We have baptised Saturday as a fun day and this Saturday Curling was on the schedule. In this game four teams battle for victory, under the watchful eyes of Captain Hans and deckhand Sara. Hans was a...
As is customary on Bark Europa, the famous Pinrail Chase arrived. A game where you are rewarded for all your efforts studying the ship, but maybe not in the way you would expect beforehand. During this hilarious competition,...
Noon position 2023-10-20 12.00 UTC: 16°32'S 015° 14'W Speed: 4.0 knots, COG 240° Should have kept my big mouth shut.... the wind died again and we have been having quite variable speeds in the...
We’re back at sea! The last two days everybody except a skeleton crew was allowed to go ashore and explore the island. Saint Helena is rather a small place with about one thousand incredibly friendly people. Apart from...
To whom it may concern; On the morning of this day, we heaved up our anchor and set sail for Montevideo, with 17350 liter GO on boad. We started heaving at 0930 and the anchor was home at 0945, after which ...
I am sitting on the poop deck, watching Saint Helena shrink on the horizon. We all enjoyed our stay at the island, and I could have laid at anchor for a few days more, watching fish swim by. But being on land is hectic, and...
LS To day is the day that St Helena came in sight. To celebrate this we had some communal sail handling in the form box-hauling...... We also had lunch on deck and failed to catch a fish. After all this, ...
It is only when you start digging in the bunkies for the flag of Saint Helena when you start to realize how incredibly many countries Europa visits on her ocean wandering journeys. We were asked to make an...
At sea there is always work. Sailing, cooking, maintenance, navigation and steering. But also there is time for leisure. Especially when you carry half an Irish band with you. Captain Hans plays a mean violin and is good at...
Noon position 11.00 UTC: 18°35'S 004° 17'W Speed: 6 to 8 knots, COG 328° We are closing in on St Helena. As the crow flies, or rather the soft plumage petrel, there is still 175, or so, NM to be...