A long deployment comes to an end.
For four weeks, our volunteer crew members Eden, Momo, Juliette, Rob and David, together with skipper Matthias, were training, keeping watch and looking out for distress cases at sea on our sailing vessel Trotamar III.
Even though the crew had to seek shelter from strong winds on Lampedusa for several days, most of the time the weather and the sea were relatively calm in May on the Central Mediterranean Sea. That’s why there have been many distress calls in recent weeks for small refugee boats that started from Tunisia or Libya towards Europe.
We have been on the lookout for overcrowded, unseaworthy small boats several times, for which the Alarmphone or the authorities had alerted. On Saturday, May 17, we accompanied 46 people on a wooden boat and provided them with life jackets and drinking water – until the Italian coastguard arrived and rescued everyone.
On Tuesday, May 20, we came across another escape boat. After we issued life jackets to all 64 people, the boat was able to restart its engine and sailed off towards Lampedusa.
Our crew is ending this deployment in Licata with an organizational and psychological debriefing. The CompassCollective is already hard at work in the meantime preparing for the Kulturelle Landpartie in Wendland, where we will be hosting several events. We hope to see you there!
53 people stranded near oilplatform
At 6 am this morning, the crew of the Trotamar III received an unusual call via radio: the managers of the Miskar oil platform informed us that 53 people on…
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16 people rescued
On Saturday evening, we came across a boat in distress in the dark and took 16 people on board, including many minors. On board the Trotamar III, everyone was provided…
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70 people rescued
Yesterday, our crew encountered a distress case: around 70 people on a small, overcrowded fibreglass boat. With the dinghy, the crew immediately distributed life vests to everyone.Over the next few…
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Leaving Licata
After almost a week of intensive training and preparations, our crew left the port of Licata this morning. The Trotamar III is now heading for Lampedusa – the last spot…
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Trainings, Trainings, Trainings
Before we set sail, there is a lot to practice — especially with the dinghy.How do we approach a boat in distress? How do we rescue a person from the…
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New Crew
Welcome our new crew! Helena, Janik, Jason, Matz, and Theresa are joining skipper Matthias on our eighth deployment in 2025.Preparations begin immediately after arrival: What personal protective equipment is available…
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Support us with your donation to win the court case
Repression against civilian sea rescue organizations in Italy is increasing – our ship, the Trotamar III, was also detained and fined by the Italian authorities at the end of August.…
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Back in Licata
The last week was long and a bit nerve-wracking for our crew. Several times we were searching for distress cases whose GPS coordinates we were able to pick up via…
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37 people rescued
Everything happened very quickly: Late yesterday afternoon, the Trotamar III left Lampedusa and set course for the SAR zones in the central Mediterranean Sea.At around 3 am this morning, our…
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Training in Lampedusa
The Trotamar III has arrived in Lampedusa! The weather during the crossing from Sicily to Lampedusa was relatively calm, allowing the crew to complete an offshore dinghy training.Off the coast…
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