Na het bezoek aan St. Helena zijn jullie in vijf dagen naar Ascension Island gevaren. Kunnen jullie deze 5 dagen beschrijven? Na St Helena zijn we door gevaren naar Ascension Island. deze oversteek duurde 5 dagen. voor...
De bark EUROPA organiseert zondag 29 januari aanstaande, een informatiemiddag voor zeilers, avonturiers en natuurliefhebbers. Kapitein Klaas Gaastra en enkele bemanningsleden van de EUROPA geven presentaties over de...
The relatively calm mornings of the past few days have given the voyage crew fantastic opportunities to make Europa's bosun happy. A small group have started to gravitate toward the forepeak, looking for odd jobs.
Our lady EUROPA back in the water, she looks bright and shiny again and ready for the trip from Cape Town to Europe. Photo by Peer Retera
We spent the last night at anchor, in a relatively sheltered spot on the outer rim of Deception Island, dealing with 35 knots of wind, gusting up to 40.
The grey and cloudy skies early in the morning were forecasting a rainy day, and indeed, around breakfast time the rain started, and was going to be with us for the whole day. Typical weather for this part of the world.
Good news! EUROPA is trackable again!