14 Feb Martinique
We have arrived at Martinique and we have dropped anchor at 17:30 GMT, in front of Fort-de-France, the capital...
February 2016
12 Feb Tropical sailing conditions
Update by Arjen Wapenaar:
"Yesterday, Wednesday, started as a cloudy day. Luckily the sun came out slowly. In the meantime at 14 hours we changed the ships time to an ...
10 Feb Fishing, rowers and a Minke whale
The day started great, just after breakfast we caught a dolfinfish (Coryphaena hippurus, mahi-mahi, dorado). We know they are very tasty as we had two of them for dinner ...
08 Feb Lost gannet?
After all the excitement of the last few days everything is ‘back to normal’, or even better! Because we have a birthday on board: Jan has turned 32 years old!
He ...
07 Feb And we sail on
Update by Alice Teekman:
"At 02:20hrs we already set the sails again. The exhausted sailor was welcomed on board by Maarten and shown to a cabin where he could shower...
06 Feb The rescue (part two)
Bit by bit it becomes clear what happened to the 'Tarabaralla'. Salvatore, the Italian sailor who we rescued from the yacht, is exhausted and is still sleeping, but this ...
05 Feb Emergency message
A few hour ago the coast guard contacted us. A Belgian yacht appeared to be in trouble on the Atlantic Ocean. The 'Oosterschelde' was at 90 nautical miles distance. After ...
