…𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒗𝒂𝒔; 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒂 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒙. 𝒀𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒐𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒏𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒆. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆. 𝑩𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒗𝒂𝒔, 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒔, 𝒐𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒌𝒚. 𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒂, …

𝑨𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒅𝒆 𝑺𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕-𝑬𝒙𝒖𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒚
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒊𝒔𝒅𝒐𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 (𝑪𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆) (1948)

Gathering on deck or sheltering from the rain in our deckhouse, is how the day starts. Early morning coffee in hand, the daily works are designated and crew in no time crawls into the depths of the Europa, while others are busy out on deck or in the canvas tent pitched next to the ship, where the carpentry work happens.There’s already no lack of jobs to do, some easier than others. But the more you take the time to have a good look around, an always rising number of repairs appear, both below decks and outside if the weather allow for rust busting, grinding and painting there.No doubt the largest undertaking for now is checking and replacing some of the seawater piping in the engine room. Seemingly unreachable tube sections and jammed bolts are the usual conversation with the ones involved in such arduous task. Meanwhile another team is in charge of taking apart the whole of the dry-storage area, leaving behind them the bare hull, ready for a deep clean-up, new layers of paint and a full refurbish. Tough mission too, as its shelves were built to last. They actually have been solidly holding our supplies for well over two decades, putting up with whatever seas and weather conditions the ship has endured all over the World Oceans.All big or small duties; challenging, strenuous or easy maintenance and repair projects, all together carried out by a crew with the hope of seeing the Europa sailing in a near future, longing for once more pulling on her halyards, braces and sheets, setting sail for new adventures to come.Jordi