Chapter 1: The calm before the storm - 19 days at sea from NL to Canaries

On a beautiful Autumn Equinox in the northern hemisphere, 21st of September, Sailing vs Plastic aboard SV KARMA left Netherlands bound to Madeira. Underway the destination turned to Lanzarote, Islas Canarias, which took us 19 days to complete. This first chapter brings you to liveaboard life, plastic challenges on board, sailing insights in rough and not-so raugh conditions and shows the beauty of our oceans and nature when allowed to happen and left to their own elements. Sailing vs Plastic is a 15 months journey on where we will sail on, at least, two different sailboats, from Netherlands to New Zealand, on a journey that aims to bring awareness about plastic pollution and carbon footprint. To do that, we undertake objectives and challenges, such as the accumulation of all plastic personally used by the author, plastic debris (microplastics) survey in each country visited, connecting and getting to know local environmental communities or government departments, and many others. The amazing artists that have provided their music for this chapter are: Cam el Niño: https://soundcloud.com/camelnino Anuah: https://anuah.bandcamp.com/ Follow the project! www.sailingvsplastic.org / https://www.facebook.com/sailingvsplastic. You like this adventure? Subscribe and consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sailingvsplastic