December 2013

Accompanied by Cape petrels, Black-browed albatrosses, Giant petrels, Wilson's storm petrels and Wandering albatrosses, we left Patagonia. This morning we caught sight of Cape...

Bunkering has been completed and we are off (14:00 GMT). Use the log (menu The Ship) to check which locations we ...

We are ready for departure. Everybody has safely arrived on board and we enjoyed a quiet night alongside the pier. The pilot will board after breakfast. For a change, there ...

Fin del Mundo. That's what the Argentinians call Ushuaia. But we want to go a bit further.
Not today. Today part of the Cape Horn crew disembarked. Frianko, Job, Arian ...

We will soon drop anchor at the Davison pilot pickup point, at the entrance of the Beagle Channel. Tomorrow morning at 8 (11 GMT) the pilot will come aboard and we will ...

Update by Leonard:
“Our first meeting with the locals was at Saunders Island, the home of patriarch David McPhee and his family of sister, wife and two daughters. On ...

This afternoon at 17:40 local time we left Stanley Harbour on a voyage towards Ushuaia, in the Beagle Channel. We expect to arrive there on December 24th. We have a SW 5 Bft...

Let’s sing of the days of yore,
of all the moments gone,
Things unspoken, and some regrets
of where we've roamed;
And the places we've not yet seen...

Jacob Zwerver:
"Wat kan ik nou nog meer zeggen over oceanen en zeeën die wij opvarenden bevaren. Over het doorkruisen van gevaarlijke stormen. Om het schip veilig door...