06 Feb The rescue (part two)
Bit by bit it becomes clear what happened to the 'Tarabaralla'. Salvatore, the Italian sailor who we rescued from the yacht, is exhausted and is still sleeping, but this ...
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05 Feb Emergency message
A few hour ago the coast guard contacted us. A Belgian yacht appeared to be in trouble on the Atlantic Ocean. The 'Oosterschelde' was at 90 nautical miles distance. After ...
04 Feb Trade Winds & Body Balance
Update by Alice:
“Earlier I wrote about our life on board, but much more happens on and below deck. Captain Maarten gives classes about meteorology by drawing ...
03 Feb The fish seem to win!
During long ocean crossings we always have a fishing line over board during the day. Everyone likes a fresh tuna or dorade on the menu. But it seems that this time the fish...
01 Feb Lazy Sunday
Monday, Febr 1rst 2016.
Over 50 hours passed since we left the Cabo Verdean islands. We started with a nice wind from behind, but that decreased on Sunday. With the ...
29 Jan Stopover Cape Verde
While on our way to cross the Atlantic, with the northeastern wind blowing us in the right direction, the unexpected happened. One of our trainees slips on deck and falls ...
25 Jan Setting the course
Update by Alice Teekman:
“While I’m writing this, it is still dark, I just woke up and the ship is gently sailing on the ocean. It is so quiet that it hardly seems we...
24 Jan Searching for the Trade Winds
After our arrival on Tenerife, the 'land-rush' started immediately. Getting stores, new spares, repairing the things we couldn't at sea, phones started ringing, guests ...
