04 Feb Trade Winds & Body Balance
Update by Alice:
“Earlier I wrote about our life on board, but much more happens on and below deck. Captain Maarten gives classes about meteorology by drawing ...
February 2016
03 Feb The fish seem to win!
During long ocean crossings we always have a fishing line over board during the day. Everyone likes a fresh tuna or dorade on the menu. But it seems that this time the fish...
01 Feb Lazy Sunday
Monday, Febr 1rst 2016.
Over 50 hours passed since we left the Cabo Verdean islands. We started with a nice wind from behind, but that decreased on Sunday. With the ...
29 Jan Stopover Cape Verde
While on our way to cross the Atlantic, with the northeastern wind blowing us in the right direction, the unexpected happened. One of our trainees slips on deck and falls ...
25 Jan Setting the course
Update by Alice Teekman:
“While I’m writing this, it is still dark, I just woke up and the ship is gently sailing on the ocean. It is so quiet that it hardly seems we...
24 Jan Searching for the Trade Winds
After our arrival on Tenerife, the 'land-rush' started immediately. Getting stores, new spares, repairing the things we couldn't at sea, phones started ringing, guests ...
23 Jan And we left
We left Santa Cruz de Tenerife close to 13:00 GMT, going SW to the southern tip of the island Tenerife...
20 Jan Almost there
Jan ten Dam continues:
"Today it is the third day in a row that we have beautiful sunny weather, it feels like summer. The last two days we stopped the ship after lunch,...
17 Jan And Dad did it
Guestcrew memberIngo, Ingo, the 'ex-landlubber' alias the 'freshwatersailor', writes:
"'Dad, you have to do this! Once in a lifetime', that is what my daughter Isabella ...
