Drop!, ok, one shackle on deck. Leave the brake open. Here it runs again. Now two shackles in the water! The anchor goes down over the rocky seafloor of the southern coasts of Barrientos Island. ...
A day for getting ready for the upcoming time in Antarctica. Closing up to the last continent and neighboring islands to ever be discovered. The mythical “Terra Incognita Australis” had to wait until as recently as...
Crossing borders. Nice and easier sailing. The first icebergs in sight, 143 nautical miles away from our goal in the South Shetland Islands. Crossing Parallel and Antarctic Convergence Area. Entering the...
Beginning of our Antarctic journey across the Drake Passage. Cold and rainy though quiet night alongside, and a day that started with safety drills and talks that must be done before departing on any sea...
Ushuaia. Preparations behind the scenes for the new journey. Moored at the busy port of Ushuaia, Europa quietly lays having a rest after her first Antarctic adventure of the season. Over 50 days...
A quiet well deserved last day of the year. Sea shanties, maintenance projects, and preparations the day before docking at Ushuaia The anchors now hold upon good bottom, the ship spends a good quiet night at the...
Drizzle and rain. It’s wet on deck and aloft taking sails down and furling them as the ship approaches the entrance of the Beagle Channel. Europa's old hull still braves the winds, seas, ice, and swells,...
Drake Passage - Cape Horn - sailing into the Beagle Channel A day of wanderers, a day for ocean wanderers Royals and Wandering albatrosses glide and soar around the ship. With their long and narrow...
Good sailing in the Drake. Crossing the Antarctic Convergence Area. 8,9,10 kn, the speed of the Old Lady on her race across the Drake Passage. 25, 30, 35kn, the strong good southwesterly...
40kn of winds and steep swell right onto Europa’s nose made for a slow way since we left Fort Point last evening. With the gust picking up and easing and the changeable swell characteristics, for many hours her...