Since a couple of days ago we find ourselves alongside the jetty in the Het Scheepvaartmuseum . Time enough for the last preparations before we open the ship to the public. Entrance to the Europa will be offered as an...
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Salty sailors versed in the ship’s life, know that adventures riding winds across the open waves are just a piece in the puzzle that represents owning, repairing, maintaining and running any sort of ship, moreover if...
"To live only for some future goal is shallow. It’s the sides of the mountain which sustain life, not the top. Here’s where things grow. But of course, without the top you can’t have any sides. It’s...
Two months moored alongside Scheveningen Port reached their end today on Saturday the 15th, when, after breakfast, the permanent crew (which components increased when some of the old crew members embarked the ship yesterday,...
Lights in the horizon, lighthouses, landmarks, an increasing number of vessels around, digital charts and radar becoming crowded with ships and other symbols indicating from Missile training areas to...
Fitted with 2 engines, 720 hp in total, and all modern equipment necessary to match modern regulations for safe ocean passages to remote areas as a sail training vessel, the 100+ years old Europa hull and...
Yesterday we arrived in Scheveningen after 82 days at sea, sailing the Europa across the Atlantic Ocean from the Southern tip of Argentina to the Netherlands. And what a welcome we received! It is hard to...
The “Epic Low” is back. The North Atlantic had another surprise in store for us. As if the ocean wanted to put us through one last test before we reach our destination. As we were approaching the...