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Trimaran teignmouth electron. On the back of the main body are the other controls including a frequency selector volume control and switch for the lamp. Trimaran boat of Donald Crowhurst Teignmouth Electron photographed on Cayman Brac island Cayman Islands 1991. M17F8N RM Teignmouth Devon UK.

The black and white photograph was taken from an aeroplane flying over the. He limped across the Atlantic making it as far as the coast of Brazil before surrendering to mechanical failure. The boat that sailor Donald Crowhurst hoped would win.

This was a trimaran sailboat owned by Donald Crowhurst and employed in his 1969 attempt to sail around the world solo and nonstop as part of the Sunday Times Gold Globe Race. Actress Rachel Weisz gets a piggy-back ride on the beach at Teignmouth Devon during filming for a new biopic based on sailor Donald Crowhurst. Quest provided support for the filming of The Mercy which involved road transport of the recreated trimaran Teignmouth Electron from specialist boat builders Heritage Marine at Maldon in Essex to Portlan.

Im not really sure how long it has been lying on the beach near the Kidco Dock but since at least 1988 when Hurricane Gilbert hit Cayman Brac as this was the. Donald Crowhurst was in over his head before even leaving the dock. His self-designed trimaran the Teignmouth Electron was hopelessly ill-prepared.

Aerial View of Teignmouth Electron Cayman Brac 16th of September 1998 features the decaying husk of a beached trimaran which was abandoned many years before by its owner and which has succumbed to the elements and rotted over time. The new film The Mercy starring Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz tells the story of the doomed voyage. This set was used on the trimaran Teignmouth Electron by Donald Crowhurst 19321969 in.

The pioneering computerised steering system wasnt ready and the hull was far too vulnerable to leaks. It has previously been bought for a multiple re-use license which is still valid. Donald Crowhursts Teignmouth Electron was discovered mid-Atlantic 1800 miles from England at 750am on 10th July 1969 by the Royal Mail vessel Picardy that was en route from London to the Caribbean.