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Forel sailboat series: At sea with Nitya and Sven
8 agosto 2026 · 56 min · 68 visualizzazioni · North Atlantic Ocean
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Marina Guedes interviews Nitya Zisse and Sven, two crew members aboard the sailing vessel Forel, during a 16-day ocean crossing from Lorient, France, to Kangeluswak fjord, Greenland — the first leg of Forel's third expedition.2:06 The Forel belongs to the Forrel Heritage Association, a Swiss-flagged organization that converted the vessel into a research platform for polar and subpolar regions.2:33 Crew hold commercial seafarer certifications even though Swiss flag regulations do not require them.9:24 Nitya, a deckhand and former architect with four years of sailing experience, describes Forel's sail-handling system — all lines leading back to the cockpit — as straightforward compared to previous vessels requiring large crews to hoist sails.13:14 Sven, in his second season on Forel, previously sailed in Svalbard on a small charter boat and worked on Crozet Island in the South Indian Ocean aboard a French oceanographic ship; both experiences qualified him for polar sailing work.39:55 He owns a 12-meter boat named Libertalia, bought in 2021 with plans to sail the Northwest Passage.42:25 Both crew describe the main operational challenge as holding a fixed position for two to three hours for scientific experiments against current, wind, and ice.52:33 A shore-based weather specialist provides daily routing advice during crossings.53:42 The crew anchored briefly on arrival in Greenland to shelter from headwinds before continuing north.3:57
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