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20 Sep Wharf

The ‘Oosterschelde’ won’t be sailing the coming months due to big maintenance. At this moment, the hull is being inspected and then the primer will be applied. While the ...

17 Sep Day trip and maintenance

Today, Sunday, we had a beautiful day trip out of Hellevoetsluis. A sunny sky, light wind and we sailed all day, what more can you ask for!
It was the last trip before...

06 Sep Dover Strait

We have been spotted yesterday in the Dover Strait by Carel Haveman, chief officer on board MV Mare. Thank you for the great photos...

05 Sep Le Havre

Update by captain Bernt:
“It’s great to be back on board. I arrived on Saturday in Le Havre in the middle of a very busy open ship day. The ship was full of enthusiastic...

30 Aug Port Winston

The man from Cherbourg traffic, where we have to report about our whereabouts, did not even know where it was. We explained and twenty minutes later we got permission to ...

27 Aug After the race

First mate Jan reports: “After we raced over the finish line we congratulated each other with great result in the race. We jibed and set course southeast to Guernsey. We ...

18 Aug 100-year old wins trans-Atlantic race

The ‘Oosterschelde’ just finished first in the trans-Atlantic race from Halifax to Le Havre. After 21 days and 2500 nautical miles (4500 km) the ship left all ...

17 Aug Nearing the finish

We expect to finish somewhere tomorrow, Friday, early in the evening (GMT). The finish line is located south of Eddystone Rocks, a bit to the south of Plymouth, in SW England...

16 Aug The barrel

Update by Hanneke & Jaeike:
"Yesterday afternoon we were lounging at the stern near ' het kotje' when Jan-Willem and Jan started to discuss ways to keep the guest-crew ...

14 Aug Above deck and below deck