For about a week we have been making good progress under sail, but already yesterday the wind started to decrease, making for adding Studding sails to our rig. Under sail and later with the help of this extra...
Time As adults when do you ever give yourself time to: Dream, stare into space, read, record your thoughts and experiences, talk nonsense (a lot), gaze at the endless sky and sea, be childlike (even...
Gradually, and following the backing winds turning more N-ly, we have been adjusting our course and by the beginning of the new day we were already heading Eastwards on a course between 100 and 110º,...
After yesterday’s colourful sunset, a full moon night followed, shining over our heads while steering following the E-ly wind. So far we still head on a Northerly direction keeping the wheel at 60º...
It took a bit of sailhandling and starting the engines a couple of times until the Europa got over the variable and shifting coastal winds around Tristan da Cunha. Engines go on and off a couple of times...
The nice and speedy sailing under fair strong and moderate winds seems to have reached the end for the moment. Before sunrise the wind started to ease, blowing up and down 20 to 10kn, shifting between SW-ly to...
The nice sailing night ran smoothly, with the wind blowing from behind us, that made for taking away and furl the Fore Top Mast Staysail and Dekzwabber that started to get shadowed by the other sails. Also some...
Windy and rainy night as we gain distance towards the Southeast. Wind keep blowing pretty hard between 25 and 30kn, slowly backing from E-ly to a more ENE and NE, allowing to keep steering on Close-hauled...
Shifting winds from SSE, E and SSW blowing with variable force were the standard for the first part of last night, all seasoned by some light blasts from passing showers. We sail at about 6 to 7kn on those ...
Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale A tale of a fateful ship That started from this subtropic port Aboard this tiny ship. The mate was a mighty sailing man The skipper brave and sure 56 crew members...