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Busy in the shipyard
Sawing, hammering, screwing: the background noise on the dry dock shows how hard our shipyard crew is working.For over two weeks now, they have been tackling all the repairs that have accumulated over the course of a tough year of deployments.The shipyard crew is currently working mainly in the bow area: In the bow cabin,
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Update from the Shipyard
A quick update from our shipyard: We are renovating the engine room! To install our new engine, we are re-insulating the engine room and making it fireproof and soundproof. Our shipyard crew has already removed the old insulation from the engine room and cleaned all surfaces, removing any unevenness. The old engine attachments, such as
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New Motor
13,000 euros! That’s how much money we currently need to renovate the engine room. “Do you even have an engine on your sailboat?” We often hear this question. Yes, we do, and it is extremly important for the safety of our work: even when the winds are not favorable, it gets us quickly to the
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Back in Licata
The Trotamar III is back in Licata!After a short but eventful passage to the Search and Rescue area, our crew has returned to Sicily. Last week, we were able to rescue 19 people in distress who were fleeing across the Mediterranean Sea in an unseaworthy wooden boat and brought them to Lampedusa.This brings our deployments
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19 people rescued
No sooner has our crew arrived in the search and rescue zones than everything happens very quickly: from the deck of the Trotamar III, we spot a boat on the horizon through our binoculars. It quickly becomes clear that it is a small wooden escape boat with 19 people on board.We distribute life jackets to
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Sailing south
We are sailing to the Search and Rescue Zones!After a long wait for a weather window and lots of training, our crew was able to leave Licata and is now sailing towards the search and rescue zones. The unsettled winter weather has calmed down and the waves are getting smaller.Unfortunately, we know that even in
Sailing against fortress Europe
The Wendland sends a Ship!