Water starts rising. Now it is already touching the keel, now at the propeller level. Then the shafts are underwater, the seawater inlets too. We are floating. That’s what is heard on the vhf radio while the crew is...
Meet the crew!🙋♂️ Today we introduce Dr. Peter Puskic, who will be sailing with EUROPA from Talcahuano to Easter Island! Next to visiting the world’s most remote beautiful places, we focus on taking care of the...
She is used to the open ocean. Winds and swells, canvas on her rig. But now and then she also needs a rest, repairs, and maintenance. Then is the time to stop for a while. Now the Europa is in dry dock, but as soon as she is...
Safely high and dry. Talcahuano dry dock. A floating dry dock is ready for the Europa just after ending her explorations and her sailing journeys in Patagonia and Chilean Channels. The day was as sunny, calm and windless as...
In the atmosphere, while motoring our way northwards, we find ourselves under the effect of a large and stable High-Pressure System. But things were about to change for a little while. Just below this High, a small but strong...
Already far behind are the usually windier latitudes of the Roaring 40’s and the Furious 50’s where we started our voyage. From the highways of Low Pressure Systems that sweep over the ocean further south, now we...
Since we left behind Golfo de Coronados with its many whales, the winds had eased down. Light airs and a long low swell made for a bit of rolling as the Europa motors her way North. Sails are hanging on their gear...
When I was maybe eight or ten years old my grandmother gave me a book on marine mammals. I think she was trying to get one of her grandsons to pick up after her. Unfortunately for her, that did not happen. But...
A short stop at Ancud. Farewell to the Chilean Pilots. Blue whales at Golfo de Coronados Wind and seas have been abating since last afternoon. After a couple of days of sailing at speeds between 9 and...
Early hours of the day. Still dark but under a bright moon that is high in the sky, the Westerlies blow strong and the ship sails hard and fast. Beam Reach is her point of sail. An increase in the wind, now blowing...