“Vitalya introduced himself.” Missing sailor sailed past Cape Horn – Russia today Posting in CHAT: Russia Russian sailing champion and former head of the VDC Orlyonok sailing club Vitaly Elagin, who disappeared on March 19 off the coast of Chile, told his friends that he was alive and well. On March 28, friends confirmed to aif.ru that Elagin had sent a message. “On the night of March 27, messages arrived that Vitalya had made himself known. He passed the Horn. He's a hero! I’m very glad he reported!” – said Elagina’s friend Anastasia. The friend does not know what the physical and psychological state of the sailor is. “Now we are waiting to see where else there will be news about what Vitalya decided. Will he continue his journey or stop? Nothing is clear yet,” noted Anastasia. Let us recall that Elagin headed to the western exit from the Beagle Strait to the meeting place in the Pacific Ocean. His trip around the world began on October 1. How aif.ru managed to find out, Elagin was not far from Cape Horn when the sail on his ship “Daughter of the Wind” broke. The cape is surrounded by powerful currents of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans - in this area they connect. Note that at this time, the approximate location of Elagin was the entrance to the Strait of Magellan. According to his friend, the weather there is now bad, characterized by a powerful cyclone, and wind gusts reach 120 kilometers per hour. There is a 7-meter wave there. The question is what kind of ship will move to saving Vitaly from the water element will also dissolve. Moreover, Elagin did not contact for more than a week, according to one version, because he had a problem with the device transmitting messages. Source link Source link
