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We dropped the anchor in Adventure Bay at 20:45 LT (10:45 GMT). A comfortable place to be. With winds increased to 30 knots and the rain, out there at sea is not comfy at ...

The coast of Tasmania is rough and wild. The landscape on the west coast is barren due to all the salt that is been spread out on the shore by the ocean, but the south-east...

The transition from The Netherlands to Tasmania is not very big, as far as the weather is concerned. Today a grey sky, 14 C and rainy. Some places have familiar sounding ...

We made good progress in these strong winds. The force has now diminished, which some people on the ship appreciated since they were seasick. All night we were busy ...

Slowly but surely the wind has increased and yesterday afternoon we had to take away some sails. First the topgallant sail and shortly after that we had to reef the mizzen...

Everyone in Melbourne can tell you (and everyone will tell you) that Melbourne has 5 seasons a day. The weather is very unstable and it is hard to predict. In our case this...

Crowds waved us out this morning when we left Williamstown at 10:00. The 'Tecla' was the first to cast off, followed by the 'Europa' and the 'Oosterschelde'. The 'Lord ...

Today all the ships sailed out for a day sail in the bay of Melbourne. Not only the Dutch Tall Ships, ‘Oosterschelde’, ‘Tecla’ and ‘Europa’, but also the ‘Lord Nelson’, ...

Update by captain Gerben:
“After a flight of 26 hours I arrive tired at the airport of Melbourne where a very unfriendly lady in uniform suspects I am smuggling illegal...