DIARIES FROM ABOARD THE RAINBOW WARRIOR AND MV GREENPEACE

JUNE 16th - A wild sort of night, gusting to 40 knots (with pictures).
JUNE 18th - We have decided to put in to Rarotonga, capital of the Cook Islands (with pictures).
JUNE 19th - Best weather we've seen yet on our voyage (with pictures).
JUNE 19th - French text of a message to an anti-testing demonstration in Paris.
JUNE 20th - A quiet Monday morning, just moving into second gear (with pictures).
JUNE 20th - Diary from Stephanie Mills aboard the Rainbow Warrior 13th - 20th June
JUNE 22nd -The smell of rich tropical earth and misty mountains (with pictures).
JUNE 22nd -The ocean outside the harbour of Roratanga is to the sheltered side of the island.
JUNE 23nd -Friday afternoon is usually pretty laid back in the Cook Islands.
JUNE 26nd -Back to sea today from Raratonga.
JUNE 27nd -A swim stop/ more and more protests from around the world
JUNE 28th -A day out ofTahiti and a good swell is right on the bow
JUNE 29th -Arrival in Tahiti, a huge demonstration underway
JUNE 30th -Papeete, a packed press conference (with pictures of blockade).
JULY 1st - 15Congressmen sponsor resolution against French nuclear testing
JULY 2nd - The blockade has now been in place for 3 days
JULY 3rd - The Rainbow Warrior has struck a course ...direct for Moruroa (with pictures).
JULY 4th - ..getting down to final preparations.
JULY 5th - Grey "friend" on the horizon at Hereheretue
JULY 6th - French warship refuses contact with Rainbow Warrior (with pictures)
JULY 7th - A stop at Hereheretue (with pictures)
JULY 7th - 150 miles west of Moruroa
JULY 8th - Last minute preparations
JULY 9th - French Commandos board Greenpeace ships (with video and still)
JULY 13th - The good news keeps flooding in:
JULY 19th - 150 miles from Rarotonga, ETA there tomorrow morning. Official function with PM and opposition MPs, on Thursday night.
August 5th - Health in French Polynesia: A Medicins sans Frontieres team questions the effects of French Nuclear Testing.
August 6th - Stephanie Mills Address at Suva Cathedral, Hiroshima Day.
August7th - Political Update 7 August 1995.
August14th - Rainbow Warrior departed Suva, Fiji yesterday enroute to joint an international peace flotilla
August14th - Back to sea - Alice lenney's diary
August 17th - Howling winds and raging seas.
August 18th - At least the sun come out today! and political update
August 20th - On the daily evening radio schedule we hear from the other boats of the Peace Flotilla:
August 21st - In Tahiti, activists are preparing for a major demonstration on Saturday August 26th
August 22nd - A lush tropical island faintly stains the horizon to the south-east
August 23rd - The Rainbow Warrior arrived in Papeete today. (with pictures).
August 24th - The Peace Village has been manned day and night since July 3rd. (with pictures).
August 25th - A very fortunate morning to decide to check the bearing of sunrise.
August 27th - Rendezvous at Moruroa, and the shape of things to come. (with pictures).
August 28th - The flotilla is growing by the day now. (with pictures).
August 30th - Vessels are starting to arrive at the 12 mile zone - additions to the flotilla.
September 1st - Transcript of commandos boarding the Rainbow Warrior (with pictures).
September 1st - Greenpeace divers under test rig.