All the way downwind we’ve been sailing from Dover towards Eastbourne today (we’re still sailing!). After booming out the genoa with the spinnaker boom the trip started to become much more pleasant and we gained quite a bit of extra speed… In assumingly about an hour we will reach Sovereign Harbour Marina whe we will Read More
A quick update to say that we have reached Dover at last on Sunday. The crossing was easy and all went well in a quick 6-7 hour trip. But it was a sunny day, with good visibility and calm weather. The only downside was the wind which was against us and not very strong which Read More
Not much to say. It’s running and we’re happy! Click to watch the Video
It was a long journey from Breskens to Zeebrugge! We had the sails up but no real blow filled them up at any time. It was tiring to keep the sails calm on one side, due to frequent little waves the boom kept moving from side to side since there was no wind to stabilize it. Read More
On our trip so far we’ve had mostly decent food for lunches and also for dinners. Since we have a fully functional kitchen with cooker and oven we can be as creative in cooking as we are at home. The chips (sorry: Pommes Frites), though, we had here in Calais in a little friterie near Read More
Unfortunately today after a two hour trip towards the North Sea (starting from Stellendam where we spent the last night) we discovered that our engine was broken again. It might have been due to the wavy conditions the days before and on that particular day. What had happened was that the repair it had received Read More
So we have reached France after many days in the beautiful Netherlands and a cross-over through Belgium. Today we didn’t cross to England mostly because we needed 2 tidal gates and we missed one, but we made it to Calais which is just across the English Channel. Sailing in this region of the globe is Read More
A lot to tell but not much time at the moment! After some technical problems with the engine again (same defect we had in lelystad, reocurred in bad wavy weather conditions) we decided to sail southwards via internal waters. Starting at Stellendam we sailed via Middelharnis (stayed there for two days to repair the engine Read More
This was the trip when we discovered the engine was broken again. We were heading all along the channel from Stellendam to the open Sea when we eventually decided to turn around and go back to Stellendam due to the wavy and drizzly conditions. The Sea was not very pleasant and since it was also raining we Read More
There is not much to say. Another important piece of gear that was missing has been aquired. Guess what it is?