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April 2016

13 Apr

Posted at 09:46h in Archive
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After all the formalities were finished, we waited for the pilot to come on board so we could leave Veracruz behind. The pilot loved our ship and he really wanted to take ...

10 Apr

Posted at 20:12h in Archive
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Our program for Vopak in Veracruz is finished. We saw a great show by Jack Sparrow and his friends for the kids. There were fireworks and in only a few days we saw food ...

04 Apr

Posted at 22:09h in Archive
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After a long night with lots of wind, even more then we expected, we made so much progress that we arrived already this morning in Veracruz. But due to the strong wind ...

31 Mar

Posted at 09:54h in Archive
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The current helped us enter the Gulf of Mexico as expected. Unfortunately the wind disappeared and we have been without much wind for the past 24 hours. We tried everything...

29 Mar

Posted at 09:55h in Archive
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Yesterday we luffed to get more pressure in the sails, today we have a new tactic. The forecast says there will be a high-pressure area near Cuba, which means that there ...

28 Mar

Posted at 11:48h in Archive
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As expected we had nice wind about 20 knots. But is slowly decreased and our speed is dropping. We are steering a bit higher to keep more pressure in the sails and keep ...

27 Mar

Posted at 13:34h in Archive
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We made a lot of progress today. This morning our speed was 8 knots and because the wind shifted a bit we where sailing down wind. We have the course for this so we took ...

26 Mar

Posted at 16:50h in Archive
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After two days beating agains the wind we saw that something came loose from the mast. But to lift someone up the mast with three meter high waves is not a good idea so we...

25 Mar

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This morning we started with repairing the fishing rot. The reel was broken because you couldn’t hear anymore when you caught a fish. New parts arrived and we could start ...