From never having sailed to now crossing the Atlantic Ocean from the Dominican Republic to Amsterdam, I am doing it big time! After a sunny cocktail filled vacation in the Dominican Republic, I set foot on the Tres Hombres two weeks ago. The last few days in Boca Chica, I got to know the other […]
“But letting go means falling.” “No, letting go means flying!” There are people you meet who speak little, but after a few weeks at sea, they sometimes share powerful lessons in just a few words. To sail is to let yourself be carried by the wind and the waves, while trying to understand them, to […]
A Tres Hombres tale involving sea-witches and sky-dragons After many adventures in the Caribbean Seas, Tres Hombres and her salty crew are ready to sail home again. Their next destination: Horta in the Azores – 2600 miles NEE of Hispaniola. When leaving the islands, and entering the open blue plains of the Atlantic, they […]
Our time in the Caribbean is over now that we’ve pointed the bow to the northeast (as far as the weathergods allow) and our spirits are soaring high! Everyone is excited to be crossing the big pond again, some for the first time, while some of us have been here before. During our time in […]
My first impressions whilst boarding the Tres Hombres in Santa Cruz de La Palma as a first-time sailor were: how small she was (in comparison to other sailing vessels, cargo ships and gargantuan cruise ships), and how much she rocked with the waves despite being moored in port. Everybody told me this was nothing compared […]
I never thought of myself as an impatient person. But growing older, I realized waiting is not my cup of tea, especially if it is waiting and sitting still… But when you hope for an engineless ship to take their leave, you have to be patient. As I have been sailing Tres Hombres before, I […]
As I sign off from the good ship Tres Hombres and bid a (temporary?) farewell to her and the incredible people who sail, operate, and support this unique zero-emission freight mission, I return home with a host of new experiences, insights, and inspirations. ⚓🌍 It’s fair to say I spent much of my time on board […]
“Thank you for cooking”, “Thank you for the food”, “Oh, it already smells so good”. These are some of the things I’ve had the joy of hearing for nearly two weeks in a row. It never tired me. In fact, these are remarks which keep me going, and which were one of the reasons I […]
From the mist, she dawned. An evening eerie and grey, her contours sharpened slowly as she approached us in little wind and her sails were doused one by one before she dropped anchor. Douarnenez, two years ago, when I first laid eyes on Tres Hombres. Since then I have spent about as much time aboard […]
It’s Sunday on the good ship Tres Hombres. We are somewhere North East of the Dominican Republic, our crossing home bound started a few days ago. The weather is fair, the sailing feels like something new, something we haven’t experienced yet during this whole journey since we left Den Helder in December: we glide softly […]
