Zeven dagen op zee. De bark EUROPA vetrok vrijdag 14 april vanuit Kaapstad voor de oceaanoversteek naar Boston. Bij vetrek stond er een stevige wind waardoor het de eerste dagen voor Lotte en Matthijs flink aanpoten was en...
Early in the morning we are back to sailing downwind on a 080º course, as the light winds have been veering, coming now more from a westerly direction. As the breeze came down to around 10-20kn our speed also diminished...
After the splendid run we did yesterday, it seems like today, despite enjoying another day of great sailing, it will not happen that we can beat the 240nm sailed during the last 24h. The wind started to ease down a bit,...
Nights, those dark companions and all the stories which they bear with pockets full of stars, a planet fog, rain and coldness too they bring or breathe a lazy warmth and damp They act as if they´re kings of time but...
Overnight, we sailed towards Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, reaching the bay that marks the entrance to the unique settlement of Edinburgh of the Seven Seas at Tristan. We reached the proximity of the harbour at 03:35, time at...
SOUTHERN OCEAN on our way towards Tristan da Cunha. Variable winds and weather as we do a combination of sailing and motorsailing across the Southern Ocean on the roaring 40ºs.
From yesterday the wind had eased to between 10-15kn, becoming SW. Europa sails downwind with the three starboard studding sails set plus the topgallant studding sail on port side. All squares are set but the main Course, and...
Late last evening and during the night we experienced an increase in the wind, backing from W to SW, blowing at 35 kn and gusting closer to 40kn. Steering on a 90º course and braced square we reached speeds over 11kn...
Tijdens de eerste landing op Tristan da Cunha gaat in de namiddag de scheepshoorn van de Europa. De mensen moeten terug naar het haventje lopen want de swells worden te hoog. Het schip deint als een opblaaseendje in een ligbad...
Het is de 14e maart,15u plaatselijke tijd. We varen tussen South Georgia en Tristan da Cunha... en hebben ...STORM.