25 Nov Land in sight (on the chart)
Update by Marino: "The sea chart at the wheel hut has been changed. The new chart shows, for the first time, South America on the right side. The previous chart depicted ...
November 2013
24 Nov Lectures & Lessons
Wilfried Boysen (A Berliner on the way to Cape Horn) reports:
"Information from the bridge:
daybeginningposition: 52°13´6 S 112°33´1 W
dayendposition: 53°49...
23 Nov We are sailing!
Jimbo (from New York City):
"Hello to all our families and friends from all of us on the good ship schooner 'Oosterschelde'.
We are sailing, we are sailing! ...
22 Nov Chafing minds
Wieger:
"Life on board is biased to the male side, from the total of 29 there are 4 women. The atmosphere is good and the influence of the male/female ratio is not ...
20 Nov A low approaching
Leo Boersen continues:
"Another day in the South Pacific. Captain Arian informed us at the afternoon briefing, that since our departure from Auckland we have been at ...
19 Nov Halfway to the cape
Leo Boersen continues:
"The world around the 'Oosterschelde' has been very small for the last couple of days, since fog was our companion all around, sometimes reducing...
18 Nov A world of pleasant simplicity
Update by Arnout: “The world here has such a pleasant simplicity. And this is exactly why many of us came here. Of course there are a lot of things that need to happen, ...
17 Nov The ship's watches
Leo Boersen reports:
"We entered the third week of our trip and yesterday we changed the watches for the second time. The red watch started on 31st October with the ...
15 Nov 1800 miles
A bit over 1800 miles of ocean slided away under our keel. Sun, beautiful cloudy skies and every so often rain on -besides that- an empty sea. The ship is rolling ...
13 Nov What day is it today? And when do we change the clock?
Written by Kaatje: “What day is it today? And when do we change the clock? Two questions that have been on our minds for a while. Saturday November 2nd the ship's log offi...
