Category: SailingDocs

Jacques Rogge

Jacques Rogge

Jacques, Count Rogge KCMG (May 2, 1942 in Ghent; August 29, 2021 in Deinze) was a Belgian sports official. From 2001 to 2013, he was President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, Switzerland. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrEi4pCN5FE After completing his schooling at Sint-Barbaracollege, a Jesuit college in Ghent, Jacques Rogge studied at Ghent University, where he earned a doctorate in orthopedic surgery. He competed in sailing at the 1968, 1972, and 1976 Summer Read more [...]
Christian Buck

Christian Buck

Int. DEHLER 30od Baltic Championship 2022Aug. 24-27th 2022 | Rostock-Warnemunde After the "United Internet Team Germany" won its first match race against the "China Team" in the Louis Vuitton Act 6 for the 32nd America's Cup in Malmö, Sweden, an accident occurred aboard the "GER-72." Crew member Christian Buck was at the masthead hoisting the mainsail. While lowering the sail, the 27-year-old lost control due to the strong waves and was thrown into the diver. Immediately after the accident, Read more [...]
Hannes Lindemann

Hannes Lindemann

Hans-Günther[1] "Hannes" Lindemann (* 28 December 1922 – † 17 April 2015[2]) was a German physician, sailing pioneer, canoeist and author who became known for his Atlantic crossings in very small boats. Interview with WDR5 on his 90th birthday in 2012 and report. From 1955 onwards, he conducted several self-experiments to test the ability of a shipwrecked sailor to survive on the high seas under extreme psychological and physical stress. In 1955, he sailed the Atlantic in a dugout Read more [...]
Jürgen Reul

Jürgen Reul

I've been ill since 2014, unfortunately with a rarer form of ALS with extreme spasticity and bulbar symptoms. Unfortunately, I can no longer speak or swallow. I'm quadriplegic and anarthric, and can no longer move anything. Despite this, I still find quality of life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqblNMxH_cE I used to be an extreme athlete and did crazy things.I'm both a doctor and a patient myself. I made the diagnosis myself.I live in a normal family, and we have a young daughter.My Read more [...]
Eric Schendel

Eric Schendel

Brief AutobiographyCopyright © 1998-2002 byEric Schendel, M.D. (Reproduced with permission) Hello! I am Eric Schendel, owner of The Lifestyle Doctor. I am a personal technology consultant and I also teach people how to successfully run a business from their home on their computer. Here is a brief summary of my background and interests. My family moved down to Mexico when I was seven and we lived there eleven years, mostly in a little town called San Miguel de Allende. When we returned Read more [...]
Nidecker family

Nidecker family

The Fischerstube Brewery AG is a Swiss brewery headquartered in Basel. It produces beer under the brand name "Ueli Bier." In 1974, the physician Hans-Jakob Nidecker (1919–2005)[4] acquired the Fischerstube restaurant at Rheingasse 45 in Kleinbasel, which had stood vacant for several years, in order to revive the local economy. Nidecker grew up on Rebgasse, had deep roots in Kleinbasel, and was a master of the Kleinbasel Rebhaus honorary society for several years. As early as 1970, Nidecker Read more [...]
Johann Georg Adam Forster

Johann Georg Adam Forster

Johann George Adam Forster, also known as Georg Forster[nb 1] (German pronunciation: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfɔʁstɐ], 27 November 1754 – 10 January 1794), was a German naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist and revolutionary. At an early age, he accompanied his father, Johann Reinhold Forster, on several scientific expeditions, including James Cook's second voyage to the Pacific. His report of that journey, A Voyage Round the Read more [...]