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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...

29 Jan

Posted at 10:54h in Archive
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It has been a few days since we wrote something so hereby a new update. In between the two trips we had two days for maintenance so we painted and varnished and the ship ...

23 Jan

Posted at 12:24h in Archive
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After a beautiful day of sailing to Mindelo we had a lovely walk on Santo Antão. So it was time to start sailing again on Sunday. Custom clearance took a while because ...

20 Jan

Posted at 19:09h in Archive
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We (sailors) are not easy to please but sometimes everything is right, wind force, direction and temperature, and this is such a night. We sail doing 8 knots, sometimes ...

18 Jan

Posted at 09:25h in Archive
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Besides the new guests, there has also been a crew change. So, full of fresh energy we welcomed the new guests in Palmeira for the fifth voyage in Cape Verde. 
After ...

14 Jan

Posted at 18:38h in Archive
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At 14:40 we arrived at Santa Maria. The manoeuvre went according to plan: with full sails we made a turn 100 meters in front of the beach, we dropped anchor and lowered ...

14 Jan

Posted at 16:33h in Archive
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After that wild night at São Nicolau weather conditions seem to be back to 'normal'. The wind was a bit too easterly to be able to sail to Boa Vista in a straight course, but...

12 Jan

Posted at 17:42h in Archive
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The gusts of wind increased during the night. At one point, we saw our dinghy which was hanging on a painter line was flying in the air alongside the ship. With outboard ...