The Crew: The Floating Neutrinos
CREW OF THE
NORTH ATLANTIC CROSSING,
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Son of Town Hall Crew in Europe |
Crew of the Vilma B |
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Poppa Neutrino(aka David Pearlman) "I came, I saw, I rejected."
He and Aurelia raised 5 children on Neutrino rafts and started the Flying Neutrinos family band, which is now run by eldest daughter Ingrid. Poppa still plays guitar and keyboard and sings. |
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Aurelia Neutrino(aka Capt. Betsy) "Proactive/Reactive/Nonactive: Pick one."
Home educated the 5 Neutrino children while living and travelling on rafts. Navigator for the crossing. |
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Ed Garry"We have broken the scrap barrier."
Previous to the crossing had spent 5 years travelling by bicycle throughout the western part of North America, and wrote a book about these travels, "Greener Fields."
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Rodger Doncaster"I went on this trip to face my fears and now there is nothing in the world I'm afraid of."
Crewed on Town Hall between Provincetown, MA, and New York City. The Atlantic crossing with Son of Town Hall was his first sailing experience. |
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Thor (on left)Sigfried (on right)Thor and Sigfried made the Atlantic crossing on the Son of Town Hall. They are
great sailors, having lived aboard since they were small puppies. When Poppa and Aurelia
returned to the U.S. in Sept. of 1999, they stayed behind in France with friends. However,
as of May, 2000, they have arrived in the U.S. and are participating in the Vilma B
and Dows, Iowa, projects. click
to see another photo of Sigfried; |
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Willie:Willie made the Atlantic crossing and the trip through France, having joined Poppa and Aurelia in Texas during the winter before the raft left Newfoundland. At Frioul, an island in the Mediterranean off the coast of France,Willie homed in on an old junk collector, and it was love at first sight, on both sides. Willie stayed in Frioul when the raft left. |
