A slow 250 miles to home 1 November 20165 May 2022Eelco20701 views Last Thursday we met with the Tres Hombres in Amsterdam. And with that, an end to my trans-Atlantic round trip this summer with [...]
Fantastic crossing in hurricane season with an annoying little tail 19 October 20165 May 2022Eelco3129 views Anyone who had decided to go along with the ocean crossing during the hurricane season has probably still had his doubts. There is [...]
Morning departure from Lunenburg direction Netherlands! 23 September 20165 May 2022Eelco2871 views Last week a lot happened. We are, after two weeks anchoring, on the embankment for the museum in the village. We are therefore [...]
First two weeks in Lunenburg, Canada 14 September 201617 September 2016Eelco3069 views And so we continue for almost two weeks after our arrival in Lunenburg, Canada. We are still not in the port, which seems [...]
Tres Hombres remains at least a month in, Canada; 3 September 201614 September 2016Eelco2618 views This morning the news that the Tres Hombres a month here in of seven continues to lie to the hurricane season. A shock [...]
Diverted to Canada for Hurricane Gaston 2 September 20162 September 2016Eelco3100 views Our sailing trip from the Dominican Republic to the Azores began very prosperous. With the Dominican Republic we were tacking only once over [...]
Sweating, pucking and splashing to the Dominican Republic 26 July 201630 July 2016Eelco4747 views The first days after departure we had with wind force 7 violently sailing weather. And because the ship had been dry for several [...]
Tomorrow without new load away from hot Santa Marta 10 July 201610 July 2016Eelco2944 views Despite all attempts of Captain James, the agent and countless others it is unfortunately still didn’t manage to get the load tea to [...]
Quick trip to Santa Marta, Colombia 5 July 20165 July 2016Eelco3022 views Without problems and with a strong breeze in the back we sailed in 5 days of Grenada to Santa Marta in Colombia. The [...]
Chocolate load and relax on Grenada 24 June 201610 July 2016Eelco3071 views Fortunately for us everything went as usual with delay, so that we (trainees and deckhands) could spend some more time on this beautiful [...]