The last couple of years orcas have been attacking boats around Spain and Portugal. The area between Barbate and Gibraltar seems to be the rudder biting hot ...

Embark on a mesmerizing voyage through the Lagoon of Alvor with Cat Greatcircle, as they navigate the stunning Algarve coastline aboard an Outremer 5. Discover ...

After celebrating the end of our GLYWO rally around the world with the remaining boats in Ponta Delgada on the Azores we still have another part of the North ...

On our way to Terceira we suddenly notice that the forestay doesn't look as healthy as normal ....

It’s our last big ocean crossing in our around the world rally. We leave Bermuda da to sail a little less than 2000 miles east to the famous sailor town of ...

Sail along with Cat Greatcircle in this captivating episode, as they journey from Sint Maarten to Bermuda, stopping at intriguing locations like Saba and ...

In this episode, Cat Greatcircle embarks on an exciting journey from the Tobago Cays to Martinique. Experience their seamless navigation through the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

We didn't realize ourselves that the influence of the arctic Benguela current is that big in Namibia. Locals tell us we're even lucky with a couple of warm and ...

We return from Holland and have some time left to prepare the boat for the upcoming legs crossing the South Atlantic. The first leg goes from Cape Town over ...

After crossing the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean it is now time to cross the Indian Ocean. Maybe not the biggest ocean of the three but for sure the one that ...

Summary of episodes 267 to 303, year 2 out of 3 of our circumnavigation. This part is covering the period from July 2022 to July 2023.

Our last sail this year leads us around 2 notorious capes. The first one seems to be asleep, the second one is wide awake.

We just replaced the main halyard in Durban and after 2 hours of sailing .... the whole main comes down again