The sailors journey

On October 19, 2014, a brave sailor determinedly set out to sea. His goal was to sail around the world alone, without the help of any fossil fuel or additional supplies, other than what he brought with him for the entire 50,000 nautical mile journey. What would a sailor bring along in order to survive such an ordeal? This sailor, the Italian Matteo Miceli, decided on a fishing rod, two chickens, a plot of dirt to grow vegetables, a machine to desalinate drinking water and three Leica Geosystems’ GNSS GR25 receivers and three Leica AS10 antennae.

To sail around the world self-sufficiently was Matteo’s motivation for undertaking this journey, however he was just one member of a group working together on the project, “Rome Ocean World”, and they had other goals as well, such as being the first sailboat to accurately record the water and boat’s movement throughout the trip using GNSS technology.

在旅途结束时，罗马大学的Paolo di Girolamo和Mattia Crespi教授和Polytechnic都灵的Allessandro Pezzoli将通过计算基于英国的MET（Meteorology）数值模型来分析数据，以分析这些数据。ECO40路线；improve the structural design of the Class 40 boat by calculating the dynamic stress and durability of the vessel during the trip and finally, to produce a polar diagram of the boat’s speed after recording wave characteristics, which will be especially useful for future Class 40 racing boats.

After setting sail from Rome’s nearby Port di Traiano, Matteo had three beautiful days of weather, allowing him to check in with his team back in Rome, with which he was in daily contact. However, he was soon confronted with the first of many tests of seaworthiness when the remnants of Hurricane Gonzalo hit the Mediterranean with heavy rain and gale force winds. After several intense and expectant hours of lost contact, the Eco40 team received an automatic data transmission on the boat’s position, confirming it survived 80 km/h (50 mph) winds and six metre (20 feet) high waves, and that it was on its way towards Gilbratar.

这场风暴使Eco40，水手和他的鸡的状况不佳。花园被毁了，里面充满了咸水和蔬菜死亡。鸡已经受到创伤，一段时间不会产卵，而且海仍然是如此暴风雨，以至于钓鱼是不可能的。仅在这种紧急情况下，水手将100袋冷冻食品放在船上，Matteo在100 g（0.22磅）的碳水化合物中幸存了几天暴风雨命中。

暴风雨过去了，Matteo有时间思考。一位专业的水手按贸易，对他停止并修复损坏的船只零件是一个挑战。Matteo希望将高性能的Eco40推到创纪录的速度，但他不得不等待，要么维修要干燥，要么是风。这位水手有时间掌握在他的手上，并在同意参加这次冒险时面对自己对自己的承诺。他的风不足，即使每天要跑船，收集数据或只是日常生存的日常任务，他有时也很孤独并且经常怀疑。幸运的是，他绰号金发碧眼和黑发的鸡需要鼓励产卵，并成为快速的伴侣。他还每天得到Facebook粉丝的支持，为他加油。

数据是由Leica GR25 GNSS接收器和Leica AS10天线收集的，并通过地理固定卫星发送而没有任何问题。ECO40的水力，风能和太阳能按计划提供。这次旅程的真正问题是关于人性和存在的目的更平凡。例如：水手只能睡几个小时，然后被风阵风唤醒，这引起了船的严重刺激。或自动驾驶员的声音唤醒他，告诉他一些路线的改变。如果他可以在一段时间内入睡超过20分钟，那么他仍然必须关注晴雨表，因为他的生活取决于知道一场暴风雨是否正在临近。当然，食物总是一个很大的关注点 - 只是在湿纸巾上钓鱼或种植豆芽是主要的胜利。鱼，芽或鸡蛋，这是Matteo的饮食几个月 - 如果他很幸运 - 他很乐意拥有它。金发女郎和布鲁内特的陪伴使Matteo分散了孤独的注意力，对于水手来说，这是悲伤的一天，因为没有明显的原因，金发女郎去世了。有时他很幸运地伴随着鸟类或海豚，但是他独自一人在这段旅程中，对他来说，生活中最重要的是生活中的小事。

Unpredictable weather patterns were also a major concern. One night, a sudden wind change caused the boat to do a death roll. Matteo woke to an almost capsized boat, halfway under water. Alone, in the dark and with water rushing into the cabin, the sailor had to think fast. It’s a situation many of us wouldn’t want to be in. Sometimes the boat sat in fog for days on end. Another time, a massive wave hit the boat while the sailor slept, causing a very bad head injury and severe anxiety. Nonetheless, Matteo had to go on tending the boat in order to survive.

他穿越了南极以下的冷极空气和冰冷的水，冰山一片迫在眉睫。严重的水供一艘船进入，而在旅行的这一部分中，Eco40失去了汽车。它被闪电击中后，它与他的大部分电气设备一起损坏了。幸运的是，他的团队（Cecilia Angelelli，Valerio Brinati，Allesandro Farina与Leica Geosystems的技术支持Pierpaolo Pecoraro）“使他”穿越了这一旅程，还恢复了他的PC软件，船的乐器，并通过卫星电话帮助电池问题。即使只是暂时，也需要尽快纠正这种伤害。

随着冰冷的降雨和冰冻温度，Matteo仍然很强。但是压力给水手带来了损失。在这一点上，他独自航行了100天以上。缺乏睡眠，太少的食物和不断的感冒会产生影响。他经历了近乎致命的风暴和严重损坏的电气设备 - 非常担心。这当然是他旅程中的一个惨淡的一部分 - 在他的交流中有些明显。他开始吃鸡肉饲料以生存，不得不拔出自己的牙齿。然而，他做了他必须的工作 - 生存。

3月初，Matteo发现了Eco40的舵以下300升（80加仑）的水。这些固定舵的衬套几乎造成了旅程的尽头，但是Matteo设法修复了它们。这次，将船的龙骨固定在适当的位置，导致Matteo在13日（星期五）3月失去了龙骨，并将Eco40盖住了。警报系统警告Matteo，并向意大利海岸警卫队提醒，后者随后向附近的商船Aramon发了一句话，以捡起水手，后者耐心地用充气筏等着他设法从Eco40钓鱼，然后才陷入困境。水手还试图营救黑发，但可悲的是，他为时已晚。

然而Matteo很幸运。船倾斜的地区以其平静的水而闻名，他八个小时前就关闭了赤道的双重交叉。他完成了他打算做的事情。他绕开了好希望的斗篷，Leeuwin Cape and Cape Horn。两次越过赤道，越过了他计划的子午线。ECO40从一开始到悲惨的饰面，大约25,000海里（约46,000 km /28,600 mi），在倾覆时，距巴西海岸约965公里（600英里）。

Matteo also succeeded in accomplishing his goal to sail non-stop, all alone, around the world, from point of departure to point of arrival and maneuvered the Eco40 several times across oceans for 112.4 days at an average speed of 7.4 knots. After being rescued by the Aramon, Matteo was pampered by its crew. He had lost more than 30 kilograms (66 pounds) and spent his time relaxing, eating and making use of the ship’s gym.

Matteo Miceli arrived back in Italy on March 19th at Rome’s Fiumicino Airport. Upon seeing the professors for the first time since he left Rome, the sailor presented them with the all the SD cards containing the data that the receivers collected during the trip with the exception of the very last cards that were still in the GR25 receivers as the ship went down. These cards were last exchanged on February 28, when the Eco40 was off the Argentinian Coast.

Almost immediately, the professors and the sailor began planning how to recovery the boat. A satellite tracker was still sending out signals from the boat, which was drifting with underwater currents. The tracker's batteries would soon be empty so with little time to spare, the team flew back to Brazil and organised a boat for the rescue, while also planning the stabilisation, and transport of the Eco40 once it resurfaced. Unfortunately some 30 hours before reaching the recovery area, the tracker stopped sending a signal. The area was too large to search and on April 4th, the search was suspended and the team went home.

但是，旅程还没有结束。就在七天前，言语传到了教授，一艘西班牙渔船发现了被认为是浮出水面的Eco40，该船只漂浮在巴西海岸，距团队期望找到这艘船350海里。拍摄了一张照片并将其发布在Twitter上。

不幸的是，从那时起，没有人跟踪其位置，但是根据教授的计算，它已出海……
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Written by Katherine Lehmuller and Marco Mozzon