Stuck on Aruba we try to make the best of it while trying to find a solution to repair the boat and, if possible, continue our world tour with the Grand Large ...

Our favourite pirate James comes over to the damaged Greatcircle record a podcast resulting in a "make a lot of noise to forget your sorrows" session where ...

Anchored in front of Eagle Beach on the west coast of Aruba, we are hit by a 67 ton 2-master. Not sure whether we can continue our world tour.

From Los Roques Venezuela we sail to the nice and cosy Dutch island of Bonaire. We really like it there, we meet our sailing buddies of Eight, run into old ...

Thanks to Vitia taking us along we visit the northerly Venezuelean islands of Los Roques, a turquoise paradise 70 miles out of the coast of the South American ...

After a little start regatta we join a group of 9 Outremers on a trip to Los Roques, an archipelago of Venezuelean islands where only a few yachts set sail to ...

We continue our tour around the island until Marijke arrives in St. Anne after flying back from Holland. We join the rest of the World Odyssey fleet in marina ...

In Saint Pierre professional photographer Robin Christol joins us on board and we take him along around Martinique. Lots of sailing in this episode with stops ...

Marijke flies home for a week and Thomas from Outremer 5X Surya joins Mark to sail around Martinique. Thomas will also join us on the crossing from the ...

We have to stay in Martinique at least until the 4th of January as a guy is flying in to double check something on the boat. No worries as there are several ...

After spending Christmas in Outremer Bay with Spekeend, Bombarda and Surya we split up again and sail together with Surya to Josephine's bath on the windward ...

After 2 weeks in Barbados it's time to move on and we sail together with Outremer 51 Spekeend to Martinique

After crossing the Atlantic Ocean via Cabo Verde we lounge and relax around the boat anchored in Carlisle Bay / Bridgetown. Nice wrecks to snorkel, and trying ...

Dead downwind behind our heavy cloth polyester spi towards Barbados. Cape Verde to Mindelo in 9 days and a couple of hours, mostly just along the great circle ...

After stoppping for 2 days in Mindelo, Cabo Verde, we continue towards Barbados. The forecast looks great. Following the great circle course we shouldn't sail ...

Now the bigger crossings are starting. We have a nice build up with first the 650 miles from Sevilla to the Canaries, now the 850 miles to Cabo Verde and next ...

The Outremer After-sales service team flies in to fix the final issues before the crossing while we prepare the boat, check the rig, provision and visit the ...

Let's have a holiday as well and visit the beautiful island of La Gomera for a couple of days together with the crews of Spekeend and Inky Blue.

Cruising through the Canaries without a main towards Marina Santa Cruz on Tenerife from where we will start our Atlantic crossing

Halfway the crossing and 50 miles out of the Moroccan coast we continue heading for Graciosa

After a week in Sevilla it's time for the historical start down river to go all around the world.

We sail from Cadiz to Sevilla, 45 miles up river and celibrate the historical start of the Grand Large World Odyssey, sailing around the world.

It's already getting busy in Gibraltar with GLYWO boats on their way to Cadiz. Tina and I leave around noon, maybe still a bit early for the current but it ...

Sailing without the captain from Almeria to Gibraltar