Evgeny Gvozdev is a yachtsman. Evgeny Gvozdev
1934-03-11 - 2008-12-02 Russian traveler, navigator
Life
Evgeny Gvozdev was born in Pinsk, Belarus, in 1934. In 1937, his father was arrested, and he did not return from the Stalinist camps. Mother died during the Nazi bombing. The future traveler was brought up by a distant relative.
Evgeny Gvozdev graduated from the Nautical School in Astrakhan and for 35 years sailed as a ship mechanic on large fishing vessels in the Caspian Sea. Since 1949, E. Gvozdev lived in Makhachkala.
In the late 1970s, he became interested in yachting. For two years hard work by the summer of 1979, Gvozdev independently built a single-hull sailing yacht, converted from a decommissioned "whaleboat" (a fast boat with 4-8 oars).
From September 13 to October 20, 1979, for the first time in the history of the Caspian Sea, Evgeny Gvozdev, the mechanic of the motor ship of the Makhachkala seaport, single-handedly traveled the route Makhachkala - Bautino - Shevchenko - Krasnovodsk - Baku on his yacht. The yacht was named "Getan", consisting of the first letters of the names: Gvozdev Evgeny, wife Tatiana, son Alexander, daughter Natalia.
After the first serious voyage in the Caspian Sea in 1979, Evgeny Gvozdev conceived a trip to the winter Caspian, and in December 1982 he went to sea on the Getan yacht, crossing the Caspian along the meridian.
Working as a mechanic in the port of Makhachkala, yachtsman Yevgeny Gvozdev, full member of the Geographical Society of the USSR, crossed the Caspian in single and collective trips more than 50 times. On the Getan yacht, he visited all the Soviet ports of the Caspian Sea, passing about four thousand miles.
1st Circumnavigation
On July 7, 1992, Evgeny Alexandrovich Gvozdev on the Lena yacht (micro class, only 5.5 meters long) from Makhachkala set off on his first solo circumnavigation. On July 19, 1996, the journey was successfully completed. With this, Gvozdev set a kind of world record - the first and only voyage in the history of solo circumnavigations made on an ordinary pleasure dinghy.
2nd circumnavigation
Evgeny Gvozdev began his second circumnavigation of the world on May 17, 1999 from Makhachkala, where he himself built a 3.7-meter Said yacht from fiberglass on the balcony of his apartment.
Upon arrival at the Astrakhan port, the Said yacht was carefully placed on a truck and delivered to Novorossiysk, from where, on July 2 of the same year, E. Gvozdev set off to surf the oceans. From the beginning of the voyage, the traveler crossed the Black, Marmara, Aegean and Mediterranean seas, stopping at the ports of Istanbul, Athens and Calaverde (on the island of Sardinia).
After Gibraltar, the journey across the Atlantic began. Gvozdev successfully reached Brazil, mooring successively in the ports of Las Palmas, Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Rio Gallegos (the southern port of Argentina), and finally passed the Strait of Magellan, famous for its evil storms.
After that, he circled South America and crossed Pacific Ocean. But first, the brave captain passed along the coast of Chile to the north in order to "attach" to the western tropical current. E. Gvozdev took the start in this main and longest and most dangerous crossing in the Chilean port of Arica. Sailing westward, covering thousands of miles, he reached Tahiti and Samoa in four months. July 29, 2002 Gvozdev reached the coast of the North Australian city of Darwin (the capital of the Northern Territory of Australia).
The next transition is across the Indian Ocean with a visit to the Cocos Islands, Sri Lanka and the Indian port of Cochin. Having crossed the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, Evgeny Gvozdev is again in the Mediterranean Sea, which belongs to the Atlantic Ocean basin.
With great difficulties, both natural (strong headwind) and man-made (the unfriendly attitude of the Greek border guards, who mistook Gvozdev for a Turk because of the specific name of the yacht), he overcame the Aegean Sea and reached the Dardanelles Strait, connecting this sea with the Sea of Marmara. It was here that his second ring around the planet closed. This happened on July 10, 2003. About a week later, he moored in the Black Sea port of Sochi. And on August 9, 2003, Evgeny Aleksandrovich was solemnly welcomed on his yacht Said in the port of Makhachkala.
After the second round-the-world tour of Gvozdev, the city administration of Makhachkala decided to build the first monument in Russia in honor of the legendary yacht and its captain on the seaside Rhodope Boulevard. Currently, the Said yacht is temporarily located in the local history museum of the Makhachkala school-lyceum No. 39.
3rd circumnavigation
Third trip around the world 74-year-old Evgeny Gvozdev left Novorossiysk on September 19, 2008 on a specially built yacht Getan II. The launch date was not chosen by chance: in September 1979, Evgeny Alexandrovich, then a young captain, first sailed on the self-built Getan yacht in solo swimming across the Caspian
The length of the new yacht "Getan II" was 5.5 m, the width was almost 2.5 m. And, according to E. Gvozdev himself, this time he was equipped much better than his previous trips.
Circumstances of death
In early October 2008, Evgeny Alexandrovich Gvozdev reported that he had safely crossed the Black Sea and reached the city of Eregli, Turkey, not far from the Bosphorus. On November 10, Gvozdev safely reached the Italian coast near Cape Spartivento. On December 1, Evgeny Gvozdev got in touch for the last time.
On December 10, 2008, the body of a 75-year-old Russian with a deep wound on his head was found on the beach of Castelporziano in southern Italy. In the same area, on the beach named after Amerigo Vespucci, the Getan II yacht was found washed ashore, on which Gvozdev set off from Novorossiysk to circumnavigate the world. On it, the carabinieri found personal belongings, travel notes and a list of names written in Russian.
Apparently, events developed as follows: on November 29, during a winter storm in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Naples, a 5-meter yacht capsized and broke the mast. After that, Gvozdev restored the seaworthiness of the yacht and continued on his way. Didn't send an SOS signal. The last communication session with the traveler took place on December 1, after which Gvozdev no longer contacted.
According to the preliminary version, Evgeny Gvozdev died on December 2 during a severe storm near Naples.
- October 14, 2011
His name should be on a par with Thor Heyerdahl, Francis Chichester, Tim Severin ... And to be fair, it should be the first on this list!
Gvozdev was treated differently during his lifetime. Some considered him an eccentric and adventurer, others considered him a hero. He was admired and they said about him that he was a disgrace to his Motherland. He was called a brave navigator and a poor lone vagabond. But hardly anyone could compare with him in dedication and perseverance in the realization of his dreams. Joshua Slocum, Alain Gerbaud, Francis Chichester, Thor Heyerdahl, Eric Tabarly, Fedor Konyukhov - the names of these yachtsmen and travelers are known all over the world. They talk about them, write about them, make films, numerous Internet sites are devoted to them. For better or worse, but the fact remains: to become famous, you need PR, professional management, a support team ... Evgeny Gvozdev did not have any of this, and therefore his name is still known only to a narrow circle of insiders. He was not a hero of his time...
It is hard to believe
Which of us in childhood did not dream of distant lands and sailing around the world? But with age, childhood dreams are forgotten. Family, work, everyday problems - what kind of circumnavigations are there ... You have to put up with it and meekly accept the realities of everyday life. But Yevgeny Gvozdev did not want to accept. Imagine: an ordinary pensioner goes around the planet with practically no money on a pleasure mini-yacht that is absolutely not adapted for long-distance voyages. And then he builds his own boat, even smaller, on the balcony of his small apartment, and makes a second solo trip around the world on it! Finally, at the age of 75, on another miniature yacht, he sets off for the third round-the-world trip. All these are real facts, although at first it is difficult to believe in them ... Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Gvozdev was born in 1934 in the Belarusian city of Pinsk. He lost his parents early - his father was repressed, and he disappeared in the camps during the years of Stalinist terror, his mother died during an air raid at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. Eugene ended up with distant relatives, and from the age of 15 he lived in Dagestan, which became his second home. Here, in Makhachkala, he graduated from high school, then from a nautical school and worked as a mechanic on fishing vessels for more than 30 years. 
Somewhere in the late 50s, Gvozdev first read about a solo circumnavigation on the yacht of the Frenchman Marcel Bardiot, and at the same time he had the idea to do something similar. He began to collect information, re-read everything that could be found in the libraries. He was particularly impressed by the book of the world's first solo circumnavigator, Joshua Slocum, "Sailing Alone". Eugene decided at all costs to fulfill his dream and, following the example of Slocum, go around the globe. In 1977-1979, Gvozdev rebuilt the old wooden whaleboat he inherited into a sailing yacht, which he called "GETAN" - after the first letters of the names: Gvozdev Evgeniy, Tatyana (his wife), Alexander (son), Natalya (daughter). At the end of that year, he set off on his first long voyage under sail. In stormy conditions, Evgeny traveled along the route Makhachkala - Fort Shevchenko - Krasnovodsk - Baku, twice crossed the Caspian Sea. 
In subsequent years, he proceeded along and across the Caspian Sea, leaving 4000 miles behind the stern of his "GETAN". Having gained the necessary experience, Evgeny Gvozdev considered himself ready for a solo ocean voyage. However, he could not leave his family and work for a long time. And getting a passport with an exit visa for an individual traveler in those years was almost impossible. In general, the struggle of the future circumnavigator with the Soviet bureaucracy is a separate story, and it is not known whether he could have emerged victorious if it had not been for the collapse of the USSR ... An old dream took on real shape in the spring of 1992, when Gvozdev convinced a businessman he knew to provide him with a micro-class pleasure yacht to sail to the USA for the celebrations in honor of the 500th anniversary of the discovery of America. This transition was supposed to be a good advertisement for the products of the little-known Sovmarket shipyard from the Kazakh city of Aktau (FortShevchenko). 
The yacht - a 5.5-meter dinghy "Lena" - was indeed transferred to Gvozdev, for temporary use. However, due to difficulties with the execution of all travel documents and permits, the yacht was stuck in Novorossiysk for a long time and was late for the anniversary sailing regatta in America. When the paperwork was over, winter came, and the owners of the shipyard decided to limit themselves to the transition to Istanbul and back. Based on this, an estimate of expenses was also drawn up - $ 100 and 50 thousand rubles, at the then exchange rate, in total, this is a little more than two hundred "green". 
But it turned out that after leaving Novorossiysk on December 15, 1992, Evgeny Gvozdev returned only three and a half years later - on July 19, 1996. During this time, he crossed the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic, went through the Panama Canal to the Pacific Ocean, reached the coast of Australia, and from there to the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. And all this without the slightest international legal, financial or even moral support from state and diplomatic bodies. He repeatedly found himself in a difficult situation, starved, was captured and robbed by Somali pirates and miraculously survived ... But nevertheless, the risky journey was successfully completed. It was the world's first solo round-the-world trip on a pleasure dinghy. 
But the Motherland did not appreciate the feat. The few mentions of Gvozdev in the media presented his swimming as more of a curiosity. In the "dashing nineties" there were other heroes in the country ... Evgeny Alexandrovich actually did not expect special attention to your person. He did not pursue fame. Having returned the Lena yacht to its rightful owner, he immediately took up new project. He decided to repeat the circumnavigation, but on his own homemade yacht. Which he undertook to build ... on the balcony of his "Khrushchev"! It took three years to build the new boat. It turned out to be quite miniature - its fiberglass body had a length of only 3.7 meters (the maximum that the size of the balcony allowed). The design feature was the keel, which fit 120 kg of lead; he provided the ship with high stability. The baby yacht was named "Said" - in honor of the mayor of Makhachkala, Said Amirov, who provided financial assistance to Gvozdev. The yacht was removed from the balcony by a crane, and after a short test, its designer set off on her second round-the-world trip. June 2, 1999 "Said" left Novorossiysk and headed for the Bosphorus. 
The new voyage was more difficult. Firstly, the tiny size of the vessel forced to save on everything: take a minimum of water and provisions, even the outboard motor "Veterok" had to be left on the shore and go only under sail. Secondly, the route was now laid not through the Panama Canal, but around South America. Gvozdev had to follow not only in tropical waters, but also to wade through the "roaring forties" latitudes. The second voyage, like the first, dragged on for years. The Canary Islands, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, the Strait of Magellan… The Pacific Ocean was conquered with great difficulty. The diminutive size of the yacht did not allow taking a sufficient supply of fresh water, and the desperate traveler went on a four-month voyage, hoping for rain, which, unfortunately, was not there. For three months Gvozdev suffered from thirst. Next - Tahiti, Australia, the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea ... On July 10, 2003, Gvozdev arrived in Sochi, and on August 9 - in Makhachkala. Here, a joyful meeting awaited the traveler, and the mayor of the city handed him the keys to a new apartment. But Gvozdev could not sit at home. In less than 75 years, he again went to the ocean. On the new 5.5-meter boat "GETAN-2" (an improved version of the serial yacht of the St. Petersburg company "Ricochet" with a new keel fin), he set out to go around the world for the third time.
What does it take to make a dream come true? Evgeny Gvozdev needed almost nothing to set off on his first circumnavigation at the age of 58. In retirement, he devoted himself to the ocean.
IN last years life of the famous traveler he was called grandfather. Yevgeny Gvozdev was born in Pinsk, Belarus, in 1934, lost his parents early, wandered around the USSR, served in the army, graduated from a sailor in Astrakhan, and after 35 years worked as a ship mechanic on fishing vessels. He retired and decided to sail around the world ... His dream came true, he went "around the ball" on a pleasure dinghy, which was specially allocated to him by a yacht company.
In Makhachkala, where Gvozdev lived for a long time, the yachtsman was recognized on the streets, asked to tell about distant countries. Grandfather did not refuse anyone, he gave lectures, but he was eager for another voyage. In the apartment, on the couch in front of the TV, he felt uneasy, he refused on principle to devote his pension to such an idle waste of life.
On the second round-the-world voyage on the Said yacht (see photo), Gvozdev went with 100 dollars in his pocket. In ports all over the world he was met with great honor. The yachtsman said that in the USA all the local media wrote about him - from children's to glossy magazines. The very image of a "half-crazy" Russian bearded man attracted attention to him. In Russia, little was written about Gvozdev, sparingly, as if reluctantly. This is partly due to the “opinion” that Gvozdev allegedly dishonors Russia by being “so poor”, that everything is given to him, although he does not ask for anything special. After all, he didn’t ask for 15 years, while he received permission to go abroad ...
Strange and criminal logic. It also makes us proud of Abramovich's largest yacht and ashamed of the Russian retired sailor who challenged the ocean.
Gvozdev was asked why the Said yacht was so small and he answered: “What a balcony, such a yacht.” When the material was published that Gvozdev was going on his second circumnavigation, a letter from Canada immediately arrived in the mail. The author of an article in an American magazine mixed up the photographs of Gvozdev's yachts and illustrated the material with a photograph of the Said yacht, which Gvozdev was building on his balcony at that time. He literally collected material almost from landfills. He received his pension of 3,000 rubles for 35 years of experience as a ship mechanic and built a yacht 3.7 meters long.
In a letter that came from across the ocean, a wealthy businessman offered Gvozdev his yacht for travel. With the only condition that the yachtsman starts from Canada under the Canadian flag. Gvozdev could not agree to this. It was important for him that the yacht was built in Russia, and sailed under the Russian flag. Yevgeny Alexandrovich did not succumb to temptation. He completed his yacht, lowered it from the balcony and went to the second circumnavigation.
Gvozdev and the Pirates
During the first round-the-world trip off the coast of Somalia, Gvozdev came across real pirates. The yacht was cleaned clean, even the glasses were taken away. As Gvozdev later admitted, he was not killed for three reasons. First, he had no weapons. Secondly, he strove to remain calm, even conducted an educational program for the pirates on the operation of the first-aid kit. Thirdly, according to Gvozdev, he survived because he was from Russia. According to Yevgeny Alexandrovich, the pirates did not allow themselves to shoot a Russian from Russian weapons. Of course, there is a healthy dose of irony in this assessment. They didn't shoot him, but they left him with nothing. They even took cotton pants of size 60.
Gvozdev, of course, went further. After the robbery, the extreme conditions became even more extreme. I had to eat and drink three times less than usual, the left half of the body began to go numb. But the old sailor came to the port, where kind people met, got out, cured of scurvy, helped with food and equipment. Then, in Djibouti, the captain of the French frigate "Jules Verne" asked a Russian sailor: "What did the Russian government and fleet do in response to the robbery of your yacht in Somalia?"
Gvozdev and the whale
During the first round-the-world voyage near Tahiti, Gvozdev's yacht was dangerously close to the whale, he lifted the boat and Lena even slid down the whale's side back into the water. The whale did not bother Evgeny Gvozdev anymore, but the emotions from the meeting almost forced the yachtsman in Australia to sell the yacht and return to Russia by plane. While the "grandfather" was going to Australia, he reconciled himself, survived this experience, and moved on. Gvozdev had a principle: if there was a desire and ability to work, the rest would follow. He had both in abundance.
Four rules
Evgeny Gvozdev was a practical, not a theoretician of navigation. He never taught anyone, he shared his experience. Here are four things a yachtsman thinks it takes to sail around the world. Note, not a word about money.
1. Preliminary training for gaining sportswear and psychological stability.
2. Continuation of psychological training already at sea: the yacht is sailing in a normal mode, and the captain plays emergency situations in his mind - a hole, a fire, a coup, a fall overboard - and "takes measures" to eliminate their consequences.
3. A special psychological comfort is created by the absence of obligations to sponsors in terms of the timing and range of the trip. That is, it is better if the captain is free from promises and decides to stop or continue the voyage.
4. Finally, the most important weapon in the fight against loneliness is being busy. The struggle for the survivability of the ship and ensuring its progress require so much strength that they do not leave time to concentrate and feel the fear of loneliness. That is, the old motto is in force: do business and go forward.
See you in the ocean
Nikolai Litau, the captain of the yacht "Apostol Andrei", recalled that before his third circumnavigation of the world, Evgeny Gvozdev said goodbye to yachtsmen like this: "See you in the ocean." According to the recollections of his friends, it was important for the sailor Gvozdev that his life was cut short at sea, he could not die in a city clinic.
The yachtsman died at the age of 75. His yacht was caught in a severe storm near Gibraltar. In one of the interviews, Evgeny Alexandrovich spoke about Gibraltar, arguing that it was there that yachtsmen met.
The famous navigator and brave man Yevgeny Gvozdev again takes on the conquest of the globe. In September of this year, the traveler goes on another trip around the world. The new yacht "Getan-2" is being prepared for testing. The Moscow Yachting School will cover the entire campaign of the famous sailor.
-What are you going to conquer the seas this time?
This is a walking dinghy of the Lena type, which is designed for four people. Launched in Makhachkala. You can go to Sulak or Kaspiysk without any problems. I made my first round-the-world trip on such a dinghy. By the way, this is the first and so far the only voyage around the world on this type of vessel. Our yacht has a strong hull, but the superstructure, however, is rather weak. Instead of a centerboard, a keel is installed and due to this, of course, it will be more seaworthy. But it will still need modifications. It is necessary to do something on it, to bring to mind. I believe that if a yacht is thrown into the water from a height of three meters and it does not crumble, then it can go out into the ocean. But most importantly, it must be unsinkable.
- There is only one ball. Will you follow the same route as before?
There are several routes. The most difficult - "roaring forties". An easier route is along the equator. But it all depends on how ready the yacht is. And then we must not forget - I am already 74 years old. In short, swimming will be serious, much more difficult than the previous two.
The first time I went on the Lena along the route: Gibraltar - Las Palmas - Panama Canal - Tahiti - Torres Strait between Australia and Indonesia - Indian Ocean - Red Sea - Suez Canal and home. The second time already went through the Strait of Magellan. And everything else is the same. Now I want to go down, go along Africa, well, and so on. But for now it is a bit premature to write about these plans. I'll get to Gibraltar, and there it will become clear to me whether to go south, or along the equator.
What is the difference between this yacht and the one that stands in the lobby of the Makhachkala Lyceum No. 39?
The school has a yacht - "homemade" "Said". It was built on a balcony. Length - three meters seventy centimeters. With her own weight of three hundred and fifty kilograms, she took on board seven hundred. And the new yacht has a length of five and a half meters.
- In fact, you went around the world twice in a "basin". Isn't it scary to tempt fate for the third time?
Scary. If I'm not scared, I won't go to sea
-But you're still going. Why?
Well, if I lie on the couch at home, then I will go to a meeting with the Almighty earlier (smiles).
- What thoughts visit the high seas?
On the first voyage, he crossed the Atlantic - he did not see a single shark. Just passed the Panama Canal and on the first day I saw a small shark. Right on the stern. I grab a harpoon and straight to her head! Blood flows, the excitement of the hunter! The shark broke loose and swam away, leaving a trail of blood. Half an hour later I thought - why did I do this? I wasn't hungry! I still feel like I did something stupid.
-When you go out of the sea into the ocean - something happens? Water, wind others?
All the same. But the most interesting thing is when you meet other people there. And when you get into a hurricane. Tropical. You come out of it whole - you begin to respect yourself.
What to do if a person is lost at sea?
Sit down and think. You know, “lost”, “broken”, “fire”, “hole” and so on - all this is nonsense! First of all, there is no need to panic
What is the worst thing in the sea?
Probably when a person loses his sense of humor and sense of reality. The ocean - it is the ocean-element, hostile to man
- Have you thought about going with someone?
It was offered. I know a family that has been traveling in the ocean for nine years. By the way, it's very convenient. I always dreamed about it, but it was impossible to do it on my boats. For example, the problem of lack of drinking water could become very acute.
Have you tried drinking sea water?
-How did you have fun?
No time for entertainment when the whole day is busy. After all, it is necessary to manage the yacht, wash, cook food. So there was no time to be bored.
- Is it true that when you go ashore, a characteristic sea gait appears?
Not really! Although, for the first time, of course, it happens
-By the way, how are your “languages”?
In Australia, there is a restaurant in the Darwin Yacht Club. On Sundays, regulars gather there to eat and chat. I was asked to speak and tell about myself and my swimming. They invited an interpreter” - a German from the GDR. I feel that I don’t have time, and I don’t know the terms of the sea very well. Well, I myself broke up in English: "ay dount speak English - ah speak Australia." All this was filmed on video. Already at home I showed my daughter-in-law, who teaches English. He says: I understood everything, but I almost died laughing! For me, it is a pleasure to talk with some native and in "pure" English, but with an Englishman - hard labor! In general, schoolchildren often ask what language I spoke. I'll tell a story. On my first voyage, I am standing in the harbor of San Juan Puerto Rico. Fit two divinely beautiful girls from the staff and ask in Spanish: -Señor, banyo problemo?. Well, who does not know what a bath is! Therefore I answer: but, signorita! I show a bucket, depict how I pour myself out of it and rub myself. The girls were blown away by the wind. Then I found out that it turned out that they, showing hospitality, asked if I should go to the toilet. Imagine what they thought of me!
-Is there a difference in how we and abroad get access to the sea?
There it is very simple. You stood in the harbor, got ready to leave - they will simply tell you how much to pay for gas, water, electricity. Paid and goodbye! And with us, when I left for the first voyage, in Novorossiysk, twenty-three agents processed my departure. The country still does not have a procedure for sailing a small sailing private vessel. A private person who owns a sailing yacht has no legal status! Going out to sea for a small yacht just five miles from the shore is formalized in the same way as going out to sea for a huge tanker. Here you have customs officers with border guards, and pilots with tugboats. For example, they require a sailor's passport. And it only happens to professional sailors. Where can we talk about amateur sailing!
You sailed for the first time as a Soviet person, and for the second time as a Russian. When you go out to sea, all this is perceived, probably, differently. The ship has a flag. What flag do you have inside?
I think, after all, Soviet. I would never start from, say, Singapore or Australia, like some people. But from Vladivostok, Novorossiysk, Riga - easily. I was born in Belarus - at 11 o'clock on March 11, 1934. He spent the war there. He was brought up in an orphanage, wandered around the Union. Back in the good old days I read about Shamil. That's why I decided to come here - I climbed the mountains where Shamil had been. Well, this is a long story. I personally define myself this way: "Dagestanis of Belarusian origin."
-They say in the Moscow yacht club you have a monument?
No, my first round-the-world yacht Lena is standing there. And before that, she was lying in a garbage dump.
Let's get back to the upcoming voyage. How are you going to keep in touch with the world, who else has expressed their willingness to help organize a round-the-world trip?
I will keep in touch during the trip through Daud Mukhumaev. On land or not far from the coast, I will communicate by mobile phone or via the Internet. But in the open ocean, this will not work. On my first voyage between the Canary Islands and Barbados it took me fifty-four days. All this time I was cut off from the world.
It would be possible to maintain communication in the ocean using a satellite phone and special solar panels. If I begin to do this, for example, once every ten days, at least for two minutes, then for sure it will be of interest to the readers of Novoye Delo.
Whether it will be possible to acquire this technique depends on how much sponsorship money or donations will be collected. However, most of the tasks have already been solved. If the yacht is “shamanized” a little, prepared, then with the available equipment I can go to sea even now. By the way, the information that I'm going to the third circumnavigation is already being discussed on the Internet. Someone sends some money, someone sends spare sails. People help. Including the Dagestanis. For example, the general director of the Makhachkala Commercial Sea Port, Abusupyan Kharkharov, was very pleased. He promised to provide support, including financial support. Thank him very much! With his permission, I calmly prepare for sailing in the harbor of the shipyard. I decided to call the yacht "GETAN-2", which means: "Gvozdev Evgeny" and the initial letters of the names of my first wife and children. A deuce - because I already had a yacht under that name. At one time, I used it more than fifty times to go across the Caspian.
