![]() Not least, the sailors have to endure temperatures of around 5 degrees Celsius for about half of their journey, struggling against very high waves that flood the decks of their boats with water.įinishing a regatta like the Ostar requires not only to be a long-experienced sailor, but also to have the adequate physical and mental preparation needed to tackle a solo ocean crossing and, above all, to be able to count on a reliable and comfortable boat. Very few sailors in the world are capable of tackling this solo crossing: sailing in the North Atlantic Ocean is extremely difficult, regardless of the season, and requires the ability to cover many nautical miles in stretches of sea subject to frequent storms and hurricanes, as well as icebergs (the Ostar also crosses the famous spot where the Titanic sank due to a collision with an iceberg). The Ostar (an acronym for “Original Star”) is a tough regatta reserved for sailboats with a single-person crew, and has been held every four years since 1960, starting in the city of Plymouth (Great Britain) and finishing in Newport (USA). The sailor was the first to complete the solo crossing of the Atlantic on board his sailboat, covering the 6,046 kilometres in twenty-one days, six hours and twenty-five seconds and crossing the finish line last Sunday, 5 June. Markus Moser’s Pegasus 50 Lifgun is the winner of the Ostar 2022.
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