News

 

Would you like to know where the OOSTERSCHELDE is now?
Click here for the current position.
  • 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 ...

  • The past few days we have been able to fish quite well. A couple of skipjack and a yellowfin tuna provided a delicious ...

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

  • In Suva, I came on board. After not being on board for almost 10 months, it really felt like coming home. In the afternoon,...

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

  • After bidding farewell to the guest crew from the leg to Tonga, the crew spent a day and a half cleaning, carrying out ...

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

  • Our trip to Tonga began right away full of adventure. The stormy weather on Rarotonga prevented us from ...

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

  • The next leg of our journey is to Rarotonga. We have over 11 days to sail 620 nautical miles. That gives us...

  • The consideration of leaving half a day earlier for the Leeward Islands also worked out very well. In the rain and fog,...

  • Rain was forecasted, but we got a fantastic and sunny day as we sailed to our next destination. The wind picked up ...

  • French Polynesia is incredibly large. It covers the area of all of europe. And while there are many islands, they are therefore ...

  • The news supply to you has not been too good over the past few days. Precisely because there was so much to do, writing a small ...