Monthly Archives: September 2010

Dockside in Lunenburg

The last 10 days have been spent getting the ship ready for the trip to South America. I have posted quite a few pictures of these activities as well as pictures Lee and I took on our travels around Nova … Continue reading

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Exciting Times in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

We arrived in Lunenburg on Sunday September 12th late in the evening, so we anchored outside the harbor to sail in Monday morning.  There was a nice crowd on had to see us come in to Lunenburg under full sail! … Continue reading

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Update

Gary sent some text messages – he is south of the Magdelen Islands (Quebec). The crew of the Europa enjoyed some interesting weather yesterday.

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The winds of November came early!

To paraphrase a famous song about sailing the Great Lakes, the trip from Chicago to Lunenburg has proved to be a fine sailing trip so far. We experienced some very large swells in Lake Michigan with brisk winds. Speeds of … Continue reading

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Muskegon to Chicago

The trip to Muskegon was fairly uneventful with very little wind to sail. The tall ships once again gathered, this time outside the Chicago inner harbor. There was a large crowd at the end of Navy Pier, and after much … Continue reading

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