It’s 6am… a morning just like any other. The sky and its clouds are reflected in the calm sea, in a perfectly silent ambience. Pearls of water glisten on the deck, chilled by the freshness of ...

After a fascinating two weeks in the lost archipelago of the Louisiades, Jangada headed back out to sea en route for Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea. Under mainsail and one reef and the ...

Having set out from Moros, on the western tip of Cuba, on a stormy night, we headed up to the Bahamas with a light southeasterly wind, which allowed us to enjoy the Gulf Stream (up to 3.5 knots along ...

Many people dream of crossing the Atlantic at an average speed of 8.5 knots. Yet it’s easy as long as you’re on board an Outremer 5X!

In the Selat Badung, Jangada speeds along at 12 to 13 knots, carried along by a strong south-west going current. The swell in this strait is impressive, with 5 to 6 meter waves, despite the wind not ...

Discovering Coiba

In the intervening 29 years since their first Atlantic crossing, Mapie and Domi have dreamt about getting an Outremer catamaran, with a view to finishing what they didn’t manage first time around in ...

Kumbaya is one of the longest-standing contributors to the Postcards section of your favourite magazine. It’s been three years already! The trip around the world continues: Juliette, Hubert and ...

If Antigua is the island of 365 beaches, then the Dominican Republic must be the island of 365 rivers. Bernard and Sandra on their Lagoon 39 fell in love with the place.

On board their Absolu 50, named Catapulte, the Hem family recounts in detail their arrival in Atlantic waters. When the dream becomes reality, or is it the other way round?