I am in the top of the main mast of EUROPA, bedazzled by ice scapes all around. "Overhead the Albatros hangs motionless upon the air", Pink Floyd echoes in my ear. Where am I? "Fin del mundo" -- End of the world -- many...
The (few) pessimists among us already thought someone had forgotten to inform the whales we were coming as they had hardly shown themselves and then only at a distance. But in Hughes Bay, they were proven wrong! The early...
Het water tussen Zuid Amerika en Antarctica is genoemd naar Sir Francis Drake en heeft een niet al te geweldige naam. Het kan er enorm spoken of het is stilletjes. Dan lijkt het op een slapend monster.
The scenery of the area is great. Open wide spaces along the shoreline, framed by Neptune’s Bellows cliffs on one side, and a loose scree ridge over Kroner Lake at the other. And amidst the rusty coloured volcanic...
Within that populated colony He lived. Soft and fluffy in the comfort of his down.
The last couple of days the drake passage was quite gentle for us. There were waves and there was wind, but we could smoothly sail through the water. This morning during breakfast we discussed the sailing until...
After midnight, with the beginning of the new day, wind kept veering eastwards, still blowing at around 20kn. In the dark and under light rain we brace sharper on Starboard Tack, and furl the upper staysails, keeping a...
A so wonderful trip it is！It is just like the life sailing in the movie. T he most impressive to me is that each day all the people do their duty on time，this ship is very special，the passengers are also the crew，so...
What wonderful sailing we are having, wind has dropped from 20 knots to 15 knots but we are still keeping up with our 8 knot speed and some steady 10° heel. Today I forgot I was a guide for some hours and...
Position : 55-55.0S 065-27.4W (Drake Passage) Course : 160 Speed : 4.8 kts Destination: 2017JAN21 PM Barrientos Island (Aitcho) Best regards, Eric Kesteloo master