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...
To whom it may concern; On the morning of this day, we heaved up our anchor and set sail for Montevideo, with 17350 liter GO on boad. We started heaving at 0930 and the anchor was home at 0945, after which ...
I am sitting on the poop deck, watching Saint Helena shrink on the horizon. We all enjoyed our stay at the island, and I could have laid at anchor for a few days more, watching fish swim by. But being on land is hectic, and...
It was finally Sunday! Time to go diving. It would be my 150th dive exactly, and I am happy this number is celebrated in such a unique place. Never in my wildest dreams had I imagined I would visit Saint Helena in my life, let...
It has been said about many places that, ‘the people are friendly’. I’ve heard it so much that the phrase has lost all meaning. But as I sit here under the swinging shade of the deck swabber and reflecting on...