July 2018
17 Jul The finish is near
Today was not a good day. The wind shifted further and further to the southeast, which caused us to sail more north. But we were already north of most of the ships...
16 Jul Race update
Our plan to sail more north seemed to work out well. We are as fast as the other ships, and sometimes even a bit faster. Unfortunately, the wind shifted in ‘the wrong ...
15 Jul Tall Ships Race
The race has started! This evening at 6 PM the Tall Ships Race from Sunderland towards Esbjerg started with 15 ships in our class (A) and about 50 ships in total. The ...
12 Jul Under full sail
Everything went as planned, that was a nice surprise. In the morning we came far enough to be able to ‘play’ all day. So, after breakfast we hoisted the sails and we sailed...
10 Jul On our way to Sunderland
It has been a while since we had our trip to London. It was a great trip with amazing weather. Due to the easterly wind we sailed almost all the way to Tilbury, while ...
24 Jun Kieler Woche
And another Kieler Woche is finished! A very successful week in which at least 600 people enjoyed the ship. It was the usual bad weather, showers and quite some wind. But ...
11 Jun Last night
Captain Maarten reports:
"What a great last day! Early this morning we were situated above IJmuiden and we set the first sails. There was a calm wind, so we could sail...
10 Jun Not much luck with the weather
In l’Aber Wrac’h most of us contacted home and we heard the weather in The Netherlands was great. Unfortunately, we are surrounded by mist, the wind blows in the wrong ...
