Sailing around the America's with a 104 old fishing boat in Covid times.

[LeoV]

Tecla;
Departed Europe 12 April 2019 , sailed North West passage, Cape Horn, cruised Antarctica. On the way to South Africa Covid hit.
Arrived 10 April 2020 in Cape Town, quarantined crew and guests. Guests left by plane.
4 person crew, 3 man, one woman, sailed from South Africa with a 24 hour stop in the Acores, back to home port in the Netherlands. Almost 14 months later.
No Autopilot, no protected driving position, 4 persons...7000 miles. On a century old gaffer. Hats off..

And one crew became dad while he could not leave, did see his child for the first time at 5 months old.
In Dutch only;
https://www.zeepost.info/index.php/2020/06/06/de-tecla-is-na-meer-dan-een-jaar-terug-in-den-helder/

About the boat, in  English;
https://www.tecla-sailing.com/

 

[BGeff]

That is really a pretty sweet story.

 

[Sail4beer]

Wow! 
 

Thanks for the link!!

 

[Bsquared]

Minor correction, looks like they left Cape Town 5 Feb and arrived home 5 Jun; not 14 months getting back.  Real sailing, for sure.  Wonder how dry that boat is below...

 

[LeoV]

Messed up overall trip time, 14 months in total and leg time

Departure time out of SA April 9th as far as I can see from tracking map.
https://www.tecla-sailing.com/follow-the-tecla/

Thought some would like it, it is a nice story.