It's not just a trite line in a children's song. It's an astonomical phenomenon. The stars twinkle. Twinkling is most noticible on bright stars, like Beetlejuice. When...
As soon as we left Cape Town the manta trawl and plankton net were in the water and since then we’ve been doing daily samples. The first couple of days were really about learning the best methods. This included learning...
A few hours sleep after dinner or to stay up through to 4am? That question divides Blue Watch. Some of the younger ones stay up in the deckhouse playing cards, while the rest of us grab a few hours in our bunks....
On our 2nd day on St Helena our on board scientist Deborah Robertson - Andersson kindly asked me to accompany her to visit Sandy Bay. We collected samples from the beach for her research in Durban into the ...
Squall: (n) A sudden, sharp increase in wind speed that is usually associated with active weather. Squall: (v) A loud, emotional expletitive in the form of shouting or crying. We were: settling happily...
Swaying gently, safely harboured in the embrace of Cape Harbour the excitement is palpable. Akin to the first day of school for many, we are quick to make our friendly introductions and share pot versions of...
30th March 2019 Europa made her elegant way overnight under full sail on the light breeze blowing along the South African Coast. In the early morning, a few hours before dawn, Square sails were clewed up,...
28th March 2019 SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN. We woke up to a wet day, in contrast with the sunny journey from yesterday. Since the early hours the Europa sails into the drizzle and misty area, but...
29th March 2019 SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN. Finding ourselves on light airs, in the early morning a sudden shift from S-ly to N-ly, is announced in the radar by a line of squalls. After bracing back and forth a...
27th March 2019 SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN. Enjoying the great sailing from last afternoon, some adjustments on the sails and braces had to be done from the early morning. With the wind gradually backing and increasing...