19 Apr Westerly winds
After passing an Acores high on engine last week, westerly winds built up. As for some time the wind was more ...
Author: Elvira Beetstra
18 Apr Spotted at sea
How cool is this! We received a message from Dave working for the Royal Dutch Air Force. He is stationed on board...
16 Apr Countrysight
Update from Bianca: A big question onboard the OOSTERSCHELDE during this voyage is; "When will be the first landsight of the Azores"? ...
14 Apr Internet detox
Now, we are a week out on the ocean in a vast emptiness. A week offline and off grid. No television with breaking news which gets ...
12 Apr So far so good
Update from Eddie: 'So far so good. Great ship, great company, and a great crew. We have sailed with full sail for 5 days and then the wind ...
11 Apr Shooting stars
Friday afternoon the guest crew collected for the OOSTERSCHELDE on the fishing quay of Palmeira. Some of the guest crew did ...
08 Apr Birthday on board
Update by Sara Källvik: "Today is our third day at sea. We have put 550 nm behind us since we left the island of Sal...
08 Apr Returning to Rotterdam
From all corners of the world we welcomed our guest crew. New Zealand, USA, Scotland, UK, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and ...
26 Mar Short-finned pilot whales
After a few days of scratching, painting, cleaning and many more maintentance tasks, we received a new guestcrew on board...
