INTERNSHIP ~ Week 1. 🚢 ⚓️ ✌🏻

INTERNSHIP ~ Week 1. 🚢 ⚓️ ✌🏻

As you can see this has been a new week full of firsts! I am off discovering a whole new world and everyday of this week has been full of nice encountries! Someone seems so be checkin on me from up there… 😇

Last sunday I was off for three months with my sailing bag but almost no sailing item in it for a change. Instead: study books 📚 , quite a bit of fear of leaving my comfort zone and a lot of absolutlynoideawhereiamgoing feeling. 😱… Now you see the picture, right?

A Happy New Trainee

Landing in Spain and joining a small cargo vessel for my next three months of internship. Yep… there i was; and guess what? I totally survived this first coming week!🎉

Early morning sunrise in harbour with the forward hatches open

First of all, I was super well welcommed by the officers. We are 7 onboard and we are two girls!! 💪🏻 🙌🏻 They are also young and it seems that they are very kind and great fun to be around! Upon arrival I discovered a huuuuuuuuuuuge cabin waiting for me (no pictures, I didn’t want to get some jealous here… 😉 ) and a nice schedule enabling me to get into my study books and all the assignments that I need to get done to get school out of the way asap 🤓… I keep on saying “this will be my last study” but it seems I always get back to it as there are so many interesting things the world can offer!

My first cargo: loading steel coils in Santander

I survived my first discharging and my first loading, my first biscay crossing in just over 24hrs in the most straightest line ever… I am glad to be back at sea and point France 🇫🇷 out on the coast, enjoy the sunrises and sunsets again and all the beautiful amazing colours and stars ⭐️ life at sea has to offer.

View from the porthole in my cabin

After my first day, I realized how much I enjoyed it and my first titanic version of dolphins 🐬 on the bow of a cargo ship reminds my how just the sound of the waves is also nice.

Dolphins playing on the bow: always nice!

I started a small challenge that a few friends of mine picked up with me…. to remind myself how beautiful small things can be and how having fun is important in your job, take an honest fun and smily selfie a day… 📷 🙂 you are the only one that can make your day nice fun and enjoyable! Just highlight those moments! And replay them once in a while! 🙂

Thank you mom and dad for being the best ♥️ oh and Imiss our black and white furry zoo too.. 😘

Week 13.

Week 13.

Yes… my last week onboard!

Europa in the Kieler Kanal

It is hard to believe that 3 month flew by so fast! Maybe the best trip with all seasons in one going from scheveningen to aalborg via the kiel kanal.

Motor sailing against heavy winds
Last sunset at sea

Great crew, great trainees and great tall ship! It is sad that the loment i have started finding myself on this vessel i see myself leave but hopefully there will be another time!

Preparing for harbour by hoisting the Europeen flag up in the masts

Aalborg was great seeing old and dear friends again !

Bark Europa alongside in Aalborg

I am realizing this will be my first summer home in maybe 10 years! My first summer since 2007 without tall ships races. Weird but also nice.

It is hard to say good bye to such beauties

I am very much looking forward to my new adventures! 🙂 ✌🏻 ♥️ ⚓️

A great experience! Bark Europa remains for ever in my heart

Week 9.

Week 9.

We have left Horta too soon.

Arriving under sails in Horta, Azores

It is always the feeling we have when we leave Horta actually. Even though it was three nights in harbour, it felt like only 1,5 days.

In the mighty Peter Sport Café
Peter Sport café by night

Always so busy when you come in, when people leave, when you clean all the cabins, get provisions and get your new guests for the next leg. And of course in the mean time there are things you can only do ashore when you have network. And its meeting the new mate and checking things with him and bang the day is gone.

A quiet beach in Horta

Time has litterally flown away and you have that strange feeling you have lost so much time doing of everyting.

Posted at Sea

It was good though. Good to have some time alone, good to go running and swimming a couple of times, good to eat delicious ice cream and send post cards :). The usual me.

The view from my run
A church in Horta
A happy chief officer: happy to stroll her legs, wear clean clothes and take time for herself

This sailing week started really nicely with sailing off the dock without the engines and catching up with the winds. We had some good sailing and only a day motoring with no wind at all, since we have been going from low to low flirting with showers and gusts over 35 knots, and averaging 7,5 knts … towards The channel! This isnt bad at all so far.

Departure time, leaving Horta

I have been sharing my watch again with the mate. I though I would be ok wit it. But after a couple of days I had like a melt down. Every thing I did seemed to not be ok. One of those challenging days where you think that everyone hates you and doesn’t care, and for no reason I ended up in my bubble. That was tough.

Off we go again! Till next time!

When two month of swedish watch and little rest hits you straight in the face, you just want to be left alone. And that is what happened hahah! I decided to go and to inventories in the drystores and found myself with a closed hatch! To be honest it wasn’t so bad. Besides, to motivate the crew to count all he items, mars bars were hidden and I had just found one…. so. Just what I needed. Chocolate for comfort. 😉

Bark Europa moored in the harbour of Horta

After that, Klaas, mighty Captain Klaas, gave me his watch and Neptune challenged me with all the heavy weather decisions in my watch! I litterally loved it. 🙂