Ruben Norikovich Bayatyan is quietly honoring the 300th anniversary of the Russian fleet by building a boat and sailing around the world... via Cleveland.
Bayatyan and his crew of four set out from St. Petersburg in their 49 foot, steel-hulled sailing ship, Aira-II on June 22 (having left the ship’s home port of Volgograd on May 9).
After a stop in England for equipping with donated sails and navigation equipment, Aira-II sailed across the Atlantic. On August 31, ship and crew arrived at St. George Harbor in Bermuda. At press time, Aira-II was docked in Bermuda waiting out hurricane Edouard.
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