Log

A nice sailing day! During the afternoon we gradually start to brace a bit squarer, first just a little keeping the ship close-hauled, still doing great speed and heeling heavily to starboard and riding a moderate swell.

Late last evening and during the night we experienced an increase in the wind, backing from W to SW, blowing at 35 kn and gusting closer to 40kn. Steering on a 90º course and braced square we reached speeds over 11kn...

Tijdens de eerste landing op Tristan da Cunha gaat in de namiddag de scheepshoorn van de Europa. De mensen moeten terug naar het haventje lopen want de swells worden te hoog. Het schip deint als een opblaaseendje in een ligbad...

In the early hours of the new day the wind died down to around 5kn breeze from the south. The swell also follows the same tendency, becoming gentle with waves not bigger than 1.5m. We keep on a 045º course under engine,...

Dawn came with a wind change, backing and becoming SW-ly. It kept blowing at around 30kn, with stronger gusts during several small squalls that crossed our path.