Author: Elvira Beetstra

Since this is the carnival trip, we have to celebrate that too. After Rio de Janeiro, the best carnival location in the world is Mindelo on Sao...

After a smooth changeover day, the new guests came on board. A mixed company with many nationalities. When the welcome talk...

Dropped anchor at São Nicolau, the weather is beautiful; little wind and the ship hardly swings. Most of the guests were taken to the Island....

After a great day and night of sailing we drop anchor in the bay of Tarrafal, Santiago at 06:30. We had fair winds, sun and a full moon...

“Northeast, 4 to 6 Bft” is my answer if guests ask me what the weather forecast is. Sometimes a bit more north,...

On the middeck of the OOSTERSCHELDE we have a sloop. A beautiful old, wooden sloop of about 4 meters long and 1,5 meters...

Sometimes, if the weather cooperates and the guest crew is in for some adventure, we change our route a bit from the itinerary. ...