The 2CV Alaska Challenge

Bulletin No.5: LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE,

Atlantic Ocean, July 1999.

IN MEMORY OF JOHN F. KENNEDY JUNIOR, age 38, who loved transport, travel, rivers, ships, and whose life was taken by the ocean, 16th July 1999, not far from where this bulletin was composed...

The MV Christiane was built in Romania in 1984. She is a bulk carrier and weighs 25,000 tons. She does 13.5 knots, averaging 350 nautical miles a day, and uses up to 150 metric tons of fuel a day. She has a crew of 25, including the Captain and seven Officers, all of whom are Croatian...