September 2013

The transition from The Netherlands to Tasmania is not very big, as far as the weather is concerned. Today a grey sky, 14 C and rainy. Some places have familiar sounding ...

We made good progress in these strong winds. The force has now diminished, which some people on the ship appreciated since they were seasick. All night we were busy ...

Slowly but surely the wind has increased and yesterday afternoon we had to take away some sails. First the topgallant sail and shortly after that we had to reef the mizzen...

Everyone in Melbourne can tell you (and everyone will tell you) that Melbourne has 5 seasons a day. The weather is very unstable and it is hard to predict. In our case this...

Crowds waved us out this morning when we left Williamstown at 10:00. The 'Tecla' was the first to cast off, followed by the 'Europa' and the 'Oosterschelde'. The 'Lord ...

Today all the ships sailed out for a day sail in the bay of Melbourne. Not only the Dutch Tall Ships, ‘Oosterschelde’, ‘Tecla’ and ‘Europa’, but also the ‘Lord Nelson’, ...

Update by captain Gerben:
“After a flight of 26 hours I arrive tired at the airport of Melbourne where a very unfriendly lady in uniform suspects I am smuggling illegal...

The 'Oosterschelde' has arrived at Melbourne. She is anchored in the north of Port Phillip Bay, together with the two other Dutch ships, the 'Tecla' and the 'Europa'. In ...