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Forel Sailboat Series: The Midwife
24 July 2026 · 1h 16m · 182 views · Ghent
What this video covers
Thierry Stump, the designer and builder of the Brazilian sailing vessel Paraty 2, describes the boat's conception, construction, and eventual transfer to Swiss scientific use in the first episode of a 10-part series hosted by Marina Guedes.1:19 Stump recounts how navigator Amir Klink pushed him to design progressively larger than his initial 70–75-foot concept, ultimately producing a 30-meter, 100-tonne, 8-meter-beam aluminum vessel built at a self-developed yard in Itapevi, near São Paulo, starting in 1993.6:00 The design philosophy was deliberate simplicity: a "4x4 travel machine" as rugged as a fishing vessel, with EVA non-skid decks, laminated glass ports, and a closed-loop freshwater cooling system holding roughly 1,000 liters of glycol-water per circuit, eliminating seawater intake and the risk of ice or debris blockage in polar or river conditions.24:05 The boat carried 30,000 liters of fuel and motored without refueling from Brazil to Palma de Mallorca to collect its masts.26:54 Transport from the yard to Santos took over a month to cover 120 kilometers.42:58 A legal dispute blocked the sale to Swiss buyers for 18 months before a judge resolved it.47:38 The vessel, renamed Forrel and now owned by the Forrel Heritage Association of Switzerland, completed a 16-day passage from Lorient, France, to Greenland as a scientific platform.2:39 Stump served as the technical liaison between Amir Klink and the Swiss association throughout the acquisition.
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