The sailors journey

2014年10月19日,一位勇敢的水手坚定地出海。他的目标是在没有任何化石燃料或其他物资的帮助下,独自在世界上航行,除了他在整个50,000海里旅行中随身携带的东西。水手会带来什么来生存这种磨难?这位水手是意大利马特·梅克利(Matteo Miceli),决定了一根钓鱼竿,两只鸡,一块泥土种植蔬菜,一台用于淡化饮用水的机器和三个莉卡·地理系统的GNSS GNSS GR25接收器和三个leica AS10触角。

To sail around the world self-sufficiently was Matteo’s motivation for undertaking this journey, however he was just one member of a group working together on the project, “Rome Ocean World”, and they had other goals as well, such as being the first sailboat to accurately record the water and boat’s movement throughout the trip using GNSS technology.

在旅途结束时,罗马大学的Paolo di Girolamo和Mattia Crespi教授和Polytechnic都灵的Allessandro Pezzoli将通过计算基于英国的MET(气象)数值模型来分析数据,以分析这些数据ECO40路线;improve the structural design of the Class 40 boat by calculating the dynamic stress and durability of the vessel during the trip and finally, to produce a polar diagram of the boat’s speed after recording wave characteristics, which will be especially useful for future Class 40 racing boats.

从罗马附近的Di Traiano港口起航后,Matteo有三天的天气,使他可以与他的团队一起回到罗马,他每天都在与他进行接触。然而,当冈萨洛飓风的残余物以大雨和大风的大风袭击地中海时,他很快就面临着许多海洋道道测试中的第一次。After several intense and expectant hours of lost contact, the Eco40 team received an automatic data transmission on the boat’s position, confirming it survived 80 km/h (50 mph) winds and six metre (20 feet) high waves, and that it was on its way towards Gilbratar.

这场暴风雨使Eco40,水手和他的鸡的状况不佳。花园被毁了,里面充满了咸水和蔬菜死亡。这些鸡已经受到创伤,一段时间不会产卵,而且大海仍然是如此暴风雨,以至于钓鱼是不可能的。对于此类紧急情况,水手将100袋冷冻食品放在船上,Matteo在100 g(0.22磅)的碳水化合物中幸存了几天暴风雨命中。

After the storm passed, Matteo had time to think. A professional sailor by trade, it was a challenge for him to stop and fix damaged boat parts. Matteo wanted to push the high-performance Eco40 to set record speeds but instead, he had to wait, either for the repairs to dry, or for wind. The sailor had time on his hands and was confronted with the commitment he had set for himself when agreeing to take part in this adventure. The lack of wind got to him, and even with the daily tasks of running a boat, data collecting or just plain day-to-day survival, he was sometimes lonely and often doubtful. Luckily the chickens, whom he nicknamed Blondie and Brunette, needed encouragement to lay eggs and they became fast companions. He also had daily support from his Facebook fans to cheer him.

数据是由Leica GR25 GNSS接收器和Leica AS10天线收集的,并通过地理固定卫星发送而没有任何问题。以及按计划提供的Eco40的Hydro,风能和太阳能。这次旅程的真正问题是关于人性和生存目的更平凡的问题。例如:水手只能睡几个小时,然后被风阵风唤醒,这引起了严重的船。或自动驾驶员的声音唤醒他,告诉他一些路线的改变。如果他可以在一段时间内入睡超过20分钟,那么他仍然必须关注晴雨表,因为他的生活取决于知道暴风雨是否正在临近。当然,食物总是一个很大的关注点 - 只是在湿纸巾上钓鱼或种植豆芽是主要的胜利。鱼,芽或鸡蛋,这是Matteo的饮食,如果他很幸运,他很高兴能拥有它。金发女郎和布鲁内特的陪伴使Matteo分散了孤独的注意力,对于水手来说,这是悲伤的一天,因为没有明显的原因,金发女郎去世了。有时他很幸运能陪伴鸟类或海豚,但是他独自一人在这段旅程中,对他来说,生活中最重要的是生活中的小事。

不可预测的天气模式也是一个主要问题。一天晚上,突然变化导致船造成死亡卷。Matteo醒来,几乎是一条倾覆的船,在水下中途。一个人在黑暗中,水冲入机舱,水手必须快速思考。这种情况是我们许多人不想进入的情况。有时候,这艘船连续几天陷入困境。另一次,水手睡觉时,一阵巨大的浪潮撞到了船,导致头部非常严重和严重的焦虑。尽管如此,Matteo仍必须继续抚养船以生存。

他穿越了南极洲的冷极空气和冰冷的水,冰山一片迫在眉睫。严重的水供船进入,而在旅行的这一部分中,Eco40失去了自动驾驶。它被闪电击中后,它与他的大部分电气设备一起损坏。幸运的是,他的团队(Cecilia Angelelli,Valerio Brinati,Allesandro Farina与Leica Geosystems的技术支持Pierpaolo Pecoraro)“使他”穿越了这一旅程,还恢复了他的PC软件,船的乐器,并通过卫星电话帮助电池问题。即使只是暂时,也需要尽快纠正这种损害。

With icy rain and freezing temperatures, Matteo remained strong. But stress took its toll on the sailor. At this point, he had been sailing alone for over 100 days. Lack of sleep, too little food and constant cold had its effect. He endured near-fatal storms and heavily damaged electrical equipment – and was very worried. This was certainly a bleak part of his journey – and it was somewhat noticeable in his communications. He started eating chicken feed to survive and had to pull out his own tooth. Yet, he did what he had to – to survive.

3月初,Matteo发现了Eco40的舵以下300升(80加仑)的水。这些固定舵的衬套几乎造成了旅程的尽头,但是Matteo设法修复了它们。这次,将船的龙骨固定在适当的位置,导致Matteo在13日(星期五)3月失去了龙骨,并将Eco40盖住了。警报系统警告Matteo,并向意大利海岸警卫队提醒,后者随后向附近的商船Aramon发了一句话,以捡起水手,后者耐心地用充气筏等着他设法从Eco40钓鱼,然后才沉入eco40。水手还试图营救黑发,但可悲的是,他为时已晚。

然而Matteo很幸运。船倾斜的地区以其平静的水而闻名,他八个小时前就关闭了赤道的双重交叉。他完成了他打算做的事情。他绕开了好希望的斗篷,Leeuwin Cape and Cape Horn。两次越过赤道,越过了他计划的子午线。ECO40从一开始到悲惨的饰面,大约25,000海里(约46,000 km /28,600 mi),在倾覆时,距巴西海岸约965公里(600英里)。

Matteo还成功地完成了他的目标,从出发点到到达点,全球不停地航行,并以7.4节的平均速度在海洋上进行了112.4天的遍及eco40。在被Aramon救出后,Matteo被其船员宠爱。他损失了30多公斤(66磅),并花时间放松,进食和利用船的健身房。

Matteo Miceli于3月19日在罗马的Fiumicino机场回到意大利。自从他离开罗马以来,首次见到教授后,水手向他们展示了所有SD卡,其中包含接收者在旅途中收集的数据,除了仍在GR25接收器中的最后一张卡片外船倒下了。这些卡最后一次于2月28日交换,当时Eco40不在阿根廷海岸。

教授和水手几乎立即开始计划如何恢复船。卫星追踪器仍在从船上发出信号,该船只在水下流动。追踪器的电池很快就会空了,因此没有时间花点时间,团队飞回了巴西,组织了一艘船进行营救,同时还计划稳定,一旦浮出水面,Eco40的运输。不幸的是,在到达恢复区域前约30小时,跟踪器停止发送信号。该地区太大了,无法搜索,4月4日,搜查被暂停,车队回家。

但是,旅程还没有结束。就在七天前,言语传到了教授,一艘西班牙渔船发现了被认为是浮出水面的Eco40,从巴西海岸浮出水面,距团队期望找到这艘船350海里。拍摄了一张照片并将其发布在Twitter上。

Unfortunately since then, no one kept track of its position, but according to the professors' calculations, it was headed out to sea …
What next? The journey continues. Stay tuned …
Good winds to all!

Written by Katherine Lehmuller and Marco Mozzon

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