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Here are the english log reports from the database:
| Log report nr: | Local date/time | Latitude | Longitude | Date/time NL |
| 83 | 8 maart 2010 | -0.747700 | -90.310165 | 2010-03-09 08:46:52 |
| Puerto Ayora, Isla Santa Cruz, Galapagos Crew: Dave, John, Jaap March 7th, we made a fantastic walk to the beach / bay called Tortuga Bay. Middle of the day, 35 C and more. It was initially a quiet walk in the streets of Puerto Ayora where the sun, the street and the stone walls of the houses did every effort to get as much moisture as ... See complete text | ||||
| 82 | 6 maart 2010 | -0.747700 | -90.310165 | 2010-03-07 21:00:59 |
| Galapagos island of Santa Cruz, Puerto Ayora, Neptune on board Crew, Dave, Jan and Jaap At the end of the afternoon - March 3 - and on the night of March 4th we have still some rain and thunderstorms over us but fortunately, we had a fairly steady wind so sail. In the night we sailed with reefed sails because squalls could be met. That's not happened. On... See complete text | ||||
| 81 | 3 maart 2010; 15:00 uur | 2.625417 | -85.432503 | 2010-03-04 15:34:53 |
| Doldrums and how it goes Crew: Dave, Jan and Jaap During the morning of March 2, we just realized what it's to be in the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), to an area with the unpredictable weather. Initially it looked fine, a little rain, even a little rain, some sun is in between. ... See complete text | ||||
| 80 | 2 maart 2010, 8.00 uur | 4.770833 | -83.295570 | 2010-03-02 14:52:52 |
| Dancing dolphins, a thick line in the propeller and whales Crew: Dave, Jan and Jaap On just one day, you can have a lot of adventures. On 28 februari 2010 at 8 hours am we hoisted the anchor (in a bay of Isla Del Rey) and due to lack of wind, to 08.05 on the motor, we set our course to the Galapagos Isl... See complete text | ||||
| 79 | 27 February 2010 | 8.300233 | -78.902435 | 2010-02-28 13:29:55 |
| Tuna, Tsunami and Isla Del Rey Crew: John, Dave and Michael. Yesterday morning we left the beautiful island of Pedro Gonzalez, still beautiful and still untouched, except for the bulldozers, on our trip to Isla Del Rey. This island is by far the largest of the islands called Islas Perlas. Peaceful sailing, beautiful weather... See complete text | ||||
| 78 | 25 February 2010 | 8.410483 | -79.092735 | 2010-02-27 11:31:44 |
Crew: Dave, Jan, Jaap The recommended anchorage of Isla Contadora is located on the south side of the island, sheltered from the prevailing northern winds. Under the influence of El Nino, the winds turned to the south during the afternoon, nothing wrong, 3 to 4 knots, flat water with a ripple her... See complete text | ||||
| 77 | 23 February 2010 | 8.909533 | -79.524582 | 2010-02-23 21:44:27 |
| The catch of the day Crew: Dave, Jan, Jaap We agreed with one of the skippers of the BWR to give us an instruction how to use the shortwave transmitter at about 10.00 hours. Unfortunately, she reported that it would about noon because her freezer had not worked properly. They had to make first a lot of chicken curry ... See complete text | ||||
| 76 | Sunday 21 February 2010 | 8.905850 | -79.524567 | 2010-02-21 15:35:40 |
| The Spenders Location: Panama City, Panama Bay Position: 8.54.351 N and 79.31.474 W Crew: Dave, John and Jaap. Energy Spending Since Wednesday evening we are back in the bay with the very richly nutricious water, loved by the algae; already on Thursday morning the waterline was green a... See complete text | ||||
| 75 | 16 and 17 February 2010 | 8.623287 | -79.031883 | 2010-02-18 08:45:11 |
| Isla Contadora and back to Panama City Crew: Dave, Jan and Jaap After a quiet night on a good anchor, guarding was not necessary, waking up we were looking at the beauty of Isla Contadora and other nearby islands. Clear blue sky, crystal clear water and a serene calmness. ... See complete text | ||||
| 74 | 16 February 2010; local time at 11 a.m. | 8.623267 | -79.031868 | 2010-02-16 20:46:19 |
| Islas Perlas; Isla Contadora Jan and I got hardly any sleep on the night of 14 to 15 of February, in fact, we were too close to a reef, and had to cope with the unpredictability of the influence of the tidal movements towards the position of the ship. The change of the position of the vessel under the influence of the tidal ... See complete text | ||||
| 73 | 14 February 2010.; local time 20:00 | 8.661017 | -79.048653 | 2010-02-15 08:59:43 |
| Islas Perlas, the island Pacheca Friday, we were surprised by a mail from Mackay, the new T & T system cannot be installed before Thursday the 18th of February because it is Carnival which means: no customs on duty, no express couriers, so the question is what to do now. After some discussion, we decided not to go to the Carniva... See complete text | ||||
| 72 | 14 February, local time 19.00 hr | 8.907813 | -79.524040 | 2010-02-14 17:14:16 |
| Bay of Panama, The channel, Other facts The truth does not exist The truth is what you see We apply a modest assessment of different Let us people be tolerant Sunday, February 7, arrival Panama. Jaap and Levien welcomed Dave and John at the airport of Panama City. Herre stayed behind to watch over the anchored boat. ... See complete text | ||||
| 71 | 10 February 2010 | 8.907823 | -79.524048 | 2010-02-11 09:30:42 |
| A moment alone Crew: Jaap Groenhof, Dave van Beeck Calkoen, Jan Groenhof. This morning John, Dave and I went to the dingy dock where they were received by Richard Bolt, the man of the Blue Water Rally. There are now 6 of the 30 ships of the BWR through the Panama canal and the next 6 to leave at the end of ... See complete text | ||||
| 57 | 19 January 2010 | 12.508917 | -70.033134 | 2010-01-19 20:48:41 |
| DEPARTURE Stage: Schiphol, St. Maarten, Curacao and Aruba Crew: Herre Rost van Tonningen, Levien Oggel, Jaap Groenhof Location: 12.30.535 N 70.01.988 W (Aruba) DEPARTURE And at the helm, this evening, it was the heart And took moon and forests with them. And sailing on mirroring Of all ... See complete text | ||||
