Logbuch

We’re in the jungle! Yesterday we arrived in Paramaribo to find we couldn’t berth and had to move deeper down the river to Paranam. Expecting to be off ship by 1300, we were all packed and ready for a day out around the city, which mostly would have been at…...

Hinweis eines externen Beobachters: Der ab dem 3.12 2022 vermisste Elf Kraig ist aufgetaucht! Er hatte sich bei auf dem Schiff verlaufen. Um nicht ganz alleine zu sein, hatte er sich mit dem roten Expansionsbehälter angefreundet und war dann dort geblieben. Peter     Liebe ALEX-II-Freunde,   heute berichtet mal…...

Daily Update – Liv   Yesterday, in honour of Christmas Eve, we commenced our Deck Olympics, planned by Pasha and Jacob. In this event, Watches 1 through 6 competed against each other and an elite team of Alex II Stamm Crew.   To start, Michael and Bernd judged a Clar…...

The 23rd consisted of waiting for the 24th. It was the last day of class before a long, well-deserved break. We’re all very tired and staying focused in class is hard, but we’ve almost finished the Atlantic crossing. The day went by very fast and ended with a fun Christmas…...

Yesterday was another beautiful, sunny day. As the countdown to Christmas draws nearer to a close, floaties have been gathering to build gingerbread houses, decorate the tree, and watch classic Christmas films. It is also common to see hammocks set up on the foredeck, with some people even choosing to…...

Yesterday was a regular class day. The students who are doing the OS exam on the 23rd have been spending a lot of time studying, doing work on deck and attending OS meetings. And we ended the night off with some Christmas trivia and the winners were David green and…...

The 20th of December was a pretty good day. It happened three days ago, for which I apologise. So let’s go back in time…   There was 4 to 5 days until Christmas (depending on who you ask), tensions are slowly rising! AND only three days until the OS exams!!…...

All watches woke up with 40min of extra sleep due to Time-change, we are now in UTC -3. The sailing was smooth and classes were as usual. We finished the night off with Christmas karaoke. My watch, Watch 2, joined at 8pm and sang “All I want for Christmas is…...

35422 -19.12.2022 – a Day in the Life of Lea   A Spectacularly Brief Account of a Day in the Life of Lea ate some bread before watch watch 4-6 lauren did her introduction, nearly fell asleep checked all the lines to make sure they were either tight or loose…...

After an exciting day off of lessons, yesterday was spent settling in to our new watch times and back in to lessons. My watch is enjoying they’re new spot as they get to see both sunset and sunrise each day, topping off last night’s watch with star gazing and giggling…...