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Log

November 2024

Embarkation day - Port Stanley

By: Jordi Plana Morales

A windy day, a typical journey of variable weather so common at the island. Now sunny then hail, rain follows and by embarkation time in the afternoon its sunny again. Europa is moored alongside the central jetty at Port...

November 2024
October 2024

Rounding Cape Horn

By: Jordi Plana Morales

56º 01.6´ S 067º 15.0´ W The time is 12:35h The South Atlantic extends in front of us. Three miles to our port side, Cape Horn looms among the low clouds and hazy conditions. A look through...

The day before arriving at Cape Horn

By: Jordi Plana Morales

12-15 knots of NW wind, now and then a puff up to 18. The seas have abated too. It is nighttime, and we sail at about 6 knots, now less than 200 nm from the Horn. Behind us are a handful of days in rough seas and forceful...

October 2024

Rolling our way

By: Jordi Plana Morales

Rolling our way, quickly closing in on the Horn. Variable weather and seabirds. 16:30h. Like every second day, no matter rain, swell, or wind, the usual small group interested in having half an hour identifying and counting...

A new record

By: Janke Kingma

The wind picked up to 40–45 knots this afternoon. We have now even taken the 't gallants down. We set a new record: 185 miles made good from noon to noon to the Horn. The ship is sailing beautifully, riding off the...

October 2024

Dealing with the big Pacific

By: Jordi Plana Morales

Dealing with the big Pacific It rolls the mid-most waters of the world, the Indian Ocean and Atlantic being but its arms. The same waves wash the moles of the newly built Californian towns, but yesterday planted by the most...

October 2024