A few afternoons ago, our beloved Bosun Krista, gifted Gjalt and I with a door key. A beautiful bright green paper key with the words ‘Casa Blanca’ emblazoned upon it. Over the past 8 weeks the crew have been...
As all over the world it seems times are approaching for a gradual return to what many say “new normality”, maybe half way back to how it was before, here we find ourselves approximately at half of the length of...
As we are coming to the end of the 7th week on the sea, Europa is firmly piercing the waves of the Atlantic Ocean in the Northern Hemisphere. After a couple of slow days in the Doldrums, we are on our way North again, although...
We would like to invite you to take part in Bark EUROPA's Equator Challenge! Bark EUROPA is on her way from Ushuaia, Argentina to Scheveningen in The Netherlands. They will be sailing this incredible voyage with only the...
This week we reached a major milestone. An imaginary line that we crossed during the evening hours on 5th of May put us on the same hemisphere as our home port in the Netherlands. After 6 weeks on the sea, we crossed the...
It’s been almost two months since we left Ushuaia. Eight weeks on the sea, seeing only the vast ocean around, no land, no lush green grass or forests, no buildings, no other human beings. And also no Internet, which has...
Are you ready for the second Bark EUROPA challenge? Here we go! One part of the world has the sun in the North at Noon, the other half of the world sees the sun in the South at Noon. Bark EUROPA will soon see the sun...
For days we tried to pass through the well-known sailors nightmare of the calms and squalls of the Doldrums. Though windless seas and good weather invited for continuing maintenance works while gently drifting seemingly...
They’ve been on our minds since the start of this trip, forty-four days ago. I’m talking about the Doldrums, also known as the Inter Tropical Convergention Zone or ITCZ, where the air circulation patterns of the...
Yesterday our galley crew, Gjalt and Emma, had a day off, which they spent going on a vacation to Mexico... TripAdvisor Review Lacasadepapel 5* Holiday Resort, Mexico We have just returned from an incredible...