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24 Apr

Posted at 21:42h in Archive
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We have left the Atlantic Ocean. Today we got sight of the phare at Île d'Ouessant and later on we saw the French coast. The first mainland since we left South America op ...

23 Apr

Posted at 16:16h in Archive
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The sun starts to shine and the white tops of the waves make the water of the Atlantic look even darker blue then before. The ship is swaying in the waves, which keep ...

22 Apr

Posted at 15:55h in Archive
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Update by Coby:
“Another beautiful day on board of the sailing vessel ‘Oosterschelde’. The sun is shining; a strong breeze is blowing and giving a spectacular cloud ...

21 Apr

Posted at 13:57h in Archive
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Our weather at the moment is mainly the result of two big areas of low pressure. One is stationary around the Azores, the other slowly moves towards us from the other side of...

20 Apr

Posted at 22:57h in Archive
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Update by Gerben:
"This afternoon we have sailed for hours. Not very fast and not completely in the right direction, but, with a good amount of sunshine we enjoyed a...

19 Apr

Posted at 12:01h in Archive
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Update by Mike:
"Friday 18th April. Good Friday – and it really is. We have been sailing away from Horta now for for more than three days, the last two in fantastic ...

17 Apr

Posted at 14:42h in Archive
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In the centre of the low pressure area the wind was as expected: variable in strength and direction. But we see the barometer is rising so we have arrived at the east side...

16 Apr

Posted at 12:44h in Archive
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With the last daylight we left Horta. The engine helped us the first few hours with little wind in the São Jorge channel. Now we see Terceira disappearing behind us. This ...

15 Apr

Posted at 21:26h in Archive
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The green hills of the island Faial seem to be divided into terraces. But in reality bamboo hedges divide different fields from each other. There is not much else to see. ...