July 2016

27 Jul On our way to Scotland

After the festival in Douarnenez it was time do go sailing again. The guests came on board and were able to experience the end of the festivities. As an addition to the ...

17 Jul Fêtes Maritimes de Brest 2016

Once every 4 years the most beautiful sailing ships gather in Brest. Compared to other Sail festivals, Brest has so many great historic ships. Of course there are some of the...

06 Jul Back on board

Captain Maarten writes:
"After a nice long period at home it was time for me to go back on board again last Monday. Around 10AM the first guests were welcomed on board...

27 Jun Kieler Woche

It's almost the end of the Kieler Woche again. It was a busy week for the ship this year. Almost every day a day trip and an evening trip. In between we clean, scrub the deck...

24 Jun Ocean

For those who like to watch the ocean: a short video of some movie fragments by Isabelle Harder, made during the crossing from the Bermudas to the Azores in May, can be found...

17 Jun Helgoland

We had a quiet crossing from Rotterdam. On the New Waterway we gave the new trainees explanation about the rigging and we slowly hoisted the gaff sails. Once outside the ...

15 Jun And out to sea again

[The 'Oosterschelde' left Rotterdam this morning, going to Kiel (Germany)...

13 Jun Home

The 'Oosterschelde' has returned to her home port Rotterdam at the end of the morning...

11 Jun Progress report

POS: 50'15.7N  001'13,9E  Baie de Somme
CRS: 054'
SPD: 6.7kts
WND: var 1 Bft
WTH: Sunny/hazy
SEA: Calm
SWL: None

After a night...

10 Jun ETA Veerhaven Rotterdam

On Monday the 13th of June around lunchtime the 'Oosterschelde' will arrive in the Veerhaven. The ship will be at Hoek van Holland between 9 and 10...