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The chronicle of sailing.
August 9, 1996, Tver
– Launching of the yacht. Sailing to Moscow.
September 23, 1996, Moscow
– The Ceremony of Consecration and de-nomination of the yacht.
Sailing to St. Petersburg.
November 14, 1996, St. Petersburg
– The start of the round the world voyage.
January 28 – February 01, 1997, Dakar, (Senegal)
– The most western point of the route.
February 02, 1997, Atlantic Ocean
– The yacht is in the point, named by sailors as the "a navel
of the earth": Latitude – 0° and longitude – 0°.
March 30 – April 8, 1997, Cape Town, (South Africa)
– The first visit of a Russian yacht to Cape Town.
May 5–12, 1997, Kerguelen Is., Indian Ocean
– The most southern point of the voyage.
May 18–19, 1997, Indian Ocean
– Severe gale, magnetic storm. Nikolay Litau, skipper of the
yacht, sent the telegram: "We have lost a rudder. We need
help. All are alive". The next telegram from Nikolai Litaou:
"The situation is under control. We are navigating by sails
and continue to move towards Australia. We would like to ask
not to bother our relatives and press-media".
June 16 – July 8, 1997, Fremantle (Australia)
– The yacht entered the port of Fremantle. To show his respect
Mayor of Fremantle was meeting the crew on a cutter in the
middle of the harbour.
July 25 – August 10, 1997, Sydney (Australia)
– Meetings with the Russian community.
September 4–6, 1997, Senyavin Isls. (Archipelago Caroline
Isls.)
– The first visit of a Russian yacht to the Senyavin Isls.
September 28, 1997, Pacific Ocean
– Record speed – 215 miles were passed during twenty four
hours.
October 9, 1997, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
– The accomplishment of the first stage of the round the world
sailing.
June 28, 1998, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
– The start of the Arctic stage of the voyage.
July 1–4, 1998, Bering Is.; Commander Isls.
– On behalf of the Moscow government the crew put the wreath
on the grave of Witus Bering.
August 1, 1998, Bering Strait
– The yacht passed round the Deshnev Cape – the eastern point
of the voyage.
August 8 – September 11, 1998, Shmidt Cape, Chukotka
– Three unsuccessful attempts to push through to the West:
on August 12 – 2 miles; August 14–20 – 5 miles; September
1-2 – 38 miles.
September 25, 1998, 75°30' N.L. 121°32' E.L., Laptev
Sea
– The northern edge of the route in 1999. The yacht is surrounded
by young ice. Icing. The yacht is forced to return to the
Tiksy port.
September 28, 1998, Tiksy, Yakutiya
– The yacht was left for the winter period.
July 24, 1999, Tiksy, Yakutiya
– Continuation of the sailing along the Arctic seas.
August 11, 1999, Chelyuskin Cape, Taimyr peninsula
– The northernmost point of the voyage.
August 21–27, 1999, Dickson, Taimyr peninsula
– Seven days stay.
September 12–29, 1999, Severomorsk, Murmansk
– Accomplishment of the voyage along the North-East passage.
October 14, 57°46' N.L. 10°44' E.L., The Kattegat Strait
– A circle with a 31 thousand miles length was finally closed.
The yacht "Apostol Andrey" crossed the point which she passed
three years ago at the start of the voyage.
November 11, 1999, St. Petersburg
– The finish of the round the world voyage over the four oceans.
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