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The Guo Chuan team sets sail on the China Qingdao, officially heading towards the Arctic Ocean

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After more than two years of painstaking preparation, Chinese navigator Guo Chuan led a six-person international crew aboard the newly outfitted trimaran "China Qingdao," which set sail from La Trinité-sur-Mer, France, at 8:30 a.m. local time on August 15, heading towards Arctic waters.
 
 
 
At 6 a.m. local time, the southwestern French port city of La Trinité-sur-Mer was quiet. Under the watchful eyes of a dozen shore team members and family and friends, the trimaran "China Qingdao" quietly moved out of its docking berth, where it had been moored for over half a month preparing for the voyage, and began motoring toward the shipping channel using its onboard engine. This large "cruiser" in the sailing world, with its bright orange hull stretching 30 meters and a main mast taller than a ten-story building, stood out among the forest of masts in this world-renowned maritime harbor. Its departure caught the attention of early risers who had come to see the sea, prompting them to point and watch from the shore. A few nautical miles out of the port, the entire crew of the "China Qingdao" worked together to hoist the mainsail, and the vessel gracefully turned toward the Arctic Ocean.
The "China Qingdao's" first ocean voyage was delayed by three days due to weather and wind conditions. It will bypass the western part of France and then head north through the English Channel, pass through the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea, before entering the Barents Sea and docking at the port of Kirkenes in northeastern Norway. The first leg of the journey covers approximately 2,400 nautical miles and is expected to take nine days.
 

 
This is the first time Chinese navigator Guo Chuan has led his newly formed "Guo Chuan Team" on an ocean voyage. He is also the first Chinese captain in history to lead an international extreme long-distance sailing team. Other members of the Guo Chuan Team include four sailors from France, Germany, and Russia, as well as one media crew member from Germany.
Guo Chuan said: "The purpose of this voyage is not only to bring the 'China Qingdao' closer to the starting point of the Arctic record attempt—Murmansk, Russia—but also to conduct our team’s first collaborative long-distance sailing. Our crew will face their first true test at sea."
After arriving at the Norwegian port of Kirkenes, the Guo Chuan Team and the China Qingdao will undergo final preparations and resupply based on the voyage’s progress. They will then make a short journey into Russian territorial waters, dock at the port of Murmansk, and depart from there on September 3, the 70th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War, to challenge the Northeast Passage of the Arctic Ocean. The goal is to set a new world record for non-stop extreme sailing.
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