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Pocobueno


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2012-06-23 13:12:38 - Race on Shackleton's trace - 800nm on whale boat
Howdy!

I would like to propose a race on the traces of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance Expedition.

Historical Background:
After having lost the Endurance, the crew reached the Antarctic Elephant Island with the remaining lifeboats.
To get rescue, Shackleton decided to sail to South Geargia with a
6,85 meter boat called 'James Caird'. He and his crew (Worsley als Navigator, Crean, McNish, John Vincent und Timothy McCarthy). He started on april 24th in 1916 to sail to South Georgia. He reached this Island on may 8th.

The remainig crew on Elephant Island was rescued on august 30th 1916.

Sources:
in german
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endurance-Expedition
in english
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition

Book 'South' by Shackleton awailable online, is a vgood reading imo!
http://www.ibiblio.org/ebooks/Shackleton/index.html

The James Caird:
The 22.5-foot (6.9 m) long James Caird had been built as a whaleboat in London to Worsley's orders, designed on the "double-ended" principle devised by Norwegian shipbuilder Colin Archer.
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Caird_(boat)

I do not know how to get the polar for a whale boat. Some of SOLers will probably know...

I hope you are interested in that race


Route from
Elephant Island, Antarktis
to
South Georgia Island
about 800nm

Poco
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2012-06-23 14:38:18 - Re: Race on Shackleton's trace - 800nm on whale boat
Hi Poco - a Shackleton race has been in preparation on SOL for quite a while.

Here is the thread with all the info so far:

76T's Shackleton Challenge Thread

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