March 2015

In a way we're having bad luck: the English Channel is an area with a lot of traffic. Unfortunately we cannot see it. On our last day at sea the temperature dropped till ...

Update of Tuesday 17th of March by Jan: 
"The two shades of grey Sieb wrote about yesterday have gotten a shade of blue to accompany them. Above us you can somewhat ...

Update of Sunday 15th of March, by Heike:
"It has been three weeks today since I stepped aboard the 'Oosterschelde' in Cabo Verde. It feels like a long time ago. In ...

Update of March 15th, by Jan ten Dam:
"We still are sailing under the 'iron sail', with a fair Arabic wind. The weather forecast tells us that this will be the case ...

Update of March 11, by Jan:
"It's been written before, but life aboard the 'Oosterschelde' has its own rhythm. After the stop at the Azores we all picked it up like we ...

Update of Friday March 13th, by Sieb:
"Friday 13th does not promise to be a lucky day. Last night the wind changed suddenly over 180 degrees and decreased to zero. ...

Update of Tuesday 10th of March by Woody: 
"Since the beginning of our journey we have had a lecture or workshop every day. Subjects like depressions, celestial navig...

Update of Monday March 9, by Sieb:
"Already 24 hours the Old Lady behaves as she has to: under sail. In this case: outer jib, course, topsails en schoonersail. This ...

Update of Sunday 8th of March 2015 by Jan: 
"Yesterday at 14:45 hours we left Horta to continue our voyage. After being ashore for 48 hours, ship, crew and trainees ...