The past weeks have been pretty busy since Rouen: voyage crew leaving, open ship, a lot of noice and huge crouds in the quay and after leaving rouen I was pretty sick till Scheveningen which did not make my watches and the race so interesting for me.
Start of the race: no windsStart of the race
That week went by as i was coughing and blowing my nose away, like a tissue in the bin… but as the phoenix, sophie rose again!
Europa sailing out of Scheveningen
Scheveningen gave me the opportunity to meet old friends again and taking a day on the beach enabled me to recharge for my last leg… new crew, new voyage crew….
Solo time on the beach!Scheveningen beachSail out parade of Scheveningen
I am very sad because I am finally getting the hang of it and I have found my place onboard, after three month it was finally time right?!…
Scheveningen beach on departure day
I love this vessel.
Bark EuropaBark Europa and Wylde Swan alongside in Scheveningen after the sail out parade. We will be sailing to Danemark unlike the other vessels…
We have finally cast off our lines after one week alongside and are heading to Aalborg. Another nice place I know well :). Tot ziens Scheveningen!
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 CaféPeter 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 runA church in HortaA 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. 🙂
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