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From the windy South Atlantic

  By Saraht 22 April, 2016 22 April, 2016 Journey blogs

It’s very windy here right now. We have been in 40-50 knot winds since about 2200 last night, or some 12 hours.  The seas are huge but magnificent. There is a lot of spray breaking over our poop deck and all watches are cancelled. I was one of the last … Continue reading

Tagged   Cape Town, Europa, safe, South Atlantic, swell, waves, wind

Sails and more sails

  By Saraht 19 April, 2016 19 April, 2016 Journey blogs

Our brief flirtation with the Roaring Forties is almost over: we are finally able to trim the sails to a north-easterly course. Don’t let that fool you into thinking we have been having sub-tropical weather. This morning we had 30 to 35 knot winds  which were slowly backing so by … Continue reading

Tagged   Africa, Cape Town, Europa, square sails, studding sails

Swell, churches, volcanos and golf

  By Saraht 15 April, 2016 5 May, 2016 Journey blogs

Wednesday was a busy day; the swell was low enough to get into the tiny harbour at Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, the (only) settlement on Tristan de Cunha. The island has only been settled for 200 years but it’s been eventful. Lots of shipwrecks have brought people in, and … Continue reading

Tagged   1961, Cape Town, golf, Tristan de Cunha, volcano, wind
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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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