by andre Williams

Sail along with Tres Hombres from Portsmouth to Oostend (Belgium). The (reduced) trainee fee of  550,- Euro includes the sailing adventure from Portsmouth to Oostend and the time at the -Oostend voor Anker- festival. Be quick and send an e-mail to: sabine@fairtransport.nl

We hebben nog 3 trainee plekken vrij aan boord vanaf Portsmouth,UK, naar Oostende, Belgie!! U kunt deze reis, incl. het festival Oostende voor anker, meemaken voor een last minute prijs van 550,- euro. Stuur een mail naar: Sabine@fairtransport.nl

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I have left the shores of Grenada to meet the good sailing ship Tres Hombres in Portsmouth, England. They are about 500 miles from the English Channel at the moment with favorable winds for the most part.

On May 11th they should arrive, after anchoring for a day or two on the Isle of Wight. We will unload the UK chocolate bars on May 13 at Gun Warf Quay at Portsmouth harbor.

About a month later, we meet the ship in Amsterdam to unload the Dutch chocolate delivery and there will be a work cycle caravan to deliver the bars directly to shops and our Importer's warehouse!

Everyone welcome to meet us there and taste the chocolate directly from the farm/factory in Grenada after a 4000 mile pollution-free sail across the Atlantic.


  Mott

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Pictures from http://scillywebcam.blogspot.nl/

After two weeks of sailing the Atlantic Ocean suddenly there was land. The Isles of Scilly lay in front of us and we decided to sail in between them. As always, when land comes in sight, the crew starts to act a bit different then normal.

Our beloved captain, inspired by -Mutiny on the Bounty- called out some forgotten sailor language from -back in the day-. -Seize the rascal and tie him to the mast!- and a few minutes later -Flog the scoundrel and set the jibs!-
Johnny, our Cornish Marine biologist has not seen this land for a very long time. And be carefull, it is not England, it is Cornwall.

Port watch is running over the deck, setting sails and hauling sheets, while in the aft, the crew is searching for the right buoys to aim for. The North West passage is not that small, but there are some traitorous shallows were we would not want to end up.   Around us the light blue water smashes onto the black steep cliffs of the islands. With seven knots we race trough the passage, one reef in the mainsail, royal and course clewed up.

A lovely tiny village lays on port, a woman is walking her dog. It must be a nice site seeing such a ship passing trough. The bells of the church cling as we sail out, up to -Lands end-.
From this moment on, we are sailing along the Cornish Coast, land and traffic all around us. A lot of lights shine in our way. In front of us a tanker of 200 meters passes by. It is a big contrast with the endlessness of water that has surrounded us since we left the Dominican Republic. Without noticing, we suddenly arrived in Europe.

A big kiss for everybody at home and see you soon!!

Freya 2nd mate

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DATE: 23 April 2013 GMT: 2200  POS: 49 08318  N,  14º20 630W COG: 80  SOG: 3.5kn

GENERAL SYNOPSIS: ON BOARD THE TRES HOMBRES

WIND DIR: SW
WIND SPD: 8kn
CLOUDS: 8/8
SEA STATE: 2
SEA TEMP: 12C
AIR TEMP: 12C
AIR PRES: 1022hPa




100%, that's the percentage of humidity outside… We could jump in the water that the difference would not be that obvious. For sure we are getting closer and closer to England… The first sign was that the ocean began to turn grey, a color way to much familiar for me coming from Bretagne. The water temperature going down, we could inverse the number it would still be colder the in the Caribbeans, 12 degrees,  freezing…Still wondering why we didn't see any icebergs yet.

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