Position: 2000 LT 45˚25’N, 008˚38’W
Date:Friday September 4, 2009

Public toilet

Finally we could speak about real sailing again. Since we departed from Delfzijl a tight time schedule and a steady wind on the nose forced the engine to do all the propulsion in stead of the sails but yesterday the nature helped us to have it the other way around. Meanwhile the wind died out again but the Biscay is for the biggest part astern as also the meteorological disturbances are as well. We are studying the weather charts daily so must conclude that the weather at home must be nasty.
We’ve got the Aston Brothers on board. Before this voyage undersigned was not familiar with them but it seemed that I was an exception. These men are acrobats but musicians and actors at the same time. Today they were filmed during an act of which I only saw pictures afterwards. On these you only can see a filmcrew, pointing their camera and microphone towards the interior of our outside toilet on the main deck. These that know the location and would see the photo without knowing what the story is must get a horrible impression about our privacy during this television production. 


Richard Slootweg
Captain Clipper Stad Amsterdam