We were so lucky the night of yesterday and in the course of the day to meet two different ships. One was a freighter, and the other was a family from a catamaran, says Lasse Wulff Hansen.
the Joy is to track in premierløjtnantens voice, which right now is in the middle of the Atlantic, together with former radio host Mads Vangsø.
on the journey
Through video, photos and live gennemstillinger to and from the boat you have every day the opportunity to follow the experiences and challenges, Mads Vangsø and Lasse Wulff Hansen meetings, when they are completely alone and without aids trying to cross the Atlantic ocean in a rowboat.
See also, where the danes are right now using THIS LINK.
We follow them up to, during, and when – if all goes as it should – going in the goal on the journey.
the Race was shot at time 12. december on La Gomera and ending approximately 45 days later and 5000 miles away on Antigua in the Caribbean.
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They have now spent 21 days on the Altanten, where you can imagine, they soon run out of things to talk about. Lasse Wulff Hansen maintains, however, that they do not feel lonely.
– We work well together and speak together well. However, one is very secluded from the rest of the world.
Community – 1. jan. 2019 – at. 23:17 Danish duo in the midst of could lead to a-race: Hear voices and see strange things
And thus it is not just how to call home when you miss your loved ones.
– the telephone line connection is both expensive and not particularly reliable.
The small rowboat, which the two danes sailing in, has an alarm that goes, if there is a boat nearby. It also has equipment, you can contact the surrounding ships.
Community – 31. dec. 2018 – at. 16:00 the Danes in the could lead to a-race: We are half way now, although we are not halfway
On the way, premierløjtnanten a well-deserved conversation with a captain of a passing freighter.
I actually ended up talking with him for four-five minutes in each case. He was snotforvirret and kept asking what it was, we had made, and if we were okay, says Lasse Wulff Hansen.
a Little later in the day there was then a catamaran with a French family, who came close to say hello. They were also difficult marvelled over the project, says the dane.
they were on The way to St. Martin. All in all, it was quite nice to ‘meet’ some other people out here.
the Journey across the Atlantic
After the rudder every two hours at a time and sleeps for two hours. Round the clock on the entire trip.
Every paddler need to drink up to ten litres of water a day.
Seawater is purified in a ‘watermaker’ and thus becomes for drinking water.
A beet lose an average of 12 pounds on the trip.
More people have climbed Mount Everest than crossing an ocean in a rowing boat.
At the deepest point is the Atlantic ocean, about 8.5 miles deep.
in the Middle of the Atlantic waves can be up to six metres high.
Two sikkerhedsbåde sailing with on the trip.
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The two danes hope to be able to complete the journey in under 45 days, but it requires better weather.
It fills the most is probably the hope that there will be any more bang on the weather, So we get some more speed on.
Mads Vangsø and Lasse Wulff Hansen is still number one in their category in the race across the Atlantic, while the is number 14 in the overall ranking.
Such is the competition
a total Of 27 rowing boats participating in the competition, which begins on La Gomera and will end at the finish line well 5000 miles across the Atlantic to Antigua in the Caribbean.
Each team will compete against other teams with equal number of rowers. Mads Vangsø and Lasse Wulff Hansen is fighting against four other ‘couples’ in their category.
You can be 1-5 participants on a team.
You can always see the post on the link here.
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——— SPLIT ELEMENT ———
See the touching farewell, the beets and their family took by departure here.
See the unimaginable amounts of: So much food, Mads and Lasse with on the trip
