Here we go again! In 2011 15 intrepid villagers from the tiny hamlet of Chillenden in Kent set out for the holiday of a lifetime touring the vast deserts and plains of Namibia. In August 2014 a slightly larger group of 17 will set sail from Esbjerg in the Oosterschelde, a three-masted top-sail schooner bound for Bergen in Norway. The Oosterschelde, built in 1917 as a cargo carrying schooner of the Dutch fleet is 50m long and 7.5m wide and carries 891sq m of sail. There is is a skipper and basic crew on board but we are expected to help with most of the actual "sailing" - so no time for relaxing on the (non existent) sun loungers. This is no cruise!
Sunday 27 July 2014
Start of a new adventure
Here we go again! In 2011 15 intrepid villagers from the tiny hamlet of Chillenden in Kent set out for the holiday of a lifetime touring the vast deserts and plains of Namibia. In August 2014 a slightly larger group of 17 will set sail from Esbjerg in the Oosterschelde, a three-masted top-sail schooner bound for Bergen in Norway. The Oosterschelde, built in 1917 as a cargo carrying schooner of the Dutch fleet is 50m long and 7.5m wide and carries 891sq m of sail. There is is a skipper and basic crew on board but we are expected to help with most of the actual "sailing" - so no time for relaxing on the (non existent) sun loungers. This is no cruise!
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