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...
I regularly write about the beauty of the sunsets, the good company, and the nice whales, but of course, there is more to a long journey than the beautiful things. There are bad days too. Days we run into ourselves, days we...
All of us on board currently love games. The pinrail race was followed up by a pass-the-pig tournament. The game goes as follows: you throw two tiny rubber pigs and get points based on how they land. This whole affair was as...
Noon position 2023-10-21 12.00 UTC: 17°14'S 017° 44'W Speed: 7.0 knots, COG 250° Yesterday, in an attempt not to get too much behind on schedule, we started the engines. With the help of these,...
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...
Noon position 2023-10-19 12.00 UTC: 15°57'S 013° 33'W Speed: 5.8 knots, COG 240° Things have improved, since the last posrep: This morning there was trawling for plastic, and after that the...
Noon position 2023-10-18 12.00 UTC: 16°25'S 011° 51'W Speed: 2.8 knots, COG 285° The Studding sails are set. Stunning as they look, they are not doing enough to propel us in the right...
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...
This is the story of an encounter with a very special friend. Yesterday, I was sitting in the deckhouse and working on some info posters about wildlife we have in the area when I heard a commotion out on deck. After...