MEET OUR TRAINEE SAM Age: 21 Nationality: FRENCH Position on board: TRAINEE FOR THE WHOLE JOURNEY Former occupation on land (or how do you keep yourself busy when you are not sailing)? I do marine carpentry and I used to work in a shipyard for wooden boats in the South of France. Which book, film, song, and/or event […]
MEET OUR DECKHAND ALINA Age: 32 Nationality: GERMAN Position on board: DECKHAND Former occupation on land (aka how do you keep yourself busy when you are not sailing)? Before joining the world of tall ship sailing, I was employed as a social worker providing psycho-social support, care, and protection for children. I also used to […]
MEET OUR SECOND MATE – GUVEN Name: GUVEN Age: 28 Nationality: FRENCH Position on board: SECOND MATE Former occupation on land (or how do you keep yourself busy when you are not sailing)? I am sailing! And when I am not sailing, I am usually volunteering for sailing projects or helping on a refit. I […]
So three months have already passed since we left Den Helder. We’ve visited several ports and cities, survived the bay of Biscay, sailed past a volcano island, and crossed the Atlantic ocean. We finally arrived in the Caribbean. To be honest, it took me a moment – and another look at the map – to […]
MEET OUR SHIP’S COOK Name: EDDIE Age: 32 Nationality: ENGLISH Position on board: COOK Former occupation on land (or how do you keep yourself busy when you are not sailing)? I am working for New Dawn Traders. I am an acupuncturist, carer and set builder. Which book, film, song and/or event inspired and sparked in […]
For this short report, a selection of aspiring, novice, and salty sailors have been chosen as participants. This motley crew is being subjected to a series of ongoing experiments, courtesy of the Mid-Atlantic Wind Fund – whose investment has been considerable. We thank it for fair winds, hours of laughter, a few sprains, burns, and […]
Aboard the good ship Tres Hombres, many fledgling sailors learn to walk the ship as she rolls, pitches and flies over the water. Learning to walk again takes time and is a great source of entertainment for both the new sailors and the seasoned crew. Here I want to describe some of the different techniques […]
