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Update by Wim:
"At last we are full and well in the trade winds. All is well. We hardly touch the sails. We sleep, eat and stand on watch (two times four hours). And in between we relax, scan the horizon, the clou...

Update by Rob:
“In 1990 I was travelling in the United States. I ended up in a little town by the name of Estes Park, gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park. In the local youth hostel we sat on the porch of the m...

In his guide Patrick Moore fulminates against all sorts of modernisms such as splitting up and/or re-arranging perfectly good star signs. Anyone that has tried to make sense of some of the names of star signs knows tha...

Update by Maarten:
"On the bridge we have Patrick Moore’s star guide, which is useful, as stargazing is a good way to pass the night in between duty on the helm and the management of sails. Patrick Moore was the s...

Update by Eline:
“A quarter to nine pm and ‘The colour purple’ is on TV. Two people sitting on the bench in front. Crewmembers chatting in the corner, after a meal. Another crewmember on duty finishing the dishes....

Zaterdag is volgens Jacob's woorden 'Happy hour', wat gewoon betekent dat we met z'n allen het schip poetsen. Binnen, buiten en we doen de was. Dit alles werd afgesloten met een heerlijk verfrissende duik in de oceaan....

Kapitein Arian meldt:
"Er is bijna geen wind en dus is het erg warm aan dek. Misschien lassen we maar een zwempauze in. De zee is glad en er loopt een zwakke deining vanuit het zuidoosten. We hopen voor morgen op ...

Update by Peter van Gilst:
"The sun is a constant presence these days. This very morning we measured 29 degrees Celsius. A milestone! This nice weather is also having its effect on the atmosphere on board. People ...

Update by Lotte:
"Will I be able to make it to the yard from here? Not a chance. All right, I could step around the mast, secure myself, climb on the yard, walk to the other side and jump off onto the rope. Defini...

De 'Oosterschelde' is ruim 16 maanden onderweg, maar pas deze week kruisten we ons eigen kielzog en pas deze week is de wereld-omzeiling dus echt een feit. Op het plaatje is te zien welke route het schip heeft gevolgd....