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I was 15 when I meet Anders. He was one of persons who made the
strongest impression in my life. I have been sailing for many years in
the South and I never understand how he did it. It's an enigma. He was
intact few days after his arrival.
How is it possible ? But I'm sure that not any cargo put him in that
country.
Ankerikika or Ankirikiriky
Latitude -12.4000 Longitude 49.5167 Altitude (feet) 921
Lat (DMS) 12° 24' 0S Long (DMS) 49° 31' 0E Altitude (meters) 280
In this map the Ankirikiriky's village is situated at the right of
Ampondrahazo in the bottom of the 'V' (on the map) at an altitude of 280
meters. This Bay is situated at 50/55 km at the South-East of
Diego-Suarez.
In fact I make confusion between Ampassidava and Ambolobozokely. The
area bay of Anders' arrival is situated between this 2 villages :
Ambolobozokely and Ampondrahazo. This Bay had a French name in the past,
but I don't remember it.
In 1971 I was young and during the journey I was at school, all the day.
And I remember my difficulties in this time to speak English. 35 years
later I have the same problem
I do not see what I could say to you moreover concerning Anders
Svedlund. What I know is it was for the first time that anybody spoke to
me about Perth, desalinator and principle of its work - it is Anders
Svedlund that I owe it. Just like the operation of the sextant. At that
time I was too young to understand the range of such an adventure. To
locate the context in 1973 there was still no television (TV) and I
listened to RFI (Radio France International) the equivalent of the BBC
for the news. We received 2/3 different magazines each week. The closing
of Suez Canal had a little more isolated us from the metropolis. But it
was marvellous time.
I think of having asked him whether he intended to write a book on his
crossing. Because at the time I had already read a book which had made
me dream, that of Eric Tabarly who told his victorious adventure at the
time of the OSTAR of 1964. Just like I had followed his fabulous year of
1967 with PEN-Duick 3 (Fastnet, Channel Race, Sydney-Hobart...). 15
years after, at the following day of an accident I remembered that I
liked the sea. And I started to make regattas...
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