February 2014

Update by Wim Galliaert:
"Since yesterday morning we sail through thick fog. Maximum sight of 200 meter. In my watch, 04:00 till 08:00, the wind slowly fades away and...

Update by Claire:
""There were dolphins!", my watch mate told me when I emerged from my cabin. “Hundreds of them! Jumping and blowing! You missed them!” I thought he ...

Thursday afternoon it was boarding time for the long voyage back towards Rotterdam. We will pass the Falkland Islands, Ascension Island and the Açores. On the day of ...

At 1730 the pilot came on board. He will guide us to the entrance of the Beagle Channel. We will drop anchor there for a last quiet night before we go to sea on Saturday ...

Predicted strong northerly winds prevented us from seeing Cape Horn, so as a bonus we visited Estancia Harberton, a fine consolation prize for not travelling close by the ...

After our visit to the beautiful Paradise Harbour we depart early in the morning for a nice sailing day. Today Lemaire Channel is on our schedule. The day started out with...

After Deception, as said, we sailed to Trinity. There in the bay the first dinghies left the ship even before dropping anchor. There where many icebergs and even with the ...