From Down Under to Warnemünder Woche
The name of his boat, "Earle Grey," alludes to two things. "The type of tea that is spelled almost the same and my hair color," says Earle Alexander from Australia, lifting his baseball cap, revealing the 81-year-old's gray-white hair. The passionate 505 sailor from Down Under has already competed in the Warnemünder Woche participated and is always enthusiastic about it.
The name of his boat, "Earle Grey," alludes to two things. "The type of tea that is spelled almost the same and my hair color," says Earle Alexander from Australia, lifting his baseball cap, revealing the 81-year-old's gray-white hair. The passionate 505 sailor from Down Under has already competed in the Warnemünder Woche participated and is always enthusiastic about it.
"Warnemünde is a beautiful place. And the sailing area is great. The conditions are comparable to my home area in Brisbane - maybe a bit cooler and of course much colder," says Alexander. The Australian travelled to Europe for around three months. Before the Warnemünder Woche he attended the Kiel Week regattas as a spectator. His next event is the 505 World Championship in Sweden. There he will sail in a team with a young man from Germany who has already visited him in Australia for a longer period of time, among other things to go sailing together.
Within the Warnemünder Woche Earle Alexander competed together with Martin Bernauer from Berlin as foredeck. His boat "Earle Grey" is permanently stationed in Eckernförde in Schleswig-Holstein. Alexander has a second 505 in Australia. He has been loyal to the boat class for 38 years and is part of the global 505 family, as he calls it. He regularly receives visits from sailors from other nations in Brisbane. The 80-year-old sailor will return home in mid-August, after spending almost three months in Europe.
