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99. Capucine Trochet. Tara Tari, su libertad.
6 March 2025 · 1h 27m · 194 views
What this video covers
Capucine Trochet, a French competitive sailor with a connective-tissue condition that causes chronic joint luxations, crossed the Atlantic aboard Tara Tari, a small jute-hulled boat built in Bangladesh by Corentin Châtelpeau from recycled and secondhand materials — no motor, no electronics.10:43 Trochet explains that the boat's minimal physical demands matched her health limitations: no heavy sail changes, no strenuous maneuvers.9:43 The route ran through the Mediterranean, across the Strait of Gibraltar, down to the Canary Islands, then from Lanzarote to Martinique.20:46 She describes managing sleep in one-to-two-hour intervals, maintaining strict daily routines to impose structure on otherwise identical days at sea, and listening to every sound the hull made as a diagnostic tool.24:17 At the time of the interview, Trochet had recently sailed Tara Tari from Guadeloupe toward French Guiana with a friend, breaking the rudder en route but completing the passage.27:14 Her book, *Tara Tari, mis alas, mi libertad*, published by Almayer, documents the Atlantic crossing.3:39 The podcast also covers sea-urchin (oricio) fishing in Asturias with Pablo Riesgo, atmospheric circulation and trade-wind patterns with Javier Suárez, and a bookseller segment from Librería Robinson on a book about Spanish naval history.4:20
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