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No: 009 | Date: 2002-12-13 | North Atlantic Ocean, between Spain and Martinique
Impressions from Wildlife_s Trans-Atlantic sail
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Description:
3.25-meter (10-foot)northerly Atlantic swell, 200 nautical miles off of the western Moroccan coast.
Photo by:
Florian Wilken
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600x450
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64 Kb
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2
Description:
JF Thye (left) and Flo Wilken (right), the 2 Wildlife catamaran skippers, in the navigation station in the wing bridge.
Photo by:
Helge Zink
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36 Kb
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Description:
Our first Atlantic sunrise without rain. Colors that made us believe we were standing inside a painting.
Photo by:
Helge Zink
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39 Kb
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Description:
Helge wearing a harness and body surfing behind the catamaran. An ideal substitute for a shower.
Photo by:
Florian Wilken
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63 Kb
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5
Description:
Squalls were common on our passage, and often left beautiful rainbows in their wake.
Photo by:
JF Thye
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450x600
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17 Kb
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6
Description:
Renke Thye all wrapped up! We use ski goggles to protect our eyes from the wind when Wildlife surfs down waves at 26 knots (29 miles per hour).
Photo by:
Florian Wilken
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600x450
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38 Kb
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7
Description:
Helge Zink steering the Wildlife catamaran down the face of a 4 meter wave at over 20 knots of boat speed.
Photo by:
Florian Wilken
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600x450
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35 Kb
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8
Description:
Helge Zink at the starboard helm station trying to catch his next big surf.
Photo by:
Florian Wilken
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600x450
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41 Kb
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9
Description:
The crew at breakfast in the salon. We alternate kitchen duty for every meal.
Photo by:
Florian Wilken
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600x450
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41 Kb
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10
Description:
Florian and JF tinkering with one of the digital cameras that were used to document the trans-Atlantic journey.
Photo by:
Helge Zink
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600x450
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37 Kb
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11
Description:
WILDLIFE's spinnaker out for the first time on the trans-Atlantic sail.
Photo by:
JF Thye
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600x450
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38 Kb
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Description:
Daniel Michahelles and JF collecting water from a massive squall. We used our cockpit sun guard (bimini) to funnel rain water into buckets and then into the catamaran's 2 primary 350 liter water tanks.
Photo by:
Florian Wilken
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600x450
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30 Kb
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13
Description:
JF and Florian, the 2 skippers, in a self staged theater performance, celebrating the half-way point of the trans-Atlantic sail.
Photo by:
Helge Zink
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40 Kb
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14
Description:
A beautiful afternoon at sea, the crew searching for wild dolphins that often play near the catamaran bow.
Photo by:
JF Thye
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600x450
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52 Kb
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15
Description:
JF and Daniel Michahelles trimming the starboard jib sheet for optimal sail configuration.
Photo by:
Florian Wilken
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600x450
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46 Kb
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Description:
JF writing a log report on a laptop for the www.wildlifesail.org web site. The spinnaker can be seen through the cabin windows.
Photo by:
Florian Wilken
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600x450
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39 Kb
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Description:
JF taking noon sun shots with the sextant. The sextant is the traditional instrument with which sea farers have calculated their position at sea for hundreds of years before the invention of GPS (the satellite Global Positioning System).
Photo by:
Renke Thye
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600x450
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50 Kb
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