03 Jun Commemorating Henk Wever
Today at 5am we commemorated Henk Wever. Together with the other Dutch Tall Ships we took the time to say goodbye. Henk was the founder of the ‘Enkhuizer Zeevaartschool’ ...
June 2013
30 May Are we in time for the Eastern wind?
An hour after my last report, the wind stopped blowing. This usually results in a very confused sea, with sails that hang around and bang back and forth on the crossing ...
28 May A good speed
The first two days we have been making a good speed. We have sailed more than 155 miles in the past 24 hours. The wind is usually south to southwest, and we regularly speed...
27 May Dutch Tall Ships left Durban
The three Dutch Tall Ships left Durban together last sunday. Some visitors were able to make some beautiful pictures! Picture by Peter de Groot...
26 May Back on the ocean
After a chaotic visit to Durban with a lot of red tape, we are happy to be back at sea. Friday morning around 7am, we were ready to enter Durban, after port permission. ...
24 May 30 degrees, 35 minutes south ànd east
We have just passed the special GPS coordinates: 30 degrees, 35 minutes south and the same degrees and minutes east. The question to you is: how often are we having this ...
21 May Dinner: Fresh tuna!
All three ships left the harbour of East London yesterday morning. The wind dropped soon, so we had to use the engine. After an hour, we could set sail again. The wind ...
19 May Short stay in East London (South-Africa)
Yesterday we arrived in the harbour of East-London, around 5 PM. In our frequent radio contact between the three Dutch Tall ships, we had decided to make a short stop, ...
18 May Changing sea life
The expected wind came and yesterday morning we could set sail. It felt great when we turned off the engine. The swell is quite heavy in the southern point of Africa, ...
16 May First sardines spotted
Last night just before the change of watch around midnight, we saw the first school of sardines in the fluorescent water, immediately followed by tens of dolphins hunting ...
