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Tamas Hamor
Captain Tamas Hamor from Hungary is the captain of Jennifer Figge's continuous stage swim across the Atlantic Ocean, called the Atlantic Crossing 4. He will sail on a new D5000 (Dean Catamaran).
Captain Hamor learned to sail when he was living in Spain, running a construction business. He soon sailed all over in the Mediterranean and across the Atlantic Ocean with Sara Hajdu. They co-founded Pearl Yacht charters, sailing throughout Central America, French Polynesia, New Zealand and Australia, logging over 50,000 nautical miles. The pair are both PADI dive masters and offer PADI open water course on their charters.
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Atlantic Crossing 4 Crew[edit]
The crew of Atlantic Crossing 4 that is listed below:
- Jennifer Figge, swimmer
- Tamas Hamor, Captain
- Sara Hajdu, First mate, Chef
- Zoltan Hamor, Engineer
- Zoltan Vad-Horvath, Film maker
- Ewa Gorszczyk, Doctor
- Nick Bilinski, Weather specialist (located in Gran Canaria)
- Alison Margo, Public relation specialist (located in Aspen)
Jennifer Figge[edit]
Jennifer Figge is an American endurance athlete who successfully crossed the Strait of Gibraltar twice: once on 29 July 2001 in 7 hours 17 minutes and once on 9 September 2002 in 5 hours 30 minutes.
Beginning at the age of 56 years old, Figge completed a series of stage swims across the Atlantic Ocean in 2009 from Cape Verde off the coast of Africa to Trinidad in the Caribbean Sea over the course of 1-2 months.At the age of 60, she will attempt a continuous stage swim across the Atlantic Ocean, starting from Brava Island off the coast of Senegal to Antigua in the Carribean Sea called Atlantic Crossing 4.
Bermuda Triangle Swim[edit]
Captain Hamor is the escort pilot for the 1000 nautical mile Bermuda Triangle Swim, a stage swim by Jennifer Figge in November 2016.
Videos[edit]
External links[edit]
- Pearl Yachts
- Jennifer Figge Official Website
- Atlantic Crossing 4 - You Can't See Where You're Going
- Open Water Adventure Of A Lifetime
- Adventure On The High Seas
- Finish Line Of The Atlantic Ocean Crossing
- Strait of Gibraltar Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Open Water Adventure Of A Lifetime
- Adventure On The High Seas
- Finish Line Of The Atlantic Ocean Crossing
- Jennifer Figge's Stage Across The Atlantic
- How Not To Look Like Shark Bait
- Stage Swimming Across The Atlantic
- Beautiful, Beautiful Magnificent Minuteness In The Open Water
- How Far Did Jennifer Figge Swim Across The Atlantic?
- Kids Can Say The Cutest Things
- Go West When Butter Melts Heading South
- Atlantic Ocean Crossing Attempt
- 2008 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year
- AC2100 Update From Somewhere In The Atlantic
- Spot Jennifer Swimming Across The Atlantic
- Ups And Downs Of Ocean Swimming
- Finish Line Of Atlantic Ocean Crossing
- Adventures On The High Seas
- Open Water Adventure Of A Lifetime
- A Dream Of Global Proportions
- A Cause Worth Swimming From Japan To The USA
- Jennifer Figge And Crew Safely Traverse The Atlantic
- Feeds Across The Atlantic Ocean
- Official Log Of Jennifer Figge's Atlantic Traverse
- Having A Whale Of A Time In The Atlantic Ocean
- Old School Shark Shield
- Cu Co, Clear Cure
- Ben Hooper, Jennifer Figge Waiting For Ocean Swims
- Marine Vessels Above And Below Transatlantic Swimmers
- Poustinia...Jennifer Figge Swimming In The Ocean
- Sharks While Swimming
