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01 Apr Quiz

Posted at 09:28h in Nieuws

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Since I've been writing mostly about the wind and weather in the last few weeks, let's talk about something else: ...

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31 Mar Calmer

Posted at 11:39h in Nieuws

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After a few days of heavy weather, it's always a pleasure when it has calmed down a bit. But that is always very relative. When...

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27 Mar Heavy weather

Posted at 21:55h in Nieuws

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The predictions said that the low-pressure area we wanted to use to get to the north would give us strong winds with a maximum...

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21 Mar How to recognize a real sailor

Posted at 11:44h in Nieuws

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Sometimes you have those days when it's just great sailing! This morning it didn't seem to be such a day. The wind was...

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24 Mar How to get near Gibraltar?

Posted at 15:30h in Nieuws

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Slowly but surely, we sailed deeper into the high pressure area and slowly the wind decreased and became constant. As a result,...

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18 Mar Azores-south

Posted at 19:44h in Nieuws

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Since we had to get one of the guests back to shore for medical care as soon as possible, we turned around a few days ago. But to...

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15 Mar Returning to Cape Verde

Posted at 15:09h in Nieuws

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Tall Ship OOSTERSCHELDE turned around last night and is on her way back to Cape Verde. One of our trainees is unwell...

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06 Mar Back to Sal

Posted at 14:15h in Nieuws

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Although the forecast is exactly the same as yesterday, the wind has decreased noticeably this morning. Instead of 30 knots,...

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04 Mar Downwind

Posted at 18:13h in Nieuws

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This morning about 4am, we hoisted the anchor. It is still quite windy and the whole night we felt the gusts in the bay at Tarafal...

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03 Mar Q&A Session

Posted at 16:12h in Nieuws

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Last Tuesday we held our second q&s session about the DARWIN200 project. This time we not only welcomed Stewart McPherson...

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