It was a long preparation. Both Marieke and Renate were the last to to join the Atlantic Dutchesses. Melissa and Iris had been working on the campaign over a year before they joined in. A lot of work, training, adjusting and helping out looking for sponsors and do a long list of preparation. Not...

The first week some of us got acquainted with the state of being seasick. Not much fun. But we all recovered after 2 days, kept rowing and enjoyed the good winds and surfing the waves. The week before Christmas we experienced the zone of no winds. Nice sight, such a mirror of water but it doesn’t...