November 2016

The wind almost died down during the night, but in the end we could sail the last miles to Palmeira, on the island of Sal. We have arrived (on Monday) at Cabo Verde!...

Today, Sunday, was the day of the fish.
It started at sunrise when we found flying fish on the deck. And then we saw them gliding over the waves in big numbers. Our two ...

The nice northeasterly that should be around here, has not appeared yet. There is just a light wind. Last night we took all guests out of the watches and made some miles ...

The weather reports have been changing continuously, and also the winds. We found wind going a bit more to the west, then we had to steer more to the east, and the next day ...

We made a trip to Gran Canaria in the weekend, and back to Tenerife. When, on the way back, the wind subsided, we took the zodiac out to circle around the ship and make ...

After three weeks and 1998 nautical miles we arrived at Santa Cruz de Tenerife on November 17th. It has been a rather calm voyage: no gales or storms, no headwinds and the ...

Even within the harbour of Portimão we already had enough sails up to cut the engine. Later on, already far from the coast, the wind veered to a very nice westerly and we did...

We sailed south around Cabo de São Vicente to Portimão, some 130 NM of sailing. The 'Oosterschelde' was here before, in June 1932 (see photo). These days the view is rather ...

The northerly wind gave us good progress. We had some time to spend ashore and stretch our legs. The choice was Cascais, near the mouth of the Rio Tajo, just west of Lisbon. ...

A nice easterly wind brought us close to Finisterre, where the wind changed into variable and light. The engine had to help us a bit.
Then a fin whale appeared some 50 ...