Ken Patterson's Atlantic Adventure
Zaria at anchor, 18.08.2017, Baía de Cagarras, Selvagem Grande Island
(between Madeira and Canary Islands)
(between Madeira and Canary Islands)
Sailing around the Atlantic 2017-18
On 19 April 2017, Kenneth Patterson, board member and experienced skipper of the CNCE, left his mooring in Nieuwpoort (Belgium) aboard "Zaria", his Ovni 395, an aluminium built centreboard cutter fully equipped for blue-water sailing. Sailing mostly singlehanded from the North of Europe to Africa, crossing the Atlantic with the trade winds, visiting the coast of South America up to the Caribbean archipelago, and crossing back to Europe with the Gulf Stream is an ambitious sailing trip but he's been planning and preparing for it for a couple of years already.
He has already sailed to Madeira, Porto Santo, Selvagem Islands, Canary Islands, Dakar, the Saloum river, Banjul, the river Gambia and three of the islands in the Cape Verde group. From 11th December until early January 2018, "Zaria" was at Mindelo in the Cape Verde Islands. On 23 January 2018, Ken successfully completed his 16-day transatlantic leg to Paramaribo, Suriname followed by some leisurely cruising to Grenada and further northwards in the Antilles. The return will be via Bermuda and the Azores, to arrive in UK waters by 1 July.
West Wales Cruise
From end July a "Celtic" trip is being planned, from Cardiff along the south and west coasts of Wales, to the Isle of Man and the coast of Ireland before returning to the English Channel and to Belgium in September.
Download more information on Ken's "Celtic" trip:
Download more information on Ken's "Celtic" trip:
| Zaria West Wales.pdf |
Ken underlines that his trip is not a commercial or profit-making trip (he lays out his costs transparently on his website). The participation fee for sailors interested in joining him as crew is EUR30 per day. If you feel ready for and attracted by this offshore call, write to Kenneth Patterson (kr.patterson@yahoo.be with copy to KRPatterson@myiridiumnet) or use the contact form below.
More detailed info can be found on Ken's website
More detailed info can be found on Ken's website
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Paramaribo, Suriname |
Blue Water Sailing Conference
Last time CNCE skipper Kenneth Patterson was back to Brussels for a short break from his fabulous voyage sailing from Nieuwpoort to Cape Verde via the Azores and Canary Islands, Senegal and Gambia he delivered a passionate and interesting presentation of his sailing adventure, guiding participants through the fascinating world of the globetrotters and distilling precious lessons he learned from his blue-water sailing experience. Whether you are preparing your long-distance cruise of a life, or you want to enrich your sailing experience, you might find it interesting to consult his slides, which reflect of course his personal view of things and experiences.
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