15 May Great skua
We have spent the night with the engine on, but fortunately in the morning a little wind arrived. We hoisted the sails and switched off the engine. It is very tempting to ...
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14 May Searching for wind
A new group of trainees arrived in Bermuda. With these 20 new members on board, we were ready to go this morning! But first, we had to clear customs. After Jan went back ...
08 May 349 meters
The thunderstorm above the Bahama’s did not stay there. It came our way and it was a long, wet night with lots of lightning around us. Since then the wind is strong so we ...
07 May Past the Bahamas
There are forecasts, on which we base our plans. And then there is reality… The forecasts predicted that the wind would turn eastwards in the evening, and after midnight ...
03 May You win some, you lose some
We wanted to make a long haul east to get as close as possible to the Great Bahama Bank to go north. The wind shifted so we had to steer more southeast and we decided to ...
30 Apr Bye-bye USA
We have left the USA behind us and we are on our way to Bermuda. The departure was somewhat messy because we had to clear the quay while crew members Edward and Fennardie ...
26 Apr Animals on board
Today was a beautiful day! It was exactly what you hope for when you go sailing: a constant wind so we could set all our sails! And on top of that, we had a calm sea and ...
25 Apr It has been a while..
After the festivities of the tricentennial celebrations in New Orleans it was time to sail down the Mississippi again to our last stop in the USA, St Petersburg....
15 Apr First pitch!
Captain Maarten writes:
We are in Pensacola, where we have open ship during the Tall Ships Festival. About 2500 people visit us every day to have a look around on ...
