Mike Horn - Leaving Siberia take two
Sep 28, 2004 12: 22 EST
Mike was blocked in Tobseda, Russia, due to damage on the boat, unable to start ‘stage 10’ of the expedition, the last step, in which he will complete his two year tour of the Arctic Circle - to sail the Corsair trimaran across the Barents Sea towards the North Cape:
"In Tobseda there is nothing. A few run down houses and only one inhabitant, a kind old fisherman who is helping Mike as much a he possibly can. Mike is very grateful to him. The next strategy was to get a repair kit sent to Mike from Switzerland. It was prepared by Yvan Ravussin and was transported with plane and helicopter."
Mike's team reports today that the boat is fixed and he's getting ready to leave again:
On the afternoon of the 25th of September, Jean-Philippe and a Russian boat builder joined Mike in the village of Tobseda, on the northern coastline of Russia. Once again, tools, resin and fibreglass were transported by plane and helicopter and once again, work was started on the main hull of the Corsair trimaran. They quickly rebuilt one and a half meters of the main hull that was destroyed during a recent storm.
"I'm ready," says Mike. "We have prepared the boat for sailing. I need to get her back in the water and if the weather is good I will be able to leave."
Bernard Stamm is currently looking at the weather that has been forecasted for the next few days and things are looking positive. Mike is excited about leaving. "This boat has taken me over the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans and she'll also get me over the Barents Sea. We have traveled far together! There's no way she'll let me down now."
"It'll be sad to leave my friend, the fisherman. We spent a lot of time together over these last two weeks. He helped me all he could on the boat but he was restricted by his age. Things will surely be quiet for him once I leave. There's never been so much action in Tobseda! I'll try and call from the boat."
Mike Horn, the South African who traveled around the equator in 2000, is back for another circular adventure. This time, however, Mike is in colder climates; the Arctic Circle. His plan is to travel around the Arctic, just within the Arctic Circle, by boat, kayak, ski sail and on foot. He left in august of 2002 and a team provides him with resupplies and various means of travel along the trip.
Image of Mike's trimaran in Tobseda, courtesy of mikehorn.com
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