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March 22, 2019
Kopar crosses the line in Les Sables D’Lonne after 263 days at sea
Here is an official rundown of Istavan Kopar’s race from the Golden Globe Race. I did some minor grammar edits:
Dateline: 21/3/2019 Les Sables d’Olonne, France
Hungarian-born, American solo yachtsman Istvan Kopar finally reached the finish line off Les Sables d’Olonne, France at 13:58 UTC today to take 4th place in the 2018 Golden Globe Race.
“This is the happiest day of my life…And this [Les Sables d’Olonne] is the best place to be…The Capital of offshore sailing.” He said on arrival at the dock.
Istvan Kopar and his Tradewind 35 Puffin heading towards the Les Sables d’Olonne finish line today.
The 66-year old yachtsman from Delray Beach, Florida, who suffered continuing steering problems almost from Day 1, overcame setback after setback throughout the race. The water tanks in his Tradewind 35 yacht Puffin became contaminated soon after he sailed down into the Southern Ocean, and by Cape Horn, the black mould growing inside the boat became so bad that his health began to suffer.
And the problems continued right to the end. He happened to arrive back in the Bay of Biscay shortly after the container ship Great American had caught fire and sunk, 180 miles due west of Les Sables d’Olonne, generating large tracks of oil and chemical pollution on the surface being blown onshore. And if that was not enough, Istvan also had to pick his way through a web of ship’s containers floating on or near the surface. On Tuesday, he was down to his last litre of drinking water but dared not process any sea water through his emergency desalinator, fearing the pollution would clog up the unit’s membrane.
His steering problems centred around Puffin’s wind vane self-steering which Istvan admits he had failed to test adequately during sailing trials before the race start on July 1st. He first reported the problem on July 10 but continued for another 7 days before announcing that he was exhausted by lack of sleep and would stop in the Cape Verde Islands to replace the unit. He pulled into Sao Vincente on July 19 and joined the Chichester Class for making one stop, only to find that the replacement wind vane would take a further week to arrive.
A night’s reflection at anchor led Kopar to realise that his Windpilot wind vane had been wrongly assembled, and once this had been corrected, and knowing that he had not stepped ashore or gained any outside assistance, he applied to return to the GGR classification. This was granted, but the GGR Committee awarded him a 6-hour penalty for going into port and a further 18 hours for using his emergency satellite phone.
Once round the Cape of Good Hope, Istvan went to the aid of Swedish solo skipper Kjell Litwin, who was running short of water. Istvan handed across some of his vital supplies on September 27, not knowing that his own water tanks had become polluted which put pressure on him to collect rain water at every opportunity. He was given a 6-hour credit for the time lost.
On November 20, a navigation error led him into the Southern Ocean no-go zone, which led to another 6-hour 40 minute penalty – 24 hours 40 mins in total. Kopar should have served this in a ‘penalty box’ at sea, but because of continued issues with steering and health problems he faced from all the mould growing inside the boat, the GGR Committee ruled that this additional time would be added at the finish.
Rounding Cape Horn on January 1st, Istvan used this unique opportunity to scatter his Father’s ashes within site of the Cape. “That is one of my best memories” he said.
His biggest reward was, he says “Solving all the problems en-route.”
The self-steering issues led to an overload on the gearbox within Puffin’s pedestal wheel, which he had to strip down and refashion broken cogs from what he had onboard. He tried to circumvent the wheel steering altogether by fitting an emergency tiller, but that too broke and the lash-up he made to strengthen it used up the last of his epoxy resin supplies.
Kopar said: “It was torture for me. My self-steering failed almost from Day 1. The boat itself did not have a problem. It was I who had the problems. Luck was just not with me. I think I’m done with sailing now and will take up gardening instead” he joked.
That was today…Tomorrow it may be a very different story!
Kopar’s return leaves just one more skipper at sea – Finland’s Tapio Lehtinen and his Gaia 36 Asteria, still 4,227 miles from the finish. He is not expected to finish before mid-May.[image error]
March 21, 2019
Istvan Kopar finishes 4th in GGR 2018 Sailing Race, Golden Globe Race
Istvan Kopar went from last (13th place) to 4th place from day 27 to day 263 of the 2018 Golden Globe Race. The Hungarian-American solo sailor battled broken steering, busted windvanes, lost log lines, broken radios, and peeling fingernails to best 14 other competitors at the start of the the 2018 Golden Globe Race (GGR). The GGR 2018 is a retro race that bans the use of satellite phones and GPS navigation. Kopar got a 24-hour time penalty added to his 263 days at sea because of an unsanctioned stop and sat phone use. All the first four finishers of the sailboat race for full-keel yachts of 32-to-36 feet long have been penalized for breaking the retro rules of the yacht race.
The video quotes from his GGR bio:
“Istvan Kopar, a Hungarian-born American, is a professional sailor and U.S. Coast Guard-licensed captain who has logged more than 60,000 nautical miles sailing solo. His proudest accomplishment to date was his solo one-stop circumnavigation in 1990-1991 without the aid of GPS. He relied on a sextant, manual chart plotting, and weather forecasts broadcast in Morse code. Sailing a 31-foot boat that he had built himself, Istvan completed the voyage in record time for the size of his yacht. Istvan also skippered the winning yacht in the 1996/97 Hong Kong Challenge around the world yacht race. He was among the top finishers in the 1992 America 500-Columbus Transatlantic Race, and won the Kapry’s Trophy in the 1995 Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC).
He says of the GGR: ‘This race is custom-made for me. My first hero and role model was Joshua Slocum, the first recorded solo circumnavigator. He had no land support, no modern navigation and communication devices, or even a mechanical wind vane. He was the real deal. And he was able to accomplish this historic achievement due to his upbringing and constant connection with the oceans and sailing.'”
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“Boat
RACE NO 37
Name Puffin
Type Tradewind 35 Cutter
Designer John Rock
Builder Tradewind Yachts (NL)
LOA 35.01ft / 10.67m
LWL 25.82ft / 7.87m
Beam 10.50ft / 3.20m
Draft 5.51ft / 1.68m
Displacement 19442 lbs / 8819 kgs
Sail area 725sq. ft / 67.35sq. m
Istvan Kopar purchased the 1986-built Tradewind 35 class yacht Puffin in 2015 to compete in the GGR…”
Photo by Christophe Favreau/PPL/GGR
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Some of the GGR video taken by Istavan Kopar.
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March 16, 2019
Stanford admits it pocketed $770k in sailing team admissions scandal
Former Stanford sailing head coach John Vandemoer pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit racketeering in Boston on March 12, 2019, but Stanford University cashed the checks for $770k associated with a pay for admissions scheme. The San Jose Mercury News uncovered court transcripts that implicated a 3rd student in the pay for admissions scam organized by William “Rick” Singer who is cooperating with federal prosecutors. The other two students whose dad paid $270,000 to Stanford via Singer and Vandemoer did not end up attending. Singer wrote a check for $500,000 to Stanford that Vandemoer collected. Vandemoer’s lawyer and Stanford claims that the sailing head coach for eleven years did not designate the 3rd student who is attending Stanford as a sailing recruit. Allegedly Singer had her falsify her sailing credentials, but Vandemoer’s lawyer Rob Fisher claims that the coach was not involved in that. Stanford is investigating and may rescind its admission. Stanford University is trying to decide a graceful way to get rid of the $770,000 in ill gotten gains. Does the university get to keep the interest?
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See the full statement from Stanford University below:
MARCH 14, 2019
Stanford information on college admissions case
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged a number of people around the country in an alleged scheme in which payments were made to try to win the admission of prospective students to a number of U.S. colleges and universities. Stanford’s former head sailing coach pleaded guilty to a charge in this case. There have been no allegations regarding any students who are members of the sailing team. This page provides information from Stanford University about these issues and will be updated as new information becomes available.
Frequently asked questionsWhat is Stanford doing in response to the revelations this week?
The government’s charges included one against Stanford’s former head sailing coach, who was terminated from his Stanford employment and pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering conspiracy on Tuesday, March 12. The government did not find that any other Stanford employees were involved, and based on the government’s investigation, we are not aware of anyone who was actually admitted to Stanford with an improper recommendation from the sailing program.
The steps we are now taking include:
We have launched a process to confirm that no other Stanford staff members, whether administrative or associated with any other Stanford teams, were involved in this kind of activity. We have no reason to believe they were, and no evidence so far suggests they were.
Regarding the financial contributions that were made to the sailing team, we are working to determine the most appropriate way to redirect the funds to an entity unaffiliated with Stanford, consistent with the regulations concerning such gifts. We do not have details at this point, but we want to do the right thing with funds that were contributed as part of a fraudulent activity.
We are reviewing everything we have learned in this case to determine additional steps we need to take regarding our policies and processes. We are committed to ensuring that financial contributions to Stanford receive the proper level of scrutiny, and to ensuring that donors are never under the impression that a financial contribution will lead to a favorable admission decision. More on our admission process is below.What does this mean for current members of the sailing team?
We fully support the incredibly accomplished and hard-working student-athletes who are members of the Stanford sailing team. Their season continues as planned. Clinton Hayes, who is in his ninth year as an assistant coach at Stanford, is serving as interim head coach.
It is critical to emphasize that there have been no allegations about any students who are members of the Stanford sailing team.
Stanford also has confirmed the legitimate sailing credentials, prior to admission, of all Stanford sailing team members who received an athletic recommendation during the admission process, going back to 2011 (before the fraudulent activity of The Key Worldwide Foundation began, according to the government).
How much money did The Key Worldwide Foundation contribute, and how many students were involved?
We have continued researching this and at this point know that a total of $770,000 was contributed by the foundation to the sailing program, in the form of three separate gifts.
The head sailing coach pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges that he accepted financial contributions to the sailing program from this foundation in exchange for agreeing to recommend two prospective students for admission to Stanford. Neither of these two students subsequently completed the application process; therefore, neither was admitted to Stanford nor enrolled at Stanford. (One of them had previously gone through Stanford’s admission process, without any involvement of the head sailing coach, and had been denied admission.)
Some of the funding from the foundation was associated with a third student, who was not named in the government’s charges on Tuesday. This student received no recommendation from the head sailing coach but was admitted to Stanford and is currently enrolled. The student has no affiliation with the sailing program. We are working to better understand the circumstances around this student and will take whatever actions are appropriate based on what we learn.
How could Stanford not have known the fraudulent nature of these gifts to the sailing program?
Absolutely fair question. Our process for reviewing gifts has rigorous checks and balances to prevent abuse, but the facts of this case are causing us to re-examine those checks and balances to determine what, if any, additional controls may be implemented to prevent such abuses in the future. This scheme was complex and sophisticated, and it used legal means (a gift from a foundation) to achieve a fraudulent purpose.
How does the admission process work, including for student-athletes?
Every student admitted to Stanford must meet the university’s high academic standards. There are no exceptions. Our admission office conducts a holistic review of each applicant, focused on academic excellence, intellectual vitality, extracurricular activity and personal context.
For students who have special talents – artistic, athletic, musical or otherwise – those talents are factored into the process. In the case of athletics, we have a process through which coaches can identify the most promising athletic recruits, who also have strong academic credentials, for the consideration of the admission office. This athletic recommendation does not at all “reserve a spot” for an applicant to Stanford; it simply designates applicants who are judged by coaches to be competitive recruits. All applicants, including those who are recommended by coaches, still must meet Stanford’s very high academic bar for admission, and the final judgment is made by the admission office.
It is well known that this high academic bar makes it harder for Stanford coaches to recruit, across the nation. But this is a critical, long-standing cornerstone of our admission process, and it is one on which we will never compromise.
How do financial contributions to Stanford affect the admission process?
We have many people, including alumni, who believe in Stanford’s mission and support it with their contributions. But a donation does not purchase a place at Stanford, and we work very hard to ensure that prospective donors to Stanford understand this.
Stanford does not accept gifts if it knows a gift is being made with the intention of influencing the admission process. We are examining how to further strengthen our policies and protocols to try to ensure there is never a misunderstanding about this.
The reality is that Stanford sends rejection letters to the vast majority of applicants from families of alumni and donors to the university. Admission to Stanford is highly competitive; our admission office conducts a rigorous review of applicants; and we absolutely insist that every admitted student meet Stanford’s high academic standards.
The nationwide news has reinforced perceptions that selective colleges only cater to the elite, the wealthy, the connected. What is Stanford’s perspective on this?
Many people don’t know about the focus that many selective colleges, including Stanford, place on providing opportunity to students who are not wealthy or do not have a family history of attending college. We conduct extensive outreach efforts to encourage applications to Stanford from high-achieving students of all backgrounds. At Stanford, nearly 20 percent of our admitted students each year are the first generation in their family to attend college.
Financial aid is also a critical part of our approach to accessibility for students of all backgrounds and means. Stanford admits U.S. students without regard to their ability to pay, and the university provides financial aid such that every student admitted to Stanford can afford to attend. Families with annual incomes of under $125,000 pay no tuition at Stanford, and 82 percent of our students graduate without any student debt to follow them.
What will Stanford do if it discovers that a student did not provide accurate information on an application for admission?
Applicants to Stanford sign a statement verifying that the information they are providing is accurate. If it is found to be inaccurate, they can be disenrolled from the university or have their admission cancelled, as has regretfully happened in the past.
If some of the funds provided to the sailing program already have been spent, how will Stanford redirect the funds to other sources?
We are working through the details, but our intention is to ensure that the total amount originally provided to the sailing program is redirected.
Will this issue delay admission decisions for the upcoming 2019-20 academic year?
No. We plan to issue admission decisions as scheduled.
March 13, 2019
Admissions Scheme Sinks Stanford Sailing Coach John Vandemoer
John Vandemoer head sailing coach of the Stanford Sailing team pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit racketeering in relation to a college admissions bribery scandal. About 50 individuals were charged on March 12, 2019, in the college admission scandal centering around William “Rick” Singer whose consulting firm and charity solicited payments ranging from $200,000 to $6.5 million to secure admission to elite universities by means of allegedly cheating on tests or convincing coaches such as Vandemoer to designate non-athletes as top prospects for preferential admission. Vandemoer and Singer pled guilty in Boston to one or multiple charges on March 12, respectively. Vandemoer faces 18 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit criminal racketeering for accepting $270,000 in two payments of $110,000 and $160,000 to designate a daughter of John B. Wilson a top sailing recruit at Stanford. The Boston area real estate and private equity investor faces conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud charges related to the DoJ’s Operation Varsity Blues investigation. John B. Wilson is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Actress Felicity Huffman (wife of William H. Macey) and actress Lori Laughlin face criminal charges related to trying to improve their chances of their children getting into top colleges with the help of Mr. Singer.
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“The U.S. Department of Justice today charged a number of people around the country in an alleged scheme in which payments were made to try to win the admission of prospective students to a number of U.S. colleges and universities. Stanford’s head sailing coach was among those charged in the case.
Stanford has been cooperating with the Department of Justice in its investigation and is deeply concerned by the allegations in this case. The university and its athletics programs have the highest expectations of integrity and ethical conduct. The head coach of the Stanford sailing team has been terminated.
The charges state that sailing head coach John Vandemoer accepted financial contributions to the sailing program from an intermediary in exchange for agreeing to recommend two prospective students for admission to Stanford. Neither student came to Stanford. However, the alleged behavior runs completely counter to Stanford’s values.
Based on the Department of Justice investigation to date, we have no evidence that the alleged conduct involves anyone else at Stanford or is associated with any other team. However, we will be undertaking an internal review to confirm that.”
Sailing Illustrated writes:
“According to Vandemoer’s profile on Stanford’s athletic web site, his teams have won 29 of 30 PCCSC spring conference championships and have qualified for at least the semifinals of all three spring ICSA national championships. He graduated from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in 2000 with a degree in geochemistry. He was Navy’s head sailing coach for two seasons before taking the Stanford job.”
https://www.sailingillustrated.com/single-post/2019/03/12/Stanford-sailing-coach-John-Vandemoer-fired-after-being-charged-by-federal-government-in-massive-college-admissions-scam?fbclid=IwAR0bDQOZvMqCcfj1EWXuCIOTRCrc6ygw6Vf6tbYfNYcamVFqLY69xrwHRHA
“N. JOHN B. WILSON 287. Defendant JOHN B. WILSON is a resident of Lynnfield, Massachusetts. WILSON is the founder and CEO of a private equity and real estate development firm. 288. As set forth below, WILSON conspired to bribe Jovan Vavic, the USC water polo coach, to designate his son as a purported recruit to the USC men’s water polo team, thereby facilitating his admission to USC. WILSON also sought to use bribes to obtain the admission of his two daughters to Stanford University and Harvard University as recruited athletes.:”
https://www.justice.gov/file/1142876/download
See page 126-127 for the recorded conversation by the FBI
Screenshot from
http://www.thekeyworldwide.com/
Rick Singer’s book’s Amazon page
https://www.amazon.com/Getting-Gaining-Admission-College-Choice/dp/0615837972
stanfordsailing
https://www.youtube.com/user/stanfordsailing
Reading from the John Vandemoer information at
https://www.justice.gov/file/1142906/download
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March 11, 2019
Pizza, wife, and sons he meets for the first time greet starving GGR sailor, Uku Randmaa
Uku Randmaa crossed the Les Sables d’Olonne finish line at 09:00 UTC on Sunday, March 10, 2019, to secure third place in Golden Globe Race. Thousands lined the river entrance to catch a glimpse of this quiet-spoken 56-year-old Estonian solo circumnavigator and his boat.
Waiting for him at the dock was his wife Maibi and young twins Thor and Orm who were born shortly before his departure, together with the family of fellow circumnavigators who he had kept each other going through good times and bad over the radio. Winner Jean-Luc Van Den Heede was one of the first to shake his hand followed by Dutchman Mark Slats, and two who were rescued in mid-ocean, Loïc Lepage and Susie Goodall.
Big seas at the finish. An hour before, Randmaa reported that a rain squall had created white-out conditions. He could not see further than the bows of his boat.
After almost 252 days at sea, all he had left in his larder was three packets of powdered soup, and he grabbed the pizza offered to him with both hands. The champagne was also something to savour, but before quaffing a drop himself, Uku thanked God for his safe return and poured some in the water, then thanked his boat One and All, sprinkling more on the mast and saved the biggest amount for his 2nd crew-mate – his Hydrovane self-steering before passing it round his fellow GGR skippers,
Talking about his diet he said: “I think I must have lost at least 20kg. By Hobart, I knew I was going to run short of food so I divided up what I had left by two…and then I divided it by two more. I had two meals a day; a freeze dried dish and a cup of soup, but it has been very good for my health. If I did physical work, I got tired early, but it was not a major problem.`’
`’The hardest part of the voyage was lack of wind. I was stuck in the St Helena high pressure system for more than a week. My biggest worry was keeping the boat in one piece. I was worried that if something broke I might not be able to finish the race”
Another reflection on the voyage was the amount of rubbish in the oceans. “The biggest pollution – mainly plastic – was after rounding the Cape of Good Hope. There were streams of it in the ocean. At one time time I came across a door and on another occasion, a complete tree. If I had hit that, I think my steering would have broken.”
What did he enjoy most? “Oh, the Southern Ocean: the waves, the loneliness. The waves were amazing. I watched them for hours and everyone one was different.”
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2018 Golden Globe Race: Uku Randmaa, greeted by his wife Maibi and and young sons Thor and Orm. The 56-year old Estonian solo circumnavigator received a huge welcome on his return to Les Sables d’Olonne, France today to take 3rd place overall in the 2018 Golden Globe Race. He completed the 28,000 mile voyage in 254 days 18hrs and 40 minutes which includes a 65hr penalty for receiving private weather routing information from a Ham radio operator. Credit: Jane Zhou/GGR/PPL
Barnacles were a continuous problem. “At Hobart, someone said ‘I have good and bad news for you Uku…The good news is that you could cut 10 days off your voyage time. The bad news is that you have to clean the bottom yourself!’ “It was quite scary to see your boat from outside. The waters were round 6°C. I wore my survival suit but it was very buoyant so I had to put lines under the keel and pull myself down to scrape the hull.”
“This was my biggest dream in life and I am very, very happy to have realised it…And for that, I have to thank my wife.”
Randmaa rounded the Cape of Good Hope in 5th place and moved up to third in the harsh conditions experienced in the South Indian Ocean that led to the rescue of three other competitors, Indian Abhilash Tomy, Irishman Gregor McGuckin and Frenchman Loïc Lepage. The Estonian was in 3rd place by the Hobart film stop and maintained this position to the finish despite a 72-hour penalty he received on January 20 for private routing information gained from a ham radio operator.
4th placed American/Hungarian Istvan Kopar is now within 950 miles of the finish and is expected to reach Les Sables d’Olonne on March 18-19.
The above is the day 252 press release from the 2018 GGR with some minor edits.
March 10, 2019
Uku finishes 3rd in GGR 2018 sailboat race after 252 days at sea sailing alone
Low on food after 252 days at sea Estonian solo-sailor Uku Randmaa finished the GGR 2018 sailing race on March 10, 2019, in Les Sables D’Lonne, France. He was the third solo-sailor to finish the toughest race in sailing.
The 2018 Golden Globe Race (GGR 2018) podium is filled by skippers of the Rustler 36 sailboat, 3rd Uku Randmaa, 2nd Mark Slats, and 1st Jean-Luc Van Den Heede.
In the press conference after finishing, Randmaa estimated that he ate 500 calories per day since over half-way. He guessed that he had lost 20 kilograms. He was greeted with pizza and fruit for breakfast when he arrived in Les Sables D’Lonne, France after 252 days solo and unassisted at sea.
Randmaa had a 65 hour and 40 minute time penalty added to his time for violating the rule of accepting weather routing. The race is based on the 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe race. Only 32-to-36 foot sailboats can participate. Skippers cannot use computers or satellite technology. The first three competitors to finish have violated the retro rules against satellite communication. The 4th placed Istavan Kopar also was sanctioned for a satellite phone call.
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Video from AMSA and Indian Navy about the Gregor McGuckin and Abhilash Tomy rescues. Chilean Navy footage of Susie Goodall.
“The Rustler 36 yacht ONE AND ALL will be sailng in the 2018 Golden Globe Race by Estonian skipper Uku Randmaa. The yacht was originally entered by Frenchman Lionel Regnier who retired from the GGR after competing in the 2017 Original singlehanded transatlantic race OSTAR and sold the boat to Randmaa in December 2017”
“2018 Golden Globe Race – GGR skippers congregate in Les Sables d’Olonne. Back row left to right: Uku Randmaa (EST), Jean-Luc Van Den Heede (FRA), Loic Lepage (FRA), Mark Slats (NED), Gregor McGuckin (IRE), Igor Zarertsjiy (RUS), Mark Sinclair (AUS),Tapio Lehtinen (FIN), Ertan Beskardes (GBR), Abhilash Tomy (Ind), Susie Goodall (GBR) Front row: Istvan Kopar (USA), Are Wiig (NOR), Kevin Farebrother (AUS), Antoine Cousot (FRA), Nabil Amra (PAL)”
Christophe Favreau/PPL/GGR
“2018 Golden Globe Race: American/Hungarian skipper Istvan Kopar and his Tradewind 35 yacht PUFFIN arrival at the Boatshed.com Hobart Film gate in 5th place in the Golden Globe Race”
Jessie Martin/PPL/GGR
Pedro Rodriguez/GGR/PPL
Randmaa’s bio is from
https://goldengloberace.com/skipper/uku-randmaa/
“Uku Randmaa began sailing at the age of 3 aboard his father’s yacht, then graduated through the junior ranks sailing Optimist, Cadet, OK, Laser and 420 dinghy classes. After leaving Tallinn Marine University with a Master’s ticket in 1984, he got back to competing in regattas at a serious level, then graduated to offshore sailing with his Hanse 430 yacht Temptation, completing a solo voyage to Iceland and back prior to sailing solo around the world with stops between 2011 and 2012.
Uku says of the GGR: ‘This is a dream event – a round the world race for real gladiators. For me, the best is to take part; the worst – not to finish. If I’m not going to win, then simply finishing will fulfill my dreams.’”
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March 5, 2019
SV Delos is PREGNANT!! Sailing La Vagabonde’s Baby Lenny Joins the Catamaran
Brian Trautman and Karin Syren are having a baby! “Breeyawn” and “Kazza” revealed that she was four months pregnant and due in late July in their February 17, 2019 video “Good vibes and some INCREDIBLE news!”
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They announced their wedding plans in Antigua in December in
“We’re getting MARRIED!” on YouTube at December 20, 2019, at
Nevertheless, they announced their engagement back in August 2018 on their FB page. The top sailing vloggers plan to have their baby in Sweden in July 2019, where Karin has access to free state medical care. They plan to leave SV Delos is Florida for the birth. At the time of publication, the sex of the Trautman/Syren baby was not revealed. Follow their travels on the Amel 53 ketch sailboat at
https://www.youtube.com/user/briantrautman
In December 6, 2018, Elayna Carasusu and Riley Whitelum revealed some of the first pictures of Lennon “Lenny” Whitelum born in Adelaide, Australia. Lenny joined the Outremer 45 Catamaran in South Carolina, USA on February 24, 2019.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-6513811/Millennial-couple-quit-jobs-sail-world-reveal-plans-raise-newborn-sea.html
Follow Lenny, Riley, and Elayna at
https://www.instagram.com/riley.whitelum/
https://www.instagram.com/elayna.carausu/
and
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZdQjaSoLjIzFnWsDQOv4ww
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbd3c8ij_pmZ3tj9fE8J2LA
The narrator, Linus Wilson tells the story of how he and his wife Janna started sailing in Antigua when Janna was 5-months pregnant. Sophie Wilson started sailing in 2010 when she was 6-weeks old. This is detailed in Slow Boat to the Bahamas at
on Audible at
https://www.audible.com/pd/B07N7QFNJR/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-141382&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_141382_rh_us
Pregnant woman photo by Janko Ferlic who did not assert copyright according to Pexals. The pregnant woman photo was not Kazza or Elayna.
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Slow Boat to the Bahamas
Slow Boat to Cuba
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and How to Sail Around the World-Part Time
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have been #1 sailing ebook bestsellers on Amazon.
You can get the full audiobook of Sailing to Treasure Island by Captain John C. Voss. at
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SAILING TO TREASURE ISLAND: The Cruise of the XORA (Annotated) by Captain J.C. Voss
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Sailing the Ogre: The Log of a Woman Wanderer (Annotated)
by Mabel M. Stock
at
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March 3, 2019
3X Your $$$ on PATREON like La Vagabonde & Sailing Channel SV Delos: Crowdfunding EEA 2019
Find the secrets of of the crowdfunding platform Patreon that can triple a YouTube creator’s revenues compared to AdSense with this first academic study to analyze it. Dr. Linus Wilson the host of the Slow Boat Sailing Podcast presents his study at the Eastern Economic Association Annual (EEA) annual meeting at the Sheraton Times Square in New York City.
Learn the secrets of top YouTube channels about making money on Patreon such as Sailing LaVagabonde and Sailing SV Delos. Linus Wilson completed a study of 444 sailing channels and gives you the tips, tricks, and secrets of the most successful channels on Patreon. He breaks down his study at the start of the video and reads it at the end of the video. You can download the study for free at
http://ssrn.com/abstract=2919840
Linus Wilson is the host of the Slow Boat Sailing Podcast and The Finance Professor Podcast.
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Top crowdfunders Sailing SV Delos, Gone With the Wynns, and Sailing Doodles have been guests on the Slow Boat Sailing Podcast.
You can see the rest of Dr. Wilson’s research at
http://www.linuswilson.com
http://www.financeprofessor.org
Music by http://www.BenSound.com
(c) 2019 Linus Wilson
February 22, 2019
Beautiful Sailboat Sunk & Raised in Lyme CT, SV Mazu Goes Viral after Frank Dinardi Drone Video
A beautiful 53-foot sailboat sunk in January and was raised on February 20, 2019, in Old Lyme, CT. No one was aboard. After the epic, viral drone footage of the SV Mazu in Old Lyme, CT by Frank DiNardi, this boat’s sinking became a national news story.
We liked the Hartford Courant article:
“Sunken luxury yacht in Lyme raised and towed to area marina for repairs” by GREGORY B. HLADKY
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https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-raising-luxury-boat-20190220-yr4eq6n6jjh6xbktcbkorgd4zy-story.html
No fuel spilled into the water. That article writes that it was refloated by “Sea Tow Central Connecticut of Old Saybrook and Shoreline Diving Services CT of Coventry. The vessel was towed to Chester Point Marina.” The Courant goes on to write, “The expensive boat is named ‘Mazu’ and is owned by Lyme residents Gilead and Maureen Johnson. It was moored all winter in Hamburg Cove where the Eight Mile River enters the Connecticut River.”
We used the public domain USCG photos. Below is their press release:
“Pollution responders from U.S. Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound oversee salvage operation of a sunken 53-foot sailboat in the Connecticut River in Old Lyme, Conn., Feb. 20, 2019. The sailboat was re-floated by a commercial salvage company utilizing float bags and dewatering pumps. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard)
OLD LYME, CT, UNITED STATES
02.20.2019
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael White”
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Slow Boat to the Bahamas
Slow Boat to Cuba
https://gumroad.com/l/cubabook
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https://gumroad.com/l/sailing
have been #1 sailing ebook bestsellers on Amazon.
You can get the full audiobook of Sailing to Treasure Island by Captain John C. Voss. at
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SAILING TO TREASURE ISLAND: The Cruise of the XORA (Annotated) by Captain J.C. Voss
The paperback at
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Sailing the Ogre: The Log of a Woman Wanderer (Annotated)
by Mabel M. Stock
at
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February 20, 2019
Sailing a DINGHY to SIBERIA, John Martin’s Walker Bay OCEAN crossing
John Martin III sailed across the frigid Bearing Sea in a 8-foot Walker Bay sailing dinghy. He landed in Siberia after 14 days at sea when wild currents pushed him wildly off course. He planned to sneak into China after sailing down the Yukon River. First he sailed the Tanana River. He departed his native Anchorage, Alaska in the tiny rowing sailboat. He worked his way up the rivers to the Yukon before departing for his wife and son in China. Martin lacked a passport because of his past brushes with the law. He was forced to land in Siberia to avoid being sucked into the Arctic Ocean. After a dangerous beach landing in Lavrentiya in the remote Chukotka region of Russia on August 1, 2018, after 14 days he was detained by Russian authorities for several months before being deported back to his native Alaska. That is where he gave this exclusive interview to Slow Boat Sailing. Photos of his trip were reproduced with John Martin’s webpage http://www.nooceantoowide.com. He plans to write a book of his story.
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10.25.2017
Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan R Clay
Commander, Amphibious Force 7th Fleet
USS Ashland (LSD 48) renders assistance to two distressed American mariners in the Pacific ocean, Oct. 25, whose sailboat had strayed well of its original course. Ashland was operating in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region on routine deployment when the received the message to help.
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Get Linus Wilson’s bestselling sailing books:
Slow Boat to the Bahamas
Slow Boat to Cuba
https://gumroad.com/l/cubabook
and How to Sail Around the World-Part Time
https://gumroad.com/l/sailing
have been #1 sailing ebook bestsellers on Amazon.
You can get the full audiobook of Sailing to Treasure Island by Captain John C. Voss. at
http://www.Patreon.com/slowboatsailing
SAILING TO TREASURE ISLAND: The Cruise of the XORA (Annotated) by Captain J.C. Voss
The paperback at
or the eBook at
http://www.lulu.com/shop/captain-jc-voss/sailing-to-treasure-island-the-cruise-of-the-xora/ebook/product-23887490.html
Get the paperback or eBook
Sailing the Ogre: The Log of a Woman Wanderer (Annotated)
by Mabel M. Stock
at
or the audiobook at http://www.Patreon.com/slowboatsailing
or audible
https://www.audible.com/pd/B07N7LT2DQ/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-140980&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_140980_rh_us
Associate Producers Larry Wilson, Kevin Yager, and Rick Moore (SSL).
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