Wide eyes, full hearts, canât leave. Goodbye, Alex. Auf wiedersehen, DSST. Thank you so much for the last six months. The memories we’ve made are unbelievable and unforgettable. đ đ€…
Yesterday we switched over to four-hour watches. The dishpit was not a good place to be today. The dishwasher doesnât always work so we had to wash some of the…
It was our last day of class yesterday. We got to see a beautiful sunset, surrounded by windmills (there are wind farms in the middle of the ocean here). Everyone…
Yesterday the crew witnessed a beautiful sunrise as we entered the traffic separation zone towards Dover. The day was quite full of views on deck: planes flying over from London,…
 An all hands call and we were on course, which is not saying a lot because we were going against the wind and current (notice how little our longitude…
We had another talent show last night. It was nice to do something entertaining for each other on this long voyage. Even Thomas the cook joined in with some magic!…
Lots of activity on the Alex yesterday. Starting at 17:30 and going on into the night and early morning, we must have set and taken down at least 15 sails.…
Yesterday, we enjoyed a day off from classes. We worked together to partake in a deep ship clean to ensure that the Alex is taken care of on this long…
We had a drill yesterday where the crew practiced what to do in case someone falls overboard. Later some of us climbed up to the windsock. It’s the highest you…