24 Feb On our way!
On Sunday afternoon we welcomed our new guest crew on board. A lot of them have sailed on the ‘Oosterschelde’ before, so there is enough steersmanship on board. On Monday ...
February 2015
21 Feb Final preparations
The day before yesterday we sailed our last voyage around the archipelago of Cape Verde. Thursday morning the guests disembarked the ship after a beautiful journey along ...
17 Feb Cabo Verde, no stress
Cabo Verde, no stress! That’s what is printed on the t-shirts in the shops. That’s also exactly what you think if you need to go for groceries, pay the harbour dues or sit...
06 Feb Last Island
We have arrived at the sixth and last island that we will visit on this trip: Boa Vista. The journey from São Nicolau to Boa Vista was very speedy. We left at night, with ...
04 Feb Arrival in São Nicolau
It turned out to be a great sailing day. Once we were out of the canal of São Vicente the waves and wind got calmer and we were sailing to São Nicolau with 5, 6, 7 knots. ...
03 Feb From Santo Antão to São Nicolau
The walk on Santo Antão is always one of the highlights on the voyage. The steep descent from the edge of the crater to Ribeira de Paul is beautiful and leads us through ...
01 Feb Easy crossing
Once we were on our way, the weather got better. The clouds disappeared and the sand in the air decreased, so we could see the volcano of Fogo very clearly from about 100...
31 Jan To São Vicente
Around 5 AM we dropped anchor in the bay of Tarrafal, in the north of Santiago. Most of our guest were already sleeping. Later that morning everyone left the ship for an ...
