24 Apr The watchsystem
Written by Alice: “The watch system of the crew differs from ours. The crew is divided in two groups and work for 6 hours and then they rest for 6 and so on. We, the train...
April 2013
21 Apr Dolphins, Pilot Whales and Petrels
After a prosperous start from Tristan the wind is finally decreasing. We almost have all the rigging up. Our average speed of 7 knots is decreasing rapidly. As a present ...
19 Apr Goodbye Tristan
Yesterday we waited the whole day with two anchors and with our maximum anchor lengths. And that is about 300 meter! In spite of that we could not keep the ship in place ...
18 Apr So close but yet so far away
Finally we are at Tristan da Cunha, but we cannot go ashore. No wonder it is the most remote inhabited island of the world.. the swell is to big to safely land. We are ...
16 Apr Changing winds
First mate Maarten reports:
"Tristan is close but the backing wind forces us to change course to a NE-ly. We hope that this will enable us to tack tomorrow and set ...
15 Apr Fishing on the ocean
Jan G. reports:
"Today it is a good day for sailing. My watch is from 2 to 8 PM. The waves are not too high and we have a speed of about 5 to 6 knots, ideal weather ...
14 Apr More wind, less wind
After the wind decreased and the engine took over the work, the wind returned of course. We set the sails again and turned the engine off. At first the wind was a bit weak...
10 Apr Albatrosses and whales
Another report by Alice Deinum-Teekman:
"It is 8 AM, time for breakfast, my watch is finished and it was a quiet morning with a beautiful sunrise. We are motor-sailing...
08 Apr First test
After a very comfortable first 750 miles with enough time to adjust to the circumstances, we now had our first test. Thursday the wind increased and that night it became m...
04 Apr Petrels and competitions
At half past seven in the morning we have breakfast, our watch (the day watch from 4-8AM) is finished. It was nice we had some days to adjust. Now I am used to walking ...
