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 rescue the remaining 31 people from the rubber boat.
As the Trotamar III was moored at the ferry pier, the crew was able to experience a special situation today: The people who were disembarked yesterday boarded the ferry to Sicily or the Italian mainland alreday today and everyone was able to wave goodbye.
We wish them all the best for their journey in Europe!

Back in Licata

18. December 2024

An eventful deployment is coming to an end and we are back in Licata. After we were unable to go out into the Mediterranean Sea for a long time at the beginning of the deployment due to a storm, events came full circle last week: on the way to another sea emergency, we found the…

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We supported 52 people in distress at sea

13. December 2024

Yesterday evening at 8.19 pm. we found a wooden boat with 52 people on board. The engine had stopped working and the boat was unable to maneuver. In the darkness, it quickly became clear that there was an immediate danger of life of the people on board if conditions got only just a bit worse.…

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TROTAMAR III setting sail to search and rescue

10. December 2024

Yesterday evening, the TROTAMAR III left the port of Licata in Sicily and set course for the search and rescue zone. On board is a well-prepared crew of six under skipper Matthias and co-skipper Ina. After storms and extreme rainfall, the waves and wind south of Sicily are now manageable and we are now ready…

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SAR Trainings

5. December 2024

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

1. December 2024

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!

29. November 2024

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

27. November 2024

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 – 60 PEOPLE ON BOARD

6. November 2024

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

31. October 2024

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

29. October 2024

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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