From Mid-Atlantic to St Lucia Our almost epic odyssey has come to an end. We have arrived. In St. Lucia, in the Caribbean – at our destination. Almost half a year to the day after we left Luxembourg. […]
Atlantic, part two Read More »
The ARC+ fleet splits off Actually, we should have been on the Atlantic since Thursday and have the first 600 nm behind us. In fact we are still stuck in the Marina Mindelo and feel like in the
Hotel California Mindelo Read More »
Las Palmas to Mindelo, Cape Verde Two years of preparation are soon history. After a negative corona test we are allowed to leave on Sunday at 1 p.m. with 23 other vessels. One crew got it: positive covid
So many “first times” So that was it, our real, own maiden voyage. At 55 nm, only about one hundredth of the maiden voyage from Cape Town, which isn’t considered as such as Ka and I were not
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria arrival Read More »
The calm of the equatorial doldrums First the news that interests many of you: the Rivercafe has still not arrived in Tenerife. It is day 8 since the guys left Mindelo and Cape Verde. The Marina Mindelo boss
A matter of nerves Departure of the Rivercafe in Ascension was on 20.8. So – we thought – now the most difficult part of the journey is done. Gary – the captain of our crew assured us that
Lost and found in Mindelo Read More »
Stopping in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean On August19 at 2:30 p.m. Kitty, the incredibly helpful Harbor Master of Ascension Island informed us that our guys have arrived in Georgetown. Crew and yacht are fine and do
The toughest part is done * On Friday morning the Rivercafe moored at the mooring buoys off St. James, the capital of the British island of Saint Helena. The first 1,750 nm, or a little more than a
And then everything turns out differently While our Rivercafe makes its way north through the waves of the South Atlantic, this is a good opportunity to talk a little bit about the route planning. For days the brave
How routing offshore works Read More »
Rivercafe is on its way That was the most beautiful sentence I have heard in a long time. “We are ready to go”. Our Captain Gary got clearance for his crew and Rivercafe and has left Cape Town
“We are officially cleared to depart” Read More »
