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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
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Trainings in Licata
Training, training, training: In Licata, our crew is busy preparing for the upcoming deployment. This includes dinghy training in the harbour basin of our home port Licata, but also offshore training, for which we unfortunately have a lot of time right now.This is because the winter weather in the Mediterranean is showing its unpredictable side:
Sailing against fortress Europe
The Wendland sends a Ship!