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Chainplate damage aboard CLARA, Erden Eruç's Biscay 36

Erden Eruç aboard CLARA, his Biscay 36, during his 4,732 nautical mile solo qualification passage ahead of the 2026 Golden Globe Race

Erden Eruç aboard CLARA, his Biscay 36, during his 4,732 nautical mile solo qualification passage ahead of the 2026 Golden Globe Race

Erden Eruç's recent 4,732 nautical mile solo qualification passage ahead of the 2026 Golden Globe Race

Chainplate damage aboard CLARA, Erden Eruç's Biscay 36

Erden Eruç uses his sextant aboard CLARA, his Biscay 36, during his 4,732 nautical mile solo qualification passage ahead of the 2026 Golden Globe Race

Erden Eruç's ocean rowboat, as seen in his tent outside his house in Gig Harbor, WA, in August of 2020, as he prepared to row westbound arcoss the Pacific

The author (left) and Erden Eruç, aboard Dark Star, somewhere off the West Coast of Vancouver Island, in June 2022

Erden Eruç helms Dark Star, a Riptide 44, in some bouncy seas in the Dixon Entrance, south of Ketchikan, Alaska, en route to Seattle, Washington, in June 2022

Dark Star's delivery skipper Erik Kristen (left) and Erden Eruç, somewhere off the West Coast of Vancouver Island, in June 2022