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Recent Expedition : Babouche and the Northwest passage Expedition

Babouche and the Northwest passage

Expected to have finished 1057 days ago



Expedition Type: Sailing

Departure Date: 17 May 2007

Last Update: 1090 days ago (View Update)

Expected Duration: 150 Days

Anticipated Distance: 14800km

Team: Sébastien Roubinet, Anne-lise Vacher-Morazzani,

Sponsors: Millet - FCI - SAI nutrition - PETZL - Lancelin - Avmar assurances - GMM - Jonathan & Fletcher - Comptoir des montagnes - Clipper voiles - Matosphere - Nauticom - Geolink - Grément import - La Clusaz - Meteomer

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Babouche launched
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This expedition has posted 55 updates, the most recent being 1090 days ago

Update #1 (17 May 2007) Babouche launched - Starting point of the expedition...
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Update #3 (21 May 2007) Sunday, May 20th - They are close to the end of the first bassin (Gompertz Chan...
Update #4 (22 May 2007) Monday, May 21st, 10:15pm - Lise and Seb are at the middle of the Cook inlet. They sail ...
Update #5 (23 May 2007) Homer - Babouche and his crew are at Homer for a little technical st...
Update #6 (28 May 2007) Sunday May 27, 2:30 AM (gmt) - Babouche left Homer heading towards Cape Douglas. These last...
Update #7 (30 May 2007) Wednesday May 30, 11:00 PM (gmt) - After several days waiting for a more gentle wind, Babouche ...
Update #8 (31 May 2007) Thursday May 31, 2:30 AM (gmt) - Babouche crossed approximately 25 Nautic miles since yesterd...
Update #9 (01 Jun 2007) Friday June 1, 1:30 AM (gmt) - The strong wind, the rough sea and the rain have given place...
Update #10 (02 Jun 2007) Sunday June 3, 00:30 AM (gmt) - Babouche crossed approximately 100 nautic miles since yester...
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Update #12 (03 Jun 2007) Monday June 4 - Séb et Lise enjoyed a great calm and sunny day before catch...
Update #13 (05 Jun 2007) Wednesday June 6, 00:30 AM (gmt) - Babouche has reached Cape Seal in a deep fog. Séb and Lise ...
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Update #15 (06 Jun 2007) Thursday June 7, 1:30 AM (gmt) - The latest news directly from Seb and Lise : "Hi everyone !...
Update #16 (07 Jun 2007) Thursday June7, 12:00 AM (HST) - ...
Update #17 (08 Jun 2007) Friday June 8, 11:00 AM (HST) - ...
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Update #19 (13 Jun 2007) Tuesday, June 12th, 1h30 PM (gmt) - ...
Update #20 (14 Jun 2007) Wednesday June 13th around 1h30 AM (gmt) - ...
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Update #23 (17 Jun 2007) Saturday, June 16th, 4:00 AM (gmt) - ...
Update #24 (19 Jun 2007) Tuesday, June 19th, 4:00 AM (gmt) - http://www.babouche-expe.eu/...
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Team member Sébastien Roubinet: Skipper At the origin of the project Coordinating of the project Designer, architect and builder of Babouche In charge of technical, logistics and communication....View Details
Team member Anne-lise Vacher-Morazzani: Team-mate Construction of Babouche. Crew member in 2006 and 2007. In charge of communication and publicity of the project. Designer of the website....View Details
Expedition Objective(s):
A first : navigating the north-west passage by sailboat alone Babouche, a new philosophy in ice navigation Around 100 years ago, Amundsen became the first person to cross the NW Passage on a mixed boat, with both sails and a motor. Others have successfully navigated the NW Passage by boat. How...View Details

Interesting Aspects:
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Equipment List:
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See Also:
http://www.babouche-expe.eu Babouche Expedition

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