Moving South. We passed Ilha Santa Barbara last night, The light from the lighthouse was visible on the horizon, It seems the Island has beautiful palm trees and a white beach. Only the birds life there...
Neptune and his court came already two hours after crossing the Equator on board. Crossing the line means the initiation into the world of Ocean going seamen and daring adventurers, the ceremony is presided by...
One of the many good things of sailing on the Europa is that her crew, and Voyage Crew of course, come from all the corners of the world. That brings variety and diversity in daily shipslife, in music and...
24 39 N 040 22 W COG 125 SOG 5.8 14 days at sea. This night we could see the stars reflect in the water. A beautiful sight, but it means that there was no wind at all. It has been on and off with the wind...
It appears this route is hardly used by mammals. We see many flying fish and even catch a few dorado’s, but we only see a human ship every few days, an occasional dolphin and not a single whale so far....
What?? What? Say again?? No Garlic?... Then we don’t leave the quay. You can’t cross the ocean without any garlic on board, imagine all the evil that could come and visit us on board! Sailing...
GPS It has been a few years since I had a sextant in my hand for serious navigation, I mean now it is playing as if there is no GPS, but there was no way to ignore the question. At first I tried to avoid the...
28 N 45W on board Europa Today I have my birthday and its really a warm bath. Maybe because it’s about 30 degrees but also the crew is most kind. They even sang for me last night when I came off watch!...
Weather Today only six days at sea, but it feels like weeks. Since the start in Lunenburg we had already quite a few weather changes. Cold and windy, a shower at times and since we have reached the Gulfstream...
Saturday 9th September 2017 39 22,9N 052 38,6W ST 06:32 SOG 6,5 COG 120 After steaming for 24 hours on a Southern course, the early morning of the 7th we set full sail, switched of the engines, and changed our...