The captain of the expedition that crossed the Atlantic under sail as in the 17th century to make a documentary dies at the age of 75 on the high seas

Efe

Updated Saturday, March 30, 2024-11:24

Javier Babé

, 75 years old,

captain of 'La Peregrina'

, the sailboat whose crew, using navigation means from the 17th century, set themselves the challenge of

crossing the Atlantic,

died this past morning 420 miles from the island of Guadalupe, in the French Antilles, reports the film production company Ézaro Films.

The sailboat and its crew left the Canary Island of La Gomera on March 12 towards a small island in the southern Caribbean in order to

cross 3,000 miles of ocean

and land at a previously set point, using only the means and instruments 17th century.

One of the eight crew members aboard 'La Peregrina', all over 70 years old, is the writer Alfredo Conde, National Literature Prize winner and Nadal Prize winner.

The plan was

to capture the experience of 'La Peregrina' in a documentary,

'El Reso Astrolabio

', in which Televisión de Galicia participated, and whose objective was to offer the audience a unique time travel experience.

At 04:00 in the morning (local time), 420 miles east of Guadalupe Island, three days of sailing from reaching his destination, Captain Javier Babé had a heart attack, dying at 2:00 p.m. (local time). ), as a result of congestive heart failure, indicates the same source.

One of the crew members, a cardiologist by profession, managed to stabilize the captain, who regained consciousness, while it was decided to evacuate him from the ship. A little later there was a call from a cruise ship to establish a meeting point and establish the evacuation of the captain, at which time his death occurred.