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Changing the clock

Door: Eric Kesteloo

ETA Cape Town 28 APR 2023 LAM (appr. 730 miles to go) Thursday night we changed the clocks another hour towards Cape Town. The  ship is now on UTC+1. The mood on board is incredibly good. These long trips you can...

april 2023

On our way to Cape Town

Door: Eric Kesteloo

Hi all, Position: 36-54S 000-55E COG: 090T SOG: 4.5KN sailing beam reach SB tack ETA Cape Town 28 APR 2023 LAM (appr. 950 miles to go) Okay, where were we. Ah yes, Wednesday, sailing close-hauled on ...

Sailing to Cape Town

Door: Jordi Plana Morales

Motorsailing in the light southerly winds And so it started, the last leg of our voyage. Behind us about 40 days and 4000nnm of Drake Passage, Antarctica, Scotia Sea, South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Tristan da Cunha. Now...

april 2023

Tristan da Cunha

Door: Jordi Plana Morales

Fish factory, processing the 400 tones of Tristan lobster caught each year in the archipelago. Long boats, fishing rods and nets to fish in the rich waters surrounding the islands, catching enough fish to be distributed for...

Second day landing in the island

Door: Jordi Plana Morales

Tristan da Cunha, Second day landing in the island. In the evening starting our way to Cape Town. Yesterday's landing at Tristan was a success. Several days at sea prior to arrival we were not even sure if we could make it...

april 2023

Swimming near Tristan da Cunha

Door: Eric Kesteloo

Hi all, Position: 37-04S 012-19W Tristan da Cunha COG: at anchor SOG: 0.0KN ETA Cape Town 28 APR 2023 LAM Yesterday morning, we found ourselves anchored in front of Calshot  Harbour with a good swell making...

Tristan Da Cunha

Door: Jordi Plana Morales

Swell kept us rolling overnight while anchored a short distance from Calshot harbour, the little port of Edinburgh of the Seven Seas at Tristan da Cunha. But the conditions were just good enough to try a landfalll after...

april 2023

Sailing to Tristan Da Cunha

Door: Eric Kesteloo

Hi all, Position: 37-04S 012-19W COG: at anchor at Tristan SOG: 0.0KN ETA Cape Town 28 APR 2023 LAM Early Thursday morning, the wind started to increase again, with the  isobars between the low to the SW...

april 2023

Good sailing on the South Atlantic

Door: Jordi Plana Morales

Fair Northwesterlies and sunshine.   Good day of sailing the Northwesterlies that started blowing yesterday at 20 to 25n. Keeping the wheel steering high, braced Close-hauled and with the Royals, Upper Staysails...