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Last night we sailed far south, because the weather forecast predicted southerly winds. Around 9 PM the current turned, so we gibed. There was also a south-eastern wind ...

Today was not a good day. The wind shifted further and further to the southeast, which caused us to sail more north. But we were already north of most of the ships...

Our plan to sail more north seemed to work out well. We are as fast as the other ships, and sometimes even a bit faster. Unfortunately, the wind shifted in ‘the wrong ...

The race has started! This evening at 6 PM the Tall Ships Race from Sunderland towards Esbjerg started with 15 ships in our class (A) and about 50 ships in total. The ...

Everything went as planned, that was a nice surprise. In the morning we came far enough to be able to ‘play’ all day. So, after breakfast we hoisted the sails and we sailed...

It has been a while since we had our trip to London. It was a great trip with amazing weather. Due to the easterly wind we sailed almost all the way to Tilbury, while ...

Captain Maarten is back on board! This is his update: 
"After a few weeks of rest, it was time for me to take over from Bernt. This morning in Scheveningen, the ...

And another Kieler Woche is finished! A very successful week in which at least 600 people enjoyed the ship. It was the usual bad weather, showers and quite some wind. But ...

Captain Maarten reports:
"What a great last day! Early this morning we were situated above IJmuiden and we set the first sails. There was a calm wind, so we could sail...