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WIDEOYSTER MAGAZINE
THE WORLD IS YOUR OYSTER | EXPLORE & CONSERVE

Sail Away Special
Edition #14

Editorial
Historic Sailing Fleet in Dire Straits

© Photo by Richard Simko "A WideOyster Special with only sailing adventures. To read and see what it is like on board, the beauty of the ships, the diligence of ship and crew. Perhaps we will inspire you for your next voyage. And in doing so, we contribute to...

Marco Barneveld

Discover the Waddensea the Dutch way
Sailing on the Boreas

My introduction to the Wadden Sea begins on a windless Wednesday morning in September. It's a slow awakening with the water slowly sinking and the sandbank completely dry. Come on, let's go find some cockles. I never waded ashore before. I know the islands, Texel,...

Javier González | Photography: Ruben Drenth

Sail to the whisky on the Hebrides
The Water of Life

Sail around the rugged Scottish Isles and the mysterious coast of Northern Ireland and combine it with a discovery tour of the secrets of the Irish and Scottish whiskies. Barkentine Thalassa offers sailing and whisky enthusiasts the trip of a lifetime. “Make mine a...

Marco Barneveld | Photography: Frits Meyst

Sailing in the Service of Science
Ocean Missions Iceland

WideOyster photographer Frits Meyst joins a group of international scientists in the waters around Iceland, with the aim of jointly mapping the environment. The results are shocking. Will you go as a citizen scientist on the next expedition? “Orcas! Orcas at two...

Frits Meyst

Sailing expedition in Scoresbysund
East Greenland

Icebergs as large as villages float by with an air of serene majesty. Scoresbysund lies in ahead, untouched. The 350 km deep fjord system is only accessible by boat three months a year. Which is now. An insolent lump of ice scrapes against the bright green oxidized...

Marco Barneveld

In the wake of the explorers
Sailing towards the South Pole

Stop Press Forced by the Covid-19 pandemic, Bark Europa sails home non-stop from Ushuaia to The Netherlands in an epic journey never seen before in history Skåne was Danish until 1658, which is beautifully exemplified by Hovdala Castle. The holes of Swedish...

Marco Barneveld | Photography: Frits Meyst

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