A full week has passed since the beginning of our voyage into the South Pacific. A week of sailing in different courses pulled by the variable winds that characterize the area of this ocean that runs between the northwards...
From last afternoon onwards the wind has backed to a fair Southwesterly first, then to an even better Southerly. Though becoming lighter and lighter, resulting in the slowing down of our progress, it allows us...
With an area of over 165 million square kilometers, the Pacific, the greatest of the Earth’s Oceans has seen humans venturing into its vastness for a long time. When we talk about the history of navigators and...
Even though this is not my first trip, I still feel the nerves before embarking. This time I already know some of the crew members sailing with me, but it is always a surprise who is going to be on board. The nerves were...
Sailing the Channels to Golfo de Penas Puerto Eden (49°08'S., 74°25’W), considered one of the remotest settlements in Chile, just paired with Easter Island and Villa de Las Estrellas at King George...
Worsening weather and gradually stronger Northerly winds hit us during late last night and today. Waking up in grey and rainy conditions at the anchorage where we arrived during nighttime, we are now relishing the...
Magellan Straits and start sailing northwards along the Patagonian Fjords. We woke up close to the Pacific entrance of the Magellan Strait. Good weather, an unusual Southeasterly fair light wind,...
Carlos III area Canal Barbara zodiac cruise and Batchelor River/Rada York Early in the morning, the anchor is brought home and the ship crosses the Strait of Magellan southwards from where she...
First day on our crossing from the Beagle Channel to Seno Almirantazgo in the Straits of Magellan. The areas we the Europa sails, the oceans, seas, and fjords, the remote lands that are her home during the year,...
Destination South Georgia, yes… but in the Europa what counts is the whole experience of the voyage; the ship on its own is a destination on herself. Yesterday’s rolls, today’s heeling. She races...