Last evening on increasing winds and raising seas once more, the watches keep on standby to clue up Royals when necessary. But so far Europa carries all she can handle on that dead downwind run situation, until midnight when...
SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN. Running before the wind into the area affected by the Agulhas Current We keep running downwind on variable and shifting blows, maintaining a course to keep up with it, riding the swell...
SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN. Crossing the Prime Meridian under full sail The powerful ship’s horn woke the ones that were at their bunks shortly after midnight, as a small commemoration of crossing to the...
SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN. Running our Easting down Bracing and passing all staysails to Port tack is how the day started, still in the darkness and starry skies. People on watch was called on deck...
The anchorage were we spent last evening and night proved to be a quiet spot, sheltered from the strong winds blowing further offshore around Tristan da Cunha. Just a 25kn blow provided a bit of sudden surprise in the early...
SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN. Frontal Passage. From Full-and-by to Downwind. As expected, during last night the skies became overcast and some showers started to show up in the horizon. The High Pressure System...
SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN. Another great day of sailing, over half way between Tristan da Cunha and South Africa. During the whole day Europa runs her last Easting day at good speeds between 7.5 and 9kn on yet another superb...
Fair winds still blow during the whole day. We find ourselves on the wind corridor between a High Pressure System located North of us, and a Cyclonic system sweeping over the Roaring Forties. Keeping our course slightly North...
Still under the influence of a High Pressure system, we keep steering on a SE-ly direction while experiencing quite variable winds, that had been with us since we left behind Tristan da Cunha shores. Some canvas went down last...
Desmond was the name of a Gorilla mascot that was first on the ship "Anna Rosa", a Norwegian ketch. When the ship was sold to a museum the mascot was taken off and brought to the Europa. He has been...