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On the second Greatcircle we never sailed to Santa Lucia and the Grenadines. On the first Greatcircle we didn't go to the Grenadines either. We were there on a charter cat over 20 years ago and on Seatramp in January 2019. Not too much worries about the d...

What's the definition of sailing around the world? In over 2,5 year we've sailed about 35.000 nautical miles now on the Outremer 55. In total we must have sailed over 60.000 miles now, about 3 times the circumference of the planet. We already saw all longi...

We were kind of waiting for it to happen and of course it did, we lost our starboard rudder in the middle of a 2000 nautical mile ocean crossing

The doldrums around the equator are known for their enormous no-wind areas but also for a series of squalls and thunderstorms. We try to slalom in this area and are constantly caught between looking for wind and avoiding too much wind. And then there is t...

From Jacaré Marina in Cabedelo, the port of Joao Pessoa, we have a little holiday in the charming little village of Pipa before crossing towards one of the most beautiful spots in Brazil, the island of Fernando de Noronha.

While sailing back north from Carneiros beach we follow the local regatta towards Coroa de Aviao

After a fantastic carnaval in Recife and a local briefing by Hans Hutzler, a local pilot and Outremer sailor, we sail south along the Brasilian coast. We visit Hans's recommendations of Suape, Porto do Galinhas and Carneiros Beach

After a smooth South Atlantic crossing we arrive in time for some Brasilian Carnival!

The last 4 days of the 10 day crossing to Recife, our slowest ocean crossing so far

Carnival is calling, so we leave Saint Helena to reach Recife in time. There's not a lot of wind but enough to have a decent trip with the big sails.

Our arrival on Saint Helena is magnificent. With the rising sun on Barn Rock it just looks like it has been polished the day before. Very special this rock in the middle of the ocean, 1300 miles from Namibia and 1750 from Recife. I guess they wanted to be ...

Champagne sailing in less than 6 days, 1300 miles from Walvis Bay in Namibia to a lonely rock in the middle of the South Atlantic ocean