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I Sailed The Bermuda Triangle And Survived To Share It With You
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I Sailed The Bermuda Triangle And Survived To Share It With You

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In June I sailed onboard a 45-foot sailboat through the Bermuda Triangle then on to Bermuda itself running from a storm and finally to the Graveyard of the Atlantic, The Outer Banks, North Carolina.

We lost our engine, had a scrambled autopilot, dodged a supertanker at sea, crept through reefs near Bermuda, came across a ghost ship, and lost our rudder after running aground! Here is the video I made of our journey!

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I Sailed the Bermuda Triangle and Survived to Share it with You

The legend our captain created so we could decipher our course on the auto pilot

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The supertanker that came within a 1000 yards of us at sea while we only had sail power

I took noon sights daily with my sextant to practice celestial navigation

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Saint George’s, Bermuda after 7 days at sea

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Blue Hole park in Bermuda is full of secret trails and hidden limestone caves

This was one of the caves you could swim inside, I only saw 2 other people in the 4 hours I was hiking

Heading back out to sea !

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Bermuda is surrounded by danger

The adrift sailing vessel “ghost ship” we came across a day’s sail from Bermuda

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My crew mate Yves Bolduc got some zoom photos while I filmed video

We rigged up an inner fore stay in preparation for a storm that would hit us later that night

The moon on the Atlantic Ocean more than 300 miles from land

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Finally reaching the Outer Banks, North Carolina

Our rudder was ripped off when we ran aground inside the Oregon Inlet

S/V Cunning Plan safely tied up and home

Sailing the Bermuda Triangle and the Saragossa Sea

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Artist, Writer and Sailor based in Los Angeles. Formerly a Taxi Driver, Gem Stone Miner and Hobo who has petted cats in 22 countries.

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jfrede

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Artist, Writer and Sailor based in Los Angeles. Formerly a Taxi Driver, Gem Stone Miner and Hobo who has petted cats in 22 countries.

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Timber Wolf
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Most excellent! (hmmm... now I know who to contact when I want to get to Bermuda ;-)

Linda Engman
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm a sailor too but not as brave as you. Exciting voyage my friend ! Thanks for sharing ! You are blessed

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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Its great to hear kinds words for another sailor ! You could do it Linda for sure :)

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Timber Wolf
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Most excellent! (hmmm... now I know who to contact when I want to get to Bermuda ;-)

Linda Engman
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm a sailor too but not as brave as you. Exciting voyage my friend ! Thanks for sharing ! You are blessed

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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Its great to hear kinds words for another sailor ! You could do it Linda for sure :)

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