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The Sea, by captain Jorne

May 11th, 2012

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Since the departure from Grenada, end of March, the ship and its crew (and the 24.000 bars of chocolate!) have been mainly at sea. One wonders here on land how it is to pass such long periods on the sea, being surrounded only by endless views of water, day and night. Captain Jorne made a blog post on the ship's blog, to explain (or at least try, as he says). His original Dutch text is translated here, and I've added some pictures that the crew has made earlier on this voyage on the sea - views speak for themselves... THE SEA, BY CAPTAIN JORNE (Original version of the text in Dutch...

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Week six – and back to sea!

May 7th, 2012

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Already the sixth week for the Tres Hombres - alias the chocolate boat - on the journey to deliver chocolate from the Caribbean to Europe. A short review of last week, taken from Mott's blog who is in direct contact with the crew, as they passed  last days on the Azores and had the departure to Portsmouth UK: 'In the next two days, the Tres Hombres will continue the journey to Portsmouth, England., approximately 10 day sail, but completely dependednt on wind and weather as always. Then, on to Amsterdam. I am working on landing evenst for both Portsmouth and Amsterdam, most likely May 19th...

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