UPDATE 2024/03/28, 10pm: In the evening, following a distress call, the crew of the TROTAMAR III reached a metal boat with 40 people on board. The overcrowded boat was drifting at sea, unable to maneuver and with a faulty engine. The crew handed out life jackets to the people in order to stabilize the situation. The metal boat capsized and the people had to be rescued from the water. The crew temporarily cared for 31 of them on board the TROTAMAR III. The Italian Coast Guard was later also on the scene and rescued more people from the water. All of the refugees survived the boat accident and were brought to Lampedusa by the coast guard.
After this dramatic rescue, the TROTAMAR III is now on its way to Lampedusa.
Our two “centifloats” were lost during the rescue. These are inflatable tubes that several people can hold on to in the water at the same time.
Can you make a donation to help us replace the urgently needed centifloats? Donate here: https://compass-collective.org/en/start/#spenden
MAYDAY RELAY!
UPDATE 2024/03/28, 5pm: After many hours of searching the sea for boats with the help of binoculars, the crew of the TROTAMAR III received a distress call on the radio at around 5 pm. A metal boat with 40 people on board was west of Lampedusa in distress. All of them were not wearing life jackets and the engine had failed. The TROTAMAR III immediately changed course and headed for the unmaneuverable boat.
SAR Trainings
Today, the crew of the current deployment set sail for the first time totest sail with the Trotamar III. Off the coast ofLicata, they practiced various manoeuvres with the dinghy.We use the dinghy to make contact with people in distress at sea,provide them with life jackets or bring people on board of our ship in…
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Preperations in Licata
Before we set sail, our sailing boat, the Trotamar III, has to be prepared for the deployment. Yesterday, for example, our crew in Sicily installed a fresh water pump, worked on the solar panels and installed a new AIS device (a device for receiving and sending ship data). But it’s not just the technical equipment…
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Our new crew is ready to start!
Toki, Alex, Olli, Friedrich, our skipper Matthias and our co-skipper Ina are going on our ninth and last deployment this year. Over the next few weeks, the six of them will be supporting civilian sea rescue in the Mediterranean Sea on the Trotamar III However, accompanying people on their way to Europe is not something…
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Crew wanted
We are looking for you to join our volunteer crews in 2025!Are you a sailor, technically adept or media-savvy and communicative? Do you have experience as a dinghy driver, medic, from search & rescue deployments or in the field of awareness? Then we are looking for you for one of our deployments next year!As one…
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TROTAMAR III – DISEMBARKATION ON LAMPEDUSA
The crew of the Trotamar III has disembarked all rescued people safely on Lampedusa.Our sailing ship was underway to Lampedusa for almost a day – with 62 people on board, rescued from an unseaworthy rubber boat on Tuesday evening. During the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, the Sea Eye 5 from @seaeye_org was able to…
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TROTAMAR III – 60 PEOPLE ON BOARD
Yesterday the crew of the Trotamar III received a distress call for a boat in the Tunisian Search & Rescue zone and set off in search of the overcrowded rubber boat. At 7pm, the crew found the boat with over 90 people on board. At this point, it was already dark. Water had gotten into…
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TROTAMAR III – TRAINING ON LINOSA
The Trotamar III is anchored off Linosa, where the crew continues to prepare the upcoming deployment. With the dinghy, crew members practise making contact with a migrant vessel, distributing life jackets and rescuing unconscious people.On board the Trotamar III is an extensive range of rescue equipment with which the crew can come to the aid…
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TROTAMAR III SAILING TO LINOSA
The Trotamar III left Licata yesterday to sail towards Linosa, a small island in the north-east of Lampedusa. During the crossing, the crew familiarized themselves with the sailing manoeuvres on board – no easy task in waves up to 1.5 metres high.Yesterday afternoon, the crew arrived in Linosa and anchored in a bay on the…
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TROTAMAR III – CREW DEPLOYMENT
Say hello to our new crew: Ella, Julia, Janik, Laura and Kenneth will join skipper Matthias on our 8th deployment in 2024 in order to support civilian sea rescue in the Mediterranean Sea.The crew has now begun preparations in our home port of Licata on Sicily. First of all, there was a detailed briefing on…
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TROTAMAR III – 41 PEOPLE ON BOARD
Yesterday morning at around 10 a.m., the Trotamar III found an overcrowded boat in distress. The crew distributed life jackets to the 41 people, including three children. The wooden boat’s engine had failed, causing it to drift in the increasingly high waves.Due to the dangerous situation, the crew decided to take the people on board.…
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