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Sailing from the Falklands to South Georgia: Putting to Sea aboard Windora

Published September 5, 2016
Solo circumnavigator Bernie Harberts and crew preparing to depart Stanley, Falkland Islands, aboard wood ketch Windora, with king penguins on the beach
The Falklands are sparsely populated. These king penguins saw us off on our voyage into the Southern Ocean. We will be sailing aboard Windora, the wood ketch anchored off the beach.

The day has come to put to sea. Tomorrow I sail from Stanley, in the Falkland Islands, to South Georgia Island, off Antarctica. I’ll be traveling aboard Windora. She belongs to my friends Phil and Lynda Christiesen. We met years ago in New Zealand. It may be… Continue reading →

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South Georgia Shipwreck: When Windora Hit the Rocks in Hurricane Winds

Published March 30, 2016
Solo circumnavigator Bernie Harberts aboard wood ketch Windora aground on a reef in South Georgia Island in hurricane force winds
Fighting for her life. Hurricane force winds threaten to splinter the ketch Windora‘s 40 year old wood hull. She dragged her anchor and wound up on a submerged rock in South Georgia, the Antarctic island. I was aboard her. Video footage is at the end of the article.(Vessel “Braveheart” photo)

“Below 40, there is no Law. Below 50, there is no God.” They saying comes from Southern Ocean voyagers. The 40 is the Roaring Forties, the 50 the… Continue reading →

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