12:00 Shipstime = UT+ 1 19-05S : 001-09W Yesterday evening we passed the Greenwich-meridian so we are now in the Western Hemisphere and it will take a while when we come back to the Eastern one, in the...
2am in the morning. Deckhands have been scuttling around fixing lines, hauling sheets and hoisting halyards. The main topsails are already taking in the breeze and other sails are not far behind. With one last chug the...
12:00 Shipstime = UT+ 1 20-51S : 000-54E, Moderate sea with a long S-ly swell gives us a heavy roll once in a while. Partly cloudy skies. Making around 6 knots in the direction of 305 degrees. The SE...
A quick word about myself: Stemming from the Bavarian Alps where I completed a carpenter's apprenticeship I stumbled across the world of tall ships in 2016 and, as our Australian second mate Penny puts it, I have...
Hello from my office! Another starry night is coming to a close, with twilight just starting to lighten the Eastern horizon. The wind and waves have settled into a fine breeze just East of South and a...
Cape Town is a beautiful city, placed neatly between the Atlantic ocean and the broad slopes of Table Mountain. I have been staying in an apartment near the Bo-Kaap, an area famed for its colourful houses, the bright paints...
Boreas joined the EUROPA in Cape Town. It took him a while, but he is now very keen to familiarize with ship and crew.
Once this reaches social media, I will probably have arrived in Cape Town, or perhaps be on my way, but at the time of writing I am in my bedroom packing some final items. Tempting as it is to see friends in the days before...
Two weeks have passed in Cape Town since the last Voyage-crew left the ship and and she went on dry dock for her customary South African maintenance period. Since then, a play of riddles and puzzles. Shipyard, dry dock,...
After a successful voyage across the South Atlantic that started about a couple of months ago, Antarctica, South Georgia and the rough seas around them all the way to South Africa, now lie behind us. Sailing and visiting...