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Sailing back to Licata
Over the past few days, our crew has sailed the Trotamar III back to Licata. This marks the end of our first deployment this year. This deployment was very short because there was some shipyard work to be done at the start, and then bad weather kept us from heading out to the search and…
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Trainings
Over the past few days, we’ve completed our final training near Lampedusa. During these exercises, we practiced the so-called “person overboard maneuver”— the scenario where a person falls overboard. In nautical terminology, this exercise is actually called the “man overboard maneuver,” but it’s important to us to be as inclusive as possible in our language.…
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Setting sail!
After a long period of preparation and final shipyard work, we were able to leave Licata, Sicily, today. This marks the end of our winter break, and we can finally set sail again to support people on their journey to Europe. The first deployment of the year is always particularly exciting because we have to…
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Test drive with the new engine
Thanks to your support, we were able to install a new engine during this year’s shipyard. We weren’t sure whether we could really rely on the old engine in the future, so we replaced it. Now the new engine is finally in the boat and we got to try it out yesterday in beautiful sunshine.…
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Our new crew is ready to go!
After spending the last weeks getting the Trotamar III ready for the new year, we are now starting our first deployment of 2026. Lynn, Matz, Jan, Paul, Matthias, and our skipper Ina are part of this deployment. Over the next few weeks, the six of them will be supporting civil sea rescue in the mediterranean…
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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,…
Sailing against fortress Europe
The Wendland sends a Ship!