Friends of Bark EUROPA
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The old three-masted barque EUROPA had to change her course due to the Corona pandemic. Instead of the planned voyage across the Pacific to Australia, the ship has returned to her homeport in The Netherlands. After 81 days at sea, EUROPA is now waiting for better times in the port of Scheveningen. All trips have been cancelled and there is no income. Maintenance continues however, to keep the ship under approval and ready to sail.
Keep the ship in shape
Standing on lookout in the middle of the night or steering the ship through a heavy Drake with walls of water all around you. Enjoying a drink at the bar with your shipmates or slowly beginning to understand the structure of the pinrails. Finally, you start to feel totally disconnected to the hectic life at home. Bark EUROPA has offered her sailors experiences that no one will ever forget.
Maintenance on the ship that we all hold dear is necessary to keep her wandering the oceans. The cost for these maintenance tasks is not insignificant. The shipping company needs an amount of € 250,000 to be able to do all maintenance that was planned for the upcoming year. That money had been saved in recent years, but due the Corona pandemic, it will have to be used to get us through these difficult times.
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The Friends of Bark EUROPA hopes to support the ship in the upcoming years. Would you like to help EUROPA navigate through this heavy storm and finance the maintenance on the ship? No matter what amount, we're grateful for your support. Even the smallest payments can help Bark EUROPA to reach their goal. We thank you so much for your help!
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The Friends of Bark EUROPA is a foundation that offers youngsters who could really use some time from home, the opportunity to sail a lifechanging voyage on board EUROPA. In addition the Foundation helps to fund the maintenance of the old lady EUROPA.
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The Friends of Bark EUROPA is a foundation that offers youngsters who could really use some time from home, the opportunity to sail a lifechanging voyage on board EUROPA. In addition the Foundation helps to fund the maintenance of the old lady EUROPA.