26 Jun The wind makes us work
After 2 days of great sailing with an easterly wind between 3 and 5 Bft, last night the wind dropped a bit. The weather is very nice, but after the good days of nice ...
June 2013
26 Jun A trip on the island of Réunion
Update by our guest Victoria Nordhagen:
"Saturday 22th we spent in Réunion. A number of us wanted to visit a mountain area on the island. A trip was arranged by ...
23 Jun On our way to Australia
Today we have left Reunion. Just as when we sailed in, many smaller fishermen’s boats again accompanied us. Our guests made an island tour when we were in Le Port, while ...
23 Jun The last bit of our leg to Mauritius
In the latest update, we first visited La Reunion. The voyage went very prosperate and it felt like we had only left Durban yesterday. The welcome on La Reunion was very warm...
13 Jun Short sailing voyage: Mauritius – Réunion (19-23 June)
The beautiful island of Réunion will be visited twice by Dutch Tall Ships ‘Oosterschelde’ and ‘Europa’. First arrival of the ships was on June 8th.We are now sailing to ...
11 Jun A nice visit to Réunion
The arrival in Réunion was a relief after the Port Authority experience in Durban. Already 40 miles before arrival we were welcomed via VHF marine radio and the process ...
05 Jun Back under sail!
Yesterday morning at the first dawn, we could finally switch off the engine again The wind has dropped a bit to 20-22 knots and slowly turned to north-north-east. Since ...
03 Jun Little progress, but great weather
Over the last 48 hours we made little progress because of the strong eastern wind. At this moment we measure 28-34 knots, 7Bft. The sails are reefed and we turned on the ...
