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🗓️ 20 September 2023
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Maud Start meets the Peterson Family onboard the Christiania, their retired rescue ship.
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0:51.1 | My name's Mauds start and this week we visit a family from Norway called the |
0:55.3 | Petersons, who are gripping the helm and sailing through adventure after adventure on their |
1:00.3 | rescued rescue ship. This is the story of the Christiana Oslo, a remarkable ship, the smallest and |
1:07.5 | the oldest present at the Tall Ships Race in Lurwick, 2003, where I was invited on board to meet the family who stand at the helm of this mighty vessel. |
1:23.3 | This ship has been at the bottom of the North Sea for almost two years. |
1:31.2 | My brother and I, we were going to sail from southern Norway to London. |
1:37.6 | We sailed out from southern Norway and conditions were rough. |
1:43.4 | But, you know, Christiania being a rescue ship and so on we thought |
1:47.3 | we'd manage but we got a leak in a heavy wave and struggled for some four hours to pump her |
1:58.2 | and keep her afloat. |
2:04.2 | But she sank. |
2:09.8 | We were lifted off with helicopter, rescue helicopter, |
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