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April 2017

25 Apr

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North of Cuba the sea can be deceiving. At first sight there is not much to worry about: water everywhere you look. But if you look at the charts you see sand banks, rocks...

23 Apr

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"Boy, there is only two kinds of fish in this world.
There's bait, and there is Marlin."
This was the answer (on the question what he was hoping to catch) of a ...

22 Apr

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Our plans to visit the island Great Inagua didn’t work out. We saw the island with the beautiful name from afar. By the time, we would have reached the island it would have...

21 Apr

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Because we pass by the Turks and Caicos island on our way from the BVI’s to Cuba we plan a stop there. This is easier said than done as all islands are surrounded by shallow...

19 Apr

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With those strong easterly winds we made good progress. Yesterday at 4 pm we dropped anchor at the island Grand Turk, part of the Turks and Caicos Islands....

17 Apr

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Northeast from the British Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico the ocean is very deep. Over a relatively short distance the ocean bottom drops down. Beneath us there is 6000 ...

16 Apr

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Virgin Gorda is well known for the ‘baths’, a bay with huge bluestone rocks and caves, white sand and small salty lakes. Beautiful and impressive and that’s what the tour ...

15 Apr

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"To all to whom these presents may come GREETINGS. Know all men that by the powers vested in me by the government of the Virgin Islands G. Nab master of the vessel oosterschelde...

14 Apr

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We left St-Martin with a coolness from the southwest. That’s uncommon, but we are happy because the forecast said there would be no wind at all. We are not going fast, but...

13 Apr

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The Oosterschelde is at anchor at Grand Case on the French side of St Martin. Yesterday we prepared everything for the new group of guests. Maarten, Jenny and Tim ...