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27 Oct Auckland, our turning point

Auckland is an important milestone in our circumnavigation, from now on we are on the way back. We are preparing the ship for the big voyage over the southern ocean. The s...

25 Oct The last miles to Auckland

The last miles we sail together with all the tall ships. From Rangitoto Island to Auckland. The wind is gusty and strong, but close to shore there are no waves and with 8 ...

24 Oct The last miles

Kawau Island is for the Happy Few. Only 25 people live here permanently, but there are 8000 houses. Rich people from Auckland own most of them, having a second house here....

22 Oct Great Barrier Island

Russell is a beautiful, sleepy town in the Bay of Islands. Mainly inhabited and visited by older people so it seemed. The shops that one finds are aimed at the guests of  ...

20 Oct Sail out from Auckland, join the ship!

Join the 'Oosterschelde' during the sail out on the 28th of October.

12:00noon - 4:00pm.
A half day sailing, including a light lunch on one of these ...

19 Oct Arrival

After all that work we have arrived at Opua, New Zealand (we also visited Opua on 28 Aug 1997, during our first circumnavigation).
Another beautiful bay, with numerous...

18 Oct An active holiday

A voyage with the ‘Oosterschelde’ is an active holiday, but I think we took this on this voyage to literally. The race started with strong winds, reefing, shaking the reefs...

14 Oct News

After a heavy night followed a cold shower. This morning a front passed. Hours it poured down, the thunder made it more ominous. The wind shift came suddenly but this time...

13 Oct Enough

The have enough of everything on this side of the world. Enough space for everyone. Enough rules for everyone to follow and enough men that see to it everyone does. These ...

11 Oct Prepared

This time we were prepared for the change of weather. This afternoon we felt a little bit weird, with double reefed rigging under quite good circumstances. But when the ...