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Waiting for boats
🪞 The sea around us is as flat as a mirror. The sun is shining. Actually the best conditions for people to make their way to Europe. But there are hardly any boats on the way. We keep an eye out and are in contact with other NGOs on the water, on land and in
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Sailing to the SAR zones!
The Trotamar III has left the port of Lampedusa the day bevore yesterday and is now on her way to the SAR zones. Our volunteer crew has now been preparing for more than a week to look out for distress cases at sea and come to the aid of people on their dangerous journey across
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Back in Licata
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
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46 people rescued
On Saturday afternoon, our crew discovered a boat in distress: 46 people on an overcrowded wooden boat. Without life jackets, the people were crammed into the boat, which had already taken on water.As quickly as possible, our crew distributed life jackets to all the people and sent out a distress call for the migrant vessel.
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We are on the ocean
Two days ago the Trotamar III has left the port of Lampedusa and is now sailing out onto the central Mediterranean Sea. Now the crew begins to look out for boats in distress, which are not easy to spot between the waves on the horizon.The day bevore yesterday evening, the crew already found an empty
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Our new crew has arrived
The new crew has arrived in Licata: Eden, Momo, Juliette, Rob and David, together with skipper Matthias, will be supporting the Civil Fleet over the next few weeks. Our third deployment this year will last four weeks instead of three. This gives our trained crew more time to be present on the central Mediterranean Sea
Sailing against fortress Europe
The Wendland sends a Ship!