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"Not much has been written here about the inner wo

"Not much has been written here about the inner world of the Tres, i.e., what lies below its deck.
Before I was able to set foot on board, I have always been curious about what’s there.
Now I can report from first-hand experience..."

Have you ever been curious about what Tres Hombres encloses below her deck, beside the precious cargo we tell you so many stories about? Michael takes us on a guided tour through the ship, below her underwater line...
Imagine being on board, open the hatch and jump inside, follow him from the forepeak to the stern reading the newest blog on our website.

📸 @@seraaaf for @yaka_world

https://fairtransport.eu/the-world-below-by-michael-ross/

#sailcargo #sail #crewlife #sailing #atlanticvoyage #engineless #tradition #woodenboat #treshombres #tallship #takeatour #lessismore #underwater

Roll barrel roll! The empty oak barrels which wil

Roll barrel roll!

The empty oak barrels which will hold within their staves the new editions of Tres Hombres Rums are finally all on board!
Their journey on fossil fuels ends at the entrance of the Puerto Deportivo de Baiona. From now on the stories these barrels will collect and carry will be different. After that gate, Tres Hombres crew is in charge and will do their best to guarantee the safest journey with the lowest environmental impact across the Atlantic and back to Europe.
From the truck, they have been rolled one by one down the quay, loaded on deck and finally stowed down into the cargo hold, lashed and secured. All crew happily took part in the operations, as usual, onboard Tres Hombres. It has been an intense working day under a rainy sky (honestly quite typical and expectable this time of the year on the Galician coast) but after the roughness of Biscay, our crew is now salted enough not to fear some sweet water falling from the heavens.

Now time to sail them to the distillers! They are still light and empty, perfect to be rolled around, but soon this will change. They will be filled with the best sugar cane juices from La Palma, Barbados, Martinique and the Dominican Republic. Welcome on board guys, we're sure you will love the ride!

Amongst them, a very special guest: the Tendal Barrel! A barrel containing Malvasia wine from @vinostendal , a traditional winery from La Palma, which has been ageing on board for a year now, sailing, rocking with the waves and rolling with the ship since the last time she visited the island. This barrel will be the protagonist of a charity campaign to raise funds to help local people who lost their homes after the recent violent volcanic eruptions. The last leg after a very long voyage for this precious barrel which has almost arrived home: Tres Hombres set sail today bound south, next stop Santa Cruz de La Palma, in the Canary islands. 1000 NM ahead of them sailing in warmer latitudes, foretasting the fairness of the Trade Winds.

#logbook #treshombres #cargo #cargoundersails #sailcargo #teamwork #sail #sailing #fairtransport #atlanticvoyage #windpower #rum #vinostendal #oakbarrel #galicia #lapalma #rockandroll

"I’m paid with unforgettable moments such as: a

"I’m paid with unforgettable moments such as: a bucket of seawater where I wash my hands at night in a sparkling flurry of fluorescent plankton, table-cloth sea surface near the Isle of Wight without any noise whatsoever, dolphins swimming next to us on a full-moon night, joyful ride on the waves under the sun near the Bretagne coast while I’m steering, but most of all, a group of people with 100% mutual trust, learning/teaching marlinspike seamanship on a 100-year old square-rigger."

Michael, a trainee, reveals to us his intimate impressions out of his first week of sailing on board Tres Hombres.

Sometimes little humble things are the most precious... but how much do such things worth? Do we value them enough when we get them? Do we always need to take distance to be able to see them? We wish that our crew's blog posts can blow a breeze of good inspiration into your daily life as well.

Read his words in the blog on our website

https://fairtransport.eu/my-first-week-at-tres-by-michael-ross/

📸 @pierre.fromentin

#sailcargo #sailing #atlanticvoyage #sail #socialchange #FairTransport #crewlife #lessismore #inspiration #teamwork #seamanship #treshombres

Tres Hombres safely arrived in Baiona (ES) this we

Tres Hombres safely arrived in Baiona (ES) this weekend!

Less than 3 days for a leg of around 500nm with an average speed of 9knots! Not bad for an engineless sailing ship crossing such a treacherous gulf.
This area gained a legendary reputation over the centuries and it is well known and feared amongst sailors for its rough seas and violent storms, featuring high swell and sudden gusts due to its wide-open exposure to the Atlantic Ocean. You gotta earn this crossing. Be sure that it won't ever be a cruise, but a proper seaman ride!

Despite the short run, the sailing conditions have been quite challenging, making the crew feel what it really means to be out at sea when the weather gets tough: at some point a strong gust hit and made the ship lean on her side at a considerable angle for minutes. The crew witnessed with their bodies and minds the powers of the Elements. With high waves jumping on board, washing the deck, taking off the coils from the pins, the wind howling in the rig, the timber vibrating under the boots...how tiny and humble you feel when the Ocean comes to you! Tres is a sturdy vessel though, she has seen many more storms before. Our crew counts professional, experienced sailors who know how to harness the winds and handle the ship, so everything went fine, but indeed that was a marking experience for some and a good salty story to tell!
Now, the most strenuous part of the journey is over and lies in their wake. Well done everyone, we are proud of you all.

The footage is maybe poor in quality but it is great to help our imagination to fly wild: imagine being on board, the cold wind beating your face, the salt biting your skin, feel the gravity playing with your weightless body, pulling you from portside to starboard, restlessly. Or you are aloft, working with the sails, like in this video where deckhands are busy furling the course at sunset. Even greater fun!

Enjoy these images and if you really do, then consider applying on time to be a trainee for next winter and summer voyages.
(NOTE: ALL 2021-22 ATLANTIC JOURNEY IS ALREADY FULLY BOOKED!).
Visit our website for summer 2022 and winter 2022/2023 schedules.
LINK IN BIO.

Tres Hombres cargo begins to be filled up! In Dou

Tres Hombres cargo begins to be filled up!

In Douarnenez, the crew loaded many empty barrels sourced from @tonnellerienavarre, a french family run cooperage well known for their three generations of expertise in barrel making and continued dedication to consistent quality and craftsmanship.

These wooden barrels carry their own peculiar scented memories from the time they have been aging spirits as Armagnac and Pineau des Charentes. Soon they will pass on these memories to the rums from the trusted distilleries we work with in the Canaries and Caribbean. The ship and the ocean will do the rest: through the dynamic aging process, the final result is the unique @treshombres.rum !
Thanks to the collaboration between Fairtransport and @les_freres_de_la_cote we can keep on experimenting, improving our selections to deliver you only the very finest sourced, produced and aged rums!

The ship is also transporting a cargo of wine bottles bound for Martinique, from our long term partner and friend, Olivier Cousin, a legend and a pioneer of natural winemaking in Europe.

Anyway, every year's edition is special and absolutely unique. While waiting for the next spring release, you can still purchase the last winter's rums in our webshop, where you can also find our sail shipped natural wines from Portugal and France. Red, white or rose, please yourself, family and friends during this cold winter with these fair made and fair transported, naturally produced and engineless shipped, delicious natural wines!
Follow the LINK IN BIO to enter our webshop.

In the picture you can see Captain Francois, in the traditional Tres Hombres barrel freak position, the headstand, to remind us all that even when Life turns upside down do not forget to smile and enjoy the ride!
Talking about enjoying rides, just in this moment Tres Hombres is riding a low pressure in the wild Biscay Bay, sailing at great speed towards their next port of call: they are expected to be in Baiona this weekend!

#atlanticvoyage #sail #sailcargo #sailing #socialchange #windpower #tradition #treshombres #FairTransport #woodworker #tradition #craftsman #rum #naturalwine #vinnaturel #Brittany

"She is Tres Hombres, Tres for the crew. Trusty, s

"She is Tres Hombres, Tres for the crew. Trusty, steady, free. What most might not realize is that she is so much more than an engine-free sailing cargo ship. Sure, carrying rum, wine, gin, chocolate, and coffee, Tres sounds badass enough. Her true power, however, lies in bending time and transforming space. She navigates dimensions and realities with the same grace and ease that she does the waves."

Natalia is a trainee who offers here a wonderful present for us all to enjoy: a text which is so beautifully written that you will get goosebumps while reading it.
Savour her words slowly...

DIVE INTO NATALIA'S FULL BLOG ON OUR WEBSITE >> Link in Bio !

Thank you Natalia for being on board Tres Hombres and sharing your impressions with us!
@nataliaandthemountains

https://fairtransport.eu/take-a-good-look-at-her-by-natalia-boltukhova/