From last midnight onwards the unstable winds reaching over 25kn between calmer periods made the watches pretty hectic on deck. We started the new day wearing ship, sailing afterwards with all our canvas set but the Skysails,...
Pretty busy night on deck dealing with increasing swell and changeable winds. As a reward for our night efforts and withstanding of the relatively rough conditions, the new day welcomed us with a gorgeous sunrise.
For many of us, the sight of the Europa lying alongside the container and fishing pier at Montevideo was a relieve after been flying long distances to get here, the city capital of Uruguay. The Bark Europa was moored in the...
When watch changed in the early morning, at 02:00 it was already blowing 40kn and over.
So, what do we do during these 1500nM?
Racing towards Cape Town on another day of spectacular sailing. Over half way from Tristan da Cunha to Cape Town. Last night we sailed with all Europa’s canvas set, with slowly increasing winds, reaching speeds up to 11kn.
Crossing the South Atlantic today we reached the point of crossing from the Western hemisphere to the Eastern. Europa enters under sail the half of the planet that is east of the Prime Meridian (also called Greenwich, in...
Another great day of sailing, crossing the South Atlantic. As we steer between 095º and 100º we reach again the 40ºs latitude, before coming up again and head towards Cape Town.
Day of decreasing winds and calmer conditions. Starting in the morning with still 18-19kn winds backing to S-ly, coming a bit up and down, but enough to sail Close Hauled following the wind on a approximately 100º course...
0730 on the 13th of April we dropped the anchor (on purpose...) outside the harbour of Edinburgh of the seven Seas, Tristan da Cunha. I love the name: Edinburgh of the seven Seas (the islanders just call it "The Settlement"...