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Yesterday evening, the first lands of New Island were in sight. At night as the sails gradually came down, the Europa approached and dropped anchor at the South Harbour of New Island, the west-most inhabited island of the...

Still sailing for most of the day, Europa approaches the Falklands / Las Malvinas. Time for preparations for arrival   We woke up to a sunny ski and good weather and relatively calm seas that gradually kept rising...

The weather, we can’t control, but with modern technology, we can predict. Today, sailors easily access the weather forecasts from their ships, and can be in contact with home when sailing, all via satellite...

Last night our speed started to decrease. 5 knots, 4, 3 even less. The wind eased down too but a Southwesterly 15kn should fill up our sails and pull us a tad faster than that.   Sailing on our Southeasterly...

The fourth day since we all embarked on our adventure over the South Atlantic and Southern Ocean. A journey of variable and shifting winds as we sail over the shallow waters of the Argentinean Continental Shelf. An area well...