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The world's first round the world sailing expedition on an inflatable


World expedition on a makeshift inflatable and collapsible catamaran successfully completed 25 march 2013 year.  
In February 2008, the Siberian extremals started round trip from the island of Phuket (Thailand). 
Th inflatable  sailing catamaran for the first time crossed the oceans. For travel was built ship that exploded weighs 30 kilograms and fit into 35 bags. Catamaran assembled has a length of 12 meters, weight - 850 kilograms, height - 13 meters, its frame is made of aluminum alloy with the addition of zirconium (these are used for submarines). Tests have shown that such a framework there is no limit on the time of operation.
The boat was designed and built Anatoly Kulik, he also designed the route. In swimming Siberians suffered several storms, two meetings with the sharks and breaking GPS-navigator.

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