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With an easy 4 Bft wind in our back we started with the first leg from Sal to Santiago. Because the stable weather during the past few days the ocean was not too choppy ...

Today a big part of the crew went on leave. Captain Maarten, first mate Elskarin, cook Richard and sailors Jenny and Magnus are celebrating Christmas and New year’s at ...

The day after the tour on Santiago we had a lovely (and a very fast) day of sailing to São Vicente. The next morning, we arrived and went on shore in Mindelo for a city ...

The first trip in Cape Verde started! It is great to be back and to sail around these beautiful and diverse islands. The guests stepped on board in Sal and after the ...

The wind almost died down during the night, but in the end we could sail the last miles to Palmeira, on the island of Sal. We have arrived (on Monday) at Cabo Verde!...

Today, Sunday, was the day of the fish.
It started at sunrise when we found flying fish on the deck. And then we saw them gliding over the waves in big numbers. Our two ...

The nice northeasterly that should be around here, has not appeared yet. There is just a light wind. Last night we took all guests out of the watches and made some miles ...

The weather reports have been changing continuously, and also the winds. We found wind going a bit more to the west, then we had to steer more to the east, and the next day ...

We made a trip to Gran Canaria in the weekend, and back to Tenerife. When, on the way back, the wind subsided, we took the zodiac out to circle around the ship and make ...

After three weeks and 1998 nautical miles we arrived at Santa Cruz de Tenerife on November 17th. It has been a rather calm voyage: no gales or storms, no headwinds and the ...