Sailing Seven Seas. Siberian Guys Circumnavigated the Globe in a Catamaran | RT Documentary

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An expedition around the globe featured in the RT documentary “Sailing Seven Seas” matches the legendary sea crossings of the past – with one exception. No inflatable catamaran had ever circumnavigated the globe before the crew of four Siberian guys decided it was worth a try – and they did it!

When asked about their unusual choice of vessel, the crew said they picked it because sailing it felt like flying. This team of Russian adventurers might look like your typical crew of bearded sailors, but they are engineers, scholars, and sporting enthusiasts in their land-based lives. Skipper Anatoly Kulik designed the tiny sail-powered catamaran with no roof or cargo hold and a windswept tent instead of a cabin. Evgeny Kovalevsky (or Jack) served as the team’s “foreign minister”, taking care of diplomacy with port authorities. Stanislav Berezkin was the crew’s navigator, while Evgeny Tashkin was the cameraman, who filmed every bone-shattering storm, every tropical sunset and every shark encounter. Other crew members joined them for specific legs of the expedition, but the four remained its backbone.

Light and manoeuvrable, the vessel still required constant fixing and overhauling, which was done during passages most of the time. At one point, it was even converted into a trimaran for better performance and stability. In addition, the crew had to put up with everyday hardships unfathomable in their daily lives (like having no proper shower or enough drinking water). Still, the days spent onshore, meeting fellow yachters and lecturing as spokesmen of the Russian Geographical Society, recharged the crew and made all the efforts seem worthwhile.

Facing harsh weather and storms, sustaining injuries, spending nights in a cramped tent or on watch, doing constant repairs, and just being sprayed by waves for months on end could break less obstinate men. Still, the Siberian crew made it to their port of call and went down in history.

0:00 Crew of Russian explorers sets out to circumnavigate the globe
1:40 Inflatable catamaran – an unusual choice of vessel
2:35 Captain introduces his crew
5:26 First leg across the Indian Ocean
9:02 24/7 together aboard – the greatest challenge of all
14:26 Freshwater is the most precious commodity
14:56 Ridding oceans of plastic, one bottle at a time
18:55 Rebuilding a catamaran into a trimaran in Mauritius
21:55 Severe storm almost ruins the vessel
25:14 The passage around the deadly Cape of Good Hope
32:45 Stuck in Namibia while the skipper is healing
36:18 A month-long crossing to Brazil
39:19 A 3-month leg across the Caribbean
41:28 Cuba and Mexico – two final stops before the Pacific
45:00 Fairytale Galapagos islands
48:32 Meeting the “queen” of the Cook Islands
49:46 The incredible journey that changed the whole crew

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