FAQ Q: Whats this? A: Everybody who is on board now wrote a few sentences (or a paragraph) with Christmas Greetings in their local dialect Hal Grias eink Servas and meine Leid und Hawara dahuam z Weinberg und in Graz. Mir san grod am Weyg owi z di Kap Verdischen Inseln und daun biang ma […]
First time I saw Tres Hombres in Amsterdam I was humbled by her. She was quiet and gently rolled by the quay. Yet, simultaneously, she was screaming something I couldn’t quite get at the time but it felt important and real. I was curious. Getting on board for the first time, just as a visitor, […]
Foto: Marco van der Does After our departure from the Santa Cruz de la Palma harbor, the shouts of command quickly changed into shouts of joy: we are on our way to Barbados with 10 knots! During the next night watches, we can see the lights high on the islands of Gomera at port, and […]
Yesterday the 16th of December we departed from Santa Cruz de la Palma. After loading 11 barrels of rum Aldea, 8 days of work, making the ship ocean ready, enjoying the beautiful island, visiting the Aldea rum distillery (thanks for the nice meal together!), organizing organic food for the crossing and changing trainees it was […]
Yo. Finally, I am going to write an actual Blogpost! Surely the first under my Real Name. Probably shorter than I want. I might write a second one… This is not a post about specific events of this trip but more about the general feeling of being on the Tres Hombres. I have never read […]
Denk toch aan hen die varen! Zegt mijn vader altijd als hij de wind en regen om zijn tweedehandsboekwinkel in Zierikzee hoort jagen. Ja, denk toch aan hen die varen, de afgelopen tien dagen hebben we hard gevaren met de Tres Hombres. Het lijkt alweer lang geleden dat ik besloot te vertrekken vanuit de baai […]
Sinterklaas Kapoentje Gooi wat in mijn schoentje 5 december – sinterklaas avond in Nederland. Vannacht werden we wakker gemaakt voor de night watch van 00.00 uur met een sinterklaasliedje gezongen door Karsten uit Duitsland en aangezien Sinterklaas van kadootjes houdt, worden we met een stroopwafel in onze schoen verrast. Heerlijk om die op te peuzelen […]
The watch-system on board is divided in five watches. There are two in daylight and three at night. Usually we are watching the sea and waiting for the next order, training the Trainees and cleaning. But sometimes the watch becomes really long because there is nothing to do but looking. So some of us are […]
We stevenen met een constante noordelijke wind in de richting van La Palma. Er waren momenten dat ik – en met mij andere trainees – wensten dat we er waren… Maar ons offer aan Neptunus heeft het tij volledig gekeerd. Onze ‘landmodus’ is vervangen door het ritme van de zee. Kloktijd is vervangen door de […]
Well, what a beautiful day! Since the day after leaving Baiona, we have had strong Northerly winds, which have been good for our progress south but have built up bigger seas than I have seen before. It was great to see the change in direction from westerly to northerly swell. Last night as it was […]
