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Sailing Home

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 23 July 2020 / Comments Off on Sailing Home

Statement from the Crew of the Avontuur, on arrival in Hamburg after six months at sea.

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In the Stillness Between Two Waves of the Sea

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 7 May 2020 / Comments Off on In the Stillness Between Two Waves of the Sea

A reflection on being at sea during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Bored of your box room? Try being marooned on the ocean!

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 4 May 2020 / Comments Off on Bored of your box room? Try being marooned on the ocean!

The coronavirus means that my research on a sailing cargo ship is lasting a lot longer than I bargained for.

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Safe Aboard Avontuur

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 24 March 2020 / Comments Off on Safe Aboard Avontuur

We are doing well. We are all safe, sound, and healthy aboard the Avontuur.

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My Sailing Avontuur Across the Atlantic Starts – with Waiting

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 21 February 2020 / Comments Off on My Sailing Avontuur Across the Atlantic Starts – with Waiting

I will soon join the schooner Avontuur in her mission to reduce carbon emissions from cargo transport to zero.

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Feeling Flight Shame? Try Quitting Air Travel and Catch a Sail Boat

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 2 October 2019 / Comments Off on Feeling Flight Shame? Try Quitting Air Travel and Catch a Sail Boat

Carbon emissions from international air travel show no sign of abating. In the absence of a tax on jet fuel, are sail boats the best way to travel the world sustainably?

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Allan Sekula: Okeanos (Book Review)

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 3 August 2018 / Comments Off on Allan Sekula: Okeanos (Book Review)

The book OKEANOS illustrates, documents, and discusses several projects that focus on shipping by Allan Sekula (1951–2013), an American documentary photographer and theorist.

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Plain Sailing: How Traditional Methods Could Deliver Zero-Emission Shipping

By Christiaan De Beukelaer / 28 May 2018 / Comments Off on Plain Sailing: How Traditional Methods Could Deliver Zero-Emission Shipping

Sailing ships have been around for thousands of years – long before the advent of fossil fuels. With the global shipping sector now attempting to cut its greenhouse gas emissions, could sails be due a renaissance?

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