June 2015

After a morning of bird watching at the Shiant islands, we have set sail towards Stornoway. Just before we reached the harbour we had to tack to get closer under sail. ...

The new quests stepped on board in Oban. After the usual welcome we left straight away and sailed into the Sound of Mull. We have spent the night anchored in Scallastle ...

The last part of the voyage went fine. We sailed from Tobermory to Oban, where we arrived yesterday. Today, Friday, our new guests will arrive on board.
During our ...

Last Thursday, during the meeting of the certificate holders of the shipping companies of the ‘Oosterschelde’ and the ‘Helena’, our captain and managing director Gerben ...

The next day we all went to the standing stones on the Isle of Lewis. These are larger and older than Stonehenge, so very impressive.
When the wind died down we left ...

After a beautiful day and a restful night we left Kirkwall and set course for a number of remote and uninhabited rocks and islands. It started with Sule Skerry and Sule ...

On Tuesday afternoon the guests came aboard for the trip from Aberdeen to Oban. After the usual welcome, we enjoyed the quiet evening with unusual weather for Scotland, ...

As noted earlier, the wind slowly died down and after a few hours on engine the wind came back from the southwest. It increased up to 5 Bft. so we made quite some speed ...

After a successful trial run we were ready to depart! At 10 o'clock the guests came aboard for the trip to Aberdeen. After the usual welcome we quickly departed. The lock ...

We just left the locks at IJmuiden and are now (13:35 CEST) finally at sea again!...