Author: Elvira Beetstra

After two intense weeks on dry land, it was finally time to get back into the water. A ship on land is always a strange sight....

After about a year at sea, it's time for some maintenance to keep our ship in top condition. We were lifted out of the water at ...

We sailed very nicely for several days. Mainly with a faint breeze from the east-south-east that slowly increased...

Our sail here was predominantly downwind, with the topsails and forecourse set. So, on the day before our first landfall in ...

On the morning of September 2nd, we arrived at the northern island group of the Kingdom of Tonga. The...

After leaving the Society we set course to the Cook Islands. We had the trade winds blowing from the southeast...