April 2013

After a good start from Santos harbour, the wind decreased and speed went down in the afternoon of Tuesday. Just when we wanted to start the engine, we saw something like ...

After a final cleaning and last preparations we welcomed 45 guests on board for a day sail. While enjoying the view and drinking a glass of Champaign and eating tapas we m...

Yesterday we have had a nice ‘open ship’ day and today we continue preparations for the ocean crossing to Cape Town. We welcome our new guests on board tonight, they will ...

Again we have finished one of our voyages. The nature here is fantastic, the green Brazilian coast is absolutely gorgeous. We have arrived in Santos, where we are anchored...

About 45 miles to go before we arrive in Santos, we expect to arrive at 6 PM local time.
We sailed along a gorgeous coast, with islands, mangroves, idyllic villages ...

The evening after our departure from the beautiful bay of Mamangua we arrived at Paraty. Because we did not have a good chart of the harbour we decided to anchor at a safe...

The ‘Oosterschelde’ arrived at Ilha Grande, 60 miles southwest of Rio. Even most Brazilians say this is one of the most beautiful islands of the country. The ship is ancho...

The last few days we have not received any ships updates. This is mainly because of a broken antenna and a very busy schedule on board. We hope to inform you more regular ...

We have 240 miles to go before we reach Rio de Janeiro. But we are not very lucky with the weather, there is almost no wind and when there is, it is during heavy showers w...