Author: Tamara Smerling

Federico Waksman: “In the Mini Transat you end up learning about your own limits”

Federico Waksman was the first Uruguayan, the first South American, and the seventh non-French sailor to win one of the toughest solo transatlantic races: the 24th Mini Transat in the Series division, in 2023. Last year, he took first place in the Mini Fastnet, alongside Frenchman Benoît Marie, off the Irish coast. Federico shares his experience in this interesting interview.

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Tamara Klink, a winter in the Arctic

The voyages and scientific expeditions of Tamara Klink, a young Brazilian woman who studied naval architecture in France, unfold stories of the North Pole and the transatlantic crossing, which she chronicled in a series of books. She was a pioneer, becoming the first Latin American woman to cross an unexplored passage connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through northern Canada, Greenland, and Alaska (the Northwest Passage). Tamara shares her experience with us in this exciting interview.

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Diego Quiroga aboard the Pic La Lune: a sailing trip to the end of the world

The voyages and scientific expeditions of this geographer, born in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego—in the southernmost part of Argentina—allow us to explore new routes: from discovering the Falkland Islands or South Georgia to traveling up Patagonia towards Brazil. In this interview, you will learn the story of an adventurer who travels through the icy and inhospitable landscapes of the southern seas.

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