Espressionismo surreale ~ Surrealistic Expressionism
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ATLANTIC OCEAN CROSSING FROM MARTINIQUE TO AZORES (3,000 NAUTICAL MILES) 9 to 30 March 1998 (21 days) Sailing Boat "Contest 43s" (Dutch) - 43 feet - German Flag - Name: "Baltic Miles" Route: N till 30‘N Lat. - then NE till 38‘N Lat. - then E till Azores-Horta Wind: from BF 5 (Fresh Breeze, winds 20 kts) to Calm (Sargasso Sea) to Violent Storm BF 10.5 (Wind till 60 kts) Sea Conditions: Wave height from 3 meters to calm to final 14 meters Air Temperatures: from 40‘C (Caraibic Area) to 4‘C (North Atlantic) Crew: 6 people (5 Germans, 1 Italian)- Duties: each couple à rotation of 4 hrs by day and 3 hrs by night
Route (3,000 miles) Sailing Boat (Contest 43s) at Martinique Italian Flag after 39 days of sea and wind Departure Caraibic Area
My Bed Kitchen and living room Skipper Table
Route North, Fresh Breeze BF 5 (Wind 20 kts) Bermudas Triangle Area
Center Atlantic Ocean, First Gales BF 8 (wind 40 kts)
North Atlantic Ocean, Route East, from Gale to Storm (BF 8.5, Wind 45 kts))
North Atlantic Ocean, Route East (250 miles from Azores), Storm: BF 9.5 to 10.5, wind till 60 kts, waves 14 meters high
The last three long days
Me
Arrival to Horta (Azores) - Still BF 8.0 Horta (Azores)
Back to Rome (Italy) via Lisbon
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