We left Spain and Portugal behind us and are now heading towards La Palma. The wind blows straight from behind and the waves are rolling, rolling, rolling. More than a month ago we left Den Helder and set our sails. For me the first time sailing in my life. An amazing new adventure with all […]
On a previous tall ship journey I was awarded “minus sixty salty points” by a seasoned sailor for wearing a glove on one hand. On that trip I developed a healthy aversion to anything ‘yaughty’ – thrilled by the experience of sailing under square sails and without such preposterous inventions like winches and epoxied laminate. […]
PART I Out on the ocean the tradewinds cross over a deep-water trench of no particular name. A crossroad of sorts between a wind and a waterway, that for a long time was the location of a public house. The outlines can still be seen as the square coral reef on the bank of the […]
Last night, there was an amazing shooting star in the sky. A breathtaking green light drew a glowing stripe against the black, before it fell apart into two or three white flashes. The whole spectacle lasted about two seconds. Abundance of magnesium and copper in such burning space debris, a little online research would suggest. […]
I’m terrible at sleeping. Always have been. I know every little corner of the ceiling in the bedroom. It’s not necessarily the quality of sleep that’s bad, it’s the practice of falling asleep. Don’t I often wake up on the sofa in the afternoon, bewildered, disoriented, evidently after having falling asleep there, though? Why yes, […]
I want to tell you straight how great life on board Tres Hombres is. I really do. Because it is. Great, I mean. It’s just… I’m no good at all that cheery ‘life’s full of wonders’-crap. As a storyteller, I need my fair dose of tragedy. Recently I have found, though, that tragedy is much […]
Crew and trainees alike tend to have a variety of motivations that bring them to sailing on Tres Hombres. But even more varied than their motivations is their personalities & backgrounds. Building a crew out of those who arrive takes time, but time goes fast when you are sailing together 24 hours a day. Most […]
Hi there! My name is Focaccia and I got the pleasure of joining the Tres Hombres this summer. I am a one year old homing pigeon from Germany and on my way home to Hannover I got lost on the coast of the Netherlands and landed on the deck of the Tres Hombres to take […]
Have you ever asked yourself where do sailors go when they retire from the sea? What do they do? Let me tell you a story… A little while ago, while on our way to the Basque Country, the weather decided the ship had to stop in Brittany. An unplanned quick pitstop to Douarnenez came into […]
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