27 Mar Heavy weather
The predictions said that the low-pressure area we wanted to use to get to the north would give us strong winds with a maximum...
March 2022
21 Mar How to recognize a real sailor
Sometimes you have those days when it's just great sailing! This morning it didn't seem to be such a day. The wind was...
24 Mar How to get near Gibraltar?
Slowly but surely, we sailed deeper into the high pressure area and slowly the wind decreased and became constant. As a result,...
18 Mar Azores-south
Since we had to get one of the guests back to shore for medical care as soon as possible, we turned around a few days ago. But to...
15 Mar Returning to Cape Verde
Tall Ship OOSTERSCHELDE turned around last night and is on her way back to Cape Verde. One of our trainees is unwell...
06 Mar Back to Sal
Although the forecast is exactly the same as yesterday, the wind has decreased noticeably this morning. Instead of 30 knots,...
03 Mar Q&A Session
Last Tuesday we held our second q&s session about the DARWIN200 project. This time we not only welcomed Stewart McPherson...
23 Feb Lots of wind
We had a lot of wind this whole trip. With a small crew it took some time to set all sails, but we also made fast crossings ...
