The sun rose, a harbor opened up, and Leander eased into Egursund.  Sighs of relief all around, and we took in the bright colors of Norway.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc08202-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC08202</image:title><image:caption>This photo provides a better sense of the turbulent seas. This picture was taken at sunrises as we get our first glimpses of Norway.  The wind and the sea were up, and the coast did not look comforting.  Orkney certainly had its rocky bits, but one got the sense in most parts that if you ran into an island you would simply roll up onto some grassy knoll, after which a cow would meander over and lick your face. Norway, on the other hand, felt and looked like Mordor, waiting to swallow our boat whole upon what appeared from the distance to be rocky and uninviting shores.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc08199-001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC08199-001</image:title><image:caption>We had good strong winds from aft of the beam during our crossing from Orkney to Norway, and so it was not an unpleasant trip. The seas were nonetheless rolly at times. It is always difficult to capture waves at sea, because everything flattens out before a camera lens. Here, though, one gets a good sense of Leander pitching in the seas.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-07-11T13:03:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/the-crew/</loc><lastmod>2020-04-26T18:17:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/oh-the-places-we-went/</loc><lastmod>2019-07-06T00:55:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/the-crew/aylin/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc08407.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC08407</image:title><image:caption>An annoyed Aylin, heading off for parts unknown, with an over-the-shoulder "I've had about enough of you!" glare to let us know that we shouldn't try to follow.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc08417.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC08417</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc04372-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC04372</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc04372.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC04372</image:title><image:caption>Dancing with Deidre in Puerto Mogan.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc02307-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC02307</image:title><image:caption>Alexander listens for secrets from Aylin on the day of her birth.  </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc02307.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC02307</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc09433.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC09433</image:title><image:caption>Aylin at play in some ferns.  OK, she's not at play.  The photo was posed.  And on the 36th attempt, when she finally stopped sqawking about being put down in some weeds, stopped reaching for the camera, opened her eyes, and put a smile on her face, a nice photo was had.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-04-27T01:02:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/the-crew/alexander/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc03350.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SONY DSC</image:title><image:caption>SONY 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(1)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tumblr_mr4uiuwuxn1qjvnc4o1_500-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>tumblr_mr4uiuwuxn1qjvnc4o1_500</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc02920-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC02920</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc02891-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC02891</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc02894-001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC02894-001</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-04-21T00:21:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/trip-summary/</loc><lastmod>2019-04-11T00:42:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>weekly</changefreq><priority>0.6</priority></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2015/04/05/sommar-i-sverige/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc00016.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC00016</image:title><image:caption>Leander going away for the winter.  From the Galapagos to Pirate Alley to 1000 feet high in the French canals to the roadways of Sweden, she's been around.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sweden-usa-labels.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sweden USA labels</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc09986.jpg</image:loc><image:title>From Smogen, across the bay to Kungsholm.</image:title><image:caption>From Smogen, across the bay to Kungsholm.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc09985.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC09985</image:title><image:caption>Paul and his friend Erik on Smogen.  Erik drove five hours from Stockholm, helped Paul with boat tasks, and then treated Paul to a brunch of Smogen toast.  It was a wonderful day.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc09960.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Swedish countryside is breathtaking.</image:title><image:caption>The Swedish countryside is breathtaking.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc09957.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC09957</image:title><image:caption>Back in Stockholm, peaking into a shop window.  The proprietor takes a cat nap.  The cat, in the background, guffaws, and the dogs looks on quizically.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc09799.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC09799</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc09924-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC09924</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc09924.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC09924</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc09872.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC09872</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-03-23T02:07:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2015/06/15/winter-in-marblehead/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc01109-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC01109</image:title><image:caption>Snow gathering in the back yard.  Remember that snow family from the first snow fall?  They're burried under an ocean of snow, and wouldn't see the sun again until late April.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc00948-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC00948</image:title><image:caption>This wasn't the worst of the snow falls. We'd clean out after one, and the next would hit. It became such that Paul could not throw the snow high enough to reach the top of the snow banks.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc00960-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cleaned up after one storm.</image:title><image:caption>Cleaned up after one storm.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc00861-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Out for a family walk in the snow.</image:title><image:caption>Out for a family walk in the snow.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc00900-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Daddy cardinal in the sun.</image:title><image:caption>Daddy cardinal in the sun.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc01013-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mr. Blue Jay.</image:title><image:caption>Mr. Blue Jay.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc00784-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mommy cardinal in a snow storm.</image:title><image:caption>Mommy cardinal in a snow storm.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/birds-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>We set up a feeder outside of our window, and had lots of visitors.</image:title><image:caption>We set up a feeder outside of our window, and had lots of visitors.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc01346-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>At the Devereaux School, Alexander talks guitars.</image:title><image:caption>At the Devereaux School, Alexander talks guitars.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc01341-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alexander's last day of school at the First Meeting House.</image:title><image:caption>Alexander's last day of school at the First Meeting House.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-03-22T00:56:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2015/09/09/cuxhaven-germany-the-waiting-place/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc02450.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC02450</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc02521.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC02521</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc02492.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC02492</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc02494.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC02494</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc02448.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC02448</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc02412-001-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC02412-001</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc02412-001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC02412-001</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc02407.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC02407</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc02391.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC02391</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc02511.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC02511</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-03-16T15:22:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2015/08/13/smogen-boat-prep/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_37251.jpg</image:loc><image:title>img_37251</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc01578.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC01578</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/tank-start.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tank 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and the fox</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-02-17T02:37:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2015/07/17/pa-smogen-i-borjan-av-juli/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc01930.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC01930</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc01898.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC01898</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc01967-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC01967</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc01993-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC01993</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc01955-001.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC01955-001</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc01966-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC01966</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc02003-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC02003</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc01927.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC01927</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-02-17T02:14:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2015/07/24/up-the-mast/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc01885.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC01885</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/up-the-mast-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Up the mast</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/looking-towards-kungsholm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Looking towards Kungsholm</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-02-17T00:04:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2015/08/19/twenty-miles-down-4689-to-go/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc02116.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC02116</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc02113.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC02113</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc02128-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC02128</image:title><image:caption>The anchorage at Mollon, south from Smogen, on Sweden's West Coast. Our first stop.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2019-02-16T02:38:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2015/08/20/danmark/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc02133.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC02133</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc02137.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC02137</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/moonset-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Moonset-2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc02146.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC02146</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/denmark-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Denmark</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2019-02-16T02:14:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://sailingleander.com/2015/08/25/1045/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc02213.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC02213</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc02195.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC02195</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc02180.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC02180</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc02176.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DSC02176</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://sailingleander.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/bouncy-castle-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bouncy 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