Saturday, April 4, 2026

The next grand adventure...

 

The next grand adventure…  As our voyage on the Oosterdam starts to wind down, I thought I’d share a glimpse of the future…  I’m planning a really amazing voyage starting in September.  It covers so many places around the world that it’s just incredible.  I will be boarding the ms Volendam on September 19th in Boston, Massachusetts.  I will do a couple of Canada/New England voyages, then a 45-day voyage to the Mediterranean, followed by a 30-day voyage to the Amazon, a Holiday Voyage in the Caribbean and finishing off with a 129-day Grand World Voyage( my 13th).  It promises to be quite the 8-month adventure.  So happy to be sailing with the team onboard the Volendam, they are absolutely amazing… 

SAT 19SEP26 Boston 3pm

SUN 20SEP26 Eastport Maine 7am 2pm

MON 21SEP26 Halifax NS 10am 6pm

TUE 22SEP26 Sydney NS 9:30am 5pm

WED 23SEP26 Charlottetown PEI  7am 4pm

THU 24SEP26 At Sea

FRI 26SEP26 Quebec City QC 9am 5pm

SAT 26SEP26 Montreal 7am 7pm

SUN 27SEP26 Quebec City QC Overnight 7am

MON 28SEP26 Quebec City 5pm

TUE 29SEP26 Saguenay QC 8am 5pm

WED 30SEP26 Baie-Comeau QC 8am 5pm

THU 1OCT26 St Lawrence Seaway (cruising)

FRI 2OCT26 Charlottetown PEI 8am 6pm

SAT 3OCT26 Sydney NS 8am 4pm

SUN 4OCT26 Halifax NS 8am 11pm

MON 5OCT26 At Sea

TUE 6OCT26 Boston MA 7am 4pm

WED 7OCT26 Newport RI 10am 6pm

THU 8OCT26 New York (Manhattan) 7am

THU 8OCT26 At Sea Sail from NY 4:30pm

FRI 9OCT26 At Sea

SAT 10OCT26 At Sea

SUN 11OCT26 At Sea

MON 12OCT26 At Sea

TUE 13OCT26 At Sea

WED14OCT26 Ponta Delgada, Portugal 8am 5pm

THU 15OCT26 At Sea

FRI 16OCT26 At Sea

SAT 17OCT26 Lisbon Portugal 8am 5pm

SUN 18OCT26 Sea Day

MON 19OCT26 Cartegena Spain 8am 2pm

TUE 20OCT26 Barcelona Spain 8am 5pm

WED 21OCT26 Villefranche-sur-Mer (Nice) France Tender 11am 9pm

THU 22OCT26 Florence/Pisa (Livorno) Italy 7am 7pm

FRI 23 OCT26 Rome (Civitavecchia) Italy 7am 10pm

SAT 24OCT Naples Italy 10am 6pm

SUN 25OCT26 Messina, Italy

MON 26OCT26 Sea Day

TUE 27OCT26 Kerkira Nisos (Corfu) Greece 8am 9pm

WED 28OCT26 Sea Day

THU 29OCT26 Crete (Heraklion) Greece 8am 11pm

FRI 30OCT26 At Sea

SAT 31OCT26 Rhodes, Greece 8am 9pm

SUN 01NOV26 Bodrum, Turkey 8am 9pm

MON 02NOV26 Kusadasi (Ephesus) Turkey 7am 6pm

TUE 03NOV26 Sea Day

WED 04NOV26 Cruising the Dardanelles

WED 04NOV26 Istanbul Turkey 4pm overnight

THU 05NOV26 Istanbul Turkey 11pm dep

FRI 06NOV26 At Sea

SAT 07NOV26 Athens (Piraeus) Greece 8am 5pm

SUN 08NOV26 At Sea

MON 09NOV26 Valletta Malta 8am 5pm

TUE 10NOV26 La Goulette Tunisia 8am 4pm

WED 11NOV26 At Sea

THU 12NOV26 Malaga, Spain 12 pm 10pm

FRI 13NOV26 Cadiz Spain 8am 6pm

SAT 14NOV26 At Sea

SUN 15NOV26 Funchal Madeira Portugal 8am 5pm

MON 16NOV26 At Sea

TUE 17NOV26 At Sea

WED 18NOV26 At Sea

THU 19NOV26 At Sea

FRI 20NOV26 At Sea

SAT 21NOV26 At Sea

SUN 22NOV26 New York (Manhattan) NY 7am 5pm

MON 23NOV26 At Sea

TUE 24NOV26 At Sea

WED 25NOV26 Fort Lauderdale 7am 3pm

THU 26NOV26 At Sea

FRI 27NOV26 At Sea

SAT 28NOV26 St Maarten 8am 4pm

SUN 29NOV26 Fort-de-France, Martinique 8am 5pm

MON 30NOV26 Barbados 8am 5pm

TUE 01DEC26 At Sea

WED 02DEC26 At Sea

THU 03DEC26 Amazon River Cruising

FRI 04DEC26 Macapa Brazil 8am 5pm

SAT 05DEC26 Amazon River Cruising

SUN 06DEC26 Santarem Brazil 8am 5pm

MON 07DEC26 Boca da Valeria Brazil 8am 3pm Tender

TUE 08DEC26 Manaus Brazil 10am overnight

WED 09DEC26 Manaus Brazil 4pm

THU 10DEC26 Parintins Brazil Tender 8am 5pm

FRI 11DEC26 Alter do Chao Brazil 8am 4pm Tender

SAT 12DEC26 Amazon River Cruising

SUN 13DEC26 At Sea

MON 14DEC26 Belem Brazil 8am 5pm

TUE 15DEC26 At Sea

WED 16DEC26 Devil’s Island, French Guiana 8am 5pm

THU 17DEC26 At Sea

FRI 18DEC26 At Sea

SAT 19DEC26 Willemstad Curacao 8am 5pm

SUN 20DEC26 At Sea

MON 21DEC26 At Sea

TUE 22DEC26 Fort Lauderdale 7am arrival

WED 23DEC26 Key West, Fl 8am 4pm

THU 24DEC26 At Sea

FRI 25DEC26 At Sea

SAT 26DEC26 Aruba 12n 11pm

SUN 27DEC26 At Sea

MON 28DEC26 Trinidad 8am 5pm Tender

TUE 29DEC26 Grenada 8am 5pm

WED 30DEC26 Barbados 8am 5pm

THU 31DEC26 St Lucia 7am 5pm

FRI 01JAN27 At Sea

SAT 02JAN27 San Juan, Puerto Rico 8am 5pm

SUN 03JAN27 At Sea

MON 04JAN27 Half Moon Cay, Bahamas 8am 3pm Tender

TUE 05JAN27 Fort Lauderdale 7am 7pm

WED 06JAN27 At Sea

THU 07JAN27 At Sea

FRI 08JAN27 At Sea

SAT 09JAN27 Panama Canal Full Transit

SUN 10JAN27 At Sea

MON 11JAN27 Manta, Ecuador 5am 4pm

TUE 12JAN27 At Sea

WED 13JAN27 Lima (Callao) Peru Overnight 10am

THU 14JAN27 Lima, Peru 6pm

FRI 15JAN27 5 days @At Sea

WED 20JAN27 Easter Island, Chile, Tender 8am 5pm

THU 21JAN27 At Sea

FRI 22JAN27 At Sea

SAT 23JAN27 Pitcairn Island, UK Territory 8am 12n

SUN 24JAN27 At Sea

MON 26JAN27 At Sea

TUE 26JAN27 Papeete, Tahiti/Overnight 5am

WED 27JAN27 Papeete 5am

WED 27JAN27 Moorea, Society Islands 8am 6pm

THU 28JAN27 Bora Bora, Society Islands 7am 5pm

FRI 29JAN27 At Sea

SAT 30JAN27 Cross the Int’l Dateline

MON 01FEB27 Apia, Samoa 10am 6pm

TUE 02FEB27 At Sea

WED 03FEB27 Savusavu, Fiji 8am 5pm

THU 04FEB27 Suva, Fiji 8am 5pm

FRI 05FEB27 At Sea

SAT 06FEB27 Lifou, New Caledonia 9am 5pm

SUN 07FEB27 Noumea, New Caledonia 7am 3pm

MON 08FEB27 At Sea

TUE 09FEB27 At Sea

WED 10FEB27 Sydney, Australia/Overnight 6:30am

THU 11FEB27 Sydney, Australia 7pm

FRI 12FEB27 At Sea

SAT 13FEB27 At Sea

SUN 14FEB27 Airlie Beach, Australia 8am 5pm

MON 15FEB27 Townsville, Australia 8am 5pm

TUE 16FEB27 At Sea

WED 17FEB27 At Sea

THU 18FEB27 At Sea

FRI 19FEB27 Darwin, Australia 8am 5pm

SAT 20FEB27 At Sea

SUN 21FEB27 At Sea

MON 22FEB27 Benoa (Denpasar) Bali, Indonesia Overnight 7am

TUE 23FEB27 Benoa (Denpasar) Bali, Indonesia 4pm

WED 24FEB27 Surabaya, Indonesia 10am 6pm

THU 26FEB27 Semarang, Indonesia 8am 7pm

FRI 26FEB27 At Sea

SAT 27FEB27 At Sea

SUN 28FEB27 Singapore 7am 6pm

MON 01MAR27 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 8am 6pm

TUE 02MAR27 Penang, Malaysia 8am 5pm

WED 03MAR27 Phuket, Thailand 8am 5pm

THU 04MAR27 At Sea

FRI 05MAR27 At Sea

SAT 06MAR27 Hambantota, Sri Lanka 9am 7pm

SUN 07MAR27 Colombo, Sri Lanka 7am 9pm

MON 08MAR27 At Sea

TUE 09MAR27 Male, Maldives 8am 11pm

WED 10MAR27 At Sea

THU 11MAR27 At Sea

FRI 12MAR27 At Sea

SAT 13MAR27 At Sea

SUN 14MAR27 Port Louis, Mauritius 8am 5pm

MON 15MAR27 La Possession, Reunion Island 7am 4pm

TUE 16MAR27 At Sea

WED 17MAR27 At Sea

THU 18MAR27 At Sea

FRI 19MAR27 Port Elizabeth South Africa 12n 9pm

SAT 20MAR27 At Sea

SUN 21MAR27 Cape Town, South Africa 8am

MON 22MAR27 Cape Town

TUE 23MAR27 Cape Town 11:59

WED 24MAR27 At Sea

THU 26MAR27 Luderitz, Namibia 8am 5pm

FRI 26MAR27 Walvis Bay, Namibia 8am 5pm

SAT 27MAR27 At Sea

SUN 28MAR27 At Sea

MON 29MAR27 At Sea

TUE 30MAR27 St. Helena, UK Territory/Overnight 8am

WED 31MAR27 St. Helena, UK Territory 5pm

THU 01APR27 At Sea

FRI 02APR27 At Sea

SAT 03APR27 At Sea

SUN 04APR27 At Sea

MON 05APR 27 Banjul, Gambia 8am 5pm

TUE 06APR27 Dakar, Senegal 8am 5pm

WED 07APR27 At Sea

THU 08APR27 Praia, Cape Verde 8am 5pm

FRI 09APR27 Mindelo, Cape Verde 8am 5pm

SAT 10APR27 At Sea

SUN 11APR27 At Sea

MON 12APR27 Santa Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands 8am 11pm

TUE 13APR27 Las Palmas, Grand Canary Islands, 8am 9pm

WED 14APR27 Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands 8am 5pm

THU 15APR27 At Sea

FRI 16APR27 Casablanca, Morocco 7am 9pm

SAT 17APR27 At Sea

SUN 18APR27 Lisbon, Portugal 7am 6pm

MON 19APR27 Porto (Leixoes) Portugal 8am 5pm

TUE 20APR27 At Sea

WED 21APR27 Bilbao, Spain 7am 3pm

THU 22 APR27 Bordeaux, France, overnight 10am

FRI 23APR27 Bordeaux, France 8:30pm

SAT 24APR27 At Sea

SUN 26APR27 Cherbourg, France 7am 4pm

MON 26APR27 Rotterdam, Holland 11am 10pm

TUE 27APR27 At Sea

WED 28APR27 Oslofjord, Norway cruising

WED 28APR27 Oslo, Norway 9am 5pm

THU 29APR27 Copenhagen, Denmark/overnight 11am

FRI 30APR27 Copenhagen, Denmark 9pm

SAT 01MAY27 Aarhus, Denmark 7am 4pm

SUN 02MAY27 At Sea

MON 03MAY27 Dover, England 7am 6pm

TUE 04MAY27 At Sea until May 11/27

WED 12MAY27 San Juan, Puerto Rico 12n 8pm

THU 13May27 At Sea

FRI 14MAY27 At Sea

SAT 15MAY27 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 7am


2 comments:

  1. Sounds awesome. Will be anxious to fiollow your trip starting in September wow.

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  2. Sounds wonderful. anxious to follow your trip starting in September. Wow

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