Finally set sail!
Imagine yourself being 30. Engaged, yay <3! Planning your wedding, saving up to realize that dreamwedding. And then… one evening, sitting on the sofa with your love, you started discussing that long-lasting dream of buyin a sailboat and sailing the world. It never seemed possible, but now, with the wedding-savings-mindset in place, it might just be…
So we postphoned the wedding, started looking for boats, bought an awesome (but quite a handfull of work) 44ft Van de Stadt and refitted her from top to bottom. And now, finally, we set sails and are heading South!
How did we do so far?
We haven’t got a change to got bored yet… some stats to show you our 💪
Countries
Nautical Miles
Cries
Refit hours
Good stories
So we aim to tell you some good stories about the stuff that we run into while we travel. Enjoy our blogs, and provide us with feedback if you like!
DUTCH Zout, Zeewier en Zijn we er al?
Alles heeft een zoutkorst, op meerdere plekken liggen vergeten schrubben van overijverige vliegende vissen en wijzelf hebben inmiddels ook een korstje. De laatste mijlen zijn aangebroken. Nog 1 middagdutje, nog 1 alcoholvrije borrel, nog 1 warme melk voor het slapen...
DUTCH Een nieuw hoofdstuk!
"Ik realiseer me deze dagen pas echt hoe vet het is wat we al gedaan hebben", zeg ik tegen Suus terwijl ik naar buiten de kuip in stap. "Echt he!? We zijn gewoon met de boot naar de stad gevaren waar ik gestudeerd heb, Lissabon", reageert ze. "Jaaa! En hoe vet was...
FAQ about crossing an ocean; part two
Good morning! We have passed our last timezone yesterday and are now 5 hours behind Amsterdam. Local time is 01.51. Only 300 nautical miles to go. Yesterday was a great day again. Only one squal (an episode of heavy rain and a lot of wind, out of the blue) hit us...
Movie time!
Have you seen this historic video already? It was our first YouTube upload, and we kinda like to look back on how things were.. enjoy!
