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Three weeks of good sailing, brought the Europa from her home in Netherlands to the subtropical Canary Islands. After a couple of shorter trips during the last months and over a year of maintenance, she set sail on the 7th of...

I have finally embarked Bark Europa and started my journey from Scheveningen, the Netherlands and then crossing the Atlantic ocean to Montevideo, Uruguay crossing. The first couple of weeks conducting the research project has...

The “Epic Low” is back. The North Atlantic had another surprise in store  for us. As if the ocean wanted to put us through one last test before we  reach our destination. As we were approaching the...

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...

Combining the whole of the crew are the hands, muscles and brains sailing the Europa across the oceans.  From galley to captain, all are working for the common goal of crossing from South to North Atlantic....

"When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion—when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing—when you see that money is flowing to...

After our slow start on the first two days, with winds topping out at  just 2 Bft, we finally started moving for real on the early morning of  the 29th. The morning also brought clear skies, so that was a...