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17th of May -    Tres Hombres arrived in Oostend, Belgium! Taste the chocolate, meet the crew, see the ship! Visit Tres Hombres at the Montgomerydok in Oostend!
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15th of May -  Tres Hombres left Portsmouth and is on her way to Oostend in Belgium. There she will be participating in the "Oostend voor Anker" festival next weekend. During this festival we will have "open ship" and you are welcome to visit Tres Hombres and her crew.

Tres Hombres is on her way to Portsmouth! After a short stop near the Isle of Wight she will arrive the 11th of May in Gun Warf Quay Portsmouth. She carries a presious cargo of chocolate, sugar cane molasses, wine, coffee and rum!

5 th of May 2013, Tres Hombres is anchored at Brixham, UK!

29nd April 2013, Tres Hombres is anchored at Charlestown, UK!

28nd March 2013, Tres Hombres wil arrive in the Azores soon!

22nd March 2013, Tres Hombres wil set sail to the Azores soon!

14th March 2013, Tres Hombres has arrived in bermuda!

3th March 2013, A few more days and  Tres  Hombres will be in Bermuda!
Read the local news: BermudaSun , Bernews , RoyalGazette

18th Feb 2013 Tres  Hombres arrived in the DR!

27th Jan 2013 Tres  Hombres at anchor in Antiqua.

22th Jan 2013
A quaint sailing vessel in the Careenage for the last few days has been drawing curious stares, and many visitors to Barbados have been stopping to take photographs. Read More

21th Jan 2013 
Follow the Tres Hombres sailing the Mount Gay Rum Race 2013!
Win a Tres Hombres Rum Bottle, Share, Like, get Rum! Click here!

15th Jan 2013 
Tres Hombres in the port of Bridgetown , Barbados!



The first Rum is on board again, Click here!
On the 10th of October 2012 Tres Hombres left Den Helder , the Netherlands, for her 4th trip around the Atlantic.
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Fairtransport Shipping B.V. - Willemsoord 73, 1781 AS Den Helder, Netherlands - phone: 0031 (0) 223 683 516 - email: info@fairtransport.eu
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Last update: 18 June, 2013
One of the founders of Fairtransport Ltd, Jorne Langelaan has given a presentation at TEDx Amsterdam November 30th
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It takes a whole village to make one chocolate bar..

by the Crew of Tres Hombres on 06/13/13



The Grenada chocolate company LTD was founded in 1999 with the idea of creating an Organic Cocoa Farmer's and ChoclateMakers Cooperative. They produce high quality Organic Darck chocolate in Grenada with their famous cocoa beans.. Grenada Chocolate Company will unload their cargo today and cycle the 50.000 bars to different shops in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany tomorrow..

>>READ MORE about the "fietskaravaan" (Dutch)
>> READ MORE  about Grenada Chocolate Company (English)

Voyage of the Tres Hombres, June 3-6 to Amsterdam

by the Crew of Tres Hombres on 06/11/13

A sailboat can be part of nature, a living state that no motorboat can never accomplish. This makes intellectual sense, but you feel it on the sea especially in a wooden boat under sail. The relationship between a human being and the sea is intimate and deep. It is also the basis of the current revival of sail transport.

tres hombres jan landberg amsterdam

But in this Oil Age, even during its recent decline as cheaply extracted oil has peaked globally, sail transport needs all the help it can get. Fortunately, interest is rising faster and faster. At the Sail Transport Network we see more projects than ever. The proof of this movement's rise and manifestation of its global destiny is in the Tres Hombres, a modern but traditional cargo ship of the schooner-brig rig.



I joined the ship on June 1 for the annual celebration of its return from the Caribbean to its home port of Den Helder, a significant harbor two easy days' sail north of Amsterdam. Laden with rum, molasses, cacao and chocolate, the ship's large community of supporters and volunteers were excited to compare notes and introduce new members of the public to the adventures of the Tres Hombres.

Named after its three captains and founders of Fair Transport, the 32-meter ship has completed four main voyages for cargo to the Caribbean and many others in northern European waters. I had last been aboard the wine run to Copenhagen last summer, when 8,000 bottles of biodynamic wine were delivered with a jolly crew of 13.



My next trip had to wait until last week. On June 3 we sailed for Enkhuizen, a lovely old town that is home to the world's preeminent sailing-captain school. After a short stay we sailed on to Amsterdam.

by Jan Lundberg

[read the full story and see many photos at http://www.sailtransportnetwork.org/node/935 ]

The whole story of the Altantic Roundrip 2012 /2013 in one book! (pdf)

by the Crew of Tres Hombres on 06/09/13

We now offer you the chance to get the Tres Hombres Logbook in PDF including the original weblogs, pictures and drawings of the Tres Hombres crew during their Atlantic Roundtrip 2012 / 2013.

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It does not matter if you sailed a trip with Tres Hombres or not. By reading this log with pictures and text of the Tres Hombres Crew you will feel like you have been there yourself..

Maybe you did sail along with the sailing cargo vessel Tres Hombres and now you are longing back to the days at sea, the adventures , starry nights and silent moments.. This book will make you realize what an amazing life-changing journey you made!

To create this book we used the original weblogs of the international crew of sailing cargo vessel Tres Hombres and therefore it is partly written in Dutch, English and German. The pictures are made by the crew and friends of Tres Hombres.

Buy this PDF and support sailing cargo vessel Tres Hombres and clean shipping!
CLICK HERE FOR A PREVIEW OR TO BUY THE LOGBOOK

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Weblog June 3-6 Tres Hombres, Den Helder-Enkhuizen-Amsterdam

by the Crew of Tres Hombres on 06/06/13


The return of the tall ship Tres Hombres from the Caribbean was celebrated in its home port of Den Helder on June 1.  The turnout of the public and long-time volunteers was large, competing with many other musical events in town that day.  Many bands and singing groups entertained the revelers at the Tres Hombres' own dock at the harbor museum cantine.  To kick off the good mood, the shareholders annual meeting for Tres Hombres ownership was held, where the news was favorable.


We departed Den Helder (latitude 52 degrees north 57.6, longitude 4 degrees east 48.6) the following Monday, with the aid of a tugboat to go through locks, at 13.00h.  With the aid of Force 4-5 conditions blowing us downwind, for a while we were going 10 knots.  Beautiful two- and three-mast traditional Dutch sailboats passed by in the other 

We arrived late afternoon at Enkhuizen (latitude 52 degrees north, 42., longitude 5 degrees east 17.).  It is an ancient, beautiful town that boasts the finest captain's school for sailing ships.  (All three Tres Hombres captains graduated from there.)  



We stayed a whole day, taking in museums and receiving visitors.  Signs in town and at the ship's dock directed people to come sample and buy sail-transported rum, chocolate and other goods displayed on deck.

Wednesday morning June 5 we sailed at 11.00h for Amsterdam.  Two film crews got on board to sail with us and take footage.  Seeing all 21 of us off were a couple of small skiffs from the Sea Shepherd direct-action group.  After going through the lock with the aid of a tug just south of Enkhuizen, we had most sails up when we ran aground.  The shifting sands had encroached right up to the navigational channel.  A tug returned to get us back on track.

On this the Ijsselmeer (formerly South Sea, before the 35-kilometer dyke-highway was built between Noord-Holland and Friesland), we enjoyed Force 3-4 conditions.  We arrived at Amsterdam (latitude 52 degrees north, 24., longitude 5 degrees east 02.) at the dock of the Goudfazant Hotel where the rum in barrels will be picked up today by the bottlers.  The early evening still had sun shining on the opposite side of the channel when the Douane/Customs boat departed.  One of our crew members talked the armed agents into giving her a joy ride in their speedboat, which certainly jazzed up her evening and entertained the rest of us.



Soon after, passenger-trainees were sad to depart their floating home, after the camaraderie and excellent sailing conditions.  Not to mention excellent food prepared by Irma!  A skeleton crew remains, headed by Captain Andreas, and will have no trouble moving the Tres Hombres further into town for more media exposure.  And I will be sad to leave our ship when I must take my train to Berlin all too soon.

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discharging cargo in Amsterdam

- Jan Lundberg, Sail Transport Network (text and pictures)

TRES HOMBRES IN AMSTERDAM 2013

by the Crew of Tres Hombres on 06/05/13

TRES HOMBRES IN AMSTERDAM

The Sail Freighter Tres Hombres

Ambassador of a new fleet of sustainable hybrid sailing vessels ( fairtransport )

The 32 meter brigantine Tres Hombres is in service since December 2009. She maintains a sustainable freight service between: Europe, the Atlantic islands, the Caribbean and America. Besides a cargo capacity of 35 tons, she has accommodation for 5 crew members and 10 trainees.


 
Latest news:  During Sail Den Helder, 20 until 23 june 2013 Tres Hombres will be docked on "Oude Rijkswerf" of Den Helder. On Thursday all ships will be welcomed by the foghorn. Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10 AM until 17 PM We will have open ship. There will be tours on deck, presentations and exhibitions... and off course there MUSIC!

Exhibition:
All days: -CoCreation- Paintings by Captain Jorne Langelaan, Fotography by Ida Woort, Rope-art By Eveline Kaiser, Steelart by Peter Jonas.

Music:
19th of June: JustDrums 8pm
21th and 22th of June: Wiebe Steenart on the accordion!

The Tres Hombres will be docked as shown on the map
(click on the map for a larger image)




Next port of call: Den Helder (The Netherlands) , ST Malo(France) , Den Helder, Copenhagen, Gothenborg.... summer programme EU.

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