gipsy moth 4

depuis
que j utilise au debut le satnav puis le gps , je fait presque plus de journal de bord , et j ai perdu le sens marin ( remarque c est peut etre l age et la biere :-))

le gps est precis pas les cartes
un outremer 55 skippe par un americain qui naviguait en famille et etait extremement experimenté s'est mis sur un recif il y a quelaues mois aussi dans ce coin la la nuit, il suffit de si peu de relachement, oublie'l'alarme du sondeur, courant traversier.
ce malheureux americain a ete tres gravment blesse par le mat, puis heliporte à tahiti je crois ou il a ete amputé.

plus d'info c'est a rangiroa, bateau reparable a priori
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Gipsy Moth IV Grounded
May 3 - Rangiroa, French Polynesia

Gipsy Moth IV restored and ready for another adventure
Photo Courtesy National Maritime Museum London

Gipsy Moth IV, the 53-ft Nicholson Sir Francis Chichester used to sail into the record books and the hearts of young people the world over, ran aground this weekend just 150 miles from Tahiti. Skippered by 32-year-old Antonia Nicholson, the famous ketch was nine months into a circumnavigation as part of the Blue Water Rally when she struck a reef on the northwest side of Rangiroa Atoll, part of the Tuamotus Group, in French Polynesia. It's been reported that conditions were mild - calm seas and good visibility - when the boat grounded at 7:30 pm local time on Saturday. None of the six people aboard were injured, though the boat suffered some serious damage on her starboard side. A rescue effort is currently underway to safely pull her off the reef and tow her to Tahiti for repairs.

Sir Francis Chichester rounding Cape Horn

Since returning from her famous circumnavigation in 1967, Gipsy Moth IV had been mouldering in a concrete shrine, but she was given a second chance at life in 2004 when the UK Sailing Academy bought her for 1 pound and a gin and tonic. The group, in cooperation with Yachting Monthly and the Maritime Trust, spent the next year restoring Gipsy Moth IV to her original glory, relaunching her at Cowes Week. Their aim is to offer deserving teens the adventure of a lifetime on the legendary boat while educating kids through a video feed into every school in the UK .