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March 2017

15 Mar

Posted at 10:44h in Archive
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It seems that we have won the battle to stay ahead of the area with little wind! The past few days the speed has dropped a bit, but was still very good. With 6-7 knots you...

14 Mar

Posted at 12:40h in Archive
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We still make lovely progress, the calm has not been able to catch up with us, so we sail and sail. The big square, the main sail and the gaff topsails push us forward. We ...

13 Mar

Posted at 09:15h in Archive
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Every now and then it seems like the wind is decreasing, but then it increases again and we pick up speed. Every four hours we calculate the distance we travelled and our ...

11 Mar

Posted at 08:24h in Archive
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After some delay at the end of our time in Cape Verde we are on our way to our next destination, the Caribbean, 2100 nautical miles to the west. With a ship full of guest ...

09 Mar

Posted at 20:47h in Archive
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There’s always something. This time it was not our fault. We were ready for departure, visited a few islands, did some last-minute shopping and were ready. But we could not...

07 Mar

Posted at 12:42h in Archive
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After two days of lovely sailing we were back at Mindelo. Our first stop was São Nicolau, where we toured on the island and barbecued at night. Today we sailed south of ...

27 Feb

Posted at 14:23h in Archive
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Luckily we seem to have solved the problems with our engine. Yesterday we ran it for a while to test all alarms. Today we ran it for some hours under full load, tied up to...

23 Feb

Posted at 12:55h in Archive
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The 7th voyage in Cape Verde ended with a setback. Our new engine, an ‘indestructible’ John Deere, unexpectedly stopped. 
We decided to change course to Mindelo, ...

14 Feb

Posted at 13:03h in Archive
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First mate Jan: "We are finally there. We talked about it a lot for the past three years I have been on board and now during my last voyage in Cape Verde of this season we...

01 Feb

Posted at 21:07h in Archive
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The day before departure Maarten and I (Jan) were checking the forecast to prepare for our next voyage. It seemed like a good idea to change the route and visit the island...