After the excitement in Hills Inlet we continu cruising through the Whitsundays and visit Tongue Bay, Butterfly Bay, Bait Reef, One Foot Island and Nara Inlet ...

Anxious moments as we did prepare our stay in Hill Inlet pretty good but it still got a bit too exciting in the end

The Grand Large Yachting Team flies Down Under to meet the GLYWO boats visiting Australia. Gives us a perfect opportunity to meet new members of the Outremer ...

Very happy with the support from AST, sending a whole new tender to the very other side of the world

Hopefully for the last time during our GLYWO around the world rally, we haul out the boat in Mackay for new BLACK antifouling and Greatcircle gets an ...

Victor and I are sailing 1150 miles across the ocean towards Mackay where we are going to be hauled out for new antifouling Oh before I forget, Marijke has ...

Impressive day as we first witness locals from the Vanuatu island of Pentecost risk their lives jumping head first of a wooden tower and we have our own ...

Marijke is in Holland as Mark waits for Victor to arrive on the main island of Vanuatu. Together they sail to Malekula, Ambrym and Pentecost before preparing ...

Marijke has to fly home to say her last goodbyes to her mother as I sail around the main island waiting for Victor to arrive.

After visiting the Avocado festival on Maré Island it's time to cross to the next country : Vanuatu. First stop is at the island of Tanna where we have an ...

Our last week of sailing in New Caledonia before we cross to Vanuatu. In Prony Bay we get company, the Grand Large Media team comes on board and makes a very ...

Greatcircle is ready to go again and we're glad to leave the marina and head for the lagoon. We have a couple of great sailing days. First to one of the small ...

We have to leave Greatcircle as the power will be cut during upgrade of the davits and the mast support. After a couple of days in a hotel we are super happy ...

After our 2 night stop at Norfolk we continue towards Nouméa in New Caledonia, and again we're very lucky with the winds we're getting. Your fair winds wishes ...

Our first ocean crossing in the 2nd half of the GLYWO around the world rally will be from New Zealand to New Caledonia. Because of an expected pause in the ...

After 4 months in Europe, a wedding and a grandchild in the making we're delighted to be back on board. Let's get ready for to sail from down under New Zealand ...

Before we head to the northern hemisphere for a very cold summer break we prepare Greatcircle at her temporary home in the Town Basin

After exploring the Bay of Islands a bit more we sail Greatcircle from Opua to Whangarei where she will stay as we will travel to Europe for a couple of months.

After 2 months we leave Fiji to go 1100 miles south to Opua, New Zealand Featuring @miss.blanik who will join us on all bigger crossings

Scary moments as Greatcircle is hauled out in a very narrow slipway on a cart with a couple of wooden blocks. But it's the only place in Fiji where you can ...

On our way to be hauled out for repairs in Vuda Point marina we cruise around the Mamanuca islands, visit the islands where Cast Away was recorded and meet the ...

Sailing north to south through the Yasawa chain of islands together with Wasa and Moorea

It's going to take a couple of weeks to send the new rudder and the parts for the steering over from France so we have time to slowly hop towards Vuda Point ...

On our way out of the Vanua Balava atol we unfortunately hit an uncharted reef sailing between 7 and 8 knots