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WWII SHIP that CHANGES LIVES, The IMPACT on CHILDREN with BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS
August 8, 2023 · 31 min · 1K views
What this video covers
The Flor de Pasión, a wooden vessel built in 1941 and used during World War II, now operates as a floating rehabilitation program for at-risk youth from Switzerland.0:59 Captain Pedro and a rotating crew of educators take groups of children struggling with behavioral problems, addiction, and family instability on extended ocean voyages, teaching seamanship, watch-keeping, fishing, and languages.5:11 Six friends bought the near-sinking boat and spent six years, from 2002 to 2008, rebuilding it.2:02 The program runs on a roughly 2-million Swiss-franc annual budget split among state payments for youth educators, scientific partnerships, and donations.4:52 A second vessel, a schooner, operates simultaneously in Arctic waters including Greenland and Spitsbergen.4:46 Pedro tours the boat's systems: a Baudouin turbocharged 270-hp diesel burning 10 liters per hour at 5–6 knots, dual 24V and 12V alternator banks, a desalinator producing up to 80 liters per hour, 2,000 liters of water tankage, and 4,000 liters of fuel capacity. Navigation runs on OpenCPN, which Pedro notes requires care because chart accuracy can be unreliable.11:21 Hull planks are 80 mm thick; haul-outs for replanting occur every two to three years, typically at Portimão.22:28 Pedro plans to step back from directing the organization by end of 2024, handing command to a colleague named Sebastián.24:20
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