24 Mar Motor sailing
As expected the wind started to shift slowly. We shift with the wind and we are now going in the right direction, but the wind has not shifted enough to call it ...
March 2016
23 Mar Bahia de Las Minas
In Bahia de Las Minas we got new stores and bunkers, and captains changed again: Gerben is on his way home and Maarten is back on board after a short holiday in the ...
19 Mar Market on deck
Captain Gerben reports:
“Of course the inhabitants of the islands saw us arrive and not long after canoes came alongside. Women and children who wanted to sell their ...
19 Mar El Porvenir
The Gulf of San Blas is quite big with hundreds of islands, reefs and ten thousands rocks that are right at the surface. In between there are ‘channels’ that we can sail ...
18 Mar 'Flying' over the Caribbean Sea
Despite the heat we keep up tempo. After our last evening trip last night we had a lot to clean. Early this morning the first guests arrived. We got held up due to some ...
16 Mar Celebrating Vopak 400 years
About 25 years ago the company Van Ommeren from Rotterdam became one of the main sponsors for the restoration of the 'Oosterschelde'. All these years we have been in close...
15 Mar A beautiful city
Cartagena is a beautiful city. It's everything you expect of a tropical town with a century old history of explores, trade and buccaneers. In the city enclosed by walls is...
12 Mar Strong winds
We make a lot more progress than expected. The leg is not an easy one, with winds increasing to 40 knots, 8 to 9 Bft. The waves have grown a lot and sometimes they break over...
