Sailor Bastian Gabriel on Weather and Hurricanes

14 December 2020 – conducted by Stephanie Hader

Basti, the young owner of his sailboat “Tonga” tells Earth Refuge about the importance of understanding meteorology as a sailor and how the weather has become more unpredictable in recent years. Normally, the Azores are a safe pit stop for boats crossing the Atlantic, but in 2019 the Islands witnessed a formation of an extreme weather event of unprecedented intensity.