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A report by Wieger:
"Saturday April 3, somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean. The wind is coming! The word is spreading. Finally we shall set sail, hopefully today. Yesterday ...

Update by trainee Heike:
"I hope you still exist and you are well. To be honest, I do not think about you a lot these days. I will return to you eventually, but right...

Already early in this voyage it was clear that the weather would influence this trip. But the rain stopped, and finally the wind came with 15 knots from the north-east. Then ...

After Mindelo, we made a somewhat humid, but still beautiful walk on Santo Antão before it was time to go on. Our goal was São Nicolau. There was a light northerly wind, ...

That the weather is different this winter was clear from the start. The last month we had (much) more wind than usual in this area. So, we were quite happy when the foreca...

The convenience about having one group on board, is that the people are unanimous in what they want. In this group it is clear what they want to do: walking, nature and cu...

It has been more windy than normal in Cape Verde. This is not really a big problem, because we just put a reef in the sails and we go. One big downside to lots of wind: ...

This trip is a bit different compared to our normal trips because a group of friends from Switzerland have chartered the ship for a trip in Cape Verde. Right from the very...

It’s a frequently heard comment from our guests at the end of a trip: “Finally a bit of a rest for you guys”. But that’s not really the case. From the moment the last ...

The last leg of our trips in Cape Verde is from Boa Vista to Sal. Usually the wind is not favourable for this leg, so we have to motor sail all the way.
As we had ...