19 Aug Cape Leeuwin rounded
Update by Arno:
"Departure from Fremantle: finally, after hours of waiting, because of ‘busy’ harbour proceedings (we saw 1 containership departing), we left at 1PM ...
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18 Aug On our way again
How much we can long to be on land when we are at sea, after a while on land we can't wait to get back to sea again. The last few days we were busy with small repairs on ...
14 Aug Dreams do come true!
Written by Jaap Roskam:
"After I had completed my book "Sailing the Last East Indiaman - Batavia", about the Batavia reconstruction sailing near Sydney in the year ...
10 Aug Impressive, Beacon Island and the sea life!
Update by Arno: "Houtman Abrolhos. It sounds very Dutch, but here we are, at the West Australian coast. The Houtman Abrolhos archipelago might not be familiar to everyone. ...
09 Aug Batavia's grounding and our life on board
Update by Suzi Colpa, photographer and filmmaker on board:
"Our voyage is led by the story of Batavia’s grounding in 1629 and the mutiny in which more than 120 people...
07 Aug Arriving at the Abrolhos Islands
We have arrived at the Abrolhos Islands, where 'Batavia' grounded. And it is quite understandable that they did not see the group of islands. The islands are all very low ...
04 Aug Ready for departure…
After a great stay in Fremantle, where we were welcomed very warm and kindly by locals and dignitaries, we are now almost ready to head towards the Abrolhos Islands. This ...
31 Jul Another open ship weekend
Extra opportunity to visit 'Oosterschelde' and the other two Dutch Tall Ships in Fremantle!
They will be open to the public on:
* Friday 2 August 10 AM - 3 PM...
31 Jul A couple of days in Fremantle port
After sailing goodbye to our guests who traveled along from Mauritius to Fremantle, we had a great open ship weekend in Fremantle port. With a lot of visitors, and our ...
26 Jul Open ship this weekend in Fremantle
Yesterday ‘Oosterschelde’ arrived in the harbour of Fremantle, together with ‘Europa’. ‘Tecla’ was already in for 2 days.
The ships are berthed at C and D shed at ...
