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Cape Horn: the landing

  By Saraht 10 May, 2016 10 May, 2016 ecology, Europa, Fear, Journey blogs, seeing the landscape, Uncategorized

It’s about 90 nautical miles from Puerto Williams to Cape Horn; my little chartlet is not necessarily our exact route but gives you a good idea. We left in a glorious sunset across the Strait, with Laurits, one of the crew, replacing the baggy winkles on the mizzen boom topping … Continue reading

Tagged   Cape Horn, Fitzroy, lighthouse, passport

Embarkation

  By Saraht 5 May, 2016 5 May, 2016 Europa, Journey blogs, Photography

At last embarkation day arrived. I had waited months for the moment. I flew down to Punta Arenas on 5 March for the embarkation on 6 March, and had  pleasant day wandering around Punta Arenas meeting the knitters and stray dogs. Of course the main event was finally getting to … Continue reading

Tagged   bunk, Cape Horn, embarkation, Esperanza, Europa, Punta Arenas, South Georgia, Tristan de Cunha

Women on Tall Ships

  By Saraht 20 April, 2016 20 April, 2016 Journey blogs

Today I gave a small talk about women on tall ships in the age of sail, especially in the far south. On these long passages, Europa has a practice of asking voyage crew if we have any topics to cover, so sailing women was mine. Most of what I said … Continue reading

Tagged   Bougainville, Cape Horn, Europa, Jean Baret, Mary Anne Patten, Stronger than Longing

Day 5: Cape Horn

  By Saraht 11 March, 2016 22 March, 2016 Antarctica, Journey blogs, sailing

We were extremely lucky that the weather held off long enough this morning for us to land on Cape Horn. It was both exhilarating and moving, especially the beautiful monument to mariners from all over the world. While we waited for the boat to take the pilots home the wind … Continue reading

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    I am now reliving the journey with added photos. I am posting regularly with pictures of the trip, and continuing my #AntarcticAlphabet. You can follow the experience on JOURNEY BLOGS. Sign up below for immediate updates.

  • This is the story of my voyage from Chile to South Africa via Antarctica on the 56m square-rigger Europa. Welcome aboard.

    The map below shows the area Europa visited at the outer end of the Antarctic Peninsula. On 14 March we finished our crossing of Drake's Passage four days after landing on Cape Horn. We visited several places in the South Shetland Islands before heading east towards the Peninsula itself. (This chart will be updated when the latest journey blogs are about the next stage.)

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  • Follow the ship

    Europa has a find-me button on her site, here. The Cape to Cape voyage 2016 went from Punta Arenas in southern Chile, through the Beagle Channel and south east to the Antarctic Peninsula. From there we turned northeast to South Georgia. Then we sailed two long legs to Cape Town, stopping at Tristan de Cunha on the way..

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